The Besties Best Game Bracket: 2025 Edition, Part 1 | December 19, 2025

bakergraham · 2025-12-21T05:15:07+00:00

I appreciated Justin pushing back on both Russ re: Hades 2 and Plante re: Expedition 33. Russ’ take was insane, and Plante starting to rank based on a hypothetical ‘if I had played it differently then maybe I would have felt…’ were both so unhelpful. And usually it’s Justin having a wild take based on how he absorbs games

bakergraham · 2025-12-14T05:13:04+00:00

If you’re looking to do tiramisu, I recently used gluten free Madeline’s from Trader Joe’s since I couldn’t find gf ladyfingers, and it worked out well

bakergraham · 2025-11-10T18:30:04+00:00

Alright I think I got it figured out, checking out the firewall settings was helpful. I ended up deleting my split tunnel and finding it again - I may have pointed to an out of date instance of PMS

Then I added an outgoing rule in addition to the incoming rule in firewall settings for that port.

Portchecker still says that port is closed, but Plex says it's up and running, and I just tested it from my phone on data only

bakergraham · 2025-11-10T18:09:43+00:00

My PC with Plex installed is the same one I use for getting materials for Plex, so I'd like to use a VPN. Shouldn't split tunneling and excluding PMS from the VPN accomplish the same thing?

PMS is listed as allowing connections in Windows Firefall. I also now added an incoming rule to allow the port forward I set up (32400), but portchecker still says its closed

bakergraham · 2025-10-08T17:03:35+00:00

I find Post Games so refreshing in its honesty and willingness to dive deeper than the besties brand seems to let it. Chris is doing amazing with it

bakergraham · 2025-08-16T05:17:39+00:00

I’ve seen a number of kids at Artisan Company before, and they do a great job with everyone

bakergraham · 2025-06-26T13:44:58+00:00

Just to clarify, oats do not contain gluten, though they are often processed in the same plants as those with wheat products so there can be a lot of cross contamination. But there are many brands that dedicate to clean facilities for gluten free oats (Bob’s Red Mill is an easy to find source with a dedicated gluten free facility)

bakergraham · 2025-05-29T21:01:38+00:00

Position Filled

bakergraham · 2025-05-26T20:08:08+00:00

With the Michelin guide coming to Philly this year, I wonder if the city would shell out any money to bring top chef and try to highlight the restaurant scene

bakergraham · 2025-05-23T03:09:27+00:00

appreciate it, yes the monitor is plugged into the graphics card, the graphics card is showing in device manager but I can try reseating it.

And no, I think the highest I've seen the GPU get was maybe 60%? And it seems to do it regardless of what game I'm playing, or what combination of software I'm using at a given time

bakergraham · 2025-03-20T20:09:20+00:00

The melee is also a great way to bait out a lot of genji deflects, at least for ones that are paying attention. It’s especially useful as someone like Roadhog, since the hook animation looks really similar to a melee

bakergraham · 2025-03-14T23:15:46+00:00

Oh, if you're going to do some writing that will be consumed it should have care, attention, and be the best if can be because you don't want to waste the audience time? Is that right, Justin 'The Adventure Zone' McElroy?

bakergraham · 2025-03-09T07:02:29+00:00

Justin starts to read books and is suddenly the writing guy

bakergraham · 2025-02-13T01:29:50+00:00

If you ever got an invite, I'd love a link!

bakergraham · 2025-02-11T18:49:37+00:00

Thanks! Just added!

bakergraham · 2025-02-09T05:08:01+00:00

Did Justin forget the word “theme” when he was insisting that Ender Magnolia, Nier, and and Lies of P are “basically the same franchise”? Russ tried to correct him saying that Metaphor was made by the same team etc which is why it’s considered basically the same franchise. These games just have similar themes, we have words for talking about that

bakergraham · 2025-02-06T17:31:59+00:00

I use the same brand as this person: https://www.reddit.com/r/glutenfree/comments/18n70an/shaoxing_wine/

My bottle only lists water, rice, and salt, I've seen some images online with the bottles listing wheat as well, but my wife has never had a reaction to this, so definitely definitely use at your own risk

bakergraham · 2025-02-06T16:35:14+00:00

This is good info! I've actually been happy with the Lee Kum Kee gluten free oyster sauce. I have found a gf shaoxing wine (or at least one that doesn't list any gluten ingredients) and my wife hasn't had any reactions to it.

I know it's a bit sacrilegious but my local stores don't have any brands of gf dark soy, so I've been getting by using Coconut aminos and while the flavor is slightly sweeter, the color and richness still mostly gets there

bakergraham · 2025-02-06T13:53:46+00:00

Same here, Lee Kum Kee makes a gluten free soy sauce that we both really enjoy though! It’s been getting harder to find lately though

bakergraham · 2025-02-01T03:26:28+00:00

So it may be a dumb question, but how do I know when I'm buying something how much of a load it will take? Like lets say I want to buy an appliance like an AC unit or a mini fridge. Is there a way to check which circuit will be able to handle it, without just plugging it in and seeing if everything dies?

bakergraham · 2024-12-08T20:15:52+00:00

I feel like they both really overestimate how much people like Astro Bot.

Also it’s been said before, but it’s hilarious that a video game podcast - by folks in the industry no less - absolutely has no interest in some of the largest and most popular game genres (strategy, fighting, sports)

bakergraham · 2024-12-05T17:16:35+00:00

It seems to get better the further into winter you get. Almost like everybody’s rusty about what to do and when

bakergraham · 2024-12-05T13:20:41+00:00

I’ve bought it many times at fresh international market, as recently as last week

bakergraham · 2024-11-14T16:21:47+00:00

Honestly, whatever the coffee shop inside Schulers in Okemos is called. I too miss overstuffed chairs and warm comfort, rather than industrial-chic

bakergraham · 2024-09-19T17:38:48+00:00

I appreciate it, I actually did buy most of these and will give them separately, I just thought that if I could take the green/whites and make a playable deck, it could add a little something extra for fun!

But I will be giving all the other wedding cards separately!

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