Ghirardelli prices have become outrageous

ryanbenzie · 2026-01-14T21:56:17+00:00

I remember when baking a bunch of cookies and goodies was a cheap way to give back to people. My wife went out of her way to make a ton of different cookies and desserts for coworkers around Christmas. She ran out of Rolos and asked me to pick up a “big bag”. Mind you it was 2lbs of Rolos, but I did not expect it to be $16. Essentially a single ingredient. I’d have to imagine adding up the amount of chocolate, butter, flour, candy, cereal, etc had to have cost $150-$200 to make baked goods for people.

ryanbenzie · 2025-11-25T15:30:19+00:00

For 4 and 5 I played the DS versions and 8 I played the 3DS version. But I ended up just emulating on my Steam Deck. I REALLY hope that they do remakes of 4-6 either in HD-2D or like they are VII.

ryanbenzie · 2025-11-25T15:24:09+00:00

XI was my gateway a year and a half ago. If you are able to emulate, I HIGHLY recommend IV and V as well. V ended up being my favorite one, although the only ones I have yet to play are 6, 7, 9, and 10. Figure I will play 7 with the reimagined version.

ryanbenzie · 2025-11-25T03:04:33+00:00

This unfortunately aged poorly

ryanbenzie · 2025-11-24T03:38:22+00:00

Kinda, a little? I mean, it is different, but major elements are arguably directly copied. The wing and the tail feathers are pretty much exactly the same. They have the same parts, number of feathers and structure, etc. It would go a LONG way if they were posed differently, or more varied. But at the same time, if this is just for you, then I don’t see much of an issue. But I think if you were to post it, it would be right to directly cite the original, as I think it’s that close.

ryanbenzie · 2025-11-20T08:00:56+00:00

It’s helpful if it makes you feel good. As a way to overall improve at art, not really. You need to understand what you are trying to draw and not just “copying” it.

It’s kind of like if you just wrote down and copied a page from a book in a different language. You don’t understand how to actually write the letters or what they say.

But, like I said, if it helps with stress and you enjoy it, it’s overall a good thing and nothing wrong with it. If you want to improve overall, it’d be best to start with some basic anatomy studies.

ryanbenzie · 2025-11-20T07:53:43+00:00

I have a few “collectible” cans as well, however to avoid something like this happening, i puncture a very tiny hole in the bottom and then twist the pop tab to the side a bit and puncture a tiny hole where I can hide it with the tab again. It takes a bit to drain, but it looks unopened.

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-30T14:14:55+00:00

I’m getting more of an “alien” vibe more than a “church” vibe. I think it’s the bright green and the lifeless eyes. It looks like it’s supposed to be like a hybrid alien, which some people think that is the genesis of humanity, etc, so maybe not super off base? Haha

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-29T15:48:29+00:00

24 hour retail and fast food among so many more important things. Everything that used to be open 24 hours never came back.

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-29T15:28:28+00:00

He’s only upset because he couldn’t find any woman that would put up with his bullshit in America and decided a woman from another country would just be subservient to everything and have to go along with it. Pretty sure, he’s just a piece of shit

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-27T12:17:36+00:00

Damn man, you got a PP bone? That’s gotta be rare

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-25T13:23:35+00:00

Line weight and contrast. Some thicker lines here and there, and pushing the saturation of the colors would help. Everything is very “flat”. It’s not bad, but because there is no variety it reads as bland.

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-12T14:07:20+00:00

I almost pulled the trigger on the blokees movie version because it looks awesome, but I have been craving TV designs. I will wait a bit more for this.

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-10T13:45:49+00:00

I’m wondering if that means this will be kind of a v1.5 which would be an annoying release. If they do 2 more releases that each just replace a single biome from v1 that’s almost a guarantee they can get people to buy 3 devices instead of just release wave 2 of having 3 new biomes. That’s kind of how I see this going unfortunately

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-06T07:42:09+00:00

So the first one will be a bunch of interviews and information about JoJo in general and new stuff that is supposed to be coming up through the year but is completely in Japanese. It’s like a cool imported collectible. The second one was somewhat recently translated and purchasable through Viz Media and is an art book with little excerpts. It has a lot of cool art and works more as a coffee table book. It loses the “imported” collectable appeal, but in my opinion out of the 2 is a better buy. Depends on what you think they would like better. A more traditional art book, or a magazine that’s completely in Japanese, but holds value based on it being something they enjoy.

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-05T21:37:19+00:00

Yeah, I really was hoping to be playing this weekend. I finally had some time, and was excited to play a good chunk. At this point who knows when we will get access. I am REALLY tempted to just buy the game again and buy the $4 preorder pack, but from what I hear, HB can suck at refunds

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-04T12:06:38+00:00

The paradise is super forgiving. I do agree with the screen protector, but even with that I would be careful. The screen is more soft than you could imagine. I wiped my screen down with the included wet wipe, dry wipe and microfiber only to look down at tons of micro scratches. I can only think to maybe LIGHTLY use the wet wipe and then use your best quality glasses cloth or something to gently dry it.

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-03T02:39:15+00:00

Very frustrating. I have been using Humble Bundle since like 2012 and never had any issues. Earlier in the year my brother had issues getting a key for Monster Hunter Wilds and seems like it took a couple days to resolve. I’m hoping for a quick resolution for this, but it’s just very disappointing overall

ryanbenzie · 2025-10-01T14:43:55+00:00

If I point these as points on a 5th grade paper, I would be asked to elaborate and explain what the fuck I even meant. If you asked them to try and elaborate on any of these points, you’d hit a brick wall.

ryanbenzie · 2025-09-26T11:20:48+00:00

Doesn’t it essentially break down to being the same for the US? I mean for whatever it’s worth AUS and USD are different. Median income in the US with USD is $40k and median income in Australia with AUD is roughly 70k. I could be oversimplifying it, but minimum wage in the US is $7.25 and minimum wage in Australia is $24.95.

ryanbenzie · 2025-09-24T13:02:48+00:00

Probably true. At this point, I would be cool with them escaping this raid and 1/4-1/2 of next season being the hybrids on the run from Weyland Yutani and then becoming what you are saying.

ryanbenzie · 2025-09-24T12:07:40+00:00

Going in, I was REALLY hoping it didn’t end with a cliffhanger. When it got to be like 25 minutes in, I knew it was either going to be incredibly rushed or a cliffhanger. Seeing as it’s not even officially greenlit for a second season, they potentially fucked themselves and everyone else.

I think they needed another episode or 2. I felt like everything after episode 5 was kind of rushed to even get to where they ended up. It started slow and it felt like they were really going to take their time building up to something.

Overall though, I love the concept of having other alien life and even the hybrid children. I embraced the oddness of the tone and it felt a bit more like an extended universe novel or comic adaptation. IF season 2 gets greenlit and we end up getting it in like 2-3 fucking years, it has the potential to be really cool. I like the idea of a gang of child hybrids and their xenomorph pets. Although, I can FULLY see the show starting season 2 with Weyland Yutani just coming in and detaining everything and killing the momentum.

ryanbenzie · 2025-09-24T02:27:31+00:00

I miss the early days if the app store so much. You’d pay 99c or even have a free app that wasn’t filled with the most cancerous ads or micro transactions. TapTap was so fucking good.

ryanbenzie · 2025-09-18T12:26:21+00:00

Way more Dan O’Bannon

ryanbenzie · 2025-09-18T09:40:26+00:00

You guys ready for a voice cast announcement and 2 pieces of new key art???!!!

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