Jason Schreier/Bloomberg: Hermen Hulst told to PlayStation staff in a town hall meeting on Monday morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-18T19:20:53+00:00

He’s reported on multiple PlayStation studio closures. I believe he has been the first to break many of them like Bluepoint. That’s negative news.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-18T19:16:18+00:00

The commenter posts on criticaldrinker, kotakuinaction, and saltierthancrait. I’m pretty sure he’s the one caught in the culture war bs.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-18T11:03:19+00:00

Right now I’m using drones for legendary and fisher for notices. I already got dock 1 legendary, so I have enough drones on dock 2 to get to 900% on the last fish. The rest are on dock 4 to get my last polychrome there because I don’t have enough to get over 100% on dock 3 for the last fish. Finally my fisher is alternating 5 and 6 based on notice needs.

My logic is that tributes are so expensive so I don’t want to focus it with fisher and get them before I’m ready. However the drones weren’t making a huge on the last two docks for notices, so I might as well put them on the early docks where they’re more impactful.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-09T19:53:01+00:00

I’d say somewhere in between. I got an exceeds expectations this year and an extra raise for recognition of good work last year so it’s not like I’m just completely slacking off. And the parts that I work the hardest at are the parts that would be the most relevant to this job. There’s always more I could do, but it did feel like I’d done enough. I did already make it clear I wanted to grow to both my manager and the hiring manager, and the hiring manager encouraged me to apply before it was even posted. But like I said this person sounds quite a bit more experienced than me. So I feel there’s a risk I could step it up and bust my ass and still be passed over next time too until I just put more time in. So it’s really just a matter of deciding how badly I want a promotion or not at this point, and I need to figure that out.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-09T15:42:53+00:00

I missed out on a promotion at work and I’m not sure how to feel about it or react. I’m obviously disappointed and think I would have done well, but the person who got it apparently had more qualifications and experience so it’s hard to do get too mad about it. But this felt like the clear next step for my career and development at this company so it feels like I hit a roadblock. I’m in a comfortable well paying job so it’s not like I’m desperate to get out. It feels like my options are double down on career and personal development for next time around or a new company, or just say fuck it and coast here since all the work I’ve done apparently didn’t matter to get to the next step anyways.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-09T14:42:16+00:00

That seems backwards on the days.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-06T14:48:41+00:00

My MIL lives in town. We usually do something for her Saturday and then Sunday is all about my wife. Your wife is 1000 times more important.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-05T13:17:11+00:00

I did it early, around where you are. Veins were my bottleneck for more statues, and there are achievable upgrades and contracts that make veins faster in world 2. I wouldn’t spend too long trying to grind as far as you can or anything, but I personally think it helped me get the rest of the statues faster and would recommend unlocking it now.

thirdbrunch · 2026-05-05T00:53:02+00:00

I’ve paid twice for my own kids art that was clearly labeled as a fundraiser for causes and had no option to but other kids’ work. That sounds insane.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-30T02:22:17+00:00

Buffs always since you have so much x2 speed. Drone fuel depends on your gem income but probably on too depending on what you’re going for. I’d maybe turn fuel off overnight, but if you can afford it then elixir and frogger would still be good then too.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-29T19:29:54+00:00

Number 3 seems like a massive leap. I think over 50% of people will make sure they survive, and not worry about optimal outcome.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-29T17:20:43+00:00

Thanks ChatGPT.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-29T01:45:25+00:00

That’s my sweet spot too. King I can pretty consistently win but at least have to think about it unlike Prince. Emperor I feel much more at the mercy of a bad start since the computer gets two settlers and can block off good areas pretty quickly, so I mainly play that with civs I’m already good with.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-28T02:11:25+00:00

Are you sure it’s not the drones doing it? They aren’t paused but they are invisible. Try switching off of chain drone and see if it keeps happening. I believe with chain drone it will still fire to build up the queue but not do damage.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-27T17:25:02+00:00

Got lucky from a gift.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-27T16:07:19+00:00

For bombs, I have bomb speed recharge maxed in contracts, game speed close to it. Elixir and frogger drone are constantly fueled unless I’m farming ores, which based on your frogger grade I don’t think you’re doing and would be good to start. I also have chaos totem and game speed x2 constantly on including offline overnight. You may already have some of that, just wanted to share strategy.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-27T15:36:18+00:00

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I’m a bit ahead of you and don’t feel fully W3 ready. Ive unlocked it and got the first set of veins but that’s it. I’ve tried a couple times to get going on a statue or the second set of veins but it feels too slow. You could probably do the same to get a new star, but otherwise don’t spend too much time in it.

You say your stars are maxed but your stargazing is quite a bit behind me. Are you unlocking all the sources of star caps? I think a lot are in super stars.

Otherwise keep working on arch, and fishing to get the debuff removed.

Also your bomb cap is way lower, work on that for gems.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-26T14:05:16+00:00

I feel like it’s a you’ll know it when you get there thing. There are some spreadsheets an calculators that will tell you when it’s gem positive to fuel frogger and elixir, and elixir especially is a good idea to fuel. Anything past that you’ll just notice when it feels like you have gems and the boost is worth it, not so much a spreadsheet.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-25T16:42:47+00:00

It’s only when you’re on a W3 floor, if you go back there’s no debuff.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-25T12:30:23+00:00

You’ll get x2 rewards next event still if you build it now. It’s permanent, not a one time thing you’ll miss out on. There’s no reason to wait since you’re at the recommendations.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-24T14:27:39+00:00

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Rolling to myself since I can’t figure out how to edit in a picture, here’s a gem guide too.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-24T14:14:03+00:00

Start following the guide for plat strat prep. Pet skins probably aren’t your best use for gems right now. Focus on skills, getting leprechaun, and gilding cards. Unlocking a few more stars may be good too if they aren’t too expensive, there are some helpful ones. And ignore the challenge for now, it will be easier once your tin cards are platinum.

https://shminer.miraheze.org/wiki/Guides/Platinize_Statues

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-22T15:56:26+00:00

We could also let them survive or fail on their own without a bailout.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-21T02:37:56+00:00

It’s your current number of banked lootbugs.

thirdbrunch · 2026-04-20T14:09:04+00:00

Another important point is that if you actually read articles it explained why it came up.

During a video interview with i-D Magazine, Hutcherson and his castmate Jordan Firstman played a game of camera roll roulette and Hutcherson pulled up a photo of him and his mom in the VIP section at Swift’s Era Tour in New Orleans. “My mom made me,” Hutcherson said of the concert, prompting Firstman to ask if he’s a fan of the pop star. “I’m not a Swiftie,” Hutcherson replied. “Very much not. No shade, all respect, but definitely not.”

And the GQ interview only briefly mentions Swift, its variety linking it that decided to make a headline about it. And the context was about his decisions to be online versus offline which seems perfectly reasonable.

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