JLSigman
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4/5 stars to Once and Future, vol 5, by Kieron Gillen.
The mad lad did it - he stuck the landing in a way that made sense without an extreme amount of Dues Ex Machinas. And we even (finally!) got the reason why most of the Arthur's look like... that. At some point I will definite want to go back and read them all the way through in a much shorter timeline, just to see what I forgot.
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Read Clariel by Garth Nix. It's a short prequel to the other Abhorsen books. It wasn't bad, but it's too short and just kinda ends as things get interesting.
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Giving Divinity II: Developer's Edition a spin. An old Larian Studio (did they make anything else? /s) hit. Apparently I'll turn into a dragon at some point? Controls are nice, and plays smoothly on this older machine.
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On 1/12/2024 at 5:10 PM, JLSigman said:
Got the the point where I remembered all the usual Sacred stuff (always buy undead killing potions, do not consume the skill things or they never recharge) and oof, they did not balance a ranged character well at all. Time to roll up with a Seraphim and try again.
Ugh, ran into a game breaking bug with Seraphim twice and I'm done. Uninstalled.
I've got to get caught up with FF XIV anyways...
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By this weekend part of South Carolina will be flirting with single digit lows. I'll be in the low teens. This will suck.
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1 hour ago, hammerva said:
So it is way too late to postpone the Bills game in my opinion. In looking at social media the stadium is still full of snow. People complaining that they were robbed of a snow game will still get their wish
They'll get their wish of watching players playing on an unheated surface that will feel like concrete and badly injure someone
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On 1/3/2024 at 12:22 PM, JLSigman said:
To start out the new year, I'm playing a game from 2004 - Sacred (Gold version). It's still very pretty, and very dumb, and very fun.
Got the the point where I remembered all the usual Sacred stuff (always buy undead killing potions, do not consume the skill things or they never recharge) and oof, they did not balance a ranged character well at all. Time to roll up with a Seraphim and try again.
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Finished up the Assassin's Creed: Dynasty manga and it's really, surprisingly good. Five volumes, moves along at a good pace, and there's a lot of neat information about ancient Chinese history tucked into it.
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The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin is not her best work, but it's still light years beyond the usual run of the mill stuff. She explains what happened (COVID, editing, reality being way too fucking real) and I get it. There's definitely a couple points where you go, "Ah, yeah, this should've been explained already, and probably was in the first go." But definitely worth it if you read The City We Became.
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Also buried in that article is a confirmation that they're beginning to work on Ahsoka season 2.
I will need more info on this movie before I get excited about it. (she says, lying like a liar)
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1 hour ago, Zimbra said:
It's in our contract that whenever the local school district closes for weather so does our office so I have a snow day today!
Honestly this might whip even more ass at 43 than it did when I was a kid.
"Age does not diminish the extreme delight of a snow day." - Mr. Venebles, my high school math teacher, and wise
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8 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:
I think the only cut I've seen is the Final Cut. Caught some of that original with a bored, listless Harrison Ford doing voiceover and said NOPE.
Oh, there's a version without that? Thanks, I will go find me a rental of it.
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FanFest means we got all the Dawntrail stuff.
First, the other new class if the FF6 inspired Pictomancer:
The new race is female Hrothgars:
And here's the extended teaser trailer for the expansion:
Now to start saving up for a new computer...
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So we can see Firestar and Iceman when?
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To start out the new year, I'm playing a game from 2004 - Sacred (Gold version). It's still very pretty, and very dumb, and very fun.
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2 hours ago, RIPPA said:
Apparently all I watched in 2023 was various versions of A Christmas Carol
There are some good ones out there, and some rare ones that don't exist outside of a janky VHS copy in the basement somewhere.
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Still playing a lot of Lord of the Rings: Online - Nostalgia is strong, sure, but this is also a very good MMO that you can play mostly solo and without subscribing at all.
I've still got a sub to Final Fantasy XIV, and have started to think, "Oh I should log in that alt over there and work on her a bit."
A couple of silly Match 3/Match Mahjong games to pass the time.
My computer is pretty much at the end of it's life cycle; I can't play anything from about 2020 onward, unless it's a real simple one. Which is not bad, per se, but there's a bunch of things I've been thinking about playing that I can't. We'll see what Mom and Dad's taxes look like this year, maybe there's some room in the budget for an upgrade.
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Other vague 2024 dates
Probably summer - Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail expansion. It will probably also include a graphical update, so I'm crossing my fingers I won't need a new computer to play it.
Still just 2024 - Grim Dawn: Fangs of Asterkarn and Titan Quest II
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Read 79 things this year, beating my goal of 75. I plan to keep the same goal for next year, but try to balance the book/comic ratio a bit better.
I either need to break down and get a decent e-reader, or get over my aversion to reading books on my iPhone. Not sure which is more likely to happen.
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The Steam Winter Sale has begun. May the gods have mercy on your bank account.
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Could get up to 3 inches of rain today. pray for my roof.
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On 12/12/2023 at 8:46 PM, AxB said:
Rest in Peace to the greatest ever. Andre Braugher passes away aged 61.
Lung cancer (pasting the link because the button won't let me insert it - https://apnews.com/article/andre-braugher-lung-cancer-6aa6f46c6cf4c20500a8a96bfa1831cb). Everyone chime in with me here...
FUCK. CANCER.
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The "Belichek to Panthers" rumors are starting up
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19 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said:
NEW TITLE TIME!
This show will now be Agatha All Along.
This is it's 4th title.
Good lord could we please just take this out back and shoot it dead? No-one, absolutely no one, wants this.
That Pet Photos thread
in LAND OF CONFUSION
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Cypress (the tortie) looking at Shao May, who's gone limp in the sunshine, like, "Do you not have one shred of dignity?"