Cliff Hanger

Kudos to whoever set up that high angle shot for the final spear in Bron/Seth: it may not have been a crane shot, but Johnny La Rue would have loved it. Man, Yachty ate that helluvakick from behind like a pro. I really liked this match. Right before Danhausen came out, I thought of the best worst wink-and-nudge partners out there and settled on Damien Sandhausen. Didn't love the repeated use of "it" to describe the little people. IYO/Asuka was lovely but if this was Asuka's goodbye then it really should have been at Mania.

I am here for the comical overcorrections on limited events with Persona and Oddity cards as rewards (everything that expired before 5/1 has been revived and will run til August.) By and large, though, I still feel like this game is just not holding me like 23-25 did (and I'm okay with that.) Would still love to find a really good creator who does Texas indie people (my kingdom for a Danny Orion or Brick Savage worth putting in my Universe)

I think this thread has helped me understand why, after loving open world games in the PS2 era, I have bounced off basically everything not called "Saints' Row" or "Spider-Man" for the last 15 years (I played GTA5 at launch and got as far as the preparations for the bank heist, but then got a PS4 and--despite having gotten it on PS4 and 5 cheap, and PC free, have never gotten to the jewel heist again let alone further.) I have a half dozen games i got a quarter of the way into, or less, but just mostly don't have it in me anymore. (One could argue the RGG games count, but those for me are more about the fucking around and so I never feel weird about doing or not doing side quests)

I finally beat Chronos for the first time. Black Cloak Aspect of Selene and the kitty familiar. And 56% damage reduction because I'm still not, like, good. It was very satisfying to only use one Death Defy on Chronos, after dying 3 times on the first form my last run. Now back to Spidey, I think. Sounds like being too broke saved me from wasting a fifty on Invincible.

Thanks for the added context. I saw this morning that she said his statement lifted her spirits and knew this was just my own preexisting religious trauma talking.

Boy, I sure do like the Rascalz. Wish they'd get more wins. I was going to say the exact thing about Dorada, but somehow it feels cheap. I did enjoy that match with Perry though. Nightingale/Jay was also fun. I'd be working carefully right now if I were Ace Austin, as the iron rule that two members of the BBG must be injured at all times hasn't been repealed as far as I know. I am so glad to see Knight getting a singles push The only word I caught of Shida's last Japanese insult to Harley and Mina was "breasts" Maybe it's just me overreacting becaise I've spent 40+ years with strangers wanting to pray for my eyes, but Tony's talk about Rebel bothered me. "Praying for you to pull thru" feels like a weird weird thing to say about someone who just publicly announced she's dying. (Again, totally possible this just triggered me and I'm being weird about something she was happy to hear)

For whatever Alvarez's sources are worth, he's saying that New Day were told they needed to restructure their deals mid-contract to something less favorable, and they said "no." Which is simultaneously utterly believable and a fucking insane thing to do to two guys who've shown they will do pretty much anything they're asked to. Hell, dumping Woods means no more UUDD pushing the video game for them, among other stuff. If they stick together and neither retires, it'd be fun to see them do a little globe-trotting. DDT can't pay them what they'd expect, but imagine the possibilities...

Got my first victory on Hades 2, surface path, using the Flames with Apollo's attack, Hestia's special, Heph's Cast and Total Eclipse. I really lucked out and got offered Athena's regenerating Death Defiance, and with that I was able to blast thru Prometheus and Typhon on my first attempt at either (albeit with God Mode on.) I then followed that up by dying vs Cerberus, just absolute shit luck on boons and hearts.

Thank you, David McLane was the reference I was reaching for but couldn't quite get words for when I wrote that.

Why do I keep trying to enjoy Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety? There are better games in that package, I have better, more modern belt brawlers, and if I just want to play as Spider-Man I have the PS5 game that I need to finish. I am, by and large, doing better about late night mindless gaming, but these two bullshit games keep daring me to play them.

Absolutely fuckin' not, I am putting my foot down over Lexis King being called the Fastest Man Alive. Especially when Frazer wore Flash-themed gear for so long. Lizzy Rain feels more like a metalhead character from a shitty 80s movie than any person who has existed at any point in human history, and her theme isn't even pop metal. So i only started watching Evolve when Starboy debuted, but I thought Tristan Angels only debuted a week or two before that? Had he been around longer? Okay, Shiloh's not the Bull Shannon of NXT, he's something weirder. But..he designed a Saints simulator? And it's alive? Probably from the same movie as Lizzy. Dug Borne/Shugars Not sure I'll dig Heights as a solo heel, but we'll see. Glad Legacy is back. Sinclair/Jordan had more limb work than an average whole month of NXT. Will the Orlando perverts get tired of EVIL shenanigans, or will they continue to love basically everyone who isn't Josh Briggs? Don't have a way to watch SD currently, so I'm gonna miss Ricky (who has a lot of history here) but at least he and Shiloh had a decent match on his way out.

Well my last ep was the start of Amoeba/Fake Toki, so I presume that I'll get there before I switch shows again (I'm going thru 57) Anyway, while i'm shifting gears after season 2 I definitely plan to be back to it in the fall. I guess the new series was only 5 eps since they released 2, 2 and 1 and ep 5 is the duel with Shin. Honestly, I fail to see the point. And as pumped up as the gore levels are in this version, I felt disappointed in Heart's death. With all the exploding ribcages and such, I was kind of expecting the Whirlpool of Fat to be totally unhinged and make me regret watching, and we don't even really get a good look at it.

As someone who is familiar with Fist of the North Star much more from ancillary media (games, OVAs, thr movie, etc) than the original material, I'm genuinely surprised at how brief Jagi's story is now that i'm watching the second season for the first time. At the end of ep 23 we meet Rei and learn he wants to kill the man with seven scars, it's another 5 eps before we learn that Kenshiro has a brother who's impersonating him, and 4 eps after that he's dead. He looms so large in later stuff that I expected him to stick around longer than Boss Fang. (I picked up where I left off 7ish years ago, with the start of the 2nd season.) Think i'm gonna finish this season out, then get back to Tomorrow's Joe and watch the last third of it, after which I will need something soft and cheerful.

I just want to say that i love Scylla and the Sirens writing a pissed off nee song after you beat them the first time. So far, not having the best luck and haven't been able to repeat my victories over Scylla and Eris. But I'm building a nice stockpile of reagents and finally opening up some of the shit I had been struggling to gather driftwood and iron for so that's nice.

It's fine, we've established that she's just AI.