statler_waldorf

joined 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

There were parts of RDR2 that I adored and parts I loathed. Riding around exploring, hunting, and discovering the environment was a joy. I put a ton of hours into the game just doing that.

The quests were a nightmare to me. Ride to location A to get the quest. Ride to location B to start the quest. Ride to location C as part of the quest and if you dare to wander off the exact route or try an innovative solution and you FAIL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's tough to pick between Kid A and In Rainbows, but I think In Rainbows sneaks by for me.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Not the face itself, but the design looks like the work of Joel Veitch. He ran a website called rathergood.com back in the early 2000s where he did animations like this. He did fake music videosand even got a commercial deal with Quiznos.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Veitch

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Google Play Music was my favorite of them all. Good UI, good music selection, decent quality, good integration with my Google ecosystem. Then Google did a Google and turned it into YouTube Music.

Spotify was a decent replacement - the best part was how it has an app on EVERYTHING. I listen to mostly albums so the mediocre playlists and crap shuffling rarely factor in. The worst was funding Joe Rogan, price increases, and paying artists shit.

Tidal pays artists more, and they have higher quality audio, though the UI is kind of meh. At least I'm not indirectly funding Joe Rogan anymore.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Maybe I'm just cynical but literally nothing surprised me in the book.

Nut jobs with guns? Check.

Nut jobs feeding bears? Check.

Nut jobs accused of sex crimes against children? Check.

Nut jobs infighting about muh freedoms? Check.

Nut jobs surprised when ~~leopards~~ bears eat their faces? Check.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's a pretty interesting book about New Hampshire libertarians called "A Libertarian Walks into a Bear". It's about a libertarian utopia that was overrun by bears.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Jolene - Dolly Parton

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I bounced off Perdido twice, then tore through The Scar then went on to read his whole back catalog. It's my favorite of the Bas Lag "trilogy".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I like a Canadian Old Fashioned.

Bourbon

Maple syrup

Angostura bitters

Ice

Orange peel if you have them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'm replaying the Arkham series and I'd forgotten that Ashley's VA plays Oracle. I couldn't figure out why I was getting annoyed every time she called Batman until I made that connection.