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  1. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Agreed - finished it yesterday, a very satisfying book and ending!

    Agreed - finished it yesterday, a very satisfying book and ending!

  2. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Just a heads up - there appears to have been an issue with Waybound at Amazon - All of the pre-orders may have been cancelled (Will is hoping someone has a magic wand to fix the issue at Amazon) -...

    Just a heads up - there appears to have been an issue with Waybound at Amazon - All of the pre-orders may have been cancelled (Will is hoping someone has a magic wand to fix the issue at Amazon) - so you might want to double check on the day

    https://www.willwight.com/a-blog-of-dubious-intent/waybound-pre-order-has-been-canceled

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Surprised it's not mentioned yet, but honestly Walkabout minigolf is fantastic. - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1408230/Walkabout_Mini_Golf_VR/ We've had some great evenings playing with friends

    Surprised it's not mentioned yet, but honestly Walkabout minigolf is fantastic. - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1408230/Walkabout_Mini_Golf_VR/

    We've had some great evenings playing with friends

    2 votes

  4. Comment on What's a game that you wish you could play again for the first time? Why? in ~games

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    I'm sure you are probably aware, but just in case you were not Slime Rancher 2 is coming Fall 2022.

    I'm sure you are probably aware, but just in case you were not Slime Rancher 2 is coming Fall 2022.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on What are your favorite Christmas songs? in ~music

  7. Comment on Dune | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Generally I avoid trailers now, but this is Dune. I have read the books several times, and watched the Lynch version a few times, so I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get spoilers. The look, the...

    Generally I avoid trailers now, but this is Dune. I have read the books several times, and watched the Lynch version a few times, so I'm pretty sure I'm not going to get spoilers.

    The look, the feel and sound seem on point. Some of the lines in the trailer hit the wrong note for me, "What's in the box?", but I'm thinking that's trailer editing pulling the lines out of context.

    Continued cautious optimism.

    9 votes

  9. Comment on Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his US Vice President in ~society

  10. Comment on Crucible has released on Steam - A free-to-play team-based PvP action shooter, the first PC game from Amazon Games in ~games

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    Depends on your location I believe. It hasn't released f2p everywhere just yet, so only the paid-for early access packages are available.

    Depends on your location I believe. It hasn't released f2p everywhere just yet, so only the paid-for early access packages are available.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Temtem: Roadmaps for short-term and medium-term update plans in ~games

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    I'm pretty sure TemTem is not free to play - however they will be introducing a battle pass type system. Usually with those sort of things, there's a free tier to get some items, and a paid tier...

    I'm pretty sure TemTem is not free to play - however they will be introducing a battle pass type system. Usually with those sort of things, there's a free tier to get some items, and a paid tier to get more items. Whether or not that translates into a enough revenue to go f2p remains to be seen

    3 votes

  12. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~games

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    I think I consider it more of a traffic simulator, funded by faffing around with zones.

    I think I consider it more of a traffic simulator, funded by faffing around with buildings zones.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on What are some good idle/incremental games? in ~games

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    Not sure if you've looked recently, but Evolve has had a lot of new stuff added since I began a month or so ago. Change Log

    Not sure if you've looked recently, but Evolve has had a lot of new stuff added since I began a month or so ago. Change Log

    2 votes

  14. Comment on What are some good idle/incremental games? in ~games

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    I've been enjoying this one so far - Evolve Which is reminiscent of Kittens Game. I would say Evolve is perhaps a little... easier? Unless changes in have happened in the last year since I played...

    I've been enjoying this one so far - Evolve

    Which is reminiscent of Kittens Game. I would say Evolve is perhaps a little... easier? Unless changes in have happened in the last year since I played it, you have to be quite careful where you spend your prestige in order to continue progressing well.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on The Witcher | Character Introduction: Geralt of Rivia in ~tv

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    I recalled something from the books about it and did a quick look around and found the following expert from The Last Wish: There's also mention of Geralt noticing her shoulders were lopsided and...

    I recalled something from the books about it and did a quick look around and found the following expert from The Last Wish:

    Unlike priestesses and druidesses, who only unwillingly took ugly or crippled girls, sorcerers took anyone who showed evidence of a predisposition. If the child passed the first years of training, magic entered into the equation - straightening and evening out legs, repairing bones which had badly knitted, patching harelips, removing scars, birthmarks and pox scars. The young sorceress would become attractive because the prestige of her profession demanded it. The result was pseudo-pretty women with the angry and cold eyes of ugly girls. Girls who couldn't forget their ugliness had been covered by the mask of magic only for the prestige of their profession.

    There's also mention of Geralt noticing her shoulders were lopsided and realising she used to be hunchbacked

    4 votes

  16. Comment on The Witcher | Character Introduction: Geralt of Rivia in ~tv

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    possible mild spoilers Netflix has released a series of character introductions for the upcoming Witcher series The Witcher | Character Introduction: Princess Cirilla The Witcher | Character...

    possible mild spoilers

    Netflix has released a series of character introductions for the upcoming Witcher series

    The Witcher | Character Introduction: Princess Cirilla

    The Witcher | Character Introduction: Yennefer of Vengerberg

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    Have to say, this series is looking amazing. Might be easy to make it look that way in trailers, but I'm very ready for the December 20th release.

    (Included the mention of spoilers, which I guess most trailers actually have. I don't think there's anything in here to spoil the show if you've already played the games, or read the books)

    2 votes

  18. Comment on SpaceX Starship Mk. 1 fails during cryogenic loading test in ~space

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    Crew Dragon is designed to sit on top of the Falcon 9 block 5 booster. Starship is the 'Next Generation' ship that is both second stage and reusable launch vehicle. It will sit on top of the Super...

    Crew Dragon is designed to sit on top of the Falcon 9 block 5 booster.

    Starship is the 'Next Generation' ship that is both second stage and reusable launch vehicle. It will sit on top of the Super Heavy lifter for orbital insertion. They are hoping to be able to have a launch to orbit capacity of 150,000 kg, which is enormous.

    As for this test -

    SpaceX: “The purpose of today’s test was to pressurize systems to the max, so the outcome was not completely unexpected. There were no injuries, nor is this a serious setback.”

    It sounds like they will focus on the Mk2 (Being built in Florida) and the Boca Chica site where this one is will move on to Mk3 - the flight ready version of this iteration.

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Songlink (song.link) has changed name to Odesli in ~music

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    I'm not sure if anything is actually changing. The company appears to be changing the name, but I think the song.link, album.link etc urls will continue to work. It'd be pretty criminal if they...

    I'm not sure if anything is actually changing. The company appears to be changing the name, but I think the song.link, album.link etc urls will continue to work.

    It'd be pretty criminal if they have these great urls and relegate them to being used for legacy purposes

    4 votes

  20. Comment on US President Donald Trump pressed Australian leader to help William Barr investigate Robert Mueller inquiry’s origins in ~news

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    Apt for the weather, this feels like the start of a snowball of information about just how dysfunctional things have really become in the White House.

    Apt for the weather, this feels like the start of a snowball of information about just how dysfunctional things have really become in the White House.

    3 votes