I appreciate the use of the vocab word “excoriate.”

Aw, that sucks. I think it’s clear he meant this not as a commentary on the difference between biological and adoptive parents but just a joke on how difficult of a kid Calvin is.

Isn’t this the same company that is trying to run an oil pipeline through a Sioux water supply and gassed, pepper sprayed, and beat peaceful protestors?

God, I miss that whole time of life terribly, especially now…

I like how he used a golf picture. Like, he’s not even pretending to be working.

“The Blade Itself” by Joe Abercrombie. It may have been a little overhyped, but I’m enjoying it so far.

looks like a combination of when people mod the shit out of Minecraft and when people mod the shit out of Skyrim. I’m here for it!

Fuck Konami for what they did to Kojima! As much as I loved MGS3, I will be skipping this.

tl;dw please?

Whole Foods can only benefit from having workers who are happier, healthier, working harder, and staying longer because their union is taking care of them. This will improve the customer experience, which will improves sales. It’s a win-win-win.

The only people who lose here are corporate assholes looking to exploit their workers and the general public who will be spoon fed some twisted, anti-union, anti-worker version of this story.

Jonathan Coulton. His songs are this perfect blend of funny, nerdy, and melancholic. Like, one song is about a self-loathing giant squid that I find myself totally identifying with.

I agree with you except for the fact that there’s just so much bullshit for kids out there, and parents are so exhausted right now (both are working and working longer). So it’d be nice if there was a system that actually looked out for children and people instead of businesses.

At the end of the day, though, it is still the parents’ responsibility. It just sucks that this person can wipe their hands of things and think that sufficient.

I dunno… That seems a like disingenuous to make a game specifically for kids and then take no responsibility for what children are exposed to on said game. I’m all for parents taking responsibility and believe that’s a problem with many families today, but that just seems a shitty thing for him to say, IMHO.

Eh, I don’t know if CDPR is the best role model…

“Spore.” That video with Wil Weight showing it off was incredible. Ordered it from Amazon. CD key was no good. EA didn’t give two shits. After over a week of dealing with them via support tickets and called, I gave up and just returned it.

Meanwhile, my friend pirated it, played through the whole thing, and said it was just ok.

If you haven’t played it, “Stardew Valley” is, like, ruin-your-life good. And I think part of what makes it so faith assuring and life uplifting is that it was made by one dude who has continuously (for YEARS) released huge, free updates for the game. He’s awesome. It feels good supporting him and recommending such a great game to people. :-)

Holy shit! The amount of work that went into this…

The title makes it seem like they’re putting these pics on the Steam page. Or at least that’s what it seemed like to me.

But they’re actually sneaking these pictures into these capsules you can find in the game. Normally these capsules have screenshots from other players’ games. Now players have found screenshots that are from the sequel (presumably). That’s really cool!

Wow, it’s been so long that I had forgotten about Randy’s stroke. Its a real shame that he can’t really speak or sing anymore. His voice was amazing.

On one hand, this use of AI is really cool. There are a few moments of the audio equivalent of “uncanny valley,” but overall it’s extremely convincing. And if Randy was really as involved in the process as they make it seem, then it’s a great way to give him a “voice” again.

But then again, all this makes me so nervous about the future of the music industry. I really don’t want to live in a world where the music charts are full of posthumous singles.

The Beastles song was a cool use because AI helped clean up an existing performance. Randy Travis releasing a new single using AI to sing for him is a cool opportunity (and maybe some type of closure…?) for him and his family. But I can see the flood gates starting to open…

I can’t imagine Theoden as anybody other than Bernard Hill. He was perfect. RIP.