OPEN BAR: 50 Shades of Chronic Liver Disease

[Aucoq]

I passed my security test. I am one step closer to a temporary existence as a rent-a-pig. I apologize if this shatters anyone's impression of me. And I weep if it doesn't.

Welcome to the club.

Incidentally, this town is such a shithole.  While riding back from work, I saw a pile of vomit, some blood splatter and a crushed up bottle of Lucozade, and my first thought was "well, at least someone had fun last night".

Cain,
did not have fun last night.

[Red]

Shit.

Scott Ashton, drummer of The Stooges, has died.



He influenced a lot of my drumming growing up.

That blows.  How old was he?

64.

At least that's a decent age.

[LMNO]

It's never a decent age.


Apropos of nothing, hot gay clowns.

http://www.queerty.com/photos-hot-gay-clowns-make-us-forget-our-biggest-childhood-fears-20140316/

You're welcome.

Possibly NSFW.

[East Coast Hustle]

That is probably the single creepiest thing I have ever seen.

[Cain]

I didn't have a clown phobia before clicking that link.

Note the past tense.

[LMNO]

I suppose my work here is done.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Dammit

Now I'm scared for getting raped by gay clowns.

[LMNO]

Why would a gay clown want to rape you?

[Cain]

Cant play Skyrim until the end of the month, because that's when the new Civil War Overhaul mod rolls out, and Apollodawn, despite being an awesome codemaster, requires a new game for each installation #firstworldproblems

On the plus side, an actual freaking civil war, rather than three lameass fort battles, one siege and one zerg-rush is worth waiting for.  Especially if he can weed out the bugs and improve stability.

I just cannot fathom why Bethesda didn't finish the war the way they intended.  And why they cut the related Boethiah's Bidding quest.  Assassinating a Jarl....now that would've had some worthy consequences, no matter whose side you were on.

BETHESDA, Y U DUMB STUFF DOWN?

[Telarus]

BETHESDA, Y U DUMB STUFF DOWN?

Seriously. My money is on:

Plus budget or schedule crunch.

[Pæs]

LOLBUGS

[Pæs]

But at the same time, as the series progresses, there's a strategic simplification for console play going on, so it could be that politics are too complicated.

[Cain]

I passed my security test. I am one step closer to a temporary existence as a rent-a-pig. I apologize if this shatters anyone's impression of me. And I weep if it doesn't.

Welcome to the club.

Incidentally, this town is such a shithole.  While riding back from work, I saw a pile of vomit, some blood splatter and a crushed up bottle of Lucozade, and my first thought was "well, at least someone had fun last night".

Cain,
did not have fun last night.

All of civilization, distilled into one splash of humanity.

Well, I think linking this place and civilization is a bit of a stretch.  I was woken up the other day by cows.  COWS.

[Cain]

LOLBUGS

But at the same time, as the series progresses, there's a strategic simplification for console play going on, so it could be that politics are too complicated.

BETHESDA, Y U DUMB STUFF DOWN?

Seriously. My money is on:

Plus budget or schedule crunch.

All true.  Bethesda is also trying to widen the appeal of the Elder Scrolls series (see TES:Online) from the wierdness and difficulty of Morrowind, IMO.  Which is kinda strange, since series like Dark Souls have shown that console peasan-uh, players, contrary to the stereotype, enjoy complex mythology and sometimes excruciatingly difficult challenges.

Of course, the base-code complexity of any Elder Scrolls game is going to be far in advance of a more hack-and-slash game, which does mean budget and time constraints will be much more difficult.  And at least on PC, genius code-monkeys can take up the slack.  But still, it's kinda disappointing, because no matter how skilled those code-monkeys are, they don't have the resources or people that a studio can bring to the fore.

Also, less fucking spiders, Bethesda.  Jeez.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Next stop, Hillsboro, Oregon.