We made some for the 4th. It’s not common but for parties? Everyone loves Jello Shots.

Technically they happened and many Democrats wanted Biden to debate, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums

However he declined. In general we don’t have an open primary when there is an incumbent. It may be a mistake, but that is what generally happens.

Also SOTU 2024 Biden was fine, so primary Biden 2023/2024 may also have been fine. The concern is if he can do it now and for the next four years. I think it’s possible, but he needs to prove it (or step aside).

Nobody serious ran against Biden in the primary.

DeSantis & Haley ran against Trump, both lost by a wide margin. You could argue the turnout was still low, but I think those voters really do want Trump (for some reason).

It’s a game I wanted to enjoy, and I had some amount of fun, but ultimately it just fell flat.

The Ori games were so much better while following the same basic gameplay, but Hollow Knight gets all the extra attention. I do think Hollow Knight is bad, it’s just a game that is ok, and by the next game will be enjoyable after they iron everything out.

The other possibility I assume is that there is something Souls-like about the game that I don’t get. I’ve only played DS3 and I found it boring quickly. I understood what the game wanted me to do, but I wasn’t having fun doing it. Maybe some folks do, but not for me.

Hollow Knight.

I played for probably a dozen hours or so, beat a few bosses and then just hit a boss I couldn’t beat. (Don’t recall which.) I would get to the boss and die almost immediately. Then I’d be sent back to a far away checkpoint. I’d slog back to the boss, and die. Repeat again.

I’ve played plenty of games like this. I get at some level that’s the point. The problem is that I wasn’t enjoying the game. I wasn’t making progress. Just repeating the same over and over again.

I’ve played and loved similar games. Super Meat Boy & Celeste? Excellent. Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps? Top games.

By all accounts I feel like I should like Hollow Knight… but I just don’t feel they got it right.

Lol I’m the opposite. I won’t allow KOTOR slander. Don’t give a fuck about Mass Effect, you can trash it.

KOTOR had a great story and I was finally in the Star Wars universe, just flying around and exploring the universe.

I do admit the early part of the game is a bit slow, but once I was jumping from planet to planet it was awesome.

(Come to think of it I found Mass Effect equally boring when I started it. If it had been Star Wars I probably would have stuck with it, but since it wasn’t I just found it boring.)

You know who just had the opportunity to focus on what Trump did (and is doing) wrong and flubbed it? Biden.

A vote for Biden is the easiest decision I’ll make this year. Biden and his administration are doing solid work and I want to see more of it. Trump ensures genocide in Gaza. Trump ensures even more horrible acts in Ukraine by Russia. Trump ensures an even further conservative Supreme Court, further destroying and reversing settled law. Another 4 years of Trump will be a disaster.

But I know this already.

Any other generic Democrat would have kicked Trump’s ass last night. Trump tells a lie, they correct it. Biden got a few blows in but he flubbed so many more.

Look at abortion, a layup for Democrats. America as a whole agrees with Democrats on the issue. What did Biden do? Fumbled and wandered into something about immigration.

The focus on Biden because we want better. Biden is better. Prove it.

Green on red is classic complementary colors.

Lol, that’s exactly what I thought of too. Assuming https://legiscan.com/LA/text/HB71/2024 is correct I think my image fits the legal requirements.

It does specify specific text, but it doesn’t say I can’t add additional text.

Also it has to be easily readable.

I’d take another Impossible Lair over mainline game, but I’m not against a proper 3D collect-a-thon sequel.

Both were enjoyable, but Impossible Lair was better.

I guess if we get new games in the long run I don’t really mind, it just seems weird.

I played Yooka-Laylee on release and it was overall an enjoyable game. As I understand they fixed a number of bugs a few months after release, but by then us release day folks had beaten it (and reviewers reviewed it).

The first level of the game was excellent, the later levels felt more rushed (or at least lacking the same level of polish). Maybe the changes will be to those levels, although level layout is key so I don’t know if you can just resize/move things.

I played Impossible Lair about a year after release and thought it was awesome.

Based on this trailer I doubt I’ll play the original again, but maybe I can be convinced.

Shouldn’t they just make a sequel in that case?

I have to disagree.

Casting from my phone is the easiest method. I can have YouTube playing and jump between the different streaming apps to look for something to play. It’s easy enough to have a conversation with someone to discuss what to play next.

Excellent! I look forward to it then.

I did, but that requires either using a smart TV, which isn’t happening, or the Android TV interface which would require a new device and then a clunky interface.

Casting from my phone is the only acceptable method and all other apps support it.

An Apple TV app with Chromecast support and I’ll finally subscribe. Apple has put out a handful of great shows but piracy is the only way to watch them for Android users.

Lots of things are illegal in China, I’m confident many (all?) do have this level of cultural awareness. The great firewall is good, but not perfect.

Obviously I don’t know what the details of he suit against Disney but the truth is Disney fucked up and they knew it.

Disney tried to gain a few extra bucks at the cost of a legal battle with Johansson. If Disney won it would have been a clear signal that Disney is willing to screw over top talent for a few million dollars.

Not to compare “Black Widow” to “Endgame”, but that’s squabbling over millions when billions are at stake.

Looking at someone like Johansson that’s squabbling over millions when tens of hundreds millions are at stake. Contracts with top talent now take longer, top talent is a little less likely to work with Disney.

It all but guaranteed a loss for Disney.

The settlement was Disney’s way of saying “we fucked up”, and truth be told was probably at least partially responsible for Bob Chapek being replaced as CEO.

They really aren’t. Honestly most banks don’t care what “illegal” things you do as long as you give them plausible deniability.

If you cause the bank more problems than you do bringing them in money, then they’re more likely to ban you. Even in this example they’re stating that you shouldn’t use these words, just that they are required to investigate these words.

Also if they genuinely thought you were performing illegal activities they wouldn’t tell you, they would had it off to the proper cover your ass department.

That being said, don’t actually test what words bank monitor, since, as I mentioned, if you’re a pain in the ass on purpose they’ll probably drop you, or at the very least freeze funds for a long time.

I’ll die alone on this headphone jack hill if I need to, I only buy phones with headphone jacks.

Currently using a Motorola of some sort, replacement for another Motorola.