Thank you LeBron Raymone James Sr.!!!!!
Thank you Marcus Osmond Smart!!!!!
Thank you Luke Douglas Kennard!!!!!
Thank you Rui Hachimura!!!!!
LFG Vando!!!!!
Thank you LeBron Raymone James Sr.!!!!!
Thank you Marcus Osmond Smart!!!!!
Thank you Luke Douglas Kennard!!!!!
Thank you Rui Hachimura!!!!!
The idea: Watch an anime film or series for each of Japan's 47 prefectures.
The anime should either be set in or prominently feature the prefecture to be valid.
Fictional places are valid if they have been intentionally/explicitly modelled after a real life place.
Do you think covering all 47 prefectures is possible?
Both 2026 Neflix romcoms.
Both obviously nostalgic for the romcoms of several decades ago - in tone, structure, aesthetic. And they generally nail that "rom-coms are back!" vibe.
Both have Lukas Gage (this dude is everywhere, seriously).
Did you like both films? Do you heavily prefer one over the other?
I thought PWMOV was pretty hard to top in this regard. The chemistry between Emily Bader and Tom Blythe was through the roof, and the soundtrack of that film banged.
After going thru my 120+ game wishlist, this is what I ended up with.
Bit disappointed that Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess won't go lower than 25% off. Siya yung pinakamabigat ang presyo dito pero siya din yung pinaka gusto kong simulan laruin.
I wanted to get some RPGs pero di kaya bigyan ng time commitment sa ngayon eh.
This was posted on the WTA channel a couple of days ago on the anniversary of that finals match.
Including the post-match thread from last year as well:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1lmoz1b/wta_eastbourne_final_joint_def_eala_64_16_7610/
It was a great finals match. Really excited for the rematch between these two tomorrow.
Glurp Glurp Mother***ers!
I'm just gonna rattle off random thoughts as I'm not sure I could whip up a coherent, cohesive review.
First of all, I'm just going to slap on a numerical value to reflect my satisfaction: 7.5/10. That means I thought it was good, not great. Fun, but not exhilarating.
I couldn't push it any higher because for as good as the (audio)book experience was, it was very very obvious that Book 1 is just the tip of the iceberg. Funny to say for a 400+ page book, but it sort of felt like a prologue, even. There isn't really any narrative structure to speak of at this point. Everything that was introduced felt like it was merely setting the table for something bigger.
And that's okay. Considering the series is planned to extend up to 10 books and most of the books after the first 2 are much longer, finishing Book 1 is really just scratching the surface.
Like, if we compare this side by side to the Lord of the Rings trilogy for example, we're just in Bree right now, which is a nothingburger within the grand, epic scheme and scale of things.
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From the perspective of a gamer, the way that the battles in the story are written reminds me of Larian RPGs (Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin) which is a huge plus. Because they aren't just straight up fights. All of our crawlers have been creative with regards to resolving their encounters to the point of the RPG almost becoming an immersive sim. You can use the environment, you can use clever schemes and play to your characters' strengths. Whatever gets the job done, and it makes for great storytelling.
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I want to shout out the chapter of the Odette interview because that's when the book really hooked me. The RPG-progression-fantasy-story-after-the-world-is-repossessed-by-an-intergalactic-entity is cool and all, but I feel like the part where Odette's talk show happens and her conversation with Carl and Donut afterward is the first big signal that this series is bigger than simply a dungeon crawl.
It shows that there's a huge machinery behind the scenes which is manufacturing spectacle and entertainment from the crawlers' suffering + there are multiple factions at work whose goals may not necessarily align with each other to consider as this all unfolds.
This is probably what excites me the most about how the story will continue, because the humor is just okay for me. When the book's crass, vulgar, juvenile humor ala-Borderlands, ala-South Park is at the front and center, it's just okay, but it's not for me. If there's something to get me invested in the story, it's the unfolding of the multi-faceted strategic maneuvering and politics between the various factions in the story towards their own mysterious goals. Then sprinkle in some humanistic storylines and we're golden. We had a taste of that with the Meadow Lark group and even with the Frank + Maggie subplots so I hope more of that kind of storytelling is done moving forward.
I like that The Maestro's show sort of shook up what we think about Frank and Maggie and put it into a grayer area than when we left them earlier into the book. It was a sobering reminder that as much as the crawlers need to fight each other for survival, they are really all just victims of the situation they were put into.
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Just stuff that's in my head right now heading into Book 2:
My jaw opened wider and wider as the trailer continued. The animation is outstanding.
There might be a little too much “random” humor for a broader audience, but for pinoys, this is going to be a constant moment to moment leo-pointing-meme.gif.
DreamWorks is bringing their A-game here. We might just have another classic in our hands. I'm hyped af.
Isn't this a non-trivial bit of information? This was confirmed on the Gamers Nexus video I think around 10 minutes in.
afaik 2×8GB is technically preferable because it uses both memory channels and provides greater system-memory bandwidth.
edit: 10:30 here https://youtu.be/66QzlDewigE
...they're literally all calling him Leo-bohn instead of Leo-behn. How have we gotten through a full 2 seasons and several episodes like this? 😅
Pretty trivial within the grand scheme of things but it tickles me every time one of the Normies says his name. Otherwise, great show - BSG is one of the GoaTs - and fun reaction.
edit: runner up - "Starbuck" --> "Starbucks" 😅
As a Level 93 character:
I ran a 1-affix magic T15 waystone with a white Irradiated tablet = 7M exp
I ran a rare corrupted T15 waystone of a previously attempted/failed map = 1.5M exp
Failed maps are so painful. I don't get what purpose they serve, game design wise, the way they're currently designed.
I just tried it and turns out you don't need to pick 1 per row.
The way it was designed to progress where you get 1 point and unlock 1 row at a time made it seem like the point was meant to be spent per row.
If I see this and I'm PC gamer, my kneejerk reaction would be disappointment.
1993: Bulls win Games 1 and 2 on the road. They beat the Phoenix Suns to with the championship in 6 games.
1995: Rockets win Games 1 and 2 on the road. They go on to complete the sweep of the Orlando Magic.
I started "My Mister" because I loved "My Liberation Notes" and "We Are All Trying Here" and wanted more Park Hae-young, but this ended up surpassing both for me. So much so that it gets to join "Hospital Playlist" as my favorite k-dramas of all-time.
At first, I thought I was watching emotional damage disguised as a corporate thriller: Corporate politics, exhausted adults, moral compromise, and one quiet man trying not to become dirty. But by the end, it was clear that the plot was just the mechanism. The real story is about people learning to see each other clearly, sometimes painfully, and realizing they don't have to survive life alone.
What floored me most is how compassionate the show is toward failure, loneliness, and people who are hard to love at first. It doesn't hand you easy empathy. It makes you sit in the dark until the warmth actually means something. The supporting ensemble, the neighborhood, the bar, the brothers, and the central bond between Dong-hoon and Ji-an all build toward something that feels deeply human without becoming sentimental.
It's not a conventional romance, and I'm glad it isn't! What it becomes is something more moving: The intimacy of being seen at your worst and somehow not being reduced to it. If you bounced off the first few episodes because they're bleak or difficult, I get it. I was there. But that bleakness is load-bearing, and the payoff is one of the most humane things I've seen in a drama.
Note: Longer review with spoilers below in the comments.
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