It’s even proven to make the line go down. As families have to buy less food to support their kids, grocery stores lower prices to entice shoppers back into spending as much as possible. Wouldn’t be shocked to see the big chains beings major opponents of the free lunch groups.

I love the choker and D rings, fashion and functionality!

I’d have to look when I get home, but I’ve got a fair amount of 5th edition books I’d be willing to let go for not much more than shipping costs…

Car-brained treat hogs, as far as the eye can see.

Imagine myself as #9 or #6, but really more of a #7 crossed with a #4

One of my personal favorites is from the short-lived spinoff series Cinematic Titanic, a live episode called “Alien Factor”. It’s a fairly cheap budget sci-fi horror, with an ending that feels like they realized they were on their last 10 minutes of film time as they were shooting the scene.

MST3K is my go-to background noise, always nice to see other fans!

I have become shopping, destroyer of savings

(To the tune of This https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnrV0k3aCo )

Sonic Coom, Sonic Coom, Sonic Coom!

He needs a little gold-colored felt ring

Orshelack

Friend code is 10338125, thanks!

Triplets of Belleville is one of my all time favorite movies

The guide that was packaged with Earthbound back in the day was always a favorite. It was laid out like a travel guide, and had a lot of pictures of the clay models they based the enemy sprites on.

https://tiredoldhack.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/earthbound-strategy-guide.pdf

Finished with Elden Ring, for good for now I think. Picked up Cobalt Core to scratch the ever-present deck builder/roguelike itch. I keep trying Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, but I end up bouncing off those because I get bored/frustrated setting up priorities and zones and all that just to watch things go awry because someone didn’t want to build a bedroom/ bathroom/ grave.

Been looking for a 4X I can dive into, really want to try Dominions 6 while the multiplayer is still fresh and decently populated, but I have no income so I’ve been having to get my games off the high seas so to speak, and Dom 6 is niche enough that I haven’t found any that work. Anyone have suggestions for other games in that vein?

I had a completely different experience watching the summer speed run showcase and fundraiser this past few days, so much love and support for positive things. I just wish I could get over my own nervousness and insecurities and try streaming myself, speedrun or not.

It’s BIG, and that’s both good and bad.

Good because there’s a ton to explore. They said the dlc landmass was about the size of Limgrave, and that’s true from the map perspective, but holy shit there’s a lot of layers to it. When you first start you see a lot of places that you seemingly can’t get to, but as you explore it, you find caves and canyons and cliffside trails that you can follow into areas that are inaccessible by most paths.

Which leads to the bad part, some of these areas are almost too well hidden, and some are very sparsely populated, with maybe one or two interesting drops tucked away in the corners and an almost obligatory field boss to deal with or avoid.

All in all, I’m having fun with it, but theres been some frustration as well, partly because it feels like you are meant to explore and find the upgrade fragments rather than just go through the story, as a lot of the bosses will one or two shot you without enough upgrades.

I’ve played casually on & off since the 90’s, but social anxiety has always kept me from getting into it outside of my friend groups at the time, and I’ve never had a steady enough income to where I’ve been able to keep whatever my current collection is when things get bad.

That said, I’m potentially interested in re-learning with a few chill folks on a semi-regular basis. I don’t think I’ve ever played more than the standard 1v1 format, but I can usually pick things up fairly quickly. PST/PDT timezone