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All of these little things that bother me about the Dragon Quest 1 remaster feel like they'll be perfect for 2. And both games are likely running the same engine... Started on 2 last night.

There were two dem candidates on the ballot. This "he underperformed" take is absolute bad faith considering how obvious it is that Mamdami and Cuomo split the vote.

The Dragon Quest 1 remaster is turning into an experience. Not meant as criticism, but it's kind of wild / weird to have DQ1 with voice acting, cutscenes, plot development, story telling. My brain is simultaneously stuck on: "well, these are cool changes" "it's not the saaaame, noooo my childhood" 😂

Bluesky trending can't tell the difference between people talking about FFXIV glamour changes and Glamour Magazine's women of the year award, but I'm perfectly happy reading about both at the same time despite the tenuous connection. 😋

Probably made it half through Octopath Traveler and ran out of steam. Am now giving Final Fantasy Tactics another go, despite never being able to make it all the way through the game previously. Hoping that the modernization + difficulty options will get me through. Already past prior stopping point

39 hours in and stumbled upon fast travel. That livened things up.

Octopath was kicking my ass last night. Time to refocus to counter high physical damage and high speed.

I stumbled across unlocking sub-jobs last night, which is a positive. Was feeling kind of stuck with my starting choice, Alfyn, but sub-jobs look like they'll help with that. But I still feel compelled to have Therion and Cyrus in party most of time.

Internet search: how to change protagonist. Yes, it does become possible. Eventually.

Me, a week and a half ago: ok, have to bring car in for a replacement part that's supposed to be a half hour long repair, maybe I should go and see a movie afterwards.

Me, today: yeeeeeah, still don't have car back yet. /dead

They did.

apnews.com/article/epst...

Could everyone please keep in mind that a subpoena is not an indication of guilt, it's an expectation that someone has useful testimony that the group / organization which issued the subpoena would like to hear.

Steam card for Octopath Traveler showing 9.6 hours played.

Progress. Have 5 party members so far, still getting a feel for how I'm reacting to it. Recruited Cyrus last night, which alleviates some of my frustrations with identifying enemy vulnerabilities. Boss fights have been really enjoyable with the battle system so far.

Steam library record for Octopath Traveler showing never played.

Steam library record for Octopath Traveler 2 showing never played.

tfw new Octopath is coming and it looks good and you're excited and then Steam lets you know that you have no playtime on the first two games. tbf, I do have a few minutes on the Switch version of 1, just did not make it very far before distraction struck.

I haven't watched South Park for a very long time, but I kind of want to see this new episode that came out the other night. For reasons.

I also look forward to seeing late shows criticism for Paramount after Paramount "can't afford" the Tonight Show but can afford $B for South Park streaming.

I have to watch through that sequence every time I play. Can't get myself to skip it.

Sometimes I read the comments online because they're so bad they're funny. But then I realize I can't tell if they're intended to be satire or serious.

Me at work: well, I sure am the bearer of bad news today

*checks the news*: ok, my bad news is nothing comparatively

YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers Trump Called "Daddy" at Weird NATO Summit; Bernie Goes on Rogan; Zohran Wins in NYC: A Closer Look

youtu.be/Ti3eQlLGvWI?...

There was an incident at a NATO meeting where he may have been called daddy? He definitely took it as directed to him. Seems to have taken off with very different meaning based on the audience.

Ranked choice is you can select multiple of candidates for first choice, second choice, etc. Votes are tallied, low performing candidates get eliminated, and the ballots for those eliminated candidates get assigned to the next ranked candidate on that ballot.

So which part of our government's dysfunction is the BSoD of the Constitution.

This chart might be usable if deciles were converted into actual $ values. Decile representation is too abstract to be meaningful impactful.

No map / mini map in "dungeons" is my main complaint for the game. Not having one is really obnoxious at times.