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It has taken almost five years of off-and-on progress, but today I finally rolled credits on Yakuza 6, completing all seven games of the Kiryu Saga.

There’s something about getting into a series, meeting lovely people via its fandom, and finding hyperfixations in it during a time when the world feels hostile and your brain isn’t in a good place

Have fun, and say hello to Malevola for me!

Results: I played well in every game and earned a 4-1 record! But since my loss came in the first round, my strength-of-victory was lowered... and I finished in 5th place, one spot out of earning a prize card.

Conclusion: I'm proud of my own efforts, but disappointed that they went unrewarded...

I'm taking part in a Newtype Challenge event for the Gundam TCG tonight! I haven't played a high-stakes tournament like this in ages, but I'm confident in my deck and think I can win it all with just a little luck.

Thanks, Chiitan

Uplifting: ordered a quesadilla for lunch today & discovered that the restaurant increased its portion sizes

I'll bid $745.

I'll bid $450.

My heart goes out to all of my baseball-loving friends in Toronto.

They're calling it the most powerful official Gundam promo art of all time

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The Vegas Golden Knights signing Carter Hart feels as awful as the Cleveland Browns dealing for Deshaun Watson did. An organization selling its soul and burning every scrap of goodwill in exchange for a handful of wins. Ashamed to be a fan today.

I need this so bad

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat. People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

for the past couple months my birds have been eating this poster of zenos

What a frustrating afternoon.

We can put the talk about the Packers being championship contenders into the bin this year, too.

I was looking forward to having Machine God Rayearth on my shelf, and the accessories and effect parts are beautiful! But this kit might be destined for the recycle bin before it's even fully built.

I bought a GSC Moderoid plastic model kit a while ago without doing my research... I've since heard about the quality issues with that product line, and now I've experienced them for myself. Brittle plastics and poor fit & finish are giving me a bad time.

I'm reminded of the aggressively MAGA roastery on the edge of town that everyone agrees serves the worst coffee, but they get by because miserable people would rather drink miserable brew together than risk having something good served to them by a person with blue hair.

I'll see if I can look up the menu online, because I'm never going to eat there myself, lmao

Heard about a restaurant near me that's begun pausing service at noontime so the whole staff can publicly sing the National Anthem, and I'm struggling to imagine anything more performative and cringe than that.

One of two, my friend.
Three Houses has great characters and lore, but as for which one is more fun to actually play? I'll take Engage every time.

I've looked forward to Tuesdays lately because that's when I get to play the Gundam TCG with a group at my local game store.

I don't have the strongest deck, but it's an exciting game, and everyone I've played with has been positive and helpful so far. I've been having lots of fun!

It's hard to imagine a more repulsive product than the device described in this article.

Healers are difficult to play in general these days, but I'll never give up on SGE. Best ASMR of any healing class and it allows you to functionally become a Gundam.

The Delta Flight and Walkure teams are so strong in SRW Y that I don't know how I'm not supposed to use all of them in every mission. It's Super Macross Wars now!

Good morning!