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Hlavaj really stealing this game, but Finland also is completely missing that cohesion they were known for when Jalonen was standing behind the bench

Little better second period, but only one goal. Credit to goalie Hvalaj, Minnesota does not miss their goalies it seems

Slovakia does defend well, but even then this is not good enough for Finland right now. Sweden is gonna be way tougher opponent

Gotta give credit to Slovakia's top line too, have been controlling the puck in almost every shift so far

Määttä, Jokiharju, Lehtonen did not look good in first. I can understand with Määttä since he hasn't played in over a month, but doesn't look good Finland's defense for upcoming bigger games

Bad first period from Finland, Luostarinen-Lundell-Kakko was good though

Big goal at the start of second, Tolvanen continuing a great season here

Possibly the best game of all time, and my personal favorite from Square's insane mid 90's to early 2000's golden years

Can't have anything good these days it's seems

Discord trying to force in face recognition, Remedy hiring EA and gambling app guy as their CEO and Xenoblade fans are openly asking for a gacha game and endless remasters instead of a new original game

Took a bit with the ending, but finally finished Alchemised.

Overall a great story, gripping and full of mystery, but also very violent and even cruel; great depiction how war breaks people

Pacing suffered somewhat in the last third, but the ending was very good

Lot of rumors about Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Definitive edition announcement for tomorrow
While I would 100% understand it from business point of view, I hope that's not what Monolith has been working on. XBC2 is perfectly playable as is, I would much rather see a whole new Xeno title announced

Me watching someone do basic ass puzzle in a video game: "Wow this is so easy, how is he not getting it?"

Me trying to do a basic ass puzzle in a video game: "This shit is impossible"

You know it's been cold for a while when you look at -18c and think "ah, that's nice and warm"

Dark souls 2, but every time Royal sorcerer Navlaan attacks, he says "Feel my power"

I feel the pacing starts to flounder a little in the last third of part 2. It's not horrible, but tighter editing might have been able to scrap 50 pages of length, without really affecting anything
Also, Ivy and Sofia could have had a little more going in earlier

~150 pages to go

Too many people just want everything to be made for them specifically

I can at least understand the people who don't like the whole mormon tithe thing, but even those posts sometimes have the wibe of "i don't like his books so I'm gonna use the moral argument to make him look bad"

On the other side its just "he made Renarin gay"

My favorite part of this Sanderson news is the resurfacing of posts that say he is too woke and others claiming he isn't woke enough

Henry Cavill with Jason Momoa sneaking up on him meme. On Cavill it reads "Me wondering is this book is about turn into smut" and on Momoa "Some of the worst traume I've seen fictional character deal with in a while". This meme is about Alchmised by author SenLinYu

Alchemised continues to be great

I still really like this book

But

It does have what I might consider as the most disgusting line of dialogue ever

Ever

Ilkka Villi will never defeat the Jared Leto/Keanu Reeves/Jake Gyllenhaal accusations

Things coming together.
Im sure some people reading this now think "well, duh, obviously", but I'm also sure even more people never actually stop to think about this. I would encourage people to do so, even if just a little, on occasion.

Or maybe I'm just getting older, figuring out basic shit
3/3

In fact majority of people remember things like this, it would definitely explain why it is so common that people recall the same events very differently.

I notice this stuff often when I reread books after couple years. The events are still the same, but with slightly different way of
2/

There is something I've been getting more conscious about recently: the way I remember things. I'm really bad at recalling exact wording of things, horrible at quoting people, but good at remembering the meaning behind the words. Concept over the letter

This has lead to me wondering if
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Cool thing about literally every game series ever is that the game number 2 is always the best one or the worst one

Final fantasy 2, Age of Empires 2, Dark Souls 2, Xenoblade 2, Uncharted 2

The best part though? Nobody can ever agree on which are the good ones and which are the bad ones

Yesterday I finished Tales of Symphonia, my first Tales of game

Whole I don't think the game is very good, it was very charming. Scene in Tower of Salvation 1/3 through the game was quite good.

It also felt like a weird bridge from Final fantasy 9 and 10 to Xenoblade games

This book is the most messed up thing since 1000xResist

11 chapters into this one and so far I like it a lot. I cant remember when I've last read a new series/standalone book that has so much going on with such an intriguing, unreliable narrator as this one. Might have to go all the way back to Will of the many

Anyone else thinking about Control Resonant?

Fantasy novel Alchemised by author Sen Lin Yu

Don't know anything about this one except for what it says in the back, but apparently it's quite good.
Excited to finally get it under way

Finished Holy sister, final book in the Book of the ancestors trilogy

It was the best of the three, but generally still nothing special for me. I don't think I will read more Mark Lawrence any time soon

"I'm here because I need your help", Tal'kamar said
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