Twenty Sided

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Jan 8, 2024

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Mostly going to be talking about a wide variety of B- and C-Horror movies today, but I also learned a few things while playing Star Wars: The Old Republic. “C-Horror” movies, by the way, are horror movies produced by a Roger Corman-affiliated production, which usually means a New World or New Horizons production. One of the movies I watched most of was so bad even New Horizons doesn’t list it as one of theirs…officially the movie doesn’t seem to exist. I’m talking about movies so much lately because I’ve been sick since Christmas Day. Maybe it was Covid, but probably not…I think it was just a really bad cold. I’m still coughing regularly, and blowing my nose every five minutes. This makes doing “real work” rather difficult, so my days have been comprised of sitting at my computer grinding armor upgrades in SWTOR while watching ASMR or, for reasons, finally going through a backlog of dozens of movies and thinning out my collection. Mostly in horror.

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DM of the Rings Remaster LIII: Waste Not, Want Not

By Peter T Parker Posted Sunday Jan 7, 2024

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Don’t get too hung up on horses. While the rulebooks have all sorts of rules for movement speeds while on foot, encumbered, or riding, the truth is that all travel takes exactly as long as the DM wants it to. This brings to mind the wise old saying:

“A player is never late, Dave. Nor is he early. He arrives precisly when the plot dictates he should.”

Or something like that.

–Shamus, Friday Jan 19, 2007

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Code Monkey Beta: Part 1

By Peter T Parker Posted Friday Jan 5, 2024

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This week Bay has once again found themself laid up. This time it’s with a fun combination of strep, two ear infections that the good doctor referred to as ‘acute’, which is a fun way to say ‘very bad’. and a fun flare-up as a result of not being able to keep anything down for a few days, including the modern miracle of arthritis medication. Currently I’m on the lookout for any more of the universe’s wayward attempts to off them this week; such as spontaneous combustion, or a piano falling through the ceiling. But in the meantime I figured i’d fill the content gap with a project i’ve wanted to talk about for a while now.

I’ve always kind-of wanted to learn to code.

I say kind-of because my interest had always been something of a nervous fascination. A bit like learning a second language. It was a hypothetical years-long commitment that requires me to be bad at something in an embarrassingly public way before I got to the impressive point where I could confidently say ‘I know how to speak another language’ and not fumble the bag as soon as someone asked me something more complex than how to ask where the bathroom is. And ultimately, it was more of an ends to a means of what I really wanted to do.

I’ve always really wanted to make games.

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Wednesday Action Log 1-3-24

By Issac Young Posted Wednesday Jan 3, 2024

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This week I’m still playing Tears of the Kingdom. I finally got around to finishing the last temple and getting all of the sages…I don’t like any of the powers they have.

They are all niche uses and when I do want to use them it’s tied to an NPC. I hate having an NPC follow me so I never have them summoned. So, when I need them, I have to open the menu to spawn them, use the power, and open the menu again to despawn them. Fun.

Other than that I got all of the shrines and I’m currently working on getting all of the caves.

What are you guys playing?

Issac Young Youngest child of Shamus Young. He/Him

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SWTOR: Rix’larril’an of the Ascendancy – New Years 2023-2024

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Jan 1, 2024

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I guess I got lucky this year landing two straight posts on holidays. But it works out. I keep trying to make more of the one-chapter saga of Imperial Captain Sarnova than there really is, so I’m not ready to tackle Rix’larril’an’s next installment. But I did spend the past week trying to understand some SWTOR mechanics, and there’s a few other things to talk about.

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DM of the Rings Remaster LII: I Specialize in Ranger-ing

By Peter T Parker Posted Sunday Dec 31, 2023

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When dealing with railroading DM’s, never waste skill points on the tracking skill. If it’s part of the plot, you’ll find it no matter what you roll. If it’s not part of the plot, then it doesn’t exist anyway.

-Shamus, Wednesday Jan 17, 2007

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Sims 4 Overthinking: The Kitchenette

By Bay Posted Friday Dec 29, 2023

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Logan, Kelly, and Michael all come back from their week long trip with much clearer heads. The drive from their house to the Grand Canyon clocked in at about sixty hours of driving total. Kelly and Michael took turns driving, with Logan subbing in as a backup, so luckily they didn’t waste time with hotels along the way. All in all, they spent three whole days in the car, broken up with four days at the Grand Canyon. During the drive and some of their many hikes, they planned what to do with the house.

All three of our family members are sick to death of holidays including carrying plates of food up and down the stairs. The year they lost the whole dish of mashed potatoes to a fumble is still a sore spot for them. A kitchen upstairs would be much smaller, but gone would be the days of joking about installing a dumbwaiter. The new laundry room would be hilariously in the way of their ideas, but that could be fixed. The beautiful double door they got cheap would need to come out for something slimmer, but if they did that they’d have room for a galley kitchen. Doing that already, they could arguably make room for the kitchen by slimming down the laundry room…

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Bay Jubilee Oldest child of Shamus Young. They/Them