Abandon ship! (Teeth)

By Bay Posted Friday Dec 1, 2023

Filed under: Epilogue 6 comments

So, I was fully ready to sit down and write a post this evening after my dentist appointment, but I came home with…three more dentist appointments, within the next seven days.

The day before writing this post: X-rays and cleaning
The day before this post goes up: Fillings (four)
Today: Fillings (four)
Tomorrow: Fillings (Three)
Next Wednesday: Oral surgery to remove my wisdoms and two misbehaving molars.

I haven’t mentioned it, but I’ve spent every day since Halloween on a liquid diet. I cracked a back molar somewhere between the Reese’s Cups and the Payday bars, and suddenly chewing became impossible. I’ve put some things into the blender in this last month that was never intended to be liquid. I am going to  leave this experience with more respect for my inside-outside bones.

(I’m not a total slob; one of my many disorders causes tooth enamel to break down without nearly excessive care. That in combination with the fact that ‘brushing my teeth’ was a weird bedtime ritual that happened at Grandma’s house until I was well into my teens, I’m very, very lucky to have the healthy teeth I do. I’ve learned, but the damage is done.)

Also, never ever ever wear noise-canceling headphones in an attempt to escape dentist mouth drill sounds. It does not have the intended effect. Instead of protecting you from the drill sounds, it traps you in a universe of only drill sounds. Any attempts to add music to drown out the drill will only add the distant echo of said music.

All that to say, I’m still going to do my normal back-end work, but the Sims Overthinking will be a few weeks. I need to catch my breath between stabbings.

 


 

Wednesday Action Log 11-29-23

By Issac Young Posted Wednesday Nov 29, 2023

Filed under: Epilogue, Action Log 19 comments

This week I’m done with Risk of Rain Returns. There are only a handful of achievements left, I don’t think I’m going to get them any time soon. I’ve been sick the past few days so I haven’t done anything else. I have been looking at Mortal Sin which is a first person roguelike focused on melee combat with heavily stylized graphics. I also might try Lethal Company which I don’t know much about, but it seems like it would be fun to go in blind.

What are you guys up to?

 


 

No post from Paige this week

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Nov 27, 2023

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I’m super-busy with home repairs, transitioning from Thanksgiving to Christmas, and unfortunately trying to pay a sudden, large utility bill. Partially due to a lack of foresight, but partially due to living in a state that treats “infrastructure” as a dirty word. “Rix’larril’an of the Ascendancy 2.01” has been started, but I just haven’t had time to bang it into the right shape yet.

Love you all! Thanks for reading!

 


 

DM of the Rings Remaster XLVII: -2 to Maturity, +2 to Funny

By Bay Posted Sunday Nov 26, 2023

Filed under: DM of the Rings Remaster 8 comments

The rulebooks never say that players earn XP for finding ways to imply the other guys at the table might be gay, but you would never know this from observing their behavior.

-Shamus, Wednesday Jan 5, 2007

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Sims 4 Overthinking: A Step Back

By Bay Posted Friday Nov 24, 2023

Filed under: Epilogue, The Sims Overthinking 5 comments

Alright, now it’s time to finally tackle the space I’ve been dreading the most. Our family is putting a laundry room upstairs, meaning, we need to know how they’re actually using this space.

See, what I have been doing is telling this story, and only furnishing rooms once they are in the form they will be taking in the final product (or at least, very close to.). A notable exception has been the nursery when Logan was born, but otherwise, that’s the deal.
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Wednesday Action Log 11-22-23

By Issac Young Posted Wednesday Nov 22, 2023

Filed under: Epilogue, Action Log 16 comments

This week I refuse to believe it’s been a whole week since last Wednesday. I have nearly gotten Risk of Rain Returns to %100. The difficulty feels more balanced now, but still harder than the second game. This could be because of my hours clocked, or it could be the items I’ve unlocked have helped the scaling.

Last week I complained about the camera magnification. This was user error. There is a inconspicuous button to toggle on/off pixel perfect. My mistake.

Today is Peter’s birthday. Happy birthday Peter.

What are you guys up to?

 


 

SWTOR: Rix’larril’an of the Ascendancy 2 – Welcome to the Jungle

By Paige Francis Posted Monday Nov 20, 2023

Filed under: Epilogue, Paige Writes 7 comments

Being “safe on the surface of Dromund Kaas” is an entirely relative concept. Kaliyo and I are no longer in the direct control of a Grand Moff and his murderous droid, but Dromund Kaas is an inherently unsafe place to be. In galactic terms, the Dromund system is right down the road from Korriban, the literal and traditional homeworld of the Sith species and Sith ideology. Dromund Kaas was annexed into the Sith Empire in antiquity, but possessing no special resources or attractions, its precise location was lost to time. Following their defeat in The Great Hyperspace War, Sith survivors sought the Dromund system for decades as a possible refuge unknown to the Republic or the Jedi. When Dromund Kaas was finally rediscovered, the Emperor established Kaas as the seat of power for the Sith and ordered the construction of a fortified city to house the Dark Council, the Imperial Bureaucracy, and the Military.

Over time the Bureaucracy has become dominated by Internal Affairs, or Imperial Intelligence; and as the “Military” is housed almost entirely in the Armada or is stationed at any of the thousands of worlds that comprise Imperial Might, the former Command Headquarters has been given over to the Mandalorian mercenaries allied with the Empire. When you consider most Sith Lords and Moffs spend their time on private fleets or on their favorite world of governance, those that remain are mostly those playing at power. According to the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force, even the Sith Emperor has been absent from the planet for decades; possibly centuries.

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