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I just finished up Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. It was a fun game, though I think it would've benefitted from some sort of combo system for the tricks. What struck me is that in the entire game, you only kill a single person. Everyone else just runs away when defeated.

Despite waiting for streaming, I went into it only knowing that it was a vampire flick starring Michael B. Jordan and directed by Ryan Coogler. And it was so darn good. Easily a top-tier vampire flick for me. It's got style, great performances, great cinematography, great music, and a whole lot...

There are a thousand stories in Night City. I get why people want to see more of the season 1 crew (sometimes regardless of whether or not it's even possible), but pretty much anyway you slice it, I think you'd end up with a worse story as a result. Heck yeah - that and Idris Elba as Solomon Reed.

New way to do the torch timer. When the GM's glass is empty, the torch goes out...

Yeah, it's just not a cocktail at that point. I maintain that a martini requires at least half an ounce of vermouth. I generally go with 2.5/3 oz of gin or vodka to .5 oz of vermouth. For a dirty martini, I could see going as low as .25 oz to make space for the brine, but that's about it.

I'm pretty sure that the difference in dilution between stirring and shaking is marginal, according to How2Drink, which I would defer to. The aeration, however, that is definitely a thing that bears mentioning.

Is it too much to hope that this will quiet all the fan theories on how David could still be alive? Super excited for this. Seeing the designs in black and white also reminds me a bit of old 2020 art.

Roger Moore, hands-down. These days it feels like all the superspies are brooding action heroes. Give me the suave, quippy Bond of Moore any day. Timothy Dalton probably looks most like what Ian Fleming described in his books, if I recall correctly. Handsome, but somewhat cruel-looking. There...

Seeing Marid Audran walk the Budayeen on screen would be amazing.

I'm really enjoying Murderbot. My wife, who hasn't read the books, is loving it as well. It's a really well done adaptation so far. Great casting, too. Seeing the attention and effort put into this adaptation makes me very hopeful for the Neuromancer adaptation.

I've gotten pretty good at recognizing what I ought to hold onto and what I can divest. But I do think long and hard about it. Not saying that there haven't been books I've had to re-acquire, but that's a small number compared to what I've gotten rid of over the years. I'm not at the point of...

Hopefully we get a Count Zero series if this does well, but I don't think you could start the Sprawl Trilogy in the middle. I would love to see a Hardwired adaptation, 100%. Probably time to do another re-read soon... Yeah, if anything, Neuromancer's prescience has only grown more accurate in...

I'm happy with the casting. In particular, I think Mark Strong will be perfect as Armitage. I find Gibson's writing rewards re-reading. It can be so dense with details and quick references.

I love the Schwarzenegger version, but this looks way closer to the book. I wonder if they kept the original ending. Without spoiling anything, from the trailer it does look like they've at least got elements of it in there.

So excited for this. And I'm really wondering who they're going to cast as The Finn.

Oof, The Brothers Karamazov can be a tough read already, let alone with bad narration!

We had the torch go out while we were exploring a room, but I immediately could see how dangerous it going out in combat would be. As it stood, just getting another torch lit in darkness made the dark feel scary in a way it hasn't in years in D&D. The way it handles that, plus the inventory...

Looking forward to diving in and never hearing "I have darkvision" again! But seriously, I'm reminded of when Castles and Crusades came along, just when I was so over 3e. Now, I find myself again done with the complexity of the current edition of D&D, and this game seems to marry the old school...

There were multiple conventions going on at the Greater Columbus Convention Center at the same time as Origins. Including a meat scientist convention.