I must be crazy, because I don’t remember there being any mention of him working with multiple bodies at all, let alone dozens.

I don’t know. One time I joined a game, and I had plenty of reasons to join the party, but the DM started RPing a really rude character, and it’s like his method of getting me to join the party was to be a huge asshole to me? I just didn’t pick up on it, and when I finally gave my character an ass-pull reason to join (that I could do some good if I tagged along) the DM was like “jeez, finally” and it sucked.

Like, if I’m playing a level 1 wizard, and the DM tells me I’m gonna die if I enter the conflict, it’s not really my backstory’s fault that I don’t jump into the fray. Sometimes you’re dealing with an inexperienced DM that expects you to metagame your way into the party. I genuinely thought he was on the verge of giving me the opportunity to convince the party to run away from the dragon, not stay and fight it.

Have you played the new Fantasy Life? It’s great

I also have a rare type of colorblindness, and it sucks when certain parts of a game are seemingly locked behind color perception. Like, if there’s going to be a reflex mechanic that necessitates a distinction between two colors, please let me customize those two colors in the options. And don’t limit it to deuteranopia, protanopia, and tritanopia; just let me choose the fucking colors. Some games do it right, but most just assume everyone can perceive colors the same way

I chuckled

Westworld. I started watching it twice, and both times I thought it was really good until I ran out of patience about not knowing what the hell was going on.

Yeah, thanks for asking. We found him deeply burrowed in a box of Christmas decorations in the back of our closet. He was traumatized, but he was safe

Within a few days, someone had let themselves into the apartment and patched the holes and replaced the fridge.

It was a really strange situation. The cops kicked in our door, pointed guns at us, and screamed at us to get out of the apartment. My girlfriend had the foresight to grab her purse on the way out, but I didn’t have my wallet or shoes.

They escorted us out of the complex, and I realized they weren’t going to let us back in after a short while. I asked a cop for some info, and he told me we weren’t allowed back in, and he couldn’t give a timeline, but to watch the news if I wanted an update. I asked him where I should watch the news, and he told me to get out of his face lmao

We made arrangements to hang out at a friend’s place for a few hours, and when we checked back on the complex, they had blocked off the whole street. We couldn’t approach anyone without them getting super aggressive and telling us we couldn’t be there.

We stayed the night at a different friend’s place, and tried to go home again around noon the next day. Our door was wide open, our cat was missing, our shit was tossed around, and there were a couple of evidence markers strewn about. After a bit, someone told us that they were still collecting evidence and cleaning up, and that we had to leave for a few hours.

That was the only sort of official conversation we ended up having with anyone about the whole ordeal. We were never contacted by the cops or the apartment management about it directly, but a week later we found out everyone in the complex got 4 days taken off their rent for that month. Cool, I guess.

I have a friend who passes out every time he gets his blood drawn. He’s like a deflating balloon.

He’s diabetic and has to get blood work done every so often, and he always warns the person taking his blood that he’s going to pass out for a second, and it’s no big deal, but they always act surprised and panic when it happens.

The cops had a shoot out with my neighbor in the apartment next to mine. I wasn’t positive it was gunfire, and I walked into my living room to get a better assessment. I was about a foot away from whizzing bullets, but I still wasn’t 100% sure lol. I decided to not risk it and take cover on the floor of my bathroom, until about 20 minutes later when the cops busted my door down and kicked me out of my apartment for 2 days. When I came back, I had 17 bullet holes in my wall (all from the cops) and my fridge and cabinets were all shot to hell. I definitely almost died that day

I think the Documentary Now! episode, “Juan Likes Rice and Chicken” is better than Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Also Matt’s mentor is called Stick, and the turtles have Splinter

Is that not a thing people do?

Tastes like sugary water.

You know what works really well for lip/mouth burn?

Soap. Seriously, try it if you ever need a nuclear option.

Fair enough. I appreciate your perspective

I kind of like the ad hoc presentation style of the video. The message that it’s trying to deliver is pretty incoherent, though. I just don’t feel like I learned anything beyond one person’s perspective from it

I’m surprised you even found the second owl fight on your first run. The Demon of Hatred is a tough one for sure, but people say he’s the most dark soulsy boss in the game. It wasn’t obvious to me, but there’s actually a way to reliably avoid his charge, and it doesn’t involve dodging.

A really tough boss is the spear wielder with his sword pal at the Ashina Reservoir idol during the third act of the game. Fighting them 2v1 is a true test of skill.

A few of my friends and I were really into the game, and we had a blast streaming our playthroughs and watching each other. The only one of us who didn’t think much of the game also didn’t consider it much of a challenge, though he extensively used Shinobi prosthetics, mortal draw, consumables, and even guides. I can imagine how the game might not live up to its reputation if you’re able to just plow through it and not feel the sense of accomplishment that can only come from finally beating each boss after they’ve stomped you into the ground a dozen times.

I hope you enjoy the last boss and it makes the game seem worth it, or maybe you give it another go using one of the items that cranks up the difficulty, and you find some joy in that. I just think it’s a special game, and I want everyone to love it as much as I do.

Yeah, ringing the demon bell just makes enemies hit harder and have more health. There’s a second way to increase the difficulty, but you only have access to it after you’ve beaten the game. It beefs up enemies, but also makes it so you take chip damage when guarding, meaning you have to parry to avoid damage altogether. The second method makes the game harder in a good way

I really like Sekiro. It’s one of my favorite games and easily my favorite FromSoft game. If you’re almost done with it and you’ve only struggled with two bosses, you might not be enjoying it because you’re too good at it.

I feel like it’s almost entirely fair, which I appreciate. I like the setting and the exploration. I like that it’s sort of short and contained. And I like how all the bosses have unique challenges to deal with.

And Genichiro is one of the best boss battles of any game I’ve ever played

Bloody Roar. The rights are held by Konami, so there’s practically no chance of it happening.