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#11

Gaming HQ / Re: PSA: Game Discounts

Last post by Syt - Today at 12:53:36 AM

There's a Slitherine 25th Anniversary sale going on:

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/slitherine25thanniversarypublishersale

There's three games FREE and TO KEEP as part of this:
Field of Glory II Medieval: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368870/Field_of_Glory_II_Medieval/
Fantasy General II: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1025440/Fantasy_General_II/
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock: https://store.steampowered.com/app/544610/Battlestar_Galactica_Deadlock/

The DLC are not included, however.

#12

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by frunk - July 10, 2025, 11:15:35 PM

Gaiman had quite the reputation as a playboy in the 90s on the convention circuit, and at least his second marriage was an open one.  I'd say that having relations with your fans is a pretty fraught power dynamic, and having exploited it that long is bound to warp your perception of reality if it didn't start out that way.

#13

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by HVC - July 10, 2025, 11:02:58 PM

I mean sure some hot shot actor or music star, sure. But an author? Especially at his age? This one caught me by surprise.

I don't know, my mental image of most writers is "degenerate drunk" so it's not too far a leap. I didn't really like first season, so I wasn't planning on watching the second anyway.

#14

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Syt - July 10, 2025, 11:02:10 PM

So, what can be done to make this stuff stop?

#15

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Syt - July 10, 2025, 10:54:56 PM

I think with Gaiman it hits harder because he seemed one of the "good guys", progressive, trying to platform women and marginalized groups and willing to learn. But especially Sandman feels problematic now as some of it feels like self-insert or "write what you know" too much - like the story about an author keeping the muse Calliope as a sex slave for his "inspiration".

#16

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Valmy - July 10, 2025, 10:24:13 PM

I mean sure some hot shot actor or music star, sure. But an author? Especially at his age? This one caught me by surprise.

#17

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Valmy - July 10, 2025, 10:20:12 PM

How did the Euros lose 15 years on those things?

#18

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Bauer - July 10, 2025, 09:10:08 PM

I just go by the assumption that everyone in show business is a drug/sex addict then I'm never disappointed.

#19

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Admiral Yi - July 10, 2025, 09:00:26 PM

The Llama cut is on its way out it seems. Too many memes.

Maybe in tragically hip Toronto, but here in The Heartland it's still peaking.

#20

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Bauer - July 10, 2025, 08:52:41 PM

They've been studying the delta port expansion for ages, I think it's close now but they aren't forecasting the need for that capacity until the 2030s.  So I doubt port capacity on the west coast is an issue, and they seem to be expanding as needed already.

I think the key is efficiency too though and maybe there are other investments that can maximize the value.