archer88

Shared office space with multiple desks. Co-worked had a habit of going to conference rooms to work in silence so we would do things to his desk.

- Changed his desk name tag to "Part Timer"

- Turned his desk into a produce stand

- Put all of his personal belongings in a box and told him the boss wanted to see him

- Replaced photos of his girlfriend with pictures of us

- Rearranged contents of his desk drawers

- Changed his voicemail greeting (got in trouble for that one)

Right now another manager and I have a running joke where we work firing/insulting each other into meetings that we run, just nonchalantly mentioning it. We both get a kick out of it. Yesterday he sent out a report titled "May KPI Summary: Proof that Archer88 is Useless". Stuff like that.

Everyone always points to this game as not just the greatest Fallout game, but one of the greatest RPGs ever made. I struggled to give a single fuck about anything that I was doing in that game. Boring and tedious,

If I was ordering from a restaurant, there's a place near my Alma Mater that had a meal called "Penny on the Farm" - steak topped with sautéed mushrooms and sides of grilled chicken breast, BBQ ribs, chicken fingers, deep fried mushrooms, steamed vegetables, fries and garlic toast. I'd pair it with a couple pints of Rickard's Red or some Mojito's

Homemade food, then probably my mother-in-law's beef dip sandwiches or my wife's meat sauce over literally any other food. Same booze.

This really seems like another No Man's Sky. My only hope is they can turn it around in a similar manner. Seems like they could do some of the following:

- NPC Pirate ships: Allows for players to experience ship to ship combat without having to deal with players who really don't want to engage or the whole griefing aspect of things. Tools and items related to boarding would be useful; grappling hooks (maybe even cannon based ones) and the like.

- More Sea Life/Monsters/Anomalies: Whales, Dolphins, Whirlpools, Waterspouts, etc. Who wouldn't want their own Moby Dick like encounter out there.

- Weapon Variety: The weapons don't have to be better, just different. I know it's a little dismissive to say "just balance them" but it's not like they can't tweak values over time.

- Actual Treasure: It is bonkers that you just trade in the loot you find. I would have thought they could do a risk reward thing where chests could be opened and looted for a piece of gear or traded in so you rank up. Higher rank voyages = higher rank treasure = better gear when looted.

- Fleets: Self explanatory. I know this can just sort of happen if crews play friendly, but they should build a system around it to better manage it.

- Activity variety: Ties into the NPC pirates, but missions around kidnapping, pillaging, destruction, prison escapes, scuttling fleets, etc. Hard to do this when the only enemies are skellies.

- A Home base: Gives you something to work towards and spend gold on outside of cosmetics.

Just some thoughts. I love the idea behind this game, it just feels like they left it too empty.

It may not reach top 50 most played, but finding a match never takes very long. I don't queue for all game modes and I play around 11pm or later on weekdays on the east coast and I wait maybe a minute for a match. Usually see at least 5K playing with about 8 to 10K during peak hours.

The Matrix Online. Couldn't tell you my total time, but it would have easily been over 1000 hours. Fuck I miss that game.

Travis McElroy

STALKER - Shadow of Chernobyl. Just dripping in atmosphere. The first time you explore the X-18 lab is unbelievable. Everything about it just pulled me right in. Couldn't get enough of it.

Deus Ex - The entire series really. I love every game. But the level they went to to flesh out their world is amazing. I barely read my own e-mails but I will hack every last computer to read random e-mails in the Deus Ex Universe

Witcher 3 - They just put a lot of effort into making the world outside of the main quest worth engaging with. They rewrote the book on what side quests should be in RPGs.

Yeah, Jeff or Brad mentioned during some of the Xbox One X coverage that Microsoft has indicated they're looking to acquire some studios and build up their first party offerings. The first studio that popped into my head was Respawn; just seemed like a good fit considering that TF2 is one of the few multi-platform games from this generation that appears to be stronger on Xbox than PS4. That's just anecdotal from looking at active players in the MP, BTW. Either way, not gonna happen now. Hopefully EA doesn't fuck with them too much.

Hey, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but a massive disappointment? That's really counter to the opinion most people have of that game. Genuinely curious why you disliked so much.

John Mayer - The Search for Everything Tour 2017.

I imagine most people here think he's trash, but I find him talented and he really shines live since he tends to improvise and solo during the songs where it makes sense to do so. This tour had a cool format, where he basically split it into 5 sets: full band, acoustic, trio, full band, encore/solo. The set list was just about perfect and he played a decent mix of old and new. Maybe one song that I didn't like so much, which is Daughters. Trio was the highlight because it was basically a Mayer/Palladino/Jordan jam session with Who Did You Think I Was, Crossroad Blues and Wait Until Tomorrow thrown in there. I also had a really good meal before the show, so the whole night was rad.