Christoffer

I'm not being directly affected (yet) by all this but the closer the news gets the more my "worry" turns into real anxiety and I should probably figure out how to deal with that before it gets any worse. Given the drastic actions our governments are now finally taking, I'm starting to accept there's an end to the pandemic. We will beat it, and hopefully relatively soon. But now the next storm cloud is starting to get very tangible in my mind. What the hell will happen to our economies? How many tens of thousands will have to leave their jobs or shut down their business? What can I do to help now? Will my company make it out okay? As I said, I will probably have to figure out how to stop getting stressed out, that wont help anyone.

Assuming the GB staff could even work at their offices this coming summer, I would love to see the grand return of the BLLSL. Even if it's a lot of work to plan and execute it couldn't be nearly as bad as E3, could it? Worst case scenario is that they all have to work from home (ok, maybe there's a few much worse scenarios than that) and then I vote for Film & 40s over Skype all day every day. Or at least start to look over everyones home stream setups soon.

@bicycleham: Is this before or after the latest patch (1.0.4.0)? I'm having a hard time keeping up with all patches to every game but I really wanted to enjoy my weekend with Wolcen.

I do miss BLLSL but if it was that big of a nightmare for Vinny, and the rest of the production crew, I can live without it. For me, the Extra Life streams have effectively replaced BLLSL. It's not exactly the same thing, and it could use a few more pre-planned segments so it doesn't end up like a long form UPF, but I think it works well as the big yearly event I look forward to (aside from E3). And the fact that it's for a good cause is a plus.

Most of the podcasts I follow have segments I care less about (e.g. the hosts forget all about podcast decorum and just talk over eachother making it impossible to follow the discussion). That's why the "skip forward 30 sec" button is there. Keep it all in, some people might find joy in it.

I recently invested in a new and fairly pricey monitor for my PC so I will try yo abstain from buying new games for a while. So I've been playing through Dark Souls again and it's just as fun as I remember.

I don't know if it's true that there are more "armchair experts" today and I have no way of finding out. But since the explosion of social media and online personalities I guess it's more important to have an opinion and to appear knowledgeable than to actually know what you're talking about. Saying "I don't know enough about that topic" makes you look boring and dumb.

But I have a lot of these issues in real life too, not just online. Yesterday I spoke to someone who thought Podcasts were just a bunch of young influencers and media people talking meaningless bullshit for hours. I mentioned a few educational and informative podcasts I follow, but those should apparently not be counted as "podcasts".

You could ask them to name a few specific JRPG games that they were referring to. But I bet they couldn't name a single one and they still wouldn't change their mind because they don't care. Don't waste your time with that discussion.

I really liked The Boys but like any modern TV show it drags after you "get it". We had Robocop in the 80s.

Looks watchable and I will probably give it a try when it comes out. Yeah, It looks a bit cheaper than GoT but that doesn't have to be a huge problem. If they make me care about the characters and the story I would accept Star Trek: ToS quality.

I've been terrible at every competetive style game I've ever enjoyed. Dota 2, Starcraft 2, Tekken 7 and so on. Apart from those types of games I guess I rarely try to get good at any 4X or grand strategy game. I mostly set them to easy mode and enjoy them as an RPG-ish experience.