MisterSims

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Tried out the new player. It's fine, I guess. The rest of the posters here seem to have gripes with it, but they've probably been using the site more than I have recently... The thing that is bugging me at the moment, is that I can't switch back to the Youtube player. I just wanted to test out the new player, not be stuck with it. I deleted my cache and cookies and all that. Still nothing.

Outlaw Johnny Black: 8.5/10

Yeah, I do half points. Ahhh, ever since Black Dynamite, Michael Jai White has just found that sweet spot of drama, action and comedy for me. It was a little bit long at 2hr16, but I enjoyed myself the whole way through. It was a good watch with the family.

I dont like for people to lose their jobs obviously, and say what you will about Embracer becoming a huge monopolizing conglomerate, but honestly, this is what the system looks like when it works. Volition made a terrible Saints Row game (and I mean TERRIBLE Saints Row game, full of bugs on release, uncreative gameplay, terrible story, terrible characters, and gave a tone deaf response to fans), right after failing with Agents of Mayhem, another game that traded in Saints nostalgia and brand recognition. The consumer said, "I don't want this", "I hate this", "This is not my Saints Row" and others who didn't jibe with the direction they decided to go didn't buy the game. The consumer actually spoke with their wallets, and this is what happened to the studio that failed. I'm glad that the system works. I liked some of their previous games, but I can't really feel how some of you feel. That being said, I hope that the workers land on their feet.

@av_gamer: I totally agree. It is a shame. But hey, its still chugging along. And my heart goes out to Jan for having to be the lynchpin here. He's pretty much the duct tape holding the site together. I mean, Grubb is doing his thing, but GB is kind of just The Jeff Grubb Show these days. Shout out to him. Maybe the site will have its second wind sometime soon. Or is it a fifth wind at this point?

Not a big user of the site anymore, where it used to be my go to thing. It's still the first link in my bookmarks, but I think that's just because I can't bring myself to change it. Having so few Quick Looks is the big miss for me, as I used to love the informative commentary, reactions and humorous musings on new games, and what felt like a trusted curation of games I might want to check out. (Where is the Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Quick Look???) Unprofessional Fridays was another main source of that, but that has kind of just turned into a Playdate, where they might play one game, more often than not that I have no interest in. I used to like watching Dan, but Dan without Vinny is like a rabid dog off the leash, just terrorizing the neighborhood, but fully aware that he has rabies, and he likes the rabies. If that makes any sense. I don't care for wrestling talk and just about everyone on staff now loves wrestling, so there is no suppression of that, whereas before I think they might have curtailed it for the sake of their castmates. It's good news for everyone who loves wrestling though I guess. You sickos all have a home (I was an attitude era man myself). Overall, I think what's mostly missing for me is that humor... that semi-professional improv vibe that Vinny, Abby, Jeff, and Ben brought to the table (can't forget about Ryan). The stuff that I feel like not a lot of people are good at, myself included. (I'll throw Alex in there too because I watched him get better at it... though on Nextlander, I get the vibe that he's kind of always looking for the joke, to a detriment). Jan's got the spirit, just doesn't have the people to properly bounce off of. Missing also is the elder statesman pro game knowledge that you'd get from a Jeff, Brad or Vinny. I've been maining Nextlander since the inception and I think that suits me just fine, though I'd like more of it. Solo Jeff is not really my thing, but he seems to be doing well. This post is not to bash the site, since I will always have a place in my heart for GB, just an honest assessment of my feelings on where things stand (for me). I wish everyone still here on this site the best, and all the duders still around, I'm happy that there is still support here. More than anything, I hope the legacy content will forever have a home here.

PS Jan is still the man

@ares42@noboners@efesell Interesting. Thank you all for your replies. I'm not so worried about the party members disagreeing with my actions, as playing a genuinely helpful good character with Lae'zel in my party subjects me to many disagreements lol. I'm doing a custom Tiefling Druid char, with Shadowheart, Gale and Lae'zel in the party (haven't found Karlach yet, who may just replace Lae'zel for me). But yeah I just dont want to miss out on some interesting interactions (even though, that is kind of the point of a D&D playthrough). Also, I like seeing how everyone has their different tents set up in camp.

Question for everyone: Should I just recruit every possible companion and send them to camp if I am not really considering them to be part of my main party?

Is it possible to do that for all of the companions?

I didn't invite Astarion or Wyll to my party, but I am interested to see a dialogue between Wyll and Karlach at some point.

Imagine if the Dungeons and Dragons movie came out after Baldur's Gate 3. I can almost guarantee that it would have done better. Conversely, I think the D&D movie coming out made more people interested in Baldur's Gate 3, myself being among those people, since I really loved the movie, and was never really a D&D fan like that.