Fezrock

This game has been a real rollercoaster of emotions for me. From excitement at that first trailer, to disappointment to learn that it was a not-very-good crafting game*, to optimism upon hearing the developers were retooling the game into the narrative game implied from that trailer, back to disappointment to hear that the final product is a not good mash-up of genres with many technical limitations, and with a last twist of shock to hear that its a $60 game.

*I'm fine with a good one, but all indications were that it was pretty half-baked in early access.

It took me a little while to notice the animation Jason was talking about; but when I did, good god that was horrifying.

@grace_omega: Yep. From my outside perspective, this looks jankier, but also more interestingly designed.

Super excited for this. The Mass Effect trilogy is the best.

It will take some time for me to adjust to Alex's character selection though. I played through the whole trilogy three times over the years and always played as default female Shepard, so hearing Jennifer Hale saying those lines out of a different-looking character is jarring me right now.

I'm not sure whether a 4x game with zero diplomacy would have enough depth for me.

Also, I'm never a fan of 40K games where allied forces (like Space Marines and the Imperial Army) are fighting each other for no given reason.

@humanity: A solid 20+ minutes. I'll generally just stand in scalding hot water for a solid 10 minutes before I even start thinking about cleaning. I recognize that's slower than most, and I will be much faster if someone is waiting, but if I have the time I just want to relax.

@wardcleaver: If I was out in the summer heat all day, I probably would shower in the evening. Just like I'll take a shower at the gym after finishing a workout. But most days I'm in one air conditioned environment after another all day long, there is no sweat. You raise a good point though, I am generalizing from my perspective as a white collar office worker.

The thing about morning showers is, if you're concerned about your sheets getting dirty at night, you can just... wash your sheets more frequently. I couldn't imagine not taking a shower in the morning, I need it just to wake up and even on the rare times that I do take a night shower (like if I was doing manual labor around the house all day) I still feel gross in the morning and need a shower.

And fuck taking two showers a day regularly, who's got time for that?

I am disturbed to find out that the mushroom is part of his skull rather than simply a neat hat. Was this already known and I was just blissfully unaware?

Incredible.

Also, I'm pretty sure (and really hope) that 88 is a reference to something other than the thing we're worried it's referencing.

Now that I've reached the end of the podcast, I'm really sad that there isn't more attention being paid to Dan's misunderstanding of refrigeration.