@Jaded said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:
@Sparks This is the first game I encountered ascii desces in a weapon or item. I find that...strange, actually. So I would not expect ascii art. Just...a good desc.
I didn't understand it in Firan either. To be honest, I find most ASCII art ugly as sin. Only a few pieces have made me go "Oh, wow! That's neat!"
@Faceless I miss Ida and stories of Tomato Bacon Chef.
I'm watching it now, and all I can think of is sympathy for Japan. All those expensive, empty stadiums and facilities. Countries never make back what they spend for these events, but that's definitely true for Japan in this case.
Speaking of things with "Horizon" in the name, Horizon: Zero Dawn MU*. Add some MUD elements with the exploration and hunting. MUSH elements with building villages. You have survival elements and a pretty flexible metaplot to work with.
I am also in the "I don't like the art style train.". I have passed over so many good western shows and anime. I will turn away a webcomic for the same reason.
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Ehhh, it's not a wildly divergent evolution of the word in this case. The Romans were kidnapping the women to marry them, the Romans weren't going to take no for an answer when it came time for the marriage ceremonies, and the Romans were definitely going to consummate the marriages, so the Rape of the Sabines still is an accurate title for the historical event.
Yeah, A New Hope was basically Flash Gordon, Dune, Dam Busters, and Kurosawa films thrown into a blender with George's wife making the results into a delicious meal.
I kind of want someone to make a parody of LOTR that is that.
@runescryer said in Dabbling, Mastery, Dunning–Kruger etc:
We have more information freely available to humanity than ever before. But it's just as important that we know how to understand the information presented to us. How to separate out the facts from the opinions that are presented as 'facts'.
And liberal arts degrees, the programs that are most devoted to critical thinking, are becoming less and less regarded. I have met so many engineers who consider themselves smart and can math and design an efficient system thoroughly, but couldn't figure a way out of a wet paper bag. Get them out of their wheelhouse and they are complete morons.
DUNE
So I don't do movies much. As I have stated previously on the forum, I find most movies post-2000-ish to be crap. I really don't like movie theaters, and prefer the comforts of watching a movie at home on the rare times that I will watch a movie. So it takes a lot to get me to watch a new movie, in a movie theater, on the day of its release.
I give it a 3 out of 5, or a 2 out of 5 if they never make Part 2. They better make that Part 2, as I would give the 1984 Dune a 2 out of 5 as well, and it would be a pretty terrible if, after 37 years, they can only match it. Which is all a shame, because it had the potential to be a 5 out of 5. The acting, soundtrack, and CGI are all superb. It opens really well, and I was all aboard to love this movie.
The biggest issue is they rush things. They've already decided to split the novel into multiple movies to do it justice, so why the rush? And I got the feeling as I was leaving the theater that I'm not alone in that assessment, as a bunch of my fellow audience members were saying things that indicated that they were completely lost and confused about what they just saw.
Anyways that's all I have to say that isn't spoilery.
It's more than just those two.
***The List of Deaths***
I want to make a parody film and title it "Sean Bean Dies at the End." I wouldn't parody "John Dies at the End," but I would spoof the name. Also I can't decide if Sean Bean should die or not die at the end. Maybe include that scene idea I read somewhere with Daniel Radcliffe playing Elijah Wood and Elijah Wood playing Daniel Radcliffe.
They have to have all those words, so that there is space on the page for all the ads that take forever to load, keeping you from seeing the recipe.
Because it's getting that time of year:
Ominous' Chili
Ingredients:
1 lb. of ground beef
1 lb. of ground hot Italian sausage
1 large onion, chopped
1 to 2 poblano peppers, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
2 packets of chili seasoning
1-28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes
1-28 oz. can of diced tomatoes (or 1-14 oz can of diced tomatoes and 1-14 oz. can of diced, fire roasted tomatoes)
1-16 oz. package of sour cream
1-32 oz. box of beef stock (Not broth. STOCK!)
1 to 2-14 oz cans of red kidney beans, drained
1-14 oz. can of black beans, drained
Oregano, cumin, paprika, and ground chipotle pepper to taste
Shredded sharp cheddar cheese and sour cream to top with
Hardware:
Stockpot
Range
Refrigerator
Tupperware
Directions:
Brown the beef and sausage in a stockpot. Remove the browned meat to a bowl, leaving the grease on the bottom. Saute the onion and peppers in the grease, adding vegetable oil if there is not enough leftover grease for sauteing. If you like other veggies in your chili (I sometimes use corn or celery) add them with the onion and peppers. In the last 30 seconds of sauteing add the minced garlic and finish sauteing. Add the meats back to the stockpot along with the first seasoning packet and stir, letting the seasoning brown just a touch.
Add the crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, beef stock, and second seasoning packet and stir again. Add the 16 oz. container of sour cream and stir with the aim of breaking up and incorporating the sour cream. Add 1 drained can of red kidney beans and the drained can of black beans and stir. If it's not bean-y enough for you, add the second drained can of red kidney beans and stir. Season with oregano, cumin, paprika, and ground chipotle pepper (or cayenne pepper) to taste (I usually do 2 to 3 tablespoons of oregano, 1 to 2 teaspoons of cumin, 1 to 2 tablespoons of paprika, and 1 to 2 teaspoons of ground chipotle pepper without accurate measurements) and stir.
Bring pot to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for about an hour, stirring occasionally, to reduce the water content to a desired consistency. Let cool and store in fridge overnight. Serve reheated next day, topped with shredded sharp cheddar cheese and a dollop of sour cream if you desire.
Recipe makes about 10 bowls of chili, aka lunch and dinner for a week for one.
Ominous' Extra Ominous Chili
Add the following to the above recipe:
1 chipotle pepper, chopped, from a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of adobo sauce from a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of gochujang paste
Any extra chopped peppers you care to add. (Jalapeno, serano, habanero, etc. Just pick one type to add and add at most 2 peppers of that type to make sure you don't overshoot on your first batch.)
Add the chopped chipotle pepper and the extra peppers in with the other peppers during sauteing. Do not breathe the fumes too heavily during this step, unless you have nostalgic memories of pepper spray like I do.
Add the abodo sauce and gochujang paste while adding the tomatoes and beef stock.
Serve to those with asbestos-lined tongues.
Note: I like a spicy chili. I would consider my main recipe to be in the mild to medium range. However, if you need your chili squarely and for-sure in the mild range, use a medium or mild Italian sausage, keep the poblano but use only 1, and do not add any ground chipotle at the end.
Note 2: If you want your chili meatier, add an extra pound of ground beef, if you're fine with more of the same, or ground lamb, if you want some differing flavors and textures.
Ominous' Two-Hour and Really Fatty Macaroni & Cheese
aka Ominous' Take on His Mamaw's Mac & Cheese
Ingredients:
1 to 2 boxes of large elbow macaroni (Pour the uncooked macaroni in a deep casserole dish. You want enough to fill it between one-third and halfway up, as the macaroni will expand once cooked to fill it the rest of the way.)
0.5 to 1 stick of butter, melted
1 cup Cheez-Its, crushed
Salt
1-16 oz. box of Velveeta, half cubed and half sliced
1-16oz. block of extra sharp cheddar cheese, hand shredded
0.75 to 1-5 oz. wedge of asiago cheese, hand shredded
2-12 oz. cans of evaporated milk (EVAPORATED Milk not Condensed Milk. If you use the latter, you're making macaroni & cheese flavored room temperature ice cream.)
Pepper to taste
Ground cayenne or chipotle pepper to taste
Ground dried mustard to taste
Optional Ingredients:
Crumbled blue cheese to taste
4 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
Heavy cream instead of evaporated milk, if you want to be really fatty
Hardware:
Stockpot
Lasagna Pan, Deep Casserole Dish, or Dutch Oven
Cheese Grater
Cheese Slicer
Range
Oven
Fill a stockpot with one gallon of water and salt heavily. Do not use less than a gallon of water when cooking pasta. Do not use unsalted water when boiling pasta. Otherwise, the dead Italian grandmothers of the world will haunt you.
While bringing the water to a boil shred and cube all the cheese. Also melt the butter and stir it with the crushed up Cheez-Its. Once the water is boiling add the macaroni to the pot and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook the pasta to al dente, then drain the water, saving 2 cups of it.
Add one can of evaporated milk, fresh ground pepper, ground cayenne/chipotle pepper, and ground dried mustard to the pasta, then slowly incorporate the cubed Velveeta, shredded cheddar, shredded asiago, and optional crumbled blue cheese (it does not take much blue cheese to add a little something extra, so go light with it), while stirring, letting the residual heat of the stockpot and pasta melt the cheeses. If it gets too thick, add the second can of evaporated milk. NOTE: The sauce will continue to thicken even once you're done, so aim for a little soupier than you want the finished product. If you need to throw the pot back on a burner to finish melting everything, that's alright, but do it on a low heat. If you need more liquid than the 2 cans of evaporated milk, use the saved pasta water in small additions.
Once all the cheeses are added and melted, throw in the bacon and stir. Pour the deliciousness into a lasagna pan, deep casserole dish, or dutch oven. Top with the slices of Velveeta and then the Cheez-It crumbles. Place the casserole dish in the oven and bake until the top layer has browned lightly. If it blackens, you didn't use enough butter on the Cheez-Its to fry them. Remove from the oven and serve. Makes enough to give heart disease to a 10-20 member family gathering.
Note: Again, use evaporated milk or heavy cream, not condensed milk. Condensed milk or more accurately Sweetened Condensed Milk has had sugar added.
MUSHes are actually real and, when we connect to a character, it hijacks their soul. When you pose a character doing something, it forces the person in that reality to actually do what you posed, no matter how boneheaded it is.
EDIT - Added some commas, because it was making my OCD go off.
At the jail I work at, the nurses inject it into the belly, about a hand's width to the side from and slightly below the belly button.
