Exactly. I consider it basically payola these days. Every big-name review is gushing, falling over itself to expound on the innumerable virtues of every AAA release, and then once normal folks have played for a few weeks, the real story comes out. My partner played the demo and was shocked to be playing the same game as the one that was reviewed. Unless I'm so excited to play a game that I don't care if it's mediocre, I wait to buy until actual the real user reviews trickle out post-release.
woodnote
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I'm largely extrinsically motivated. I always have high hopes of 100%-ing games, but I find once all the quests are done, my enthusiasm for going out and wandering and finding the last things drops off precipitously. Even if I'm not following the storyline and have wandered off to explore, I still feel the need for some ultimate promise of more story to come.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as we anglophones say.
In other news, Headline Text Ambiguity Leads to Criminal Charges for French President.
Nothing like a cool floor on the tum on a hot day!
Funny because it's really quite the opposite in most places. You're legally required not to serve intoxicated patrons. If you overserve people and they go off and kill someone, you could be liable in my state. I think that's pretty bullshit but it surprises me that folks would argue to the exact opposite. Of course, why should that surprise me?
Your statement about wishing is so true. I'm not musical but my partner started playing piano as an adult and almost daily mentions how much he regrets not having started as a child. He plays daily now but there's so much time to make up compared to his peers who've been playing since they were kids.
Yep, this is my daily go-to as well. Rich enough to satisfy without anything else. I look forward to a splash of cream in my mug each day.
Heavy whipping cream in coffee is such an indulgent game-changer. I thought, how could it be that different from half-and-half? But it truly is something special.
Truly such gorgeous birds. I love birds with spotting like that (barn owls also have spectacular feather patterns) and the teal and buff colors are so pleasing. I'm so glad they're relatively common because I sure love to see them.
What a bizarre twist! They may not have filed charges yet against mom or son but I can't imagine it'll stay that way for long. 8 years of obstructing justice is a long time... Maybe a weird version of Munchausen by proxy?
I'm looking forward to Season 2. Season 1 wasn't the most incredible story I've ever seen, but I found it compelling, visually very appealing, and the story, performances and characters were strong enough that I'm excited to see how things play out. I've not read the books, though.
I think there's so much mediocre TV out there, it often seems like fantasy/scifi is held to a weird standard where it has to be groundbreakingly innovative and earthshatteringly well-done to get people on board. I'd much rather watch the next season of Wheel of Time than NCIS: Duluth or whatever else is getting pumped out by the police procedural-industrial complex (and believe me, I watch plenty of schlock crime dramas too).