m. tarah henry 🌹 @Lobst@scalie.club

RAM's on its way; I found a hot deal that turned out in retrospect to be merely lukewarm, so it looks like I'm settling for 2400MHz DDR4 until (unless) I decide to upgrade to 32GB.

(also, re: the previous post in this thread, the second package stopped at the label creation phase -- I was hoping I'd get some Newegg credit for a minor hassle, but w/e)

Moved nearly all my digital Xbox 360 games back from my XbOne to my 360; partially to free up an external hard drive, but it also bugged me that their selective digital backward compatibility was leaving behind Kinect games, games with special controllers (Rock Band 3, DJ Hero), and true masterpieces like Vidiot Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzfUSSyIEvc

This has been my main motive for picking up exercycling again, also; I figured going in that I'd need a way to get my heart rate up that didn't involve dehydrating myself during the day -- and so, that's why for a week now I've been pedaling to a single Dragon Ball episode before the morning shower. This means I typically only have time for a single sleep cycle between dinner and breakfast, but I make up for that (to an extent) later in the day.

This will probably be the only year I observe this event, but I'm committed regardless; over a week in, my willpower for fasting through daylight hours is bulletproof. At some point I'll have to figure out what to do for Eid afterward (re: what special foods I'm going to buy and/or make, and absolutely fucking murder either way).

Even setting all that aside -- the trailers for this game would've been SO much cooler if instead of airbrushed actors and models, the characters emoting in a campaign to win the audience's sympathy were a bunch of Roombas or Asimos -- even (especially) when they're surrounded by Quantic Dream's stock-standard grim story cliches. It'd still be hackneyed, but I would absolutely show up for it.

For instance, the "androids stand at the back of the bus" thing: imagine if they had a rectangular form factor with wheels, had form-fitting compartments stacked up like crates for them to back themselves up into, and were programmed to display (^ ^) on their faces when they slot into place, until the rear door slides closed. The problem with this arrangement is only evident when you start considering them as sapient creatures with personality traits and free will.

Housemate rented this; the script is sub-cable-TV garbage, but everything I've seen so far would've been executed 10000% better if the robots looked like real-world pizza/room-service delivery droids and not like human beings at all

Visited Retro Game Trader in Beaverton earlier today to browse their selection; walked out empty-handed, but resolved to the clerk that when the time comes for me to get a Genesis (for hardware testing), it will be from them.

(My indecisiveness didn't stop @phenokage from getting 3 B-tier PS3/Xbox games and a foam Ash Ketchum trucker hat, of course)

And we're back! Everything seems to be in working order; thanks for your patience, everyone! ( <3 )