Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@JohnnyShoulder I could never just watch a let’s play, it goes against everything that I play games for. Like imagine just watching the cutscenes from Red Dead 2 or TLOU2, it’s the incidental dialogue, your experiences etc that make the cutscenes have meaning and depth. Some of my favourite game moments are from things that I’ve done in a game, unique to me. Not having control of a game would do my head in, it already does when I watch my wee brother playing RE2 😂😂

@Arugula Ok man, furry muff. I'll stop shagging your leg over it. For now. 😂

@nessisonett Yeah exactly. Games are interactive after all. They must have some interest in the game, just play the damn thing. I'm not a very good watcher at games either. Its agony watching my Dad play as he misses half the stuff and then wonders why he has no ammo, health or whatever. Or does annoying stuff like repeatedly pressing a button to run when you only need to hold it down.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, my mum forgets the buttons when things start getting hectic on screen. With Red Dead 2, it was easy because there’s the general strategy of find cover, shoot, get back in cover until the enemies are dead but Witcher 3 just had too much going on at once for her. I think it’ll be fine once she has more experience at these things but she’s going onto L.A. Noire next which I think’s a pretty good choice due to it being both Rockstar and being plot-focused.

@nessisonett I think TW3 is bit too complicated for my Dad bless him. Too many things to think about. I lent him The Outer WORLDS but think he mentioned that was was having trouble with the dialogue. Got him Days Gone for his birthday and he seems to be enjoying that. His fave game is Bioshock.

Looks Like Internet Data Caps Are Back.

Well Evo imploded. Holy crap, that was a saga and a half. If this many people in positions of power are being outed as abusers, what the hell is the percentage? How many people have been getting away with this stuff unchecked for years?

Anyone know anything about blue cheese? I made wraps with Caesar salad, buffalo chicken and blue cheese but it overpowered everything. I used Roquefort but perhaps I’d be better with a saltier cheese like Gorgonzola? Really was tempted to create a whole topic dedicated to cheese just to wind up Kyle 😂😂

@nessisonett
It will give you nightmares, don't eat it before bed!

I love cheese, but can’t be getting on with blue cheese. I’ve just eaten a few slices of smoked cheese.

@kyleforrester87 Smoked cheese is unbelievably good. Those wedges of Applewood cheddar mmmmmm

@kyleforrester87 @nessisonett Cheese on anything makes it taste 100 times better. Chips, pasta, toast, spaghetti bol, scrambled eggs... i had blue cheese in a burger and it was amazing, but I had it on it's own and didn't like it. Cheddar, Wensleydale, Brie, Edam are usually by faves. But please, stay the F away from with that goats cheese. That stuff is evil.

@JohnnyShoulder I couldn’t find any feta a few weeks ago for putting in a pasta salad so I decided that goats cheese looked similar enough from the outside. I was wrong, very very wrong. That stuff is just a weird consistency.

@nessisonett Talking of Gorgonzola, there's quite a difference between Sweet and Spicy. The first one needs around 50 days of maturation and it's creamy and delicate, while the latter needs 80 days (while Roquefort at least 90), so it's compact and stronger.

@andreoni79 I was only introduced to the wonderful world of blue cheese thanks to a Formaggio pizza I had in London. Gorgonzola goes really well with a crisp beer like Peroni, I’ve realised. Man, this cheese talk is fascinating, so much goes into it, I kinda want to try making my own at some point 😂😂

@nessisonett I'm gonna tell you a secret: Italians don't understand why English drinks Peroni as Scottish don't understand why Italians drink Tennent's Super.

@andreoni79 Tennent’s Super! I can’t believe we export that stuff 😂😂

@nessisonett Use a little dolcelatte.

@mookysam Brilliant, I’ll have to find myself some of that. Also just realised that my mum is allergic to penicillin and I served her cheese-flavoured death on a plate. I mean, she’s not broken out in hives so I think it’ll be ok but wow, I have no idea how she can happily eat that stuff.

@nessisonett Cheese-flavoured death is how I would personally like to go

It’s quite sweet and basically a milder version of Gorgonzola @nessisonett, so not too overpowering and would pair better with the other ingredients. I think the type of penicillium used in blue cheese is a different strain to the antibiotic and the whole mould rather than an extract. Apparently many people allergic to the drugs can eat the cheeses safely, but some are allergic to both.