Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@nessisonett How are you? Been a little while, how are the studies going? @colonelkilgore How does it feel to be a Banks-reading Banker who works in a Bank? 😂 The phrase just struck me today, it's worthy of Kelsey Grammar in Frasier isn't it? Seriously though, how's things man? What games are you onto now? I'm still playing UC4 as I've said in the other thread.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Studies are going 50/50. We’re now not going back at all in-person so the rest of this year will be online. Part of me’s glad because I now don’t need to leave the house but my AI class is a bit of a nightmare and I would have preferred in-person tutorials. I’m mostly just in panic mode trying to land a placement in time!

@TheBrandedSwordsman yeah it would probably feel better if the Banks books were my only Banks-association... but not bad dude, hope you’re good too. I’ve noticed your playing of U4 and I’d definitely suggest you try playing the whole series as you seem to be enjoying it.

Still on Dying Light and Dead Space 3. I think I’ll wrap up the DL plat next week and haven’t gotten anywhere near as much done on DS3 as I’d planned (hopefully my DS3 co-op partner isn’t too far ahead of me by the time we start next month).

Sorry to hear you fell of Death Stranding, I think you would’ve really dug the narrative.

@Arugula well I have a switch but barely use it if ever (in fact I’ve kinda off-loaded it to the missus) but have never really clicked with Nintendo.

Having said that I simply have to check out NLife now that I’ve heard how crazy it is!

Dayum!

@Arugula can me and your wife be friends 😜

@Arugula amen brother!

@colonelkilgore Well, you could always post me a spoilered up gist of the narrative, as I'm sure I won't go back to it, but spoiler tagged up just to prevent those still playing the game from getting spoilered , up to you.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I’m sure there are videos on YouTube that you could watch (and would probably present it better) but still I’m not sure the dramatic beats would hit in quite the right way without earning them. A lot of them come right after odyssey-like deliveries.

Just to cut in.

I'm not generally one to promote posts from my own thread, but you should see RogerRoger's frankly professional quality of writing in his last review.

Read Review

I'm floored.

@Jimmer-jammer It may have seemed a bit crass and insensitive of me at the time not to dwell on this, therefore I'm giving your post it's due attention here, not to derail The Music Thread - How did the sense of responsibility in the aftermath of the wreck affect you? What positives did you draw from the experience and how did it relate to your relationship with your friends who were involved? So glad to hear that all of you walked away, obviously.

@Jimmer-jammer Also, regarding giving up the guitar, I've decided I'm gonna stick to that, despite what we both said about hobbies being important to us as human beings. I was playing some heavy metal riffs this morning, and it just felt like I was simply too old to be playing them, I might just give up on either playing heavy metal, and just play jazz, or give up on the guitar entirely and focus my attention on my dream of professional game design, having a management role on my CV might help me break into that field, and I feel it is a more appropriate endeavor for an adult my age to pursue, rather than still trying to be a rock star after your 20s have passed. As I say, I could still play jazz, but, instead of buying guitars, I think whenever I have any disposable cash, it would be better invested in saving up and getting a PS5 and/or a high-end gaming laptop for the purpose of modding, so that I can spend more time on my current passion. I'm currently working on a game design document based on the Berserk manga and Dark Souls games.

@Ralizah The article is really interesting and well written.

@Kidfried @RogerRoger I’m quite used to the abbreviated “Sol” actually. I think it may have been @themcnoisy (aka “Noisy” 😛) who first coined it that way, if memory serves. In fact I call myself that regularly now 😅. The interesting thing is in my mind it comes out pronounced like “Saul” like the name, but could be “Soul” I guess too, which just doesn’t feel right. Either way, I’m all for shortening nicknames for ease of communication. I think I just called @Ralizah “Rali” on the other thread too! But I realize some have gone with a simpler “Ral”. Of course my favorite abridgment of a forum name is definitely @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy becoming simply “Foxy” 😄.

Anyway, call me whatever you want, Rog and Kid... just so long as you call me for dinner (ba-dum-tshh 🥁).

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy FGS @Th3solution Sol @RogerRoger Rog @Ralizah Rali @Kidfired eh I don't think I have a shorter name for you! Maybe KF but I would be tempted to stick a C on the end.

Kid Fried Chicken. I like it.

@Kidfried For the sake of comedy, if you ever happen to lose your employment, you should temporarily change your username to @themcnoisy 's suggestion of Kidfired.

KFC chicken has great breading, btw, but otherwise it's nothing special. And not worth the empty calories. They used to have amazing hot wings, but the one around me doesn't sell em anymore, so I assume they were pulled from the menu.

@Ralizah @Kidfried @themcnoisy I didn’t know KFC was actually a thing in Europe/UK. I much prefer Chick-Fil-A’s combo of salty spices, but the KFC breading does have a nice flavor too.
Edit: And for the record, I know Chick-Fil-A’s brass apparently has unpopular political stances which I don’t agree with. Apologies if that came across that way. I merely enjoy the food, but know many people choose to boycott them, which I can understand.

@Th3solution Meh.

Chic-fil-A's staff has ALWAYS been extremely pleasant and nice, no matter which one I go to in this country. And their food is delicious. That matters to me a lot more than their conservative owners donating to conservative causes.

If I never read a book, watched a film, or played a game because someone associated with it did or believed something I disapprove of, then my life would be worse off than it is now.

Which isn't to shame boycotters. People can, and should, stop giving money to any person or entity they feel doesn't deserve support. But it's not something I'm going to do, and people shouldn't be expected to do it based on their political stances. Chances are that said people are unwittingly putting money into the pockets of other corpos who have even more horrifying beliefs anyway.

@colonelkilgore Hey mate, how are you? I am still playing "Dude Raider" 4 😜 and thoroughly enjoying it. Did you check out @Th3solution's review of the first "Dude Raider" game? What game(s) are you onto now? Do you ever listen to any film or game scores if commercial music isn't exactly your thing?

@Ralizah Good point. Out of curiosity I googled KFC (and was surprised that they are second in international revenue only behind McDonald’s) and found plenty of controversy over the years for them as well, on a variety of politico-social topics. So I think you’re correct that it’s difficult to find a business out there that doesn’t have some kind of skeleton in the closet. And yes, part of Chick-Fil-A’s appeal is they have the kindest and most consistent customer service of any fast food chain I’ve seen. I’m not sure how they find these employees or cultivate them, but it is impressive from that standpoint. And to their credit, they have backtracked on some of the things said by one of their corporate goons and the company’s official stance is documented as very inclusive. And they apparently withdrew donations to the ultra conservative associations they used to support.