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    Choo choo! All aboard the Complain Train!

    I am haunted by my own incompetence again. I had scheduled an update to the firewall on Saturday (off-day) - forgot about it, and remembering this morning. Started it remotely before work, since... you know: "It never fails, and if it does, i can get to the office before anyone comes in" - My...
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    The Escapist Countdown to Shutdown Thread: What’s Next?

    i feel well described. (Just needs to add "spiteful") Also on the other side: I don't have Discord open at work... i could, but... i don't know that is crossing another line.
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    It's ok to be angry about capitalism

    A few years back i fucked up my transition from workplace to unemployed and was technically "not insured", even though it is mandatory. I went to the dentist and decided to have a molar "reconstructed" (half of it was destroyed) instead of just removed. The dentist planned it, killed the root...
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    Share some things that make you smile!

    Eh, i have things in the "Watch Later" playlist for years now. And they get recommended back to frontpage until watched. "Uh, a "The Question"- fan film. Why does it get recommended to me? Eh i can't possibly dedicate a full 20 minutes to something like that - what if it's bad. What if it is...
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    Windows 11 is out!

    Ah, things like this just keep coming from Microsoft. This morning i was reading the tech-news (Have to keep up to date for the job). For example this here: https://www.guru3d.com/story/security-concerns-surrounding-data-transfer-in-the-new-outlook-application/ TLDR: The "new and improved...
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    They fired the Escapist's editor, and the video team, Yahtzee resigns

    Hm, i usually just lurk around in the forums (while... at work, sigh) and habit-watch ZP. I was wondering how and what kind of money this site makes... and how much stress, desperation and problems between owners, contributors, users is. Hm. Seems something there broke. Well. Let's see how this...
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    Alan Wake II

    So. I think i am nearing the end here too. But wanted to make something of a pre-ending review. This game drives me insane (I did take a week pause in between too.) So: Storywise and such: Really nice ideas as always. The point of interlocking the art, the story, the metanarrative within a...
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    Alan Wake II

    I am about two hours in. I agree with all of this. The talking is fine, but the "Deductions" are not fun. There is no puzzle element, no "wrong" placement, nothing. You go somewhere in the world, click at ~5 things, press Tab-> Mind-place: Put the 5 thing on 2 different elemets: finished...
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    Alan Wake II

    Ah well. The pre-reviews were good. So i got myself an epic game account and bought the game. Also: I bought it with the money i made from trading Remedy Entertainment stock yesterday, he. Paid for itself. (But i should have held longer and sold later yesterday - the stock spiked really hard...
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    When is it acceptable to start playing Christmas music?

    Something like that. I would say even 1.December is too early. Come on, year has 12 month. we can't have nearly 3/4 of that be in service of two and a half days. Well, some Christians might disagree. Also: Man, why is Christmas music so... bad. Even the songs of otherwise good musicians? Always...
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    Alan Wake II

    Hm, i was interested in it. Now i am wresting a bit with myself: Do i get myself a damn Epic account for this? (If the reviews are ok) I mean, i liked all of Remedy's games (Except Quantum break - that didn't work with me somehow), but i don't like Tencent (or exclusivity in all its forms)...
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    Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

    Huh. Ah really "only" 112 Episodes. So 4 Seasons. Hm, felt like more... (Seems i have been talking our of my ass there) well, has been over 20 years. But yeah i haven't finished it all, stoppped somewhere in a tournament, or after it... well, i know tha main guy doesn't win it, right? Man i am...
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    General Movies, Music, Web Show, and TV News Thread

    Aw man, why does a "Beekeeper" be a super-secret position/organization/. Can't it be just a ex-"insert special forces" guy being fed up by callous small evil and going mental, berserking his way through scammers, marketing-divisions, abusive managements and ceo's/members of the board of various...
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    Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

    So i haven't (directly) watched "One Piece: The xxx Netflix attempt to desperately syphon subscriptions from somewhere" but i had running some "Reactors" on the side while playing games: Any you know what. This seems... "good". The Project just has "something" resonating in my cynical, bored...
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    Cyberpunk 2077 Review thread - Umm....

    While a few changes in this version sound fine... the whole "Auto-level", level-balancing etc. is always weird for me. Never sits right. When i played the game a while back, i did the melee-fightclub thingy. But it was impossible to do in a row. I had max strength and great Cyberware for melee...