I think you just noted why they compared them. Both were huge.

Kinda sad to see the state of them now.

Did you enable all the DLC? Maybe you didn’t the first time. I made the mistake of playing it for the first time with everything, and some of the DLC gives you all your powers/etc right away I believe. It has been years but I remember this really bummed me out rather than unlocking things as I went.

I could be remembering wrong, but I think it just hands you a lot of unlockables almost right away. I recall feeling like it killed some of the excitement that would have been there.

Someone with more recent memory can help me out. I just remember being powerful super quick.

I did the same on my desktop. I haven’t bought a laptop in forever though and idk what to do about them all having an AI key now.

On budget, these are some of the recent films.

• The Visit — Budget $5M; Gross $98M
• Split — Budget $9M; Gross $279M
• Glass — Budget $20M; Gross $247M
• Old — Budget $18M; Gross $90M
• Knock at the Cabin — Budget $20M; Gross $54M
• Trap — Budget $30M; Gross $83M

after a temporary exodus from Hollywood and a retreat to his roots in independent cinema, Shyamalan finally returned to studio film-making in 2021 with the release of Old

But he had just released the abomination that was Glass a few years prior. I think Knock at the Cabin was a better “return” if he could be said to have ever left. Following that back with Trap though felt like sliding backwards again which was a bummer as I really wanted to like that movie.

If Glass had not gone the way it did, it would have been a fantastic monument in his film history. Instead it is kind of like the Matrix, and the less part muddies some of the shine on the best parts of his career imo.

An interesting conversation to have with Shyamalan is about the business side of movies. He is very good at making sure the movies turn a profit and I would like to know more about that, it has been on my list of things to doomscroll one day.

Romulus was cool imo, but not mind blowing. To me it was good enough to warrant more. Was it as good as 1 or 2? No. Was it better than everything else? Yes, because unlike every Alien sequel, it is not a few good scenes in a bad movie. For better or worse, it is consistent.

I actually had my internet down for like 10 days and only had a handful of movies available to me and no books as I had just moved and was still awaiting their arrival. I ended up watching Romulus three times. to me it is the perfect example of “swimming in sevens.” I had only a month prior marathoned all other Alien movies though, so maybe my brain was affected.

I cannot speak to the most recent 2 predator movies, but I liked Prey enough to watch it twice in a year. I think the same person did the John Goodman bunker movie, and I just think they are a competent person running the show for Predator stuff now.

As someone who loved Nosgoth, Rocket League was the sads for me.

How are the controller controls? Usually it’s menu stuff I wonder about when there are many things to do.

I’ve never played either the original or its DLC. Does it get any more weird west outside of zombies?

How much couch money do I need to acquire Westwood’s NoX out of this?

“In honour of his legacy, his Instagram account will be deleted.”

I’m using a very very old nook and enjoy it. I kinda want whatever I use to be just for reading, and nothing else. This way it all points to one thing. I also have like a first or second Gen kindle but it, while technically better, is slow as heck and filled with bloat.

I am tempted by modern colored e-ink, but I hear it isn’t super color accurate yet.

I feel like a guide site is very likely to get scraped up by AI. People just typing in “How to repair buildings in Worshippers of Cthulhu” and getting their answer without ever knowing who wrote it out originally. I hope the best for them. I think it’s a cool endeavor.

I’m not sure that you can get wallpaper engine running. Maybe someone else can say otherwise, but I wouldn’t trust second hand.

For closure, I require a Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Oh for sure my confidence is way low. I don’t do much early access stuff and CU would definitely not be an exception.

I want good things for it is all. Seeing a video drop is nice, if only to show a sign of life.

I’ll try it when it comes out. I really got hooked by Warhammer Online mostly until it closed (now alive again).

I never backed it, but I never felt Jacob’s as anyone bad. He put his own money in and I believe they did considerable refunds after a while. Maybe a bit misguided with whatever that spinoff game was. Warhammer Online tried the same thing after he had already left, with Wrath of Heroes.

If it is fun PvP, I’ll be there. I hope they popularize something new again. I feel like many games have some version of public quests now.

Oh! New to me as well and also looks great! This looks a bit more action packed, and I think will be an easier sell to my buddy. He did not like the more patient at times pace of the last flick, while I ate it up.

It feels good to be excited about Predator flicks.

Looks fun. I trust the guy after Prey. I am nervous about the Alien crossover again. I don’t think it’s a completely bad idea within the confines of a alienless movie, but I can’t see it culminating in an inspired way.