Nolder

Hi

Watched the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre last night. It was…ok. I can definitely see how it would scare or disturb people in the 70s but I feel like slashers have done a lot since then. Still, it wasn’t bad or anything although I did feel like the ending was sort of convenient and abrupt.

Ok I’m sold next time it’s on sale for like $15 I’ll pick it up. New Vegas has some amazing mechanics by the way in case either of you aren’t aware. (I wasn’t, despite playing the game, until recently). The way the perks can interact with the game can get insanely intricate and unique depending on how you mix them and what quests you decide to do in what order and their outcomes. Definitely worth looking a video of these mechanics up and listening to someone blab about them to get an idea of how it all really works and what it’s capable of. Truly one of Obsidians masterpieces.

That and a few other minor things. I think what bugs me is that with just a little bit of care they could have been totally avoided. I mean maybe this is an intentional retcon and maybe it will be better somehow but if so I wish they’d communicated it better. I don’t think so though I think it was just lack of care. And yes the majority of viewers will not notice or care I totally get that. I’ve had the same problem for awhile now with some of the exact same games. If you’re looking for a game to play I’d recommend Prey if you haven’t played it. It’s “open world” in that you can go where you want whenever you want and do things in the order you want but the game takes place on a large space station. What I like about it is you can solve issues and quests in really unique ways. Like say there is a locked door and you can see something you want in the room. You can go find the keycard to unlock the door…or you can just break the glass and go inside. OR you can sneak into the vents and drop down in the room. Stuff like that. It’s not a long game but it will definitely occupy you for awhile if you do a 100% playthrough. ive never played Witcher but I always wanted to just never got around to it.

76 was an absolute abomination when it came out. There were literally thousands of bugs (no I’m serious I remember watching a YouTube video document over 1000 unique bugs) most of which were carryovers from FO4 that modders had fixed. The thing that got me to quit was I spent hours making a house three separate times and each time I decided I was satisfied with it I would log in one day and find out some bug had deleted my house. I’m pretty sure it’s better now, at least somewhat, but the 76 experience was not a good one for me. Which is a shame because the setting was really good for a fallout map.

It was better but I felt like it still wasn’t enough of a course correction. It’s miles above Halo, Rings of Power, etc that’s for sure. I think for someone who’s never played the games and/or doesn’t care that much about Fallouts backstory and lore this show works a lot better. There are certain parts of the show that break the games lore but we are told the show is cannon so I guess they are retconning the games which is annoying. If you play Fallout 4 my advice to you is not to get bogged down in side quests. Usually side quests are the best part of a big RPG like that but my experience with FO4 was the side quests were mostly just a repetitive slog and the main story was what was interesting. If you play Fallout 3 or New Vegas definitely explore and do side stuff but that’s just not FO4s strong suit imo. Also I don’t know if it’s the same on PlayStation but they added a thing on Xbox that let you add mods as if you were on PC. I believe it works for Skyrim as well. If you can I highly recommend looking up some kind of “home” or “base” mod that has all the workbenches and crafting tables and all that crap in one place.

I’ve been to Red Lobster once in my life but I actually enjoyed it so idk why they get so much hate. RIP

Fallout is pretty meh. It’s weird how Amazon keeps going back and forth between decent shows and flops. I know there’s different showrunners, writers, actors, etc but the inconsistency between Reacher and Rings of Power for example is kind of jarring tbh.

It was an ending. It got everything done it had to. The tone was just very different from the first three seasons. A lot less comedy I guess. It wasn’t bad or anything just not at the same level as the other seasons imo. It had some good moments. Actually my favorite moment in the whole series is the last time Barry sees Fuches.

Barry was pretty good. I’d give seasons 1-3 a 9/10 and season 4 a 6/10.

I saw that on the new to Netflix list or whatever it sounded interesting. Was it worth watching?

Binged 3 Body Problem on Netflix in two days. Thought it was pretty good even though I’m still bitter about GOT season 8.

I went from reading like a book a month (or more) in my teens and early 20s to struggling to finish more than 2 or 3 books a year. The distractions are just too much for me I guess because I still love to read as much as I always have but when I’m reading I can’t concentrate and stay focused for more than an hour or two at most.