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I noticed an effect on my dreams after my first few days with VR, but I can't remember exactly what it was. I think everything had that electronic-display look. Also I've become more susceptible to motion-sickness from wildly moving cameras in videos.

I could have sworn there was already a thread for this game, but I can't find it and it's worth discussion! I'm currently 93 turns into my first playthrough as The Wind Walkers and I'm starting to get a grasp of how the regions and minor factions work and what that means (in the early game atleast). It's funny because most of the mentions I've seen of Endless Legends have been something to the extent of "They made some interesting decisions on how to diverge from Civilization 5" and that's exactly how I would describe it in summary even though I felt that told me so little. I think the quests, authored lore, and minor faction mechanics give the Civ formula an interesting representation of the benefits of cultural diversity. That's probably what I'm most excited about. I'm treating the diversity of minor factions as a valuable resource as I'm choosing what regions to settle; that is interesting to me. I can't say too much about the major factions because I just met my first non-Drakken major faction a few turns ago, but it was the Necrophages and as I read through their bonuses and the associated lore my excitement of discovering a culture so different than my own was genuinely exciting and surprising. I'm starting to see how an independence from world-history can allow for enough flexibility to present cultural exoticism in an positive way. The Drakken culture accused me of "mirth". My bonuses and consumable resources just happened to be best used for creating a large population quickly and then turning it to production and science! I didn't decide to not have a military, it just hasn't made sense to have one mechanically. I'm enjoying this game. It's a great comparison study to Civ 5. We will see how I do once borders are established.

You have to tell us a pirate-joke.

An opt-in team lottery would be useful imo, although I'm not sure I would use it personally.

This page may be useful to you: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PositioningGameObjects.html I think there is also a video-tutorial that concentrates on shortcuts and interface but I'm not sure where

There should be a character in a wheelchair. They can't go up or down stairs and can only shoot if stationary or when being pushed by another character.

From what I understand, if you have EA Access ($5/month) you can play for 10 hours, 4 maps and the campaign. Only on PC and Xbox I believe.

A fast way to fix this is to create a "directional light" and then rotate it a bit by changing the x,y,and z values in the "rotation" parameter of its "transform" component in the Inspector. Directional lights are kinda universal, they just light everything in your scene. There are other ways to deal with it, but this is the simplest imo.

I don't feel safe yet.

I was really expecting their Project Tango stuff to provide positional-tracking, but they didn't seem to mention that at all, so I guess it didn't work out.

I haven't seen a new map. I played two A.I. Matches this morning. It's possible that the new map may be competitive only. I made a Sparrow deck before my second match. I did significantly better. I think the pre-made decks are weighted towards increasing health and armor which isn't very useful for me in A.I. matches since I can typically avoid ganks. By the way, can I give you this thing that gives you a couple of hero challenges? If so, how do I find you on the Epic thing.

Because of this thread I crave Culdcept Saga every once in a while. I thought about hooking my Xbox 360 back up to see if that demo is still up. The game is like $25 used... and I'm like "I can believe there isn't a PC version. Typing it into Steam took me to some early-access game that got its purchase option removed for legal reason; looks kinda hawt though (and similar to Culdcept Saga).

So I bought Boy's Club from the Humble Bundle and I'm enjoying it. In other news, Fantagraphics seems to express that this particular form of appropriation is their motive for copyright enforcement. http://fantagraphics.com/flog/truthaboutpepe/

I am getting so many cards! I need to start making decks after my games. I jump around on which hero I use (which means that I forget what I will need in my deck) and the pre-made decks always feel exhausted by the end of the match based on how I play. I have so many cards now that making a deck has become a bit overwhelming. This is always what happens to me with collectable card games.

Executive Towers by daffodil

Y'all often approach describing the experience of noticing stuff you would have loved in your past but can no longer prioritize. I feel this a lot too. It's almost as if I personify things I've personally enjoyed intensely and at length, and by not giving it attention now, I'm diminishing its importance. It's a strong emotion I feel often and it mixes really strangely with consumer-culture where nostalgic brands have speculative worth for investors. I bring all this up because both Far Cry 2 and Forge in Halo 3 were tools for such substantive, communal experiences for me in the past and I feel like a bad friend for not being there anymore. Did Chris say the the new Forge has bots? That sound kinda interesting. I always fantasized about being able to populate Halo 3 Forge maps with enemy A.I. This could be an interesting compromise.

The pools are just hiding spots for ganking pretty much. Here is a card-point explainer. I didn't read it beyond Part 3. Everything that gives you orange orbs gives you card-points. So last-hitting minions, picking up stray orbs, and harvesters. Here is a map of where the different buffs and harvesters can be found. The spawn times of the harvesters just changed last week I think. Yellow are the towers and Orange are the Inhibitors. Taking down an Inhibitor spawns stronger minions for your team on that lane. You can plant harvesters on any of the blue spots if no one else has by standing on a sigil located there. Having a key from your card-deck will speed the process up. In-game, you will see a purple icon that fills up, standing on the sigil of a friendly harvester empties the harvester and gives card-points to your entire team. You can destroy harvesters enemies have placed.

I just read an article where Trump is referred to as "Toddler Cheeto" I love it.

I can't drink during the debate tonight because it's likely that I'll get angry.

So I've gotten back into Rainbow Six: Siege and it continues to be a really special competitive game. They are still adding operators and maps every few months. Maps are completely free; operators require grinding or money. They just released the 25th and 26th operator about two months ago. We are scheduled to get 2 more I believe (and one more map). There is currently a "Starter Edition" available for PC on UPlay for $15. It requires more grinding, but individual operators can be bought for real-money credits too. People seem to complain about the grinding, but it seems like a solid deal to me. Here is the FAQ on how the "Starter Edition" works. Anyway, I was playing today and we had a few great moments. At one point it was a super tense one-on-one and my team was defending. With 15 seconds left the attacker had to rush into the room and we were all waiting for it to happen (you watch your team when you die). So We can only see the top of the doorway because our dude is laying on his back waiting. We hear him run in, saw their hat for a split-second and then they disappeared through a hole in the floor someone had blown open. It was super funny. So I updated my nVidia software and set it to record the last 5 minutes of play because I really would have enjoyed saving that moment. Didn't get that one, but I was able to save a few rounds were I was super good. Here is one where I do pretty well as Frost on defense. It should give you a good idea of what half of the matches play like. If you are wearing headphones, notice how I am listening for attackers by turning my gaze and using stereo-hearing.

I don't teach and it isn't free, but I would think 80 Days would be perfect. I think 80 Days is published by Inkle Studios and they seem to have an interest in getting teachers to use their interactive fiction platform, so it might be worth sending them an email to see if they offer some sort of educational license.

I just tried Khaimera for the first time and I loved him/her. Increasing attack-speed to heal yourself feels awesome. Narbash didn't go so well though; end game, in a group he was pretty helpful, but I struggled to do anything for the first 3.4 of the match.

Just found out that there is a case against Trump involving sexual assault. Here is your trigger warning, the article involves rape and pedophilia.

I thought it was a pretty funny joke that those three popular memes could be interpreted as the "three impure spirits" in Revelations. I wasn't trying to suggest dat boi is a white-supremacist symbol.