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Jason Isaacs usually seems to be cast as a villain, perhaps because he was known so well as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. I thought his character Hap in The OA might be on a redemption path, but alas, we'll never know, since Netflix cancelled it.

I am so with you on that.

Yes,I so wish all games would let you choose POV you prefer!

Lol, I am always absurdly grateful I get to play those games in first person.

Perhaps it is a reminder of their humiliation at their own quality control issues. The only reason I can let them off the hook at all for their issues with their games is the sheer breadth of the worlds they create. The task is enormous. Even so, their glitches are just massively shameful. So did you ever get a working 4th disc?

It's a sequel to the Karate Kid series from the 80s that picks back up with the main characters (and original actors) when they are middle aged. It was the kind of thing that was either going to be awful or wonderful, and it is absolutely wonderful. Some of the best writing I've seen in a while.

It's so funny how differently people react to first vs third person POV. I'm just the opposite of your boyfriend. I have to force myself to deal with third person. FPS feels so much more comfortable and immersive for me.

One year older than I was a year ago today. Yes. It seems ludicrously unlikely that there is no life elsewhere in the universe.

Something else we have in common. Well, not UFO sightings (I've only got one, but I dont' have a clue what it was), but the interest in the paranormal :) What do you miss most about the 80s?

There is Cobra Kai. That's about it as far as I can tell. Cobra Kai is amazing. But I am majorly irritated at paying for YT Red/Premium anytime I feel like re-watching it. I'm in the same boat as you. I am finally catching up on current TV and recent TV with streaming subscriptions (after avoiding them for years), and that's definitely all I can budget in terms of subscriptions. Although, it sure is a lot less expensive than cable TV (which I have never paid for in my life).

what are your favorite mods?

If you have ever had the misfortune of encountering an actual game-breaking bug, what has been your response? Do you go online to troubleshoot the bug and see if there is any possible way to fix it and proceed as normal? Do you try playing again from a prior save point and hope it doesn’t happen twice? If the only option is to go back to the beginning and try again, do you bother? Or do you give up? Do you request a refund? I thought I’d hit a game-breaking bug in the BioShock Infinite DLC Burial at Sea the other night, but luckily going back to the previous checkpoint and replaying it, it didn’t happen again. I read there was another one further on which—worse—involved an auto-save, but I managed to avoid it altogether by foregoing backtracking to get some loot. One game which does have a game-breaking bug for me is Fallout New Vegas on PS3. As my save file grows, areas start getting glitchy, skipping frames and freezing to the point where game play literally just stops. I’ve been dealing with this by accepting that I’ll never have a “complete” playthrough with everything I want to do, and just doing lots of smaller mini-playthroughs where I focus on one thing or another. The glitching is nerve-wracking, but it’s just too awesome a game to not play. @kingpotato @killamch89 @Alyxx @The Blackangel @skyfire @Aerielle del Rosario @Executor Akamia @DylanC

Do you ever find yourself just standing around waiting to die in video games for practical reasons (or actively trying to die)? If so, in what games, and to what end? In BioShocks 1 and 2, sometimes dying to get the free salts/health refills was the most cost-effective resource management strategy for me (yes, this says nothing flattering about my skills), so I would just wait to die if I was near death. Somewhat embarrassingly, there were a couple of fights that I pretty much fought from The Vita Chambers. If I lose a follower or a pet (like my horse in RDR), I just die and reload to get them back. I used to get myself killed in a MUD I played on a regular basis because it included an underworld/afterlife zone that was super cool to explore and hang out in, and my RP involved my character's obsession with the place and with the god of death.

@killamch89 mentioned RDR2 Online not catching his interest because of quality issues. It made me curious what single player games have the best online modes available and which ones are a waste of time.

@kingpotato was mentioning he can't afford a PS Plus subscription, and I started to wonder how many people here do and don't have gaming subscriptions. For those of you who do pay for them, which ones do you have, and which do you feel give you the best bang for your buck? For those who don't, what stops you aside from simply not having the money to subscribe? I’ve never had a gaming service subscription, but I think in my case it probably just doesn’t make a lot of sense—and not just because I’m a generation behind. I tend to play mostly large open world games, and it just makes more sense to spend a few bucks to buy them used and own them than to pay for a subscription service I won’t get that much use from.

I was reading @Alyxx, @The Blackangel and @skyfire chatting about what they look for and don't in relationships, and it got me thinking about gaming and relationships of all kinds. For those of you who live with someone else, whether it be a partner or spouse, a family member, or a friend or roommate, how does gaming impact your relationship, if at all, and how does your relationship impact your gaming? Do you game together? Did you meet your partner gaming? Does the person you live with support and understand your gaming, or do they complain you game too much and/or you need to use a silent keyboard to play without waking them up at night?

Really late response, I used to have some version of this as a kid. I wouldn't eat food with holes in it, or would like, break a bagel in half before I ate it, to eliminate the worst of the offending holes. But then for some reason, in my mind-teens, I had some kind of aesthetic preference develop for things that look organic/biological, so stuff with holes in it became appealing. Still kind of troubling, but like appealing while also being unsettling. I really like things with holes now. But in an "acquired taste" way. Like loving insects, even though they still make me squeamish. I can still relate to sensory issues though. But I don't know what one can do about them other than avoid the triggering things :/

@The Blackangel Someone I've had similar thoughts about myself :)

Never had an interest in it, and even if I did, can't afford one.

A smart, stylish person who shares my love for old-school FPS.

Thank you too. Coming from you, it means a lot to me.

I can't reasonably claim to really know you, but from what I see of you in glimpses here, I see someone I respect who has inner power that a lot of people couldn't imagine, because most people can't truly empathize with the daily challenge you face just waking up and living your life.

PE was the challenge heheh. But when they sent us into those walleyball courts, that was the time to curl up in a corner!

Did anyone here ever game at work? Did your bosses know you were gaming, or did you hide it? Did you game on the work computer or your mobile device? I had a cushy office job once upon a time long, long ago where most of the staff enjoyed FPS games. So, sometimes we would take half an hour or an hour and game instead of work, especially if a number of us had worked through our lunches and were ahead on our tasks. It was pretty fun, since we had about the ideal number of people. @killamch89 @kingpotato @Alyxx @Executor Akamia @Jayson @The Blackangel @skyfire @DylanC

An obvious big part of the appeal of video games is that they offer us a chance to do things we can never do in real life. This can include some obvious and unobvious things. For me, these are the things that I love being able to do in games that I can’t do in real life: Shoot and blow people up without harming anyone (let’s just get that out of the way =D) Travel! I do not have the health or the money or time to do this in real life. While gaming is not a replacement for RL travel, the process and experience of exploration is very real, and that does make it a sort of travel. Do stuff without worrying about my pain levels too much (I usually feel better at night when I play, and if I have to stop, it's as simple as putting away the controller--that's much easier than coming back home from some activity I had to travel to). Make easy, reliable cash. It is so great not worrying about where money will come from in Skyrim or Fallout. I don’t have to loot every body and container, but I usually do, because I can. It isn’t that easy IRL, so it feels cathartic and reassuring in-game. Create a customized house/land. I spend a lot of time arranging things in my houses in Skyrim and Fallout. Take care of people. In Skyrim and Fallout, I can move people into my house and be their provider. I am a provider IRL too, but in the video games, I can do it with more confidence and less uncertainty. Enjoy a sense of family. While I have family/friends IRL, there are relationship gaps, especially where having a sense of “community” is concerned. I can enjoy that sense of community in some video games. Find new places to call home. “Home” for me has never been just one place IRL. But I get a sense of “home” in some games too, so virtual locations to add where I feel safe and surrounded by a supportive environment. Watch endless sunsets and northern lights. Thank you, Skyrim. Feel like I can change the world. I feel like I can hardly dent the injustices in the real world, but in video games, I get the satisfaction of making peoples’ lives better. What about you? What do you love doing in video games that you can’t do in real life? @kingpotato @killamch89 @kingpotato @Alyxx @The Blackangel @Jayson @skyfire