redhorsejacket

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sure, It Won an Oscar. But Is It Criterion?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, with the ongoing enshittification of gestures broadly at everything I finally bit the bullet to purchase a 4k bluray player. I intend on resuming my collection of physical media. In service of that, and also because I wanted to put my new toy through its paces, I went to Criterions website and selected all the titles that I might like to have some day. Nearly $5000 of cart additions later, I realized that perhaps my eyes are a touch bigger than my pocketbook. However, I just want to take a moment to be thankful that Criterion exists and has 5 grand worth of movies that I would happily own if money were no object. Their efforts in the service of film are incredible and the model that so many new, boutique publishing brands have modeled themselves off of. Now, to secure my financial independence so I can afford all the movies I want…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a random person on the internet thought of Grant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? Fascinating. I know of Impressions from their work in the city building genre. I hesitate to even guess how many hours I’ve put into Caesar 3 over the years. Seems they branched out far more than I anticipated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Every few months I get the itch to dive into an MMO. I drift around among many of the free to play offerings depending on what sort of world I want to inhabit. As is tradition for me this time of year, I’ve been rewatching the LOTR trilogy, and thus I’ve decided to hop back into Lord of the Rings Online.

  I haven’t played in years, but dusted off my level 10 champion and set about getting reacquainted with things. Thus far I’m having a really good time. There’s something quaintly nostalgic about this kind of tab target MMO. The whole thing is very cozy to me. Maybe that’s just my love of the setting and the opening areas being consciously pastoral, but I find it very easy to just zone out and churn through content in this game.

  I don’t know how long I’ll stick with it, as MMOs tend to demand more investment than I’m willing to give single games, but as of right now I’m having a wonderful time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a random person on the internet thought of Grant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the read. I have fond memories of playing the Sid Meier civil war games that I think came out a few years after this series. However, from your description and my memories, the games seem to share a lot of DNA. I also recall the Ultimate General Civil War game from a few years back. The mention of unit customization down to what equipment they field and who their commanders are reminds me of similar features in that game. Thanks for the write up! I love reading about this era of PC gaming.