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FMA or FMA:B? The latter is certainly one of my top tv shows of all time.

PS4 getting a "mini dualshock" aimed at kids. https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/10/18/introducing-the-mini-wired-gamepad-for-ps4/ Biggy for me is it's cheaper (mainly since it has no touchpad, vibration, sixaxis, wireless or headphone jack...god following apple like everyone). Assuming it comes to UK at a similar price point I'd happily pick up two, which'd give me four in total, great for letting smaller siblings join in n us adults have the regular pad.

Also known by the eggcorn of "emergen heater".

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Black Panther trailer. Hopefully be good, gonna be pretty if nothing else.

It's broken. Currently trending is "Red Sun" and "Yellow Sky". Turns out Ophelia is whipping up a bunch of saharan sand our way. It smells a bit too. Not like foul or anything, just...different to the normal background smell of the town.

So I'm pretty aware on this but I see enough folks be like "why don't the names match" so figured I'd post. Also the "and starring" bit is amusing.

I've literally no idea when this is set anymore.

You bought a flat? (also if you have, haven't you kinda just posted your address) Anywho I picked up a new victorinox today, since I've seemingly lost my old one of ~15years. I'm a little bit bummed.

It's the HMV "big sale" so I've got: The Martian Jurassic Park Star Trek: Beyond Cloud Atlas and Kubo & the Two Strings all on Blu-Ray. Been banging on about The Martian with housemate, and figured Blu-Ray would be best way to watch it. That's the main reason I popped into HMV but I'm a sucker for deals. I also made a mental note they've finally got in a "Complete Series" box set of FMA:B, rather than the usual two boxset thing I see around. So that's something to find on Amazon n put on my wishlist. I also got some new shoes last week, they're like a steel grey suede material. I'm liking them in that they're kind of smart-casual, so I can easily wear them to like business lunches n such. My only major gripe is how hard they are at the moment, my old leather boots were nice and softly worn in. I'm also worried a bit as we approach winter they might not stand up to that as well. My next thing to hunt for in that regard is a new wallet and probably a new coat. Oh yeah, I got a suit jacket from a charity shop. It's Next so probably many times more new than what I paid for it. I love it, was kinda self-conscious on being so "dressed down" at events even thought it was played down as being digital sector. It has great internal pockets, that hide so much without bulging out on the front, and just looks pretty snazzy.

@Hot Heart To continue the Villeneuve stuff: Blade Runner 2049 So I'm catching word that initial estimates put it on track for a pretty bad opening weekend, which I guess isn't a huge surprise given the first took like 30 years to get into a position where a sequel could be made. It's a pretty dang long film. Maybe not the longest made in the past year, but with how it likes to luxuriate on certain shots and scenes you can really feel that full run time unlike say War of Planet of Apes. Otherwise it looks great, I'm sure when it releases if you have a 4K TV this'll look great on it. Music is pretty dang spot on, and the plot itself I would say is much easier to follow and doesn't really end on much ambiguities (they're kind of aware of the total clusterfuck around the "is Deckard a replicant" stuff of the 7 versions of the first Blade Runner, and lean into it where they can but ultimately avoid it when it's important to be clear). There's one great bit where they wholesale lift like 2 seconds of footage from the first and it doesn't look out of place at all. Which is a really great compliment of the first film in standing up for 35 years, but also a sign of how closely the current film matches the look of the first. There's some neat moments in this film, I especially like the girl making up new replicant memories, though not sure it'll ultimately end up as iconic as the first (and I doubt we'll get a sequel, not that it really needs one).

TIL Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner was the same guy.

More n more VFX vids popping out: Some more GOtG2 Some Homecoming And a Hulu-Marvel series oh n there's the whole thing around Marvel partnering with Northrop Grumman.

It looks kinda crap. Like on one hand I'm intrigued to see why Jaegers are in-fighting, on the other hand that final shot looked shit. There's a lot to be said for hiding your CGI sins under a lot of rain. Even 20+ years ago Spielberg knew this so no excuse for the new director (not sure on a name, I could look it up...but I know it's not GDT). I'll probs watch it cos the original was pretty dang good for where it placed itself, but I'm not super keen on the new one given nearly every big name with the old has left (though Idris did leave in a rather permanent way).

South Korean poster. This film is producing some cracking posters. I might have to see if I can get a range to frame up. https://imgur.com/gallery/i8v3y

First 15 minutes for anyone wanting to give it a watch.

Open this on a decent sized monitor

https://www.bingeclock.com/ Now you can know how long it will take you to binge watch a show.

Steam Link So I've been a bit ill the last few days and wanted to curl up in the lounge, so I sat down and tinkered to get the Steam Link up and running its best on wi-fi (I do need to ask tonight why the router is in a bedroom). Tinkered to emit 5ghz on a different SSID and channel so could force the Steam link to connect on that, and changed the 2.4ghz to a different channel from the neighbors too (like everyone was on 6). Largely improved things. My only major issue has been my PC cut out from the net or something, and when Victor Vran reconnected it seemed to think my controller was for player 2, which as I was playing in SP became pretty complicated and also meant my DS4 was no longer controlling the Steam Link either so I had to go upstairs to my PC to just exit right out of the game and turn off the Steam Link remotely. Turning on and off is something I'd make as a revision in Steam Link 2 to maybe have an indicator LED, and maybe just a gentle standby/wake button because it seems it only "turns on" if you unplug and replug the controller, rather than pushing the PS button like you would for DS4. Even if I have a M/KB attached it doesn't "wake" through tapping on keys. Victor Vran The game is a pretty simple diablo-like, with your move set changing based on the weapons you use, I'm currently favouring a Electric Rifle and Scythe, though the per-map challenges will nudge you to using different weapons (e.g to take on a specific enemy type with hammers or kill x amount in 120 seconds, usually favouring a more AoE weapon). You're voiced by the guy who does Geralt so it's almost like a kind of "what Geralt did in his early days" kind of thing given the story is Witcher-like (demon invasion of a city, families of vampires, giant spiders, etc). You are accompanied by "The Voice", a kind of narrator. He's pretty fun, I quite liked an earlier mission where he decides to go all Stanley Parable (to the point of being "Stanl....Victor took the left corridor"). It's kinda meme-ish in some ways like that (though not the "dank memes" shit of some current games, more like...there's usually hidden areas with a treasure chest guarded by dancing skeletons doing the Gangnam Style dance. Also I've an item I've picked up that I'm meant to trade with "GebaN"). It's not an overly complex game, but it's pretty good to use with a controller through a Steam Link sat on a sofa under the weather. And just the right amount of humour, and not overly complex "puzzles" and secret areas. Good for a "I'm ill and laying on the sofa" kind of game. Rise of the Planet of the Tomb Raiders This is the game I'd actually been first cracking on with on the Steam Link and led me to tinker with the network since this game is a tad more demanding, a bit of lag can be an instant death (it's only the weird double jump sections you need the timely input for in Victor Vran). It'd been pretty clunky and sputtery, but ran buttery smooth once I'd got the settings refined. I'm rather enjoying it, though progressed to Victor Vran more as my brain got mushy. I'd distracted a guard then forgot there was two guards and walked right into the "distracted" guard because I'd forgotten about him It's pretty much on par with the first one, minus spending most of the opening of the game getting to basic equipment like the ice pick (though I've still no guns despite coming across a bunch of people with guns). Unfortunately given the network sensitivity of the game I don't want to progress to much (the bear was hard enough) to where I need to be quite frantic in actions unless I can get a hardwire in my set-up.

https://imgur.com/lO4iYjC

It's a bit funny on it's demise given that in this day and age it'd make a pretty dang decent VR game.

It's out for PS4. God I'd forgotten how chatty the pawns could be.

Still has that great opening tracking shot