MetalCaveman

DAYS GONE Enjoyed every moment of it, even the beginning, slow as it is, was fun, my first encounter with a horde is one of my favourite moments in gaming ever, and the late game, when I was actively hunting hordes with my fully upgraded bike, the chicago chopper and the .50 BMG rifle was great. Then the sawmill horde happened, and I went back to being afraid of hordes. The music is pretty cool and the way it starts playing when you're riding around adds a nice touch, the story was cool, fun and it kept me interested, sure, it doesn't do anything new, original or subversive, but IMO, it doesn't need to, it's a fun ride and that's all I wanted out of it. It's also one of the few open world games were I never felt overwhelmed when I opened the map, or when looking at the different things you can do, and not once did I felt like I wanted to just rush through the story and get it over with, I took my time, collected some things, went everywhere I could, ended up with a fortune in credits for every camp, and I had fun all along not something common for me. This also reignited my interest in bikes, and if I had the money I would get a custom one to look like the one I finished the game with. I love that I had no interest in this game, didn't remember anything about any trailers, announcements or anything and it ended up being my GOTY. \m/ \m/

My old Alienware monitor bit the dust a while ago, been using an even older HP 17" monitor, and then it also went toast last week so I got this one, 24" IPS panel, this thing feels gigantic compared to the one I was using and it's fucking awesome.

I mean, as someone living here I can say that some parts should be red, way more red, there's this place, Ecatepec, that makes Mordor look like Rivendell. Other parts should be slightly less yellowish, but overall it is kinda accurate.

My Top 10 albums of 2019 (in no particular order): Mägo de Oz - Ira Dei Allegaeon - Apoptosis Airbourne - Boneshaker Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave Overkill - The Wings of War Týr - Hel Amon Amarth - Berserker Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas Sabaton - The Great War Cemican - In Ohtli Teoyohtica In Miquiztli \m/ \m/

I love that yellow/increased caution is the lowest level.

@TheMightyEthan Thanks! I'll keep that advice in mind. Yup, it's digital, I'll play around with the different layers and see how that goes. \m/ \m/

Added a tiny bit of colour. Still struggling with hair and nose/mouth proportions.

Official announcement: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/12/12/microsoft-unveils-xbox-series-x/ So you can have it horizontal or vertical, the controller is new and has some elements based on the elite controller, a share button(!) and some other cool stuff. Also, it's going to be backwards compatible, and if I'm reading this right, it extends back to the original Xbox(?) That's cool.

You'll want to avoid RAID 0 if you're looking for redundancy/data protection, RAID 5 or 6 are your best bets for that stuff. For media files I also use an external drive, though I'm also thinking about turning my current PC into a home server once I build a new one, whenever that happens.

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I lied For Switch.... I have no self-control. Also, it was almost free thanks to the gold coins/points/whatever I had.

Looks like the terrorist designation has been delayed/cancelled(?): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50697635 I wonder what they get out of this, if I put my tinfoil hat on for a moment, it is curious that, after our president welcomed him with open arms and offered him a "new home" in Mexico, Evo suddenly left for Cuba after this announcement was made. *Tinfoil hat off* As if they didn't have enough control already: https://politica.expansion.mx/congreso/2019/12/02/legisladores-afines-a-amlo-integran-frente-anuncian-buscar-control-total MORENA and their supporters have announced they're looking to establish complete control over every political, military and social system to stop "the right" and ensure the 4T can progress unimpeded. "We'll send the president a message: we're here, we're your army, loyal, brave and committed". That's some scary cult shit. So yeah, this is going to be a fun ride.

So now the government is going to start monitoring every purchase everyone makes with credit/debit cards. They're going to tie your card to your SAT data, and if they find that your purchases don't match your income you'll be in trouble. Beyond the obvious privacy concerns, there's the issue that this new policy does NOT take into account savings or other such sources of income you may have. So if you make, say 2K a month, you've been saving for a while, and then you decide you'll buy a house, put down 10K for it (I'm pulling numbers out of thin air, bear with me ) SAT will be on your ass for that discrepancy. You'll have to prove that you have enough savings to make that payment and THEY have to be satisfied with your answer, otherwise you'll be in deep shit, specially because the punishment for not declaring certain income, or not paying taxes is worse than what you get for murder. Some people, including my father, an accountant, are saying we should all just use cash, avoid banks, avoid cards, avoid anything that they can monitor. So yeah, that's a nice break from all the bloodshed and terror.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1Etaz7tMpWIZBJ I didn't use Spotify that much this year, mostly stuck to CDs and digital purchases, still, a pretty decent playlist. \m/ \m/

https://gematsu.com/2019/12/from-software-marketing-manager-updates-twitter-profile-with-potential-armored-core-banner Part of me is all "IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!" Another part of me is "Don't give me hope" If this thing is real and it gets announced soon.... I'm going to explode.

PS Store has their cyber Monday sale going on, think these will be the last games I buy in 2019... Maybe

Got the base version, if I like it, I may get the DLCs on the next sale.

Here we go again. As a side note, it pisses me off when media refers to them as "armed civilians", sounds fucking stupid.

Yay for Amazon Mexico holding Black Friday sales even though it's not a thing here!

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How would this affect Mexican politicians that help them, can the US government go after them too? There are currently some governors, and other officials that in the past were arrested or were being investigated for money laundering, requesting the support of certain cartels to "deal with" their opponents, and more, what happens to them given that they are government officials? Also, one thing that's been brought up, does this designation include ALL cartels or just some of them. Of the top of my head we have: La Union de Tepito CJNG Los Zetas Sinaloa del Golfo de Juarez Los Caballeros Templarios and many more. Would this policy encompass all of them or just the ones responsible for the attack against the LeBaron family which is what triggered this whole thing AFAIK? Marcelo Ebrard, Foreign Minister has already said that they will not allow any military intervention of any kind, but they're willing to cooperate in other aspects, so he says at least.