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I haven't played a CD in I don't know how long. My last two car leases neither have had a CD player. I've still purchased CDs though so I can rip them for my Apple Music library. I like a lot of European artists who have incomplete libraries in the US, especially when it comes to B-sides so it was the only way to get them (even the seven seas sometimes fail for flac versions).

DVDs I also don't watch but I've ripped some of my old ones to get on my Plex server. It's stuff that never got a Blu-ray release or isn't/wasn't streaming like The Critic and old 80's cartoons like Captain N.

DarthAragorn posted...

I mean with sports games I honestly think I'd rather have ads than just the EA logo on every screen inside a stadium or arena, it would look more realistic.

In Battlefield though? No what the fuck lol

This.

CrimsonGear80 posted...

Peacock doing anything it can to get subs. cause once their WWE contract expires WWE is most likely moving everything to Netflix

As long as they don't lose the Premier League, I'm sticking with Peacock. I watch that more than anything else on Peacock since I already own The Office, Parks & Rec and Psych digitally.

New Edition - If It Isn't Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReI6gvzVP0Y

ShadowMan033 posted...

I like Krispy Krunchy. I've never seen one outside of Louisiana though.

They have Krispy Krunchy at stores here in NJ

I prefer KFC but Royal Farms is better than both.

Charged151 posted...

What I remember most was a save point failure at the end. As in, you have to climb a really high tower and then go into the world of darkness while fighting a gauntlet of bosses and there are no save points from starting the tower climb and onward. Considering the Final Boss could kill you easily if you haven't grinded HP to survive their strongest attack, this is really bad practice.

Best strategy was to complete the tower up to before the mirror, go all the way back down and save, then rush back to the topic to start the boss gauntlet in the world of darkness.

It's a pain in the ass even in the Pixel Remaster. I wouldn't want to punish myself with even attempting it on the NES version (unless I used Save States)

Heineken14 posted...

The same people who screech about needing the 2nd amendment to prevent government tyranny are the same people who are perfectly fine with this and anything to help strip away the constitutional right to vote.

Those same people don't believe it's a problem though. This sounds perfectly reasonable to them and it's only the Democrats who "cheat" when voting.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Comics today is mostly just pandering to nostalgia. They aren't introducing many new characters. Often times they do introduce a new character and then you never hear from them again.

They aren't introducing many new characters at Marvel and DC because the creators have realized they get proper fucked in terms of royalties when it comes to merchandising and especially movies because it's all work for hire. That's why a lot of the big writers and artists are also doing work for Image and other indies because they at least get to control what they create and profit from any potential additional media.

I wasn't a fan of the roguelite style for DD Gaiden and didn't play it as much as I thought I would. I was expecting it to be more in a style like Shredder's Revenge, SoR4, etc.

_____Cait posted...

this one is definitely a cover of the branch one

What? It's literally Michelle Branch singing it in the scene.

I like the version from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I wish it had been released officially

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O22YHDDAys

bigbadharry posted...

Or blood in, blood out

Just got added to Hulu the other day if you weren't aware, and it's in HD. First time it's been available anywhere since DVD and the master looks great.

Here's how the story goes, we find out 'bout a treasure in the Grand Line, there's no doubt
The pirate whose eye is on it, he'll sing
I'll be King of the Pirates, I'm gonna be King!
Ya-yo, ya-yo, ya-yo, oh-ho
His name is Luffy!
(That's Monkey D. Luffy!)
Gonna be king of the pirates!

It's perfect timing for my friend's birthday in June. I'm either going to get her the Diagon Alley set and something else or just the Great Hall set.

Mearcstapa posted...

He and Bob Menendez can share a cell.

I got my mail in ballot the other day and it was nice not seeing that piece of shit's name anywhere on it.

Andy Kim all the way.

LightHawKnight posted...

Do indictments matter in Texas? Isnt their AG under 8 of them or whatever?

It will if it's a Democrat. Only Republicans are allowed to get away with no repercussions in TX.

littlebro07 posted...

Merchan told Trump directly that he is not blocked from testifying at all lol

It doesn't really help when there's no cameras allowed in the courtroom for people to hear the judge say that and the only information that Trump's cultmembers are getting about the case is the media allowing him to speak about it whenever he manages to fart himself awake and waddle out in front of them.

Hopefully it wasn't Optimus. I can't lose him again :(

Talk2DaHand posted...

Why are you posting like a Blue MAGA then? Checkmate

Stop trying to make fetch happen

Castlevania

Even before SotN cemented it, I was absolutely obsessed with Simon's Quest when I got it and played it all the time.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d993011.jpg

I can usually find good scans of older book covers to grab for Kindle books in the Wikis. It's been a big help for Star Trek TOS novels because they've started releasing them again with new artwork to make them appear more modern and I prefer the original covers.

Euripides posted...

...some big yikes. Yes, a lot of it is very funny, but holy shit, there is A LOT of cringey stuff that would NEVER go over in 2024.

Yet here we are in the year 2024 and still have the ability to watch the show, so apparently it does still go over (other than Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth and The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6 due to the blackface)

I'm sure some of the dip is probably attributed to the CW cancelling nearly its entire library.

Pretty sure one of them will completely destroy the country and possibly the world just from a climate perspective alone and the other one won't but do go on with your "BOTH SIDES!"

:at least you tried cake.gif:

The fact that all of the GOP members save for 2 voted to still keep it should hopefully be proof enough that people still need to stay angry and destroy the party in November.

JESUS, IT'S THE FUCKING BIRD MAN! [has heart attack and dies]

Also, Go is a very fun ensemble film. Sarah Polley and Timothy Olyphant in particular are great in it, as is Taye Diggs. Very worth watching.

Chunky Chips A-hoy and Chewy Chips A-hoy are delicious. The regular Chips A-hoy are okay but there are better out there. Still prefer any of them over Oreo though.

I'm actually fine with that because my backlog will thank me, plus there's games from last year I still haven't even picked up yet.

Absolutely. I always choose bleu cheese over ranch. Bleu cheese crumbles in a salad with walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette is also delicious.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

This is the first I've ever heard it existed, and now I know it apparently stars Michael Jai White. I kind of want to see it out of morbid curiosity

It does not in fact "star" Michael Jai White in the traditional sense. There's a bait and switch where he's at the beginning, ends up in a coma and doesn't reappear until the end of the film. 95% of the movie is about Undercover Brother's brother and it's awful.

SicSlayer posted...

Black Dynamite is one of the funniest fucking movies ever

But Black Dynamite, I sell drugs to the community.

furb posted...

XM did music way better than Sirius. I mainly bought it for music. The merger with Sirius degraded many of the music stations and their much wider playlists. Sirius focused more on talk and entertainment stations with famous people crossovers.

Definitely agree with this. I loved XM and had a subscription. Sirius dropped my two favorite channels with the merger. One was a Soundtrack channel that played scores and music from movies and the other was a British channel that played a lot of rock and pop songs.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Yeah, I got a free 3 month trial after getting some car work done, and then it transitioned to a $5/month plan for the following year. However, it's going to expire in July, and since I only listen to one station (Watercolors), I'm debating on whether or not to keep it since if I do, it's going up to $23/month.

They make it as inconvenient as possible to cancel too. You have to speak to a "care co-ordinator" because they hope people will just give up and accept the new rate. You can at least do it by chat now, before they used to make you call in. When you cancel and they ask just tell them you don't listen that much and you'd only resubscribe at the rate you're currently paying. They will try to give you lower rates that aren't as low as you're currently paying but if you just say no again, most of the time they will give you your current rate as a "one time courtesy". Every once in a while you'll get a rep who refuses to do that and that's when you cancel. A few weeks later you'll get something in the mail offering you the $5 a month that you were paying and you can just start again. It would be nice if they just cut the bullshit and give you the deal to begin with but I guess they get enough people who think the "lower rate" that isn't $23 a month is a good deal.

I do. I'm not sure if I'll renew though. The only reason I resubscribed last year was that it came with a free subscription to Stitcher Premium and I paid the exact price of 1 year of Stitcher so it was worth it to have both subscriptions. Then a week after I re-subscribed they announced that Stitcher was being shuttered. They also shuttered the Sirius channel, Volume, which was the one I listened to the most. Now I barely listen to Sirius at all although I did listen to the Howard interview the other day with Pearl Jam and that was excellent. I've got an Apple Music subscription so outside of Howard, I can get everything I want to listen to from that and without the insane repetition that Sirius Channels have because they stupidly run it like terrestrial radio.

punkfanalways posted...

You need ID to buy alcohol. You need ID to buy tobacco products. You need ID to buy porn in real life. I dont get why needing ID to view porn online is a bad thing.

It is a pain in the ass having to get a new driver's license every time I go to buy wine because the store keeps my ID.

The Freedom Party being all about that freedom once again.

Hopefully you watch them quickly if you bought them because MS is about to be on that faster than you can say Diplomatic Immunity

Irony posted...

Also Last Man Standing doesn't count as it isn't funny

Tim Allen neglected to mention that after what turned out to be the final season on ABC, he was due to get a nice pay increase. ABC didn't actually own the show (it was owned by Fox) and was only the distributor. The ratings on ABC were not good enough for a show they didn't own for the money it would have to shell out. So like a true Conservative grifter, Allen cried to the public that he was being canceled for his "political views" and the GOP base ate it up and the actual owner of the show, Fox, was able to make it work for a little bit longer based on the "outrage".

Never really been a big Venom fan although I did enjoy the Rick Remender Venom with Flash Thompson. I've tried to pick up the various series at several points since I have Marvel Unlimited but it just doesn't hold my interest.

TRU and Caldor

I know Target has pretty much filled the Caldor space now but I used to go there all the time and get NES games.

I'm reading Rise of a Manor Lord, Book Two by T.E. Bakutis. It's essentially if Nick Miller from New Girl was brought over to a world of magic and became the lord of a manor after stabbing the previous owner who was trying to kill him.

I just finished Book One earlier this week and I loved it. Coincidentally Book Two released the day I finished. Normally I take a break with series stuff so I don't get burnt out but I wanted to continue.

TMOG posted...

Also does anybody's local Best Buy even use their registers anymore? It seems like for the last couple of years every time I went in to pick something up, all the registers were shut down and they were just cashing everybody out at the service desk, even in the middle of the day.

They usually have one (two if it gets busy) at mine.

Also I just checked and I can see a pick-up option for Paper Mario at my store. The video game section is nowhere near as big as it was at its height but my store still stocks games.

SpawnShadow posted...

If he wins in 2024, we won't have an election in 2028.

Yes we will, if only for appearances. It will be just like how Russia still holds "elections" but Trump will somehow end up with 97% of the popular vote and have the highest electoral victory of all time.

I had the whole Amiibo collection still sealed in my storage unit but it got broken in to a few years ago and they were all stolen. I'm not buying them all again but I've been trying to replace a few that I did like. I've got a Cloud reissue coming from Best Buy today. If there's specific ones you're looking for, it might be better to check Best Buy, Target, etc because they might have them as well.

Yup, my best friend.

-ZIO- posted...

I've given it alot of thought.

And I am leaning towards voting third party.

My vote is earned, not owed. And right now Biden is not earning it. And while I understand the alternative is Trump, I feel that things will end up the same as they have always been for the last 30+ years. Dems placate while Rs act mask off. End result is all the same, though.

That being said, the truth is I voted 3rd party in 2020, too. And in 2016. Gonna take an ordeal to convince me.

Perhaps you should read up on Project 2025 before being so convinced that "it will just be more of the same".

I only have this account so if anything should happen to me, with my last breath, I curse Zoidberg.