From Matt Yglesias: Elite misinformation is an underrated problem
“Important institutions are too eager to mislead people” is his subhed.
Author: Jaybird
Open Mic for the week of 6/24/2024
On this day in 1947, American businessman Kenneth Arnold saw a number of objects “flying like saucers” while piloting a small plane over Mount Rainier in Washington.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Elden Ring DLC First Impressions
He tore us to shreds. Smithereens. We enjoyed our reloading screen and did it again. “THAT is the Elden Ring I remember”, my buddy said.
Weekend Plans Post: GenX is, apparently, the last generation to use a top sheet
I had a conversation at work with Millennials that left me shaken to my core
Saturday Morning Gaming: Kingdom Hearts is Finally on Steam!
The Kingdom Heart games were *AMAZING*. And, more than two decades ago, just what we needed. Well, just what *I* needed, anyway.
Weekend Plans Post: Exploring Fallout (the Show, I Mean)
They put effort into the sets, they put effort into the dialog, they put effort into the casting…I’m shocked. Fallout the show is good.
Open Mic for the week of 6/10/2024
It’s the birthday of both American biologist E.O. Wilson and Judy Garland.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Revisiting Elden Ring after Being Gone for a While
Did a patch nerf all of the monsters?
Weekend Plans Post: Settling into the Summer
After a crazy four years of weird pandemic stuff, we’re still finding little things to claw back.
Open Mic for the week of 6/3/2024
On this day in 1989, The Chinese Government (the rest of this sentence has been censored by our sponsors).
Saturday Morning Gaming: Pikmin Bloom and Getting Your Steps In
If you have been having trouble getting in your steps, Pikmin Bloom can help. It helped me, anyway.
Weekend Plans Post: The La-Z-Boy
we found a La-Z-Boy that Maribou said felt exactly like Dad’s old chair did. And we found that it was part of a set of two identical chairs…full circle.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Elden Ring is going to be releasing DLC on June 21st
Apparently, the DLC is *HUGE*. “Bigger than Caelid” is one of the reports that I saw.
Weekend Plans Post: THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!
Holy cow. Is it Memorial Day already? Indeed it is. If I am very lucky, I will forget that Monday is a day off on Sunday night.
Open Mic for the week of 5/20/2024
On this day in history: King George III approves the Coercive Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party
Saturday Morning Gaming: Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition is Epic Game Store’s Free Game this week.
You should know that the Epic Game Store has Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition as its free game this week.
Weekend Plans Post: The Fall Guy (2024)
One guy cancelled, then another guy cancelled, and I said “We’re not going to play with 3. Let’s see a movie. Let’s see… THE FALL GUY.”
