Recent content by Arbitrary

If you're absolutely socket starved and have no points spent on minion stuff on your passive tree you can get through most content with two (AG + Meatshield) provided you're prioritizing gear that keeps him alive instead of trying to squeeze out utility. I went with a doppleganger's guise and a...

A couple links and gear all centered around the AG's survival and you can get him to soak 15% of hits for you regardless of build.

Jesus. Lit sucks live. unrelated - 100% never beat the boss in the arcade and never saw anyone else do it either.

I think the technical distinction is episodic (adventure/monster of the week) versus serialized storytelling. Like the old adventure "serials" were the story continued week to week instead of being self contained. They were also called chapter plays.

I think he means the episodes that advance the broader narrative instead of the adventure of the week episodes. Sorta like how the X Files had it's monster episodes and then it's meta narrative conspiracy advancing episodes. Season 8 was better than 7 so let's hope the trend keeps going.

EQ2 beat WoW to market and launched with player housing.

I've never been too proud to Transmute - Alteration - Regal - Vaal to do a map with only two or three irrelevant affixes for an atlas point.

Let's go back to the day my grandnephew died in that fire that I was sad about during the first act. NOPE

That movie does not make sense as presented. You can go anywhere at any time and you pick a couple hours before what's his face blowing up a star and annihilating the Enterprise. That also means before you even choose a time and place you've got infinite time to plan and this was the best you...

One of the nice things about totems is how modular they are. You're now certified to do any ballista totem in the future should you see a skill you like and there's always Good_Skill_Totem available as a starter. The atlas is way better. I'm not going to miss juggling the maps I get naturally...

The nerds of the day wanted Kirk and Spock back on TV and were not quiet about it. Once the show hit it's stride everyone just pretended that never happened. edit - just to expand on this a little The TOS films were successful and there were plans for a relaunch. Instead of that happening you...

The initial backlash against TNG was pretty severe but I guess back then you didn't have your instagram filling up with everyone calling you shit.

Holy shit grandpa you think anyone born this century is even going to get that reference? Aunt Bee wasn't in the Return to Mayberry, the made for TV movie where fucking EVERYBODY came back, because she was pissy about fans thinking she was like her character. When Andy visits Bee's grave that...

I don't remember saying I was a fan of this show.

There is No Anti-Memetics Division Secret agency tackles anti-memetic threats, otherworldly predators or alien intelligences that are difficult to impossible to perceive or even remember the existence of. I've read a fair amount of horror and science fiction stories and this one was more...