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I use 00 for pasta as well, I agree with you about it being softer and smoother. Here we only have imported 00, so it is about ~5x more expensive, but since I use a really egg heavy recipe I actually don't end up using that much for an entire meal. And while 500% more expensive than regular...

Reviews say the machine is pretty good, but you really don't need it to make pasta. I suggest trying it by hand before investing in the machine. The dough itself is really easy to make (I like the yolk heavy recipe found here), but it can be a pain in the ass to roll out. A good hand cranked...

It isn't really like Civ, the building is simplified and much more geared towards you making decisions about how to improve your war machine. The campaign map is really there to enhance the tactical battles, whereas in Civ it is reversed and the combat exists to enhance the city-building. Here...

Wasn't this game supposed to be all about destructible environments and world interaction? Those videos look incredibly bland moving over well-trod territory.

That loaf is solid; good spring and a nice ear. My only suggestion is to let it go darker (cook it a little longer without a lid) and see if you like a more caramelized crust. That is completely preference but I find most people like it that way.

Right. If I am playing a well designed game my brain just says this is great and can relax into it. If I am playing a game with systems and mechanics that I think aren't good or could be drastically improved then I just find myself getting frustrated and doing work on how it should be, which...

I think that my love for it is mostly because I am a game designer. I am much more intrigued by well designed situations and for new twists on old mechanics in particular. For example I get very little out of many games people love (e.g. Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed Odyssey) because of their...

I like the weapon system. It fit right in with the design of the game where weapons weren't something you collect, but were part of the environment. This required you to think more creatively about how you approached camps and encounters. It brought the combat system into direct contact with...

Link? We can mock it together :D

The thermal properties of both are extremely similar and while I wouldn't disagree with you that cast iron is probably better I don't think it makes much of a difference as long as the heat source is gas or induction which put heat into a pan very efficiently. The thermal mass of a good carbon...

If you want to do some more research first in order to decide you can brown the meat with your broiler for now. Or a stainless steel pot/pan if you have one.

I assumed you wanted the torch for brûlée and other things it is generally used for. Some people use a torch to brown sous-vide meat, but you really don't need it. And if you are cooking in a pan already it it totally pointless.

Do you mean you wouldn't buy a map torch instead of a cooking torch or you wouldn't buy one at all?

Don't use a cooking torch, they are expensive and they suck. Just use a regular propane torch. Like half my cooking equipment is from the hardware store instead of the kitchen store, it is usually better and cheaper.

You might also want to consider carbon steel. It is similar to cast iron when it comes to care and seasoning, but since it is forged the surface is already smooth and with less material they are much lighter. There are some disadvantages though. Since they are thinner they retain less heat...

The sound mixing on that trailer was fantastic. Kudos to the audio guy(s).

Does anyone have experience with a Håg Capisco? My back is a giant mess and I am now starting to get leg and nerve pain on top of it. So far I've gotten away with using a standing desk and a cheap bar stool, but I would like something nicer and more comfortable. They are pricey but I don't...

I directly said what I directly meant, you are intellectually lazy. No interpretation required. Once again, we aren't debating. You are asking easy to answer questions and I am regurgitating the answers from Wikipedia at you. That isn't a debate, that is me literally reading for you because...

Things just happen sometimes. My mother-in-law's car suddenly started slipping gears for no apparent reason.

What he is describing has almost nothing to do with netcode, that is all about how the client handles rendering (draw calls, memory allocation, addressing objects, etc).

Smart. If only you were around to advise Crassus ;)

Gotcha. I only ask because one of the most basic AI steering behaviors is to use pursue instead of seek when trying to catch something. Seek points towards where something is currently whereas pursue points to where it is likely to be in the future (there are different ways to calculate this...

I am trying not to chime in too much about this since I am not playing and shitting all over the game serves no purpose. But I have to ask, does the AI only seek and not pursue?

They probably reworked XP gain and thresholds. Doing an XP gaining activity must trigger the update and the don't have Min/Max checks yet. Seems easy enough to fix.

Did they adjust level XP thresholds while keeping the same flat amount earned?

You could definitely do it with a controller. Have one of the sticks control the slider with acceleration and then use the bumpers for everything, nothing, or for tabbing. Some games have similar controls, I can't think of one off the top of my head though.

They will certainly be able to improve it, but they have made it difficult for them to do so. The rules are simple, but with so many independent interacting agents it is a highly dynamic system which will make it hard to adjust variables to end up with the results that they want. It is a bit...

If you are unable to implement your design in such a way that it works, it is a bad design. The post even points out issues the game's simulationist approach creates. Besides being flat out broken because it is pointlessly complicated, there doesn't seem to be any thought behind what makes...

That is definitely one of the major problems, but I see it as an indication of deeper issues and lack of good design competence in general. The comparison to Bethesda is a very good one as well, their games are rife with the same kinds of mistakes for the same reasons.

A proper breakdown would take.... a while. A quick example to try an illustrate my point would be the skill tree. It isn't just unbalanced, it was clearly created in a slapdash manner without considering what kinds of decisions players would be making and why they would make them. There...

How is it wrong?

Everything. The lack of structure is what leads too the downstream effects players are complaining about like bad AI, terrible balance, broken features, and a barely functioning skill system. On top of that it lacks any much high level decision-making or resource allocation, doesn't generate...

*Sigh* I really wanted this game to be great. I played Warband a ton and this had so much potential, along with the funding, to flesh out the concept it frustrates the hell out of me when something fails simply due to bad design. It reminds me of how the X-Games keep face planting hard...

Right, the US system is completely different and it'd have to dissolve the Constitution in order to form a completely different form of government. That, obviously, has its own set of problems. I was just pointing out that his idea in the abstract isn't that crazy since most western...

It isn't that crazy, that is more or less how parliamentary systems work. Caveat being that I am simplifying and not all systems are the same, but broadly speaking that is what a parliamentary executive is.

Thanks. I've been following the game here and on Youtube and have not been impressed. It is very disappointing that in 10 years they somehow managed to not solve (or make worse) all sorts of design and AI problems. Clearly they were primarily working on the engine, graphics, and UI but those...

Anyone who takes lower salary for profit sharing, especially for a snake like Randy Pitchford, is a complete fool and gets what they deserve. As a developer on a large game you have so little control over how much the game makes (never mind Hollywood accounting shenanigans) you are gambling on...

I don't think it is money laundering, just run of the mill incompetence. Anyone who has worked in the video game industry would not be shocked by all the time and money spent while producing so little.

My wife just asked me if we can kick people off the island. Apparently Mira said something "mean" to her and now she wants her gone. I blame the pregnancy hormones.

Been looking forward to this for years, but I think I am going to wait a week (sale lasts 2 weeks) to get a good read on stability before picking it up. I have probably 1000 hours logged in the other 2 M&Bs between them.