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Cake day: June 6th, 2023

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  • FF VII and FF VIII where the first two games I played in the series, but i was very young and didn’t really know what I was doing. I think we had rented one game, and borrowed another. I really don’t remember much about either game, but FF IX came out on ps1, and to this day it’s my image of what FF means.

    The unique worlds, characters, incredible (at the time and not bad for today) cutscene cinematic. It was the first game I discovered you can outpace yourself and wind up in a battle with a level 60 dragon when you’re only level 13.

    My brother really got into FF X and i remember watching him play. To this day, I hate Blitzball lol. We both sucked at it.

    FF VII-2 for the psp was actually really cool. I don’t remember much anymore but the story, gameplay, and music were all great. I would like to try replaying it!

    I played a little of XIII and quite a few hours of XV. The games have really changed. Especially XV, some things have improved for the better but there’s a lot of tropes and unfortunate stereotypes that could have been…removed.

    Edit: Vivi is the best FF character! 😊




  • When we were purchasing new dell laptops for work a 2 years ago, the change to lpddr was an oversight and we bought models with 8gb of ram. Since these are effectively not upgradeable for us, they’re going to age out sooner than they should. We were not very happy…

    Luckily we caught this fairly quickly at least, and it only represents a few percent of our total inventory. I hate this anti consumer design.


  • I’ve sunk over a dozen hours into it so far. It’s a really enjoyable game, however it is truly in early access stage and the developer has made no illusions about that. It’s playable, and largely bug free, but there’s not a lot of depth available since many of the features are still in progress. Up to the release of the game, it’s been developed by 1 person and he’s hiring some additional staff but that all takes time to see fruition.

    The graphics are beautiful, and the game has a great atmosphere. I love watching the buildings being constructed. The mechanics in the game work well, but there’s a lot of buildings, resources, and advanced stages that need tweaking/implementing.

    If you like what you see in the videos, and are OK with an actual early access game, knowing that features and improvements will be coming slowly, then id suggest getting it now. Otherwise, wait for the official release.






  • I used my nacho leftovers to make tacos today after picking up some meat from a carniciera!

    I typically use parchment paper for everything. The cleanup wasn’t too bad, somehow my sheetpan remains fairly stick-free even after the abuse I frequently put it through, though I admit after I saw the mess on the sheetpan after the food was eaten, I had regretted not using parchment lol.

    I did two-layers of chips with some sauce, and lots of cheese, on the first layer and second layer. I loaded the top layer with all the rest of the fixings and left a hole in the center for the guacamole and sour cream. I wanted no chip to be dry and disappointing!












  • I’m so pleased to hear! I have grown to not only appreciate kimchi in the last several years, but the overall variety of banchan itself. Admittedly, I’ve only ever had like 7 or 8 different kinds, since all of the of the Korean restaurants near me seem to universally be Korean BBQ and serve the same few items. (and I don’t get out to Koreantown very much). I love the learning process involved with making things by hand, the results, and quite often the cost savings!

    The last time I made Kimchi I used the too-sour and unpleasantly soft old Kimchi to make Kimchi Jiggae and Kimchi Fried Rice. OMG!