"The state of his soul was one of purity, for it was not constricted by grief, nor relaxed by pleasure, nor affected by either laughter or dejection...(h)e maintained utter equilibrium, like one guided by reason and steadfast in that which accords with nature."

I live in Europe and haven't stopped thinking about the French toilets in Heavy Rain. I'm playing Beyond Two Souls right now and thanks to you have noticed several other little euro-bits in these games, things so common here that you'd never see in American settings. Thanks for the meta-game!

I wonder how much of it comes from this same feeling. Thomas Kinkade-ing Kendrick Lamar to avoid feeling dumb or out of the loop. Fear of being the butt of the joke maybe.

There's a really interesting version of this on an /r/conservative thread I saw about the Kendrick Lamar halftime show, where a lot of people are rejecting even the idea that there are any themes or ideas present in the performance at all, marveling instead at the "pretty colors". It's really wild.

Girls love it when you draw that one blade you swore you would never wield again.

@jdsteinbach.com this is exactly what I was saying!

I'm still sad about my SN30 pro+ with the SNES buttons whose left trigger broke. 8bitdo did end up replacing it, but they replaced it with a different one with a different button color scheme and that's a bummer to me.

I also had a wired controller I had to return because the right bumper broke!

I met a guy once who told me his strong belief in Bigfoot really shook his Christian faith. He wasn't sure if Bigfeet could be saved I guess.

I'm with you. I've gone back a couple times since migrating over there, and it's just nasty over there. Hope you find a new place to post thoughts here, I imagine you lost some followers in the transition. Appreciate your work!