GunSmith

Now there's a most legitimate and most productive talent. Got any pics of the plants?

How many watts? Wish I could keep the heat down enough to manage an HPS setup. I'm stuck with LED panels. I've got a few different Sativa beans on the way, very anxious to get them started. Also, I threw a seed on the ground a few weeks ago, only just discovered that it grew up. Slugs are doing a number on it, what keeps them away?

At the end of the day, it still boils down to grown men being paid very good money to play a game. To me, "talent" implies something more significant, more productive, more worthwhile than the ability to carry a ball. Anyway...shabba, epic shots. I forgot all about the Dudley Boyz, what a blast from the past.

The mountain and snowy region are open.

If you're willing to restart (again), it seems the save system works as it should now. There have likely been a lot of updates since you stopped playing. They update the map pretty frequently, too, so it might be worth trying once more. Also, fuck the caves. Haven't been dragged away yet, but I accidentally found an entrance tucked away between rocks and trees. Ventured in about 20 paces, heard growls and a distant shriek bounce and echo off the walls, had to turn tail and nope the fuck out of there. It is. No word yet, unfortunately.

Has anyone tried The Forest? Currently exclusive to PC; a PS4 version is in development. An ever-expanding open-world forest island is populated by smart and cunning, but primitive cannibalistic natives (plus tons of woodland critters and living, lifelike flora). By the light and safety of sunlight, you're tasked with organizing and establishing a means to survive the nocturnal native activity. I'm blown away by the AI so far. The cannibals are believably cautious; they don't charge you relentlessly like every other survival-horror enemy. They hang back, communicate and coordinate with fellow tribals, and monitor and adapt to the player's behavior. Fallen trees, remains of campfires, etc. will provoke the cannibals' curiosity, causing them to investigate the player more closely, etc. It's very easy to sink lengths of time into this. This is the most engaging and captivating game I've played in a while. Hope there are a few players here, I'm dying to try co-op.

All over my yard. What's lucky about it?

A ground-up rendition of LV using current and next-gen technology is waaay too ambitious for a DLC, though.

Nope.

Once in the Messenger, twice on the Index. It's only happened on iGTA, so far.

Got redirected to "iggfinfinancial", then "paulgrenwood.com". Asked me to clear out a virus that was created on May 19th by Chinese hackers to steal information, prompted me for payment after that.

I don't mind, my fourth character slot is gonna be a Silent Bob replica.

The Lab has some decent tracks. Might be the only worthwhile addition from the update: That song was, er, dope, as an instrumental, too.

I like Lupin the Third. Old, cheesy anime from the '60s.

Somewhere on the outskirts of The Hub:

Quadruple post, fuck yeah. Pork bulgogi.

How are you finding it, cuda? I finally started Blue Highways, from William Least Heat-Moon. Been meaning to for years.

Marksman Pistol sounds like a handheld Musket. Just what we needed.

Thanks. It was really intense color, almost luminescent. Never seen that before. I hope his survival skills improved after that.

(Pardon the shitty phone pics) We found a crippled bird on the side of the road, stunned and frozen on the white line. I guess he flew into a windshield. Brought him home, gave him some water, and he was flying again after an hour's rest. Anybody know what he is? He had a beautiful, brilliant splash of red on his breast, haven't yet seen another bird that matches. EDIT: Also, this majestic lady got very close to me a couple days ago. No fear.

Apricot jam butty with a cuppa tea. Jolly good morning.

Five dolla food dehydrator, courtesy of the good folks at Goodwill. Fuck yeah, jerky, here I come.

FUCJ YOU, MERRYWEATHER. YOU CAN'T BLACKLIST ME, I'M BOYCOTTING YOU.

Great article. It'll all be as it should be, within ten years. It's falling into place, slowly but surely. Meanwhile, here's the current situation in the States: