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    Autechre - SIGN 16.10.20

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    Also I haven't listened to this yet tbh. I've had a busy weekend and I want to fully dedicate my aettention for the first play. After dealing with the bullshit of owning a Chromebook and an iPhone

    :facepalm:, I'm set to tube in tomorrow morning on my commute!

    Autechre - SIGN 16.10.20

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    Oct 30 thing is because of a second pressing/mailing sesh. A few days ago there were two options for vinyl: 16 and 30. One for the first batch of pre-orders and then the other for the next WAVE. Maybe the pre-order batch sold out but more likely it's because lol you ain't getting that shit in your mail four days from now so you gotta wait if you're ordering today

    Autechre - SIGN 16.10.20

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    Imagine the package art using some kind of gloss/matte dynamic as design feature like Chiastic Slide. Like there's more to it that we haven't seen from a tiny image on a computer screen. But I also fantasized about this for Exai art which was embossed, similar thing anyway.

    now playing thread

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    Phoebe Bridgers is maybe my currently favorite songwriter. edit: Her debut released last year was one of my favorite albums of 2017, much recommended. Here's a song about what I think could be catching up with an old lover, a previous life that she fucked up and had to escape from, or some part of life she simply fell out of touch with, could be anything which is great for the listener to relate to it. And the song structure expresses what that mix of emotions is like effectively here imo. In the second half: string harmony, some pretty oohs and aahs, a backing chorus (all a symbolic continuation of the passing time of a pleasant conversation and upwelling of special shared memories), but I imagine her internalizing the emotion and keeping it straight the whole time probably with reluctance

     

    "Anyway don't be a stranger."

     

    Really touching. She's something else.

    Board Game Discussion

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    so anyway. any suggestions on more games would be welcome. 

    i like games that are simple but also diverse and open to lots of options and possibilities. and also have lots of potential for head butting and evil player-vs-player fuckery. and allows room for strategy ???

     

    Haven't played it yet, but I've been thinking of Terra Mystica. It sounds like the menacing cousin of Settlers.

     

     

     

     

    Several races with different abilities and strengths always makes bortgayms better. Simple rules but designed for deep strategy. The area control / turf war element relies on tight economy, so choices you make for developing territory must be meaningful acts of headbutting. It's high priority on games I want to try.

     

     

    I also played Lords of Waterdeep recently. Really fun (And I won :rhubear1: )! It's a lot less stressful than Agricola and slightly more interactive, which is not common enough among worker placement games. It made me want to trade in my copy of Agricola for something else...

    AE_STORE Is Live!

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    That poster is tight. When did that go up on the store page? Probably couldn't have afforded it but it would have been nice to consider it before it sold out and convincingly imagine it hanging next to my desk.

    Now That Trump's President... (not any more!)

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    I don't see why people are so concerned about Florida, Ohio, Iowa, NC, etc. If Clinton maintains her lead in Pennsylvania, Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin (which appear to be pretty strong) then she will get her 270+ votes. Are people worried it might not be a landslide? If so, lol. America isn't losing much of their reputation by coming just short of electing Trump. Unless of course polls aren't reliable, then why sweat over them so much...?

    Now That Trump's President... (not any more!)

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    I heard the mic problem was a local one - little or no response in the room, but of course it was just fine in the broadcast. I guess his argument was that he couldn't know how audible his sniffing was. That's the only thing I can think of. But all that it contributed was just some slight embarrassment. People were poking fun about it but it certainly wasn't the main criticism; he just simply flunked the debate hard. As said above, not being able to hear himself shouldn't have thrown him off. That's his story, and even if it did, that's a big yikes from me.

     

    Although I've made up my mind before campaigns were even launched, it would be nice to hear some kind of substantial debate. Some legitimate defense from the Reps. I am hoping for that w/ tomorrow's VP debate but I think it'll mostly just be them defending actions/behaviors of Clinton and the Donald.

    Vinyl Represses!!

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    Man some of their best releases are EPs, but I suspect that they require a large expected return to go through with reissues. The theoretical payout for EPs might be higher than they can actually pull. Their LPs are certainly more popular than their EPs, except maybe EP7 or Gantz Graf (bc of the video). Anyway if they continue with this I will keep buying the albums whenever it's possible for me.

     

    I got all three. I love the early stuff, and ambient house, etc. in general anyway. Will there be enough surface noise for completion? (I feel like the concept of grit overlaying precise, oiled machinations was a precursor for Chiatic Slide). Also, Incunabula oddly never really clicked with me until a few years ago. ???

    What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

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    A Clicker with an end-game ?!

     

    Uh-huh! Was pretty surprised by that as well

     

     

    I won't start any other incremental/clicker games for a while. Cookie Clicker is plenty, but thankfully it has the idle/away feature where you maintain a percentage of production while you're away. There might have been a chance I would have lost my job without that.

     

    But check out A Dark Room if you haven't played that! It has an ending and a narrative, as well as some other mechanics like worker management, some other cool stuff I won't spoil. It's maybe 10 hours long if I remember correctly, but it's been a couple years since I've played it.

     

    http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/

    What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

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    Posted · Edited by Vilwx

    Yeah, TIS-100 is very cool. Much harder than Spacechem for me, but I think I'm better at spatial reasoning. Only 10 or so levels in but I'm proud of that considering I know nothing about coding. I remember reading that Spacechem has been used as an educational tool, and since programming has received more attention in elementary school curriculum than when I was a kid, I bet there are some kids that have already been exposed to TIS-100 in their classrooms.

     

    Went to the park in my city to find well over a 100 people catching Pokemon. I don't live in a very big city so I thought it was really cool (at least the implications in) seeing so many strangers corresponding on accomplishing things.

     

    I went because I saw lures and excitedly caught myself a Dratini :emb:

     

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