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Got a '10 Accord a few years ago to replace my '92 Accord I had for 2 years before it. My '10 works, but it's not spectacularly good or bad. It just exists. Reliable, trustworthy, maintained, but boring. Hell, even the small dent in the bumper I got from backing into a short bollard is about the most notable thing that's happened to the car. Now, my '92 was an old car - manual locks, crank windows, no radio - but it ran pretty well. Most of all, it had personality. Driving on a frame that low and with as old as the shocks were was pretty fun. I could feel the speed in that car. In my '10, I don't feel myself creeping past 80 most times. It's too cushy. For the last ~4 months of my ownership, it didn't even have a reliable power steering system, but I still find myself missing it, a little. My car before my '92, and also my first car, was a '96 Sentra, which had similar personality. It also had no AC. In Vegas. The car itself ran solely on the fact that no one told it it couldn't. I rear-ended someone (at low speed - fast enough to buckle my hood, but barely scratched her bumper), which pushed the radiator to a slight angle, popped a hole in my battery's casing without damaging the battery itself, and knocked the headlight out of its mount so it just sat there unsecured. For half of my ownership the hood was strapped down - it wouldn't relatch, and I didn't bother permanently affixing it because my battery terminals were loose and would have the cord pop off randomly - with 3 bungee cords. It was a sight, and the car was a real POS, but it ran and its idiosyncrasies made it fun. I guess I'm more "Millennium Falcon" than "Naboo yacht" when it comes to vehicles.

I'm shocked that that amount of damage isn't an outright total. In my experience any front-end collisions that touch the engine fuck up a car past the point of no return. A hit that high might mean frame/axles were spared like you suggested, though, so maybe that's why no total. At any rate, glad you're okay. Solid construction, those, uh... I can't even tell what manufacturer it is, sheesh. Solid construction nonetheless. Sounds like you're in a decently defensible spot, too, so that always helps.

It's solely because they dumped what made Dynasty Warriors compelling for playing: couch co-op. Seriously an asinine move on their part.The 2 people I know that play and enjoy the series and have for ages won't even touch it as a single-player experience. However, I think Hyrule/Fire Emblem might just save them, since they managed to be more true to vision. Since they're not internal IPs, I would figure a Star War(riors) game would be in that vein, and therefore Worthwhile.

I want a Star Wars Dynasty Warriors, but since EA holds that license it'll never happen. Of course, it'd be crappy anyway, but a man can dream.

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Speaking of having money, I continue to be a sucker for a sale. Bought Battlefront II during EA's publisher sale and, aside from some piss-poor optimization and launch issues, it's pretty fun, somehow. And it looks amazing. It's quite good for the $23 I paid for it (rather than $60). In the same sale I picked up SimCity (the crap one) for... some reason. Well, because it isn't awful, just overpriced for what it was.

So much for future-proofing my graphics card 2 years back. Bought the slightly more expensive one then so I wouldn't have to worry... except it was the last one not built on GCN architecture (I guess) before AMD dropped support. Fucking awesome.

I mean, Tom Brady doesn't play for the Eagles, so it's cool in my book, Schadenfreude was to be had by either result, though. Still would have preferred the meteor.

Modding a game over 15 years old, that I've played countless times, because I can't start this new playthrough without the ~immersion~ factor my mod will bring. This is an awful use of my time but I'm doing it anyway.

I just watched a video recap of the whole situation yesterday (made 1/23, I believe) and thought "hmm, wonder if it'll actually do anything." Even considered posting about it here, but never got around to it. Nice to see stuff actually done about it.

In times like these (read: always), I read stupid arguments on Facebook and revel in the fact that, even though I may be awful and worthless, I'm not as bad as the person who posted that opinion.

I'm still not convinced that Elon Musk actually exists.

This. It's not that I don't like replaying them, just like I don't mind rewatching a movie. But the wham effect from twists isn't there the second time, and it leaves me kinda sad because it was so amazing that first time. I want a way to recapture that first time.

I wish there was a way I could just... unexperience certain games. Specifically, the Ace Attorney series. Not because I dislike the experience - it's the opposite. I wish I could go through the games again, without knowing the twists and plots, but alas. On that note, just got through Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright and wew. Called about half of the finale, but didn't call the most major revelation, so it was An Interesting Time. But now I can never play it again because I know what to do.

My school was tiny (30 people in grades 7-12, 4 in graduating class) so everyone knew everyone... and even with so few people cliques somehow managed to form. I prided myself on being able to fit in everywhere, but in such a way that I was practically invisible to anyone involved. In retrospect, kinda sucky, but I considered myself lucky back then to be as flexible as I was.

It's pretty optimistic of you to think there's any reason for anyone to look forward to that. TLJ something: EDIT: Reported for the bad juju you just brought into this thread.

it's like people don't know you can just download more RAM. Kids these days.

This is the meme I miss most from SPUF, I think.

I rearranged my room to make room for the TV I bought over the holidays. Still looks like a tornado went though it, but there's a TV at the foot of my bed now! I don't even use the TV that often, much less one in my room, but eh.

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inb4 we're saying the exact same things about 2018 that we said about 2017. But yeah, happy New Year! I'm gonna promptly continue to have lofty aspirations and fail every single one of them like I always do.