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**kal** · Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 2:30 pm Post subject:

I've been playing Last of Us Part II through again in Hard+ mode. Not so much a twitch gamer (too old for that) so I tend to go a lot more slow and methodological than the people in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw7as7VgfJA

For me it's all about the stealth. Taking out the bad guys without the others knowing. Sneaking around and setting up traps, and watching the mayhem ensue. Wink

Kal

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:08 pm Post subject:

That game is like a continuation of The Walking Dead

**kal** · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:36 pm Post subject:

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12026 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Cordyceps is SO bizarre. Who would imagine a fungus could take over an insect's mind. How does a freaking fungus have the intelligence to drive the ant up a stem, stop at just the right level, lock its mandibles, etc!?

**kal** · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:58 pm Post subject:

Yeah, agreed. It's freaky. Don't underestimate nature!

Kal

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 5:10 am Post subject:

I'd guess the fungus knows the optimal everything and seeks it out. Remarkable.

Currently watching Vikingsk; seasons 1-3

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 5:49 am Post subject:

New OTA ATSC channel. TruReal. I like it when they play many episodes of Ghosthunters back to back

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:28 am Post subject:

On my third season of Vikings. Wow this a great show.

Anyone have Seasons 4-7 for sale?

**kal** · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:39 am Post subject:

It's a great series! Not for sale however. I still have a season or two to watch and I don't tend to sell my discs. Wink

Kal

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 1:20 pm Post subject:

I've been looking for Season 4 and, to my annoyance, it's sold in two parts. That's just asinine on the part of the producers. Milking us for more money.

**kal** · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 2:12 pm Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:01 am Post subject:

I see. Still I hate it when studios decide to split seasons. It feels like a money grab.

I still remember that from the Blockbuster video days. So it goes Waaaayyyyy back

I've finished the first 3 seasons. I NEED seasons 4-7 and an introduction to the kings ex-wife Laughing

Her hair is amazing AND she's from Toronto!

**kal** · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:30 am Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:56 am Post subject:

Still in my ADD brain it seems expensive but I do see whereyo u are coming from

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:50 am Post subject:

So to get the cheaper internet I had to sign up for a Rogers TV bundle with a streaming box. The included Disney+ for a year. Before it will activate you have to put in a paymet option. They billed me for the month then emailed me saying the subscription payment was suspended. Weird.

So now watching "The Mandalorian" I've hear this is a good show.

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12026 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Yeah, I liked it. Lots of great stuff if you like Marvel, too — great new content like Loki, WandaVision, etc.

**kal** · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:38 pm Post subject:

Yeah. If you're a Star Wars fan "The Mandalorian" is a fun watch. Others mind find it a bit slow but I enjoyed it. Good production value.

Frankly, between our stream services (Netflix / Disney+ / Prime) we have more to watch than we can. I rarely buy physical discs anymore. Yes, the discs look/sound better but I've gotten complacent.

Kal

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 11:28 pm Post subject:

I still love the thrill of the hunt when it comes to buying TV shows. I snagged Vikings 1-3 while surfing thrift.
I've previously done that with Battlestar Galactica, Homeland, and a few others that escape my covid riddled brain just now.

Sometimes I'll hit 15 stores to see if I can score the entire series in a day. Someitmes it takes months to get them all. It's all in good fun.

Other times I just suck it up and buy on eBay or Amazon. Sometimes the price is right and sometimes completely out in left field.

Time Tunnel comes to mind. Season 1 was $12.00 and they were asking $48.00 for season2. I still need season 2. Laughing

**kal** · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:05 am Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 1:02 am Post subject:

As I said above just got one of the useless streaming boxes from rogers. I have Disny+ and because Ineeded car parts in a hurry back in August, Amazon Prime.
I also have Over the Air TV - 41 channels and nothing on.