Ashley

Although it has got me thinking; have they ever tried a Zelda-esque single player puzzle kind of thing? That franchise has a lot of small puzzles using bombs, I imagine you can make something out of that.

The Mario one kind of makes sense in that they're using a long a (I think, my linguistic days are long past) which is more common in accents than it is here. Although it does amuse me that a lot of them class themselves as Italian as their great grandparents emigrated from there but mispronounce a common Italian name. If it helps I go with an Italian pronunciation as it looks like a romance language word 😋 "Ar-tchey-us"

If they do go that'll be the second company I've worked at that closed (after Woolworths). So I guess after them it would have to be Sports Direct.

Welp. I hope things get sorted for you.

Just in time!

Interesting. I've had the 7 Pro for coming up to 3 years. Normally I would have upgraded sooner but the last few ones have been all AI and not much else so I've passed. Maybe the 10 later this year. Unless my phone blows up.

In another few years we'll have to start calling it Splateen.

He's German. Do you expect him to have fun?

I'm sure there's some jokes in there that work better if you're Chinese or a Chinese immigrant but it's set in the 90s so there's more humour that millennials will enjoy as the kids are about the age we would have been at the time. Plus there's even a meta joke about Corrie in there if you look hard enough. The first season is kind of different from the rest as it focuses on the eldest son as it's based on the memoirs of a real person and he narrates it, kind of like Everybody Hates Chris. But then he fell out with the show so disappears and they make it a bit more about the parents. The last season is a bit meh as they clearly ran out of gas and famously Constance Wu didn't want to do it, but overall it's a good 7/10 kind of sitcom.

I've only ordered the controller and paid by card but only been charged once. Have they both been taken or are they pending? Should be able to dispute it if taken and ultimately it will all come out in the wash but obviously not great from a financial perspective.

Well I guess it's still accurate in the sequel.

When are we getting Giant Enemy Crabs?

Tried to look at a reason for this. The series (and anime in general) is big in Italy, but at the expense of Japan is weird. Can't find the developer as I thought maybe it was an Italian one that pitched it but it doesn't help the name is Open Sesame. I can find a game developer, but it's French and don't mention it so seems unlikely (more the French than not mentioning a 14 year old game). But I did find a site that announced it and it was amusing reading though the comments. A lot of excited Italians.

Don't kink shame.

Although maybe not too quickly as I've got a lot to do 😬

Solihull but closer to Shirley. Not far from that retail park with Sainsbury's and all that.

So I had an offer accepted on a place last week and they've now had an offer accepted on a chain free place. Spent this morning sorting out paperwork (was on holiday last week and been swamped with work). I get a sense things are about to become very expensive...

He was a restaurant owner and father in Fresh Off the Boat. And Asian Jim of course. But he is great. Glad to see him getting more work.

Nintendon't Classics

This sounds like the subtitle a studio would use to make a Mario Kart rip off

A while back I did speak about starting a new thread a day or two before (and including a link to this) so that the thread is actually about the console rather than the build up and you have to go through 30+ pages. Are people in support of that?

I also don't use credit cards but more because I worry I'll forget to sort it out (I once paid for 2 months rent after leaving because I forgot to cancel the direct debit). Although most of mine is in savings rather than current. And my credit score is fine. May be slightly better if I had, but it's fine as it is.

Just flagging this