Thank you, I came here to snark about this being a once every odd year activity for valve. But you’re absolutely right, it is a gaming landmark and it has an active and devoted community. And it’s one of the few games of that kind that still exist from that time that allows the community to add new content and play in and around it.

I also really hope they continue to support that too.

I guess this is where the concept of the “nuclear family” comes from then? After the initial courtship hostilities, the escalation of the arms race is inevitable.

I know what you mean, it’s a bit sort of generic Anime.

There’s such a wealth of incredible artwork related to LOTR, both illustrations from the various publications and all the stuff from the films, that this just looks a bit amateur in comparison.

Here you go :)

And the links:

OG Twitter(x)

Insta with pic

It’s not a crack house, it’s a crack home.

Monty Python isn’t satire

I still can’t get my head around the fact Hegemony isn’t pronounced like Ceremony, “Hedge-eh-moany”.

I was horrified to find out it’s “heg” like “leg” and “emony” like “lemony”. Such an uncomfortable word to say, it still trips me up every time I say it.

It is Irish yeah, it’s shill-LAY-lee

It is on icks though isn’t it?? Please don’t tell me that’s another one I’ve been pronouncing wrong this whole time

Hacker hats come from old cowboy films, where you could tell who was good or bad by the colour of their hat.

Hold my hypotenuse, I’m going in!

Thanks! I really didn’t want it to be an aKsUAlLy type post. I just thought it was an interesting point to pick up on.

Also, while OPs spelling of the word doesn’t make sense to me based on what I’ve read, it does make sense phonetically. I’ve heard consome pronounced similarly to “consume”.

If you believe the internet, then “bliss” made quite a bit initially.

I’m not 100% on this, but I think “consommé” is the French spelling, “consome” is the Mexican one.

In French cookery a consommé is very specifically a clarified broth that goes through several processes and ends up looking like tea. I believe in Mexican cookery, the consome that accompanies birria goes through far fewer processes and so retains more solids and therefore has a different texture/flavour and is more of a gravy.

This is the pic windows XP wishes it had on release

Ackshually, the quote is

Alas poor Vorik… I didn’t know him very Horatio.

Me too buddy, me too… but they will, and I have hope that someone will find a way to do the same thing to the sequels that people have done to the prequels.

Edit: changed my wording

And that’s Everything!

What I’m getting at is that the way you’re talking about the sequels is exactly the way people spoke about the prequels when they came out.

I hated the prequels when they came out, I still think they’re basically unwatchable. But they weren’t aimed at me, and a whole new generation of SW fans grew up with a deep fondness for them.

I expect we’ll see the same thing with the sequels.

One swing, ahead of the sword