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Eric Van Allen
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Freelance writer, Dota enthusiast, Texan.

I am gutter trash at Puyo, and this is inspiring.

I still don’t get wtf I’m doing with ‘stairs’ and all these other things (I get fucked up by the slightest color variations because I’m bad), but this was... this was something. Read more

Dormammu is disgustingly strong this time around, even more so than in Ultimate. It’s almost as if they started working on ways to improve his kit before the broader game mechanics were finalized (switching, reality storm, pushblock reflect) because he feels so busted with all the great synergy he has backing almost Read more

Game’s only been out a week so its not quite as humiliating since everyones still pretty new apart from the players who got early access. Its rare for Pros to drop combos and yet most of them were doing it all night. Read more

As someone who has family in (and therefore often has reason to visit) the Cleveland area, you are correct.

...as a Bears fan, I am sustained by the fact that the Browns exist, and allow I and my fellow Bears fans the sanity-preserving ability to dump on a team that is worse than we are on a consistent basis.
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if you want to gain easy rushing yards on your computer opponent, the Browns, Titans, Bengals, and Ravens all have playbooks with the Gun Monster. Read more

I’m positive the donations were transferred from BofA Read more

I guess there’s just a vas deferens in our levels of humor.
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That’s what got me. The “Foreskin Tim” bit was sorta funny, but when Jenna Tulls was read off, I lost my shit.

I need to watch more of these casts; the commentators seem like some pretty genuine, warm, funny people—and while I’ve got an awful lot of those in my personal life, I need more positive associations with Read more

Will the Long Ear Mod add bunnies? Read more

It’s funny you mention Brian Jaques’ Redwall in the opening paragraph because that’s instantly what I thought of. This looks interesting! Read more

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Also - check out this interview with a polish stuntman who created and performed the fighting style in The Witcher games -

It’s kind of crazy that this game is ten. This last decade flew by for me. Read more

Sapkowski is the one who came up with the Unicorn sex, its actually mentioned in one of the books as a kink that Yen has. Read more

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Julien Baker really is an amazing artist. Everybody should check out her other live perfomances (She’s on Spotify, too). This is one my favorite perfomances from her:

This was great, love Jawbreaker and this was a very cool take on the song.
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The World Cube Association has a dedicated official program to designate scrambles, so I would assume they factor a certain level of scrambledness in. Read more

In real life MMA circles, that open-handed strike is called the Stockton Slap, popularized by Nate and Nick Diaz. Read more