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BoomMF

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  1. Played Unsettled by Orange Nebula, who made Vindication, one of my favorite games. Unsettled continues their streak of great games. Completely unrelated to Vindication mechanically, Unsetlled is a heavier and cooperative puzzle wrapped in a space exploration theme that, like Vindication's theme, kind of works and kind of doesn't (But it's a Euro and theme in Euros are like lyrics in a rock song, do they really matter?). Production to die for. Also played the KS version of Mind MGMT. I've had Whitechapel for ages but haven't played it, so this is really the first hidden movement game I've played (Jaws doesn't count, does it?). The game's art took me a second to get used to, but the gameplay itself is stellar. Looking forward to exploring the SHIFT system, which modifies the game with different game pieces, rules, and choices. Played Return to Dark Tower. Continues to be a fun game and makes me wonder how close it is to the original game and would I like to get a copy. And the great Kingdom Death Monster Painting Extravaganza continues. (Decided to severely mod Spidicules to make him less unwieldy) Almost done with all the expansions. Looking forward to introducing this one to some friends and starting another campaign, perhaps one of the expansion campaigns. And in other news, I've always been bothered by games that don't have the titles printed on the shelved side of the box, horizontally specifically. So I busted out the Cricut and decided to do some fixing. Sleeping Gods and Return to Dark Tower done, onto some unfortunately labelled crates by LaserOx and maybe even a few games that decided to title the spine vertically ON ALL SIDES! OCD has won this round. Looks OEM, imo. Crises averted. Added the title to the side of the LaserOx Root crate. My Cricut skills are getting the glow... Nemesis: Lockdown finally made it in after being delayed due to Winterpocalypse 2022. Painting now...
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    Vinyl

    I like overwrought super deluxes with everything but the kitchen sink thrown into a large hologramed box of which I'll probably listen to only the title LP which was available stand-alone for a mere fraction of the price. It's how I seem to roll. To that end, the LZ collection is rounding out... In my defense, though, I've been pretty good about reading the books. And the Zep books in these super deluxes are phenomenal. Tons of ephemera I've never seen. Love the context that stuff provides. And you people that dig those dinky old pressings that damn near fold over themselves when you hold them are animals. 180g or gtfo, respectfully.
  3. Team All The Threads In The Music Section Being About Guitars And Guitar Paraphernalia And Not One Master Thread™
  4. I haven't, but this dude has: If they turn out to be the DG20 pickups in the loaded MoTS pickguard and you're looking to swap them out, holler at your boy.
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    Vinyl

    A UHQR of Kind of Blue will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine. You see the Nevermind Super Duluxe that's incoming in May? Humina humina... https://www.amazon.com/Nevermind-30th-Super-Deluxe-8LP/dp/B09GWRZC89/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1CRSPJT3EPV1W&keywords=nirvana+30th&qid=1641330525&sprefix=nirvana+30th+%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-2
  6. John and a bottle of Coke.
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    Led Zeppelin

    Is this the most underrated Zep album? Yes, yes it is.
  8. I've heard the Sleepwing Gods campaign is about 20 hours long, which isn't too crazy compared to games like Gloomhaven which can get into triple digits. In other news, I'm about to get into ANOTHER over-long campaign game and see what all the fuss is about, Kingdom Death: Montster. Here's the White Lion sorted... Still need to finish painting the starting survivors, but was too anxious to get statrted.
  9. New addition to the music room. loooo
  10. Finally got Sleeping Gods to the table. A little more side quest focussed than similar titles, like Tainted Grail, but also such a rich, well-realized world that's fun to visit. And started the Nemesis Untold Stories campaign with some friends. We liked it so much I went and picked up all the Free League Alien RPG stuff, including the Fantasy Grounds module, and started putting together a group to run through that as well. SciFi Horror may be my thing.
  11. The loss to Kansas hits different when you remember you're paying these pussies.
  12. Yeah, but Amazon had the 3D version for $140 on a recent sale. Your point stands, it's a pricey experience, however the kids have never asked to play Tainted Grail or Nemesis again and they demanded to play Catan after the first game and the next night. Might have been money well spent after all. I'm for doing whatever to get them excited about spending time together. I'm still working on getting Etherfields to the table a first time, though not with the kids. We, the gaming group, have played Nemesis many times, and everyone digs the hell out of it. Carnomorphs are queued up next.
  13. The in-house luthier said the Custom Shop Masterbuilt SRV with the Ybarra-made overwound modified Texas Specials was one of the nicest, most sonically impressive guitars he's ever played. The Les Paul had a "killer" tone but was a fight to play. The Martin was a fucking 1944 D-28 and every bit the part. For making music he picked the SRV. I still pick the Les Paul because I can't get past the fact it's a primordial Les Paul and I would kill to have something from the top of the family tree.
  14. The Martin was so clean it looked like NOS. It's a single owner guitar that spent most of its life in a closet. The only work done is a replacing of the pegs which developed cracking and a rebracing which was done by Martin. It's the only one on the wall that I played (I only held the Les Paul) and it sounded like angels singing.
  15. This wall has something for everyone, but if you could only pick one, putting aside raw value, which one would you get? ('56 Les Paul, '64 Firebird, '04 Masterbuilt Number One, '44 D-28) Side note, as part of the provenance papers with the Firebird, it belonged to Nikki Sixx (bassist, I know, but it's the guitar most similar to the bass he's most identified with).
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    Nirvana

    Dropped by the In Utero house in the Hollywood Hills. Appaerently a developer purchased it with plan to renovate. Interesting location with a killer view but no parking closer than a 200-step hike up the side of the hill.
  17. The mural on the wall at the Guitar Center in Hollywood is legit af.
  18. Agree to disagree (otherwise bona fide hits from the 50s would no longer be hits because no one knows them anymore). This thread creates nothing but exceptions, because this is a list of favorite one-hit wonders, but there is a loooong list of songs that charted to the number 1 spot that have been lost to time in the popular sense.
  19. Technically, Jimi Hendrix was a no-hit wonder. EDIT: All Along the Watchtower hit 20, though. I guess that counts as a hit (even though I think of hits as top 10 or even top 3 type things) so I guess I'm technically talking out of my ass.
  20. Of the masturbation subgenre of one-hit wonders, in addition to The Safety Dance that was mentioned, I'll add: "I wonder if the guy who came up with the phrase 'one-hit wonder' ever came up with anything else." - Demetri Martin
  21. Free beer is a big deal now.
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