#want that one Caesar cosplayer to make one like this

[melonmortis]

Original video is by SNOW SOS from TikTok

[basedkikuenjoyer]

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day...

This is not exactly a first-time playthrough. But I am ripping through yet another of one of my all-time favorites. Because apparently Fallout: New Vegas became a staple of Millennial trans culture and at times I do live up to stereotypes. You should see how wide-eyed I get at opportunities to use heavy machinery around the greenhouse. At least my PoliSci degree is useful here, because everyone knows the most fun thing in video games is complex political scenarios!

Seriously, we have a fun action RPG here but if I wanted that I'd pick up Fallout 4. Which I quite like a lot in it's own right. But there's something about the charm of New Vegas. Sorta become a Christmas tradition to play it while cooking my parts of the big get-together meals. How can you not love this beautiful concoction of 50s sci-fi B movie and old Western? Cowboys & Aliens shouldn't be just one random forgotten movie it should be an entire subgenre complete with it's own Samurai & Aliens analogue. World is bullshit sometimes.

Giant fuckoffty Gatling laser chem fiend build this time because I have spurs that jingle jangle jangle and usually rely on the Big Iron on my hip. Never done Sneering Imperialist in Honest Hearts before and yeah we're doubling down on the evil with enthusiastically supporting my original and current decision to the big question it all builds to. Who should Courier Six tip the scales toward in the battle for Hoover Dam? (Which I can never take seriously due to how many times I saw Beavis & Butthead Do America as a kid.)

House Always Wins bay-bay! And don't you dare sully the good name of this captain of industry by comparing him to Fuccboi Prime Elon Musk. Game gives you three factions and the choice to go it alone. The New California Republic, or the best candidate for the US government's successor on the West Coast. Caesar's Legion, a pack of Roman cosplayers complete with slavery and aggressive chauvinism while still being anti-drugs so like...wtf? Not a serious choice. If I have to endure a post-apocalyptic Mojave Desert I am going to make Hunter S Thompson look like Carrie Nation. You dorks managed to conquer Arizona, stop the fuckin presses (<3 you Piper).

Then you have Edwin House, an old CEO of a robotics Corp from before the great war on some kind of space-age life support for 200 years with a great big boner for Las Vegas. Yes, he's kinda a total douche but his goal is to mostly maintain Vegas as a city-state with his advanced robots. He's the one I lean towards because his resources at hand don't allow him to do much more than that and while he isn't perfect he seems content to operate through finding someone he can just pay. Doesn't seem too big on moralizing and honestly he's kinda funny. Like, recruiting tribes to fill out themed casinos is such a weird way of bringing "civilization" to the wasteland but...they did it willingly and it's been working pretty well. For all the shit Freeside gets even it's pretty stable by wasteland standards.

Obviously if you decide the main character Courier Six is a saint who'd never do wrong Wild Card where you do it yourself is the moral choice. But the kicker to me is that House and his agent sorta keep each other in check, especially if Courier Six has stuff like Big MT in their back pocket. House is ultimately doomed to fail because he only has so many of his big robots and his explicit goal is mostly about trying to get technological progress back on track. He can't really project power though. He's fine working with the NCR but they'll win in the very long game. Vegas staying a city-state that the Republic needs to sit down and stabilize if they want to oust is good for both sides and it'll get the Legion out. That's my view at least.

[spookyboogie3]

MY FAVORITE AH MOMENTS W/O R*an H*yw**d

Also keep in mind some of these moments i picked Bitch Face r*an may have been present for but this aint about his stupid ass. 

The straw bit on Off Topic

Fiona and Trevor’s “Look at us” “Look at us” “Look at us” in TTT

Drunk Jeremy inhaling helium, followed by Jack and Trevor on Off Topic

“Krusty KrAYAYAB!!!” TTT

Jeremy trying to slam his face through a table, followed by Michael doing the same thing

“my god…… the munchdew” “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!” Minecraft: Skyfactory

Actually all of Simple Farmer Geoff from Skyfactory

Whatever those sounds were that Jack was making in the beginning of GTA video

Alfredo screaming as he continues to fall down a steep tube in a GTA race

DESTROYING THEIR OFFICE DEAR LORD

“How did he drown though?” “UNDERWATER, MATT!”

Anytime Fiona starts to RAGE in TTT (bonus if others join in)

The time Gav was the phantom in TTT and he kept dying and being brought back and Jack spitting water and then trying to catch it

Alfredo’s Magoo moments in Minecraft

Geoff laughing in the background of a video hes not in

Lindsay fucking around with Chef Mike on Harecore Minigolf

Lindsay fucking around in general

Gavin and Fiona playing Animal Crossing and laughing at the stupidest shit

The Fish Tempura incident on Wheel of Fortune

Lindsay’s reasoning for why her and Michael should have 4 kids

Geoff’s fucking ad reads (my favorite is 23&Me)

The whole thing during Push the Button where everyone especially Michael gets mad at Fiona because she said the best candy to get while trick or treating was lollipops

Matt’s fucking desk in the corner of the room

Anytime Millie is in a video

Everyone falling off the pink ladder during TTT and dying repeatedly because of it

Alfredo “the two-time champ” Diaz dying very early in YDYD 3

Gavin and Michael fucking up almost every game they play on Play Pals

RAY OR NO and then RAY OR NAY on Off Topic

Reddit Roasts Geoff

Gavin asking if someone could kill 20 cows with their bare hands and the proceeding so say he could rip out a cow’s veins by reaching into its neck

Ify’s narration during Let’s Roll Ave Caesar

The internet losing its shit when Jeremy shaved his head years ago

“We need a knife” Gavin comes back with a hammer

Griffin chain sawing the Off Topic table up

“How do I put the boat in the water??” “Right click you animal”

As of 2020, 8 years of playing Minecraft, certain people still do not know how to play the basics of this fucking game.

Honestly it took over 200 episodes for some of them to figure out how the compass worked. You know after they decided that the sun was setting in the wrong direction. (this was in 2016??)

Flynt coal still is a joke they make

So is Day 2

Whatever happened in that GTA lets play where someone called a mugger or a hit on someone and the game glitched and 50 guys showed up and lined up on the street below from where they were playing

Anytime Gavin gets mugged, it’s an old running gag but it’s a classic

The time a mugger fucking started driving the fire truck away after mugging Gavin with Michael and Jeremy still in the truck thinking the other is driving and it takes them like 2 minutes to realize what happened while Gavin’s yelling “come back”

They got a water jug and immediately started water boarding each other

“It pinged and went dingle”

“Hey Trey-Boi” “Hey Gay-Boi” Immediately realizes what he has said

Jeremy’s website puns

(OLD) Ray jerking off in the corner during a let’s play

(OLD) the world in Minecraft never loading and everyone screaming about as Geoff says its fine for him

Jeremy’s “I AM MONSTER TRUCK”

Jack taking AH to Disney……in Minecraft

On Twitter, Gavin asked about recommendations for a computer mouse and Fiona starts sending him pictures of actual mice.

“Its not ghey, if its on the moon”

Literally anything Fiona does as Po

Jeremy saying the heterosexual flag is boring

UNO THE MOVIE!

Geoff fucking cackling the whole time.

“here’s looking at you kid”

the video was almost 3 hours long

“you know what my favorite color is? blue” “oh really? You know what my favorite hand is? Yours

They all want it to end but no one wants to lose and so they fuck each other and that prolongs the game. Also they put on more rules, so they just keep getting more cards if they don’t have a card to match the previous

Alfredo saying he won’t participate in ghost hunter because he knows what happens to people of color in horror movies

Fiona walking in on Off Topic with a protein shake and Gavin asks if shes drinking milk and she says without missing a beat “ah no that’s cum” and everyone laughed not expecting the answer

(OLD) “SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER” *falls in hole*

(OLD) Ray and Gav running in a panel dressed as X-Ray and Vav and Ray running the whole way around the room before he got to the stage

Duck taping Jeremy to the wall

(OLD) All of Minecraft Episode 3 Plan G (This was the very first AH video I watch and why I know who they are)

Geoff and Gav creating Achievement City and giving everyone houses just to prank Jack into burning house down with lava.

Ray’s house is a dirt block with no furniture and single torch

Geoff’s giant ass house next to Ray’s tiny house

Jack tries to destroy everything with lava throughout the episode

“lets be honest, I realistically didn’t lose anything”

Michael stealing art from Gav’s house “NOO! I want nice things”

The sign to Michael’s says “Awaiting Approval, Awaiting Approval, Awaiting Approval” he runs into house and say “I’m home”

Ray also steals this sign at some point

Plan G – The failsafe.

“Oh whats this? Is this a button? Whats this? (pushes button) Yeah it was a button”

“Did you push the button?”

“Yeah”

“okay”

“wh-what does it do?”

“uh…”

Cue Achievement City beginning to explode as Michael starts screaming

Rays reaction “NO, MY SHITTY HOUSE JUST GOT EVEN SHITTIER!”

Not something funny but something VERY IMPORTANT. AH admitting that they all fucked up and how shitty their behavior was when dealing with harassment in the fanbase. People were racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic, and just downright horrible to a lot of the employees at RT and AH. This came up after Mica Burton left the company and talked about it publicly and how nothing was done about it. Fiona who also experiences these same things, along with Lindsay and other employees, but Fiona took the charge on the Off Topic talking about people can’t continue to get away with that behavior. She got to sound off her feelings to a group of white men who all respected her and LISTENED to what was saying and how she felt. She cried; Geoff cried. They all want to do more, so this doesn’t happen in the future and they’re not tolerating the racist and horrible comments. AH taking a mature moment to talk about how they failed to stop these comments and Geoff was right when he said the company has a long way to go.

 Outside of AH each member has more to them than just all of the comedy and laughs and dumb shit they do

Geoff helped found Roosterteeth and Achievement Hunter. He has a beautiful daughter in Millie who is awesome in her own right. He’s a recovering alcoholic. Currently doing F**k Face podcasts. Was in the fucking army. Takes accountability for every mistake he makes.  

Jack also helped start Achievement Hunter. He does so much work for charity. His twitter is full of things to help people go vote. He’s like the dad to AH, especially Fiona. He’s happily married to his wife Caiti.

Michael was an electrician and has a lot of handy man experience. He made a few videos online about him raging at games and that got the attention of RT. He’s currently married to Lindsay who he met because of RT. They have two kids together.

Gavin is an expert at high speed filmmaking and know how use and edit footage from a slow-motion camera. He has worked on actual films. One of the creators of the Slow Mo Guys. Worked his ass off to get to work for RT. Currently dating model and cosplayer Meg Turney

Lindsay flips between being the mom of the group and a complete chaos queen and we all love her for it. She started as an editor for the RT podcast and then AH stuff. She is an incredible voice actor, most known for Ruby Rose (RWBY), Space Kid (Camp Camp), Hilda (Xray & Vav) just to name a few. She also has a degree in finance

Jeremy started as a fan who made videos on the community page. He took over Ray’s place after Ray left to do Twitch full time. He is a self-published author and a skilled rapper and singer. He’s currently married to his wife, Kat.

Matt also started as a fan making videos on the community page. He actually interacted and made stuff for the guys in really early Minecraft episodes. Seriously this guy is like king of Minecraft. He has a degree in electrical engineering. He also has pretty decent singing voice.

Trevor is THE BOSS. Has a degree in aero-space engineering and is getting paid to babysit AH. Currently dating Barbara Dunkelman, RTs queen of puns.

Alfredo worked at IGN before RT and is a well-known streamer. He is the best when it comes to first person shooter games. He and Trevor look so similar.

Fiona. Po. Her majesty. Host of This Just Internet. A Twitch streamer. Baby of the bunch. Grew up in Europe. Her and Gav act like a pair of siblings. She has stated and showed time and time again she will fight for people to have safe spaces for anyone who needs them.

Ify, our new guy. He is wonderful and I want to stay forever. He’s a comedian, a writer, and an actor. Co hosts F-ing Around with Fiona. Has his own film podcast, Who Shot Ya? I look forward to more content with him in it, cause everything he’s been in so far has been great.

 Were all hurting but well make it through this

We have all these wonderful moments and a lot more that I didn’t list and this incredible team of personalities with their own accomplishments and achievements. Not to mention old team members who were also great additions and the entire crew behind the scenes editing and making videos look the best that they can.

 Here’s to Achievement Hunter and to this community. We need to be here for each other in times like these.

@theonyxranger gave me the idea for this based on their own post they made about the fans giving their favorite moments without bitch face and there were just too many. Oop. 

[thalassomania]

this is a recounting of a dream i had yesterday that really messed me up i wrote it all out that day but forgot to post it so i guess ill do that now?

uhh tw for family mentions, jjba, death

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ok so i was going to a museum with my family. but my family consisted not only of my irl relatives but also some comfort characters, etc... namely joseph joestar, kakyoin, and caesar

and at first it was all good, we saw some history of superhero comics (and i did some goofy superman impressions, which i guess comes from how much DC i’ve been reading lately) and an aquarium with angelfish and axolotls, but then we got to an entire “exhibit” dedicated to jotaro kujo

there were a lot of conflicting details in the exhibits but the recurring fact was that he died, and not by natural causes (presumably murder). i think most of my family wanted to leave pretty quickly but something about this section of the museum haunted me. i sat there for ages just imagining jotaro beside me, and then sometimes i would see him, and every time i did i just wanted to break down in tears... i remember trying to tell my dad how sad it was and he wouldn’t listen

when i finally got up to try to rejoin my family i couldn’t find them, and i felt terribly small and lost. i think some of them had decided to leave the museum prematurely, while others had taken a different route that i couldn’t seem to find on my own. i passed the jotaro exhibit multiple times because seeing him brought me comfort (he’s one of my kins actually but i guess that wasn’t relevant in dream-world). eventually though, the exhibit was torn down before my eyes because jotaro kujo was “no longer standing,” which i remember thinking was stupid since he was already dead

after i left i found some relatives (maybe my grandma) saying “grandpa joseph” was looking for me and wanted to take me to one of the gift shops, so i went looking for him... i think i found him briefly and he handed me a ton of coins i’d never seen before (museum currency?) but then i lost him again. i saw part 2 joseph with caesar at another point and i remember reaching up and ruffling his hair. caesar got kidnapped by some freaks in white hoodies and we fought them off. i saw a shirtless touhou cosplayer wandering among the crowds too

there were multiple floors to this museum and as you looked further it became a mall-slash-amusement-park... floor B2 was a spongebob-themed water park that apparently did very poorly with kids so it was shut down. i think at one point i arrived on that floor and the elevators immediately locked, which sent me into a panic

i remember looking for joseph and kakyoin and my girlfriend and my parents and everyone. i found a single mom who said she was a character from one of my old favorite comic strips (andy fox from foxtrot if you’re curious). i remember watching luigi (yes, that one) get on a ride called the Nothing Coaster that slowly severed his soul from his body and erased him from existence (i actually “obtained” his soul and it looked like a green crystallized heart), and when the coaster came back around all that was left of him was a green sticky hand toy in the seat. there was a disney channel original-themed clothing shop, a build-a-bear with some weirdly NSFW associations (not gonna specify, it was gross and 18+) and a guest appearance from thanos, so many damn gift shops that i couldn’t tell which one joseph (who i called “grampy”) had wanted me to visit. i wanted to go so badly, i think because i was hoping for jojo merch??

all the while i was being followed by jotaro’s ghost, who answered any questions i gave him with little hand gestures and shakes of the head. i think he was slowly possessing me because i could feel myself becoming him, and i let it happen because i thought of how happy it would make joseph to see his “other grandchild” again

i know i saw some characters i like—dio, yuuka kazami, etc.—and didn’t have the chance to interact with them... i was just trapped in this mall/museum thing and as much as i tried to go down the elevator and find the rest of the floors (and hopefully joseph), i couldn’t do it in time before waking up

there are some common threads in my dreams that were present here (the multi-floored mall/playground complex, looking for something i can’t find, being away from home and unable to return). that last one has appeared pretty consistently in most of my dreams for the past few months, usually in relation to visiting relatives in what is supposed to be—but never feels like—a vacation. the whole time i felt so damn small and hopeless and scared, and when i woke up it was already 1 PM and i felt sick and i still feel sick but i’m sorta better now so here we are

[getbacktoworknovice]

Blog Bois; Intro

[Hey guys~! I wrote up this little intro for my bois so y’all could get to know them and get an idea of what the’re like~ They also live on this blog so if you want to ask them anything or learn about them all you have to do is ask~ I hope you all like them~]

Jack had his tongue poked out in concentration, wanting to make sure he had the mixture nice and even as he poured it into the pan. Next to casseroles and curry, cakes were his favorite thing to make in the kitchen. He made them from scratch and he was always trying something new with the icing and presentation, especially when it came to his cake decorating classes, but today he was keeping it simple as he was just baking for his roommates. 

One of them, his cousin Aiden, had left about an hour ago, wanting to take some pictures of the rainfall as it was pouring outside. Jack had gotten him a waterproof case for his phone as a present as Aiden had spent so much money replacing screens and headphone jacks. It had been a very good investment. 

As if on cue, Aiden came in the back door, shaking the rain out of his hair though it wasn’t helping at all. He was soaked. Jack blinked curiously at his cousin as the man hung his jacket on one of the hooks they’d hung by the backdoor and came over to sit at the bar-style breakfast nook they used as a table, setting his camera bag on top. 

"You know that jacket has a hood right? " Jack asked him curiously as Aiden dug out his camera. The reddish brown-haired man looked up at him like he had no idea why that would matter.

“I like the way the rain feels,” He said, beckoning his younger cousin over. “Come, come, look at the pictures I took.” He insisted, wanting to share. Jack shook his head with a smile, hopping over to take a peek at his pictures. 

“I thought you were going to use your phone?” Jack asked as Aiden cycled through the pictures, showing him the ones he had taken of the cloudy, rainy outdoors. 

“I did at first but I swapped them because my camera doesn't take as good of a picture.” He said. Once Aiden had finished showing him the pictures he looked up and finally seemed to realize that jack was in the middle of something. “Oh, what are you making?” He asked curiously as Jack seemed to realize that he hadn't finished his cake yet. 

“Oh!” He said scurrying back over to the pan. “I’m making a red velvet cake for dessert tonight, I’m making chicken caesar wraps for dinner since it's Wednesday.” He explained and Aiden groaned, putting his camera back in its bag. 

“Ugh, I wish it was Saturday, I hate waiting for his cheat day to have something fried.” He admitted, resting his cheek in his hand. Vincent, the third roommate who had been friends with Aiden since high school, followed a pretty strict regiment with his workout and was very serious about his physical health. The man was a machine. Since Jack was in charge of the kitchen he had wanted to make meals that everyone could enjoy instead of Vincent having to buy and prepare his own meals separately. So they had all agreed to follow his eating habits as they were better for them anyway.

But boy did Aiden miss his fried foods. 

“That's what the cake is for,” Jack assured him as he put it in the oven, switching on the oven light to keep an eye on it as the oven had already preheated and then moved to prepare dinner. Aiden got up and both stopped in their movements when they heard a thumping from upstairs. 

“Ah speak of the devil,” Aiden said as Jack giggled. Since it was raining outside Vincent had to do his workout routine inside. He never went to a gym and did all his exercises and activities at home or at work. So instead of going for a run, he was up in his room running in place. It made a lot of noise. “I’ll go tell him dinners being made.’ Aiden offered, slinging his bag over his shoulder and heading towards the stairs.

The townhouse they all shared was cozy with a lot of personal touches from all of them making the place really feel like home. Aiden had some of his favorite photos on display next to posters of cute anime girls that Jack liked and artwork that Vincent had done. Vincent had insisted on just tossing them in the trash but Jack had framed them so he felt like they had to stay. 

The bookshelves they had were littered with books of all types. Photography books, cookbooks, workout books, fashion, and art books for various movies and games. Cups of random things like pens and pencils and measuring cups were here and there as well as a few snowglobes from Aidens collection. Aprons and workout gear were scattered around the living room as well as jackets and clothes and shoes. 

Aiden knew they needed to clean up soon and he was waiting for a day they were all off as he made them both help him clean. Aiden was the most organized and responsible of the three so he handled pretty much everything in terms of running the house. The budget, the cleaning, the reorganizing, and disinfecting that was all on him. Vincent and Jack weren’t lazy by any means just busy, well jack more so than Vincent. 

Jack was a culinary student at the local college where Aiden used to go and Vincent...well, Vincent was a different story. Aiden knocked on his door, hearing the running in place stop as he poked his head in. 

Vincent was stretching his arms when he looked over at him. “Sorry, rains got me a bit stir crazy.” He said, thinking he had come to get on his case about the noise he was making. Aiden shook his head, leaning against the doorframe. 

“Nothing to apologize for just wanted to let you know Jack’s making chicken caesar wraps for dinner.” He explained as Vincent stretched out his back. Aiden heard a very loud pop. 

“Oh cool, those are always good,” He said sitting down to stretch his legs. “Reminds me I need to go to the store and get some more salad, we’re almost out.” He said and Aiden nodded. 

“I put it on the list.” He said, giving Vincent a curious yet knowing look. “How was work?” He asked and Vincent only gave him a look in response. Currently, Vincent worked at a warehouse that manufactured car parts and he was the youngest of all the workers. The work wasn't bad but because he was young he got a lot of flack from the older guys, especially in terms of strength. He always worked his ass off but it never seemed to be enough, his hours just kept getting cut. 

He hated it. 

“About as good as it always goes.” Was all Vincent said, groaning a bit as he felt a muscle in his leg pull a bit, easing off of it and leaning back on his hands with a sigh. “I know I’ve been short on rent the past few months but I’m lookin’ for another job, I got an interview at the convenience store on the corner tomorrow and I think it’ll be a pretty easy get.” He said. “The pay is crap but they’ve got the hours so…” He said. “I’m gonna try and make it up to you.” He said honestly and Aiden couldn't help but feel bad. 

Aiden himself had gone to college and graduated and gotten a job in a field he loved and a well paying one at that. Jack was a student but already had a job at his favorite restaurant, tutoring under a really sweet older guy who already wanted to give the kid a permanent place in his staff once he graduated. Vincent...had a bit of a rougher go at things. 

He graduated college but he struggled to find a job in his major and he’d been trying to find one for three years. No one would hire him because of his lack of experience but he worked harder and learned faster than anyone Aiden knew and he had no idea how it felt to not be able to do the thing he loved. It really made him feel for Vincent. 

He never showed it but it depressed him greatly. 

“Well, I may have something part-time you could do.” Aiden offered and Vincent looked up at him curiously. 

“What like be a photographer? I’m terrible at that.” He said as he had never taken a decent picture in his life. Aiden laughed.

“Oh God no, I’d never put you behind the camera,” he insisted making the other man grumble at him. “No I was thinking of putting you in front of one.” He said and vincent gave him a curious look. 

“Okay…” He said and Aiden dug through his camera bag, pulling out a business card and crossing the room to hand it to him. Vincent looked it over curiously, seeing it was a pretty simple card with a very...fun logo.

“I work with a guy who goes to conventions, big ones all over the world,” Aiden explained. “He does cosplay videos and interviews and he’s looking for models to start his own kind of group to take with him for advertising purposes.” He explained and Vincent looked a bit more interested. “I take the cosplay photos for him sometimes when I can make it to conventions and do those paid photoshoots,” he said. 

“Okay, so what, you want me to carry his stuff around?” Vincent asked sarcastically, as Aiden and Jack always joked about him being the mule since he was the strongest of them. Aiden shook his head. 

“No, he’s looking for models dum dum,” Aiden teased, pointing at him. “You’d be perfect, especially for his Marvel stuff,” Aiden said and Vincent blinked.

“You want me to be a cosplayer?” Vincent said incredulously. 

“A professional cosplayer yes,” Aiden said. “The money is good and you get to travel and you get to meet new people all while being dressed up like Captain America or Ruroni Kenshin,” Aiden said, naming two of his favorites. Vincent perked a little at that, looking at the card with renewed curiosity. “Just give him a call,” Aiden said. “There’s no harm in trying right?” He assured him and Vincent gave a hum of thought before hearing Jack call from downstairs. 

“Dinners ready guys~!” 

Aiden turned and left the room, going to his own to put his camera bag away and Vincent got up, putting the card on his desk and tapping it a bit before moving to head downstairs. 

Dinner was pretty basic in terms of conversation, Jack talking about classes and Vincent listening while dropping a sarcastic quip here and there with Aiden just listening quietly. It was the same routine as every night and Aiden couldn't help but wonder if perhaps that would change soon. 

[themurphyzone]

Recap: Milo’s Halloween Screamatorium

Dan and Swampy make the best Halloween specials!

They called us out with the immature adult thing. 

Lookit his little vampire outfit! 

Broccoli dog may be disturbing to younger viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. 

Wiggly legs!

He’s so offended at Zack not having a costume XD

Personal space Milo. 

“It’s Halloween?” -every cosplayer ever.

I love the irony of Zack not being scared of anything Halloween that doesn’t involve his dad. 

He’s such a cute wittle mouse! 

It’s a good thing his wife is a doctor or this probably wouldn’t have been allowed XD

Marcus is way too good at this XDXDXD

Ooh he’s doing the evil handfold thing! 

CAVENDISH WHY AREN”T YOU DREAMING ABOUT DAKOTA

He mad the dream isn’t about him. 

Aww he’s doing that thing with his hands again 

He took their stuff AGAIN XD For the second time Dakota, find another way to kickstart your side of the plot. 

Oh look it’s the Grievance! And Pennywise. 

What kinda phone does he have that syncs up to a time grenade

Milo burrito!

Is Martin dressed like the annoying orange cause that’s pretty scary

LOLOLOLOL It wouldn’t be a Halloween ep without Drako!

So Dakota just wears a bucket and wrench and he gets Cavendish a full blown giraffe costume that’s love folks. Oh and a Perry onesie costume!!!

Wait where did they get the turkey from it practically takes a full day to prepare one of those things!!!

This couple is really sweet to take the time to explain the concept of Halloween to a pair of grown men in costumes. 

I can’t get over Cavendish in his giraffe costume. Or how he doesn’t know what a giraffe is. XD

I WANT THEM TO ADOPT ALL THE CHILDREN

Even a stick in the mud like Cavendish can have a little fun!

Comedy duos dressing up as Phineas and Ferb returns!

ADOPT THE CHILDREN 

Dakota’s enthusiasm for Halloween is so cute

Dawww

I used to be an anxious 14 year old child like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee. 

Fourth wall break!

I think he’s supposed to be a Struthiomimus. 

There are two reactions to anything terrifying. 

Go back to Duckburg where you belong. 

Old man has anxiety. 

Not quite Spongebob level but I do like how MML is using the time card thing. 

That was pretty irresponsible Dakota. 

These warehouses are all convieniently located in a straight line. 

I’m half expecting these animals to start chanting “ANCIENT SINS” and swear revenge on the local billionaire’s family. 

Well if you wanna steal candy do it when there are no parents around XD

EPIC DAKOTA!!! SAVE HALLOWEEN!!

Cavendish is tired of your shit. 

Yeah sorry Caesar you’re gonna die and your death will inspire a famous playwright. 

Cute!

I love Milo’s way of getting scared XDXD

Marcus has still got it!!!!

[jinglyjangly]

People always talk about how wonderfully strange it is to have Roman cosplayers running around fighting cowboys, in a Western setting, in the Fallout Universe. But I wonder if a small inspiration for the Legion could be Caesar's Palace? From that perspective, having a bunch of Romans running around Vegas is still thematically appropriate... Thoughts?

Yeah i thought about this, too... but the guy who put them in i think just put them in just cause he wanted to. Jesawyer made them into romans, i forget which interview but he said something like he thinks avellone, the other writer, probably didn’t appreciate him turning his raiders into romans. They were there in van burren so it wasnt because caesars palace exists since van burren wasnt in vegas, but just cause one guy was interested in the idea i guess. I love it though, i love the mash up of old and futuristic! I dont think they feel out of place even if it wasnt set in vegas, but i also feel like its more the writing then anything. They fit well because they have a reason to exist, its explained plainly and its something that could actually happen...because it does actually happen. But something like the institute where they just sort of popped out of a college, or the minutemen who have pretty much scraps for lore are kinda hard to connect and be immersed in since they really have no reason to be there besides to just be a faction in a videogame. It sucks, i think its way more fun to make in depth lore for ridiculous things like that to make it feel more real. thats all anyone really wants from bethesda anyway, no one would care if they or obsidian made the next game if they actually just put that kind of effort into the writing :/

[tessatechaitea]

Kamandi Challenge #2

I solved the mystery! Kamandi is actually David Lee Roth!

How does Doctor Canus get any sciencing done when he's constantly trying to buttfuck everything that moves?

• My second theory about how Kamandi solves the cliffhanger was that he'd simply run away and let the tigers die in the blast. But then I thought, "How far can he really run away? He'd be dead too! I know this is a comic book but that's so illogical!" By the third page of this issue, it seems Tomasi has opted for the Kamandi runs for his life solution. It seems a little bit like a cheat but at least it wipes out a lot of characters that don't matter. Just have Doctor Canus and Tuftan survive and call it good. Even Caesar doesn't have to live! • Tuftan catches Kamandi before he can get away and drags him back to the missile. All of the idiot tigers stand around anticipating the moment the bomb blows so they can all scream "It's greeeeeeeaaaaaat!" together in a fiery, apocalyptic ending.

"I'll never even get to kiss a girl who isn't a robot or my grandmother!"

• It looks like Peter J. Tomasi is choosing the easiest way out of this cliffhanger: the bomb's a dud! I feel so cheated! Hopefully Dan Abnett, in his brief at the end where he explains how he would have solved the cliffhanger, uses the dog semen trick. • Instead of blowing up, a sentient ape double fisting pistols pops out of the top of the missile. It was a Trojan Missile! And those stupid tigers fell for it! Although the ape is even dumber since his plan relied on the tigers setting off the bomb to free him so he could kill them. He could have just let them have a real bomb, I suppose. • More apes descend on the city so Kamandi uses the chaos to steal his shit back from Doctor Peanut Butter Dick. He then rushes off to the Museum of War to find a weapon. Or to be killed by Jackdaws. • I still don't know what the mystery is that I'm supposed to be solving before they do! • The Jackdaws pick up some of the ancient artifacts housed in the museum to help fight the apes. The relics are all weapons of DC superheroes! I wonder if Cheeks the Toy Wonder is in the museum somewhere. • Crashing down through the floor and into the Basement of Forbidden Jack Kirby Objects, Kamandi discovers Metron's Chair underneath an old tarp. I guess the cliffhanger will be how quickly Kamandi's head explodes after sitting in the chair. • Doctor Canus and Prince Fuzzy-pants show up just in time to see Kamandi hop in Metron's Chair. They chase after him to try to stop him before the chair disappears. And even though Kamandi has been trying to get away from these guys, he decides to reach out, grab them, and pull them along for the ride. The chair takes off and I start singing, "All my life I've wanted to fly like the birds that you see way up in the sky! Making circles in the morning sun flying high in the sky til the day is done! I CAN'T BREAK AWAY! Like a child in his fantasy punching holes in the walls of reality! All my life I've wanted to fly but I don't have the wings and I wonder why. I CAN'T BREAK AWAY! I CAN'T BREAK AWAY!"

Bogus!

• I hope Tomasi doesn't think the previous page will be used by the other writers! What writer is going to think, "Oh shit! Tomasi stuck that phrase into that Metron Chair bit that read 'If the Red Riders catch us, we're doomed!' I've got to incorporate that into my story! And remember he had all those comic books appear. What was that about?!" More likely, everybody will go, "Yeah, yeah. Fuck you Tomasi. I'm writing my own shit over here! Stop trying to be cute." • Kamandi, Doctor Peanut Butter Dick, and Prince Fuzzy-Pants wind up in San Diego. That's where the big Comic Con happens! I bet they run into cosplayers in the Wild Human Reserve. • Apparently the guards of the Wild Human Reserve are Manhunters. Even though they're called Manhunters, they shoot the dog and the tiger immediately. Then they say their trademark saying, "No man escapes the Manhunters," which alerts Kamandi to the danger he's in (just in case he thought the Manhunters were only interested in not allowing tigers and dogs to escape). So to get away, Kamandi throws himself over a cliff and presumably dies. Unless the next writers, Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner, can think up a way to keep Kamandi from dying! I just don't see how they can. He's as good as dead! • Finally, each issue includes an essay by the previous writer explaining how they would have solved their cliffhanger. This essay is by Dan Abnett and he describes how he would have had Kamandi survive the nuke. Hopefully he just says, "I was going to kill him. Let's see the next writer get out of that!" • Dan Abnett's solution would have been to have Kamandi flee while the nuke obliterates Tiger City. I pointed out that was an option but the laziest one of all! At least for coming up with a clever solution. I would have also allowed the bomb to blow because it's a post-apocalyptic world where bad shit happens. But Abnett also solved DiDio's cliffhanger with a lazy solution, so I think Abnett just likes to take the easy way out when writing. That's probably why I'm not reading his Titans book anymore. The Ranking! No change! I'm grading this on a curve and Tomasi's solution was less creative than my sticky dog semen solution.

[retphienix]

I ended up playing around with finishing things through speech a couple times. I remember thinking that was awesome the first time I did it, though this time around I ended up just stealth killing the Legate because there's no way I'm giving him a chance to cause more mayhem and war.

So I think I like New Vegas now. At least a lot more than I did before.

It does a lot of things well.

So instead of just blindly saying I hate it or saying it's the worst, my complaints aimed at it will be more specific.

I still don't love it. But I feel a lot more positive than I expected to.

It has one of the best DLC experiences out there, followed by one of the worst DLC experiences out there.

It has countless gameplay improvements and a much grander display of the RPG mechanics I love, like skill checks or multiple solutions to a problem over 3.

But even still, it’s just okay.

Holy cow does it mess some things up that matter a lot to me.

My disdain for the setting remains, but I hate it a lot less than I used to. I used to be borderline unreasonable due to all the brown and desert boredom I saw. Now I just don't like the palette or setting, but find it passable.

The main problem ironically comes from the writing, which I would argue is also the game's strong point in most places.

It's the factions. It's the unbelievably mishandled factions.

It's great to have gray morality factions, or problematic options that make you think for more than a few seconds when presented with a choice.

Some of the best moments in the game used that idea to make quests difficult to complete because I find myself questioning what I should do instead of going "Well OBVIOUSLY I'll do the 'good' choice here".

But the factions are ridiculous. They go overkill on the "problems" and forget to give them any positives.

My options are literally Greedy Nationalistic Military Complex who are known for talking about doing the right thing while almost exclusively doing the wrong thing or failing to do the right thing, or Murderous Cosplayers Who Enslave Everyone Hate Women And Destroy Culture, which is a faction with their only positive being they 'could' unite the world through their war.

The Nationalistic pricks take advantage of those who want to do good and generally follow the manifest destiny terrible morals of take take take.

The Murderous scumbags are doomed to fall apart the second either Caesar dies or they run out of singular targets to attack as they will fall to civil war.

The two main factions are completely unlikable on every level. I've explained in more detail elsewhere so why bother giving them the light of day here.

The only passable one is House morally, and he's not a style of faction I want to align with so that point is moot for myself.

So I settle for Yes Man, the faction that is entirely based on my imagination because they give me very little closure and expect me to make it up on my own. Yay.

I'd honestly say that my disdain likely came from how terribly this ended for me.

My playthrough way back when had it's ups and downs, just like this playthrough did, but it ended with a terrible DLC and me having to pay attention to some of the least likable faction choices around.

It really soured my experience and made me paint the entire experience in that light.

At this point I'd say I like New Vegas a bit. There's plenty of good, but the main quest is soiled by unlikable factions that were written with flaws in mind, but forgot to add positives to balance those flaws.

The setting isn't my favorite, and the DLCs range in quality to both extremes.

It's okay.

Better than I remember.

Still not a huge fan of it.

I'd say I still prefer Fallout 3, but I'd be the first to admit my reasons aren't exactly kosher.

It's definitely nostalgia to a degree, since it was the game to introduce me to post apocalyptic settings and it satisfied my newfound interest for over a year of gameplay.

Knowing a game so thoroughly, being able to say (and mean) I've explored every square inch and done it all. It adds value on top of what the game might have initially offered.

I can easily look at New Vegas and see everywhere that it improves on Fallout 3's oversimplification of the Fallout formula, but 3 means a lot to me, and I like the setting a heck of a lot more.

3 screws up factions as well, but in a much easier to accept way for me. Instead of making factions with tons of flaws and very little to like about them they made black and white factions of good and evil. That's lazy and bad, but it's easier to shut off your brain and just enjoy the ride in that scenario.

New Vegas demands your attention, and that's good, but when my end result is "these all suck" that attention feels wasted and I find the entire story a slog to work through because of it.

Again, it's better in theory, and much of it is better in practice, but replaying it has only strengthened my resolve for the most part.

I prefer 3, it's easier to just have fun in and it's a setting that means a lot to me. New Vegas is better in so many ways, but it just falls apart in key points that mattered to me.

But hey, New Vegas had Dead Money, and I can't sing my praises for that enough.

I guess I'll forever be that Fallout fan who's favorite modern Fallout is 3, despite seeing how flawed that game is.

Veronica, Christine, Lily and Arcade deserved better. Screw Ulysses. Oh and screw Boone.