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Giant Bomb |OT 16| All Your Favorite Personalities Will Be Back Soon
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It DEPENDS! You can loosely scoop a cup of powdered sugar and end up with just over 100g, but a packed cup of brown sugar can weigh nearly 200g.
Always use weights for baking, it's SCIENCE
Cups for liquids I can get. I still prefer ml or even fluid oz. in a pinch, but surely a cup of solid material is going to differ depending on the density (and the size of the cup).
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I saw that it was still available (and also the only one other than twilight struggle that I wanted from the bundle) but it doesn't let people who won take the first come first serve I guess!
Which makes sense. I could also just use money to buy it and not be greedy with free codes, it's not like it's off the store or anything.
honestly baking is harder than any lab i ever did in any of my courses for my chemistry minor
it takes skill and practice to do that stuff right
gonna write a five paragraph correction on how Dan is wrong and dragon age 2 is the one people love
A "Cup" is a standard measuring unit equal to 8floz. That part never changes. But you are right about the density of whatever you are measuring as well as how tightly you pack it into the Cup.
I like baking because it as close as I can get to doing chemistry shit in my home, and the end result is usually pretty damn tasty and something that I can share with my roommates or coworkers.
I told you I was gonna do this. Ya'll motherfuckers are still sleeping on the GOTY, and seeing as the GB QL didn't sell the game as well as it could, I've taken it upon myself to sell you on Iceborne.
(Sorry for jacking your style Blitz, but I NEED to do this).
Monster Hunter World was already a huge leap in quality from the previous games in the series, especially in terms of quality of life. Gone were the days of looking up key quests online to see how to progress in the story, or sitting in place gathering plants and hoping to get what you needed. World was easier for the uninitiated, less obtuse in a lot of bullshit ways, and fucking FAST. But at the same time, it kept what made Monster Hunter the powerhouse series that it had become. The combat felt great, with massive weapons and monsters having a palpable sense of weight to them, as players were forced to learn the tells of their prey. A hunter would go from getting batted around like a toy to deftly weaving between massive strikes from godlike beasts in what could only be described as the best feeling of mastery that any single-player game could provide.
It wasn't without its faults though. The monster variety, especially in the endgame, left a lot to be desired, with players having to grind the same handful of monsters to get endgame materials. The balance of weapons and armor could have been handled better, especially after the introduction of the post-launch content dictating all of the best gear. And then there were the minor annoyances, like the overly sprawling size of the main hub, the lack of use for the Gathering Hub, and the lack of difficulty for many veteran players.
But if World was the next generation of Monster Hunter, then Iceborne marks the next generation of World.
Once again, the Monster Hunter Team pulled out all the stops, both in tangible content and improvements to the quality of life of the game. The new hub, Seliana, is compact and cozy, with all of the useful functions right by the players instead of spread out across the map. Raider Riders, which are small monsters you can tell where to go and ride them to the destination, make up for some of the obtuse map design left over from the base game, while the new map is simple enough that players won't get confused (and it's beautiful enough that you'll want to take in the sights). The new Gathering Hub features all of the amenities from the main hub, as well as a bunch of extra NPCs to give it a move lived-in feel. Hunters going out in parties of 2 get a new difficulty modifier so they aren't stuck fighting monsters designed for 4 players. The biggest addition to gameplay, the Clutch Claw, gives players a new way to support their team by creating openings and weak spots, meaning that there's a greater sense of a team playing together instead of 4 people doing their own thing. In short, there's significantly less in the way of annoyances.
The monsters are all top-notch as well. Capcom made sure to bring back most of the monsters that veterans would want to come back, while updating them to feel more real than ever. Tigrex feels like a ravenous snarling beast as it clumsily charges across the map. Barioth and Nargacuga feel cunning as they slowly circle around the player before striking with precision. Brachydios and Glavenus feel like duels with skilled opponents, as both you and them step in and out of the range of their blows. The updates to the new-to-World monsters are great as well, giving new life to previously dull monsters like Pukei Pukei and Paolumu. If there's any complaint to be had it's that some of the brand new monsters are similarly dull to some of the original World ones. Beotodus and Banbaro often feel so similar to monsters from the base game that you get a little deja vu. Thankfully, the later newcomers are significantly more interesting.
The only faults remaining are the cutscene restrictions for multiplayer that are left over from the base game (which didn't matter to me because I played all of those missions solo), but even those are improved somewhat just by virtue of the new campaign being shorter. The writing is also pretty bad, though that's not what I come to Monster Hunter for and unlike other games with bad stories it's inoffensive and easy to ignore.
I could go on an on about how good this expansion is, but it's late and I'm already feeling like I should go back for one more go at Yian Garuga or Velkhana. I'll end by saying that if you have any affinity for Action-RPGs, you should at least give this a try, and if you have any love for Monster Hunter, you NEED to get this ASAP.
10/10, outstanding game, GOTY, GOTG, you can pet the cat and the pig and you can dress them both up.
Thanks for writing this, enjoyed reading your thoughts on Iceborne! The wait for the PC version is going so slow haha. I know it will be worth it but it was really tempted to just get Iceborne on PS4.
So you would purchase a specific measuring cup? The cup measurement isn't a thing here so I've never really been sure how it works. I've "translated" recipes using cups when liquids are involved but if it mentions cups of solid then I usually have to look elsewhere.
Are you playing on PC?
I'm tempted to get it there because of the crossplay feature.
Game looks blurry as fuck on my pro, but I have no idea how it would run on my 970 and i5
Ya, you typically get them in a set ranging from 1/4tsp to 1c.
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Definitely down for more Batman.
One X. I do not think it looks amazing, looks alright for what it is. PC is definitely the way to go but I also appreciate the amount of options the game seems to have from crossplay between PC/Playstationsttion to being able to use a keyboard and mouse on Xbox.
They played it for over a hour on that UPF and the only exciting part was Brad playing Snake in the woods.
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While Blair Witch did get patched twice on Xbox, it still has this stuttering effect when turning your character. It improved but it's still there. Go with the PC version if anyone is interested.
yea i think i've probably fucked up 90% of my first attempts at any given baking recipe that wasn't ludicrously simple. you've kinda just gotta accept that you're gonna have to practice stuff a bunch before you can start getting it consistently right.
one major exception - that was admittedly on the simple side of things - was bon appetit's chocolate chip cookie recipe, though. they didn't all come out perfect, buuuut i was still really happy with my first attempt:
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Playing through the ni no kuni remaster on steam and man I forgot how great that game is. I really liked 2 but 1 is so much better.
Finished Gears 5 campaign it was solidly OK
Finished Gears 5 campaign it was solidly OK
I went into Dragon Age 2 with really low expections and decided to play as an absolute dick. Not even an evil guy, just a dick. I ended up having a lot of fun and it helped me break out of my usual routine of playing goody-two-shoes characters in RPGs.
At the very least I appreciate its unconventional structure compared to the regular RPG "chosen one saves the world" routine.
At the very least I appreciate its unconventional structure compared to the regular RPG "chosen one saves the world" routine.
the original pitch for da4 seemed like they were going back to try to do that style again
rip
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OH Yeaaaah! The best feature returns for another year.
I wish it wasn't 92 Degrees today with it being the first day of Autumn and all.
I wish it wasn't 92 Degrees today with it being the first day of Autumn and all.
srsly that pitch........... god it sounded almost perfect ;_;
All this talk about Dragon Age 2, one of the worst RPGs of all time, made me feel sick inside.
Here, have a good game instead
Here, have a good game instead
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