My #Wordle performance today was a celebration of symmetry.

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@XeroLinux

Could you have had a very Batocera-like experience by using Emulation Station on Steam Deck?

@fullcleared

Amazing. I was watching YouTube videos about this game earlier today.

What an incredible coincidence that this news should break on the same day.

In 1977's #StarWars, the #Force was a subtle, sensory thing only. It was something used to detect the presence of a training droid's lasers or an exhaust port, or to plant suggestions (a nearby sound, a thought) in a stormtrooper's mind.

By the time we got to 1980's Empire, the Force enabled telekinesis, which, like "I am your father", made a mockery of the earlier film.

What need would #Jedi have for light sabers and all the ensuing close combat, if they could *remotely* wield any weapon?

@alexhammy @timo21

Exactly this.

That commentary is far too lucid and disciplined to have been written by Trump.

Some of the words that aren't accepted as real words at #Wordle Archive:

GRAPE
EVICT
PLUME

Why? How can this be?

If you don't #Waffle, you should give it a go.

Not only is each Waffle #puzzle entertaining in its own right, but the sample sentences - displayed after you complete each game - are often quite clever.

https://wafflegame.net

In 1977's #StarWars, Princess Leia didn't seem in the least bit shocked that the guy for whom she had recorded her "safeguard these plans" message was now on the Death Star.

Not did she seem horrified that the droid carrying those precious Death Star plans was also now on the Death Star.

And don't even get me started trying to account for the problematic continuity resulting from Disney's Obi-Wan #Kenobi series.

@tess

Confession: I summon a spirit ash in every boss fight.

Life is too short.

@tess

I had so many near-instant deaths to the Golden Hippopotamus.

1. Walk through the fog gate.
2. Get sucked into the hippo's jaws as it races toward me.
3. Die.

I managed to eventually kill it.

Rellana gave me way more trouble.

@darkghosthunter

When I finally beat #Rellana the Twin Moon Knight, I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment.

I felt only relief that I didn't have to fight him any more. Relief that I could now explore more of the DLC.

When I finally defeated him, it wasn't because I had learned his patterns and could anticipate his moves. I did it mostly by luck.

If I had to beat him again, I doubt I could do it quickly.

I've platinumed #EldenRing.

The #ShadowOfTheErdtree bosses feel overpowered.

Curiously, the #Wordle Archive at WordleArchive.com seems to think that "evict" is not a word.

When it rejected my attempt to use the word, I had to sanity-check myself. "Am I misspelling it?"

The true Wordle at Wordle.com accepts "evict" just fine.

What's going on at wordlearchive.com, that real words are not accepted?

For me, the key to solving #Wordle is to be willing to abandon correct letters, in pursuit of as many potential additional letters as possible.

I keep hurling new letters into each new line, until I feel I have a sense of what few remaining words are logically possible.

This strategy usually doesn't yield quick wins in one or two lines. But in the months since I adopted this method, I have only once flunked the daily Wordle.

Wordle 1097 4/6

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@Lironah Are you all better?

I wonder if today's #Wordle will end a lot of unbroken winning streaks.

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@danielholt You can make your own choices in subsequent playthroughs.

And there is very little reason to fight mini-bosses you defeated in a previous playthrough. The first time you beat them, you often get a prayer bead. They never give a second prayer bead.

But yeah, each playthrough can have a wildly different path through the game.

@hk @RufuScott

For me, the most satisfying moments in Sekiro are when you posture-break an opponent, deliver the death blow, and watch his almost-full health bar deplete down to nothing in an instant.

Every time I see that I think "There! *That* is Sekiro! That is what makes this a game like no other."

@danielholt

I know you posted this two weeks ago, but I just saw it and can't resist saying:

I have played a lot of #Sekiro lately. DoH gave me so much trouble on NG. It took me ages and so much rage to finally beat him.

In NG+ and beyond he fell much quicker, partly because I was by then super leveled up, and partly because I had learned his moves.

His third phase is tough on NG. Be prepared to die. A lot.

@RufuScott

Souls veteran here.

I gave up on #Sekiro for a long time because it was too frustrating. I resisted parrying, deciding I could play without it. I was wrong. It is impossibly difficult without parrying.

When I returned to the game much later and decided to learn parrying, bosses fell much easier.

Although you will suck at it in the beginning, early fights are very forgiving.

As you progress and the bosses require more parrying skill, you will be better at it.

I love Sekiro now.

My #Wordle performance today.

Come on, not bad, right?

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