In the newer content, things are scaled up to about 150% of normal size, which seems to me like a pretty good balance between accuracy and playability.

The older content? Not so much…

Under the new agreement, TSN will broadcast 60 regular-season games (three per week), six playoff games, and the Grey Cup. The network will remain the sole home of Thursday Night Football and Friday Night Football — products that were created by the CFL on TSN in 2015 and 1997, respectively. The Grey Cup will also be simulcast on CTV and Crave, bringing it to terrestrial television and streaming.

RDS, also a Bell affiliate, will remain the exclusive French-language broadcaster of the CFL, airing all Montreal Alouettes games, 25 marquee matchups throughout the regular season, all playoff games, and the Grey Cup.

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In Canada, DAZN will become the home of Saturday Night Football, as well as the Saturday night playoff game in each of the first two rounds of the league’s new playoff format. The streaming service will also be the league’s new global broadcaster, exclusively carrying games outside Canada and the United States — including the full regular-season, playoffs, and Grey Cup.

Splitting the domestic games across platforms is just plain annoying.

Yeah, I was surprised to read that bit.

The article says exactly what they wanted to do…

It was only recently that I learned that programmable matter has been a (theoretical) concept for decades - pretty cool if there have been some new developments in the field.

I play a lot of NMS. I don’t know if it’s going to scratch your specific itch, but it’s a lot of fun if you can get on its level.

YMMV, but I think it’s pretty light on grinding. I log in for maybe 10-20 minutes a day, and am able to keep up with whatever events are going on just fine. The story episodes are much longer, but you can go through those at your own pace easily enough.

As for the stuff in the article about the game being a little dated and clunky after all these years…that’s a big “yup” from me.

It’s not exactly what you’re describing, but I have an absolutely miserable time with the generic, one-word titles that seemed so prevalent in the '90s in particular.

“Vortex”

“Whispers”

“Emanations”

“Resolutions”

“Anomaly”

And on and on and on…

That wasn’t my take - collectibility is a pretty core component of CCGs, but that can be accomplished easily with basic probability tables, without any blockchain bullshit.

My biggest concern is what they’re going to do to monetize it - this sort of game is pretty prone to exploitation.

Something like the Marvel Snap model could be pretty good, though.

I’ve heard nothing but good things, and should really catch up.

Fun!

Star Trek IV is a bit of a left-field choice, but I’m not mad about it.

I’m sure there’s a pitch to studios that could work, but

That’s pretty much where I’m at. Is it something I think I desperately need? Not by a long shot.

Could they do something interesting with it? Sure, I guess.

They announced the show would be ending, but gave it another season. That’s the opposite of a sunk cost, but thanks for showing your whole ass.

Your definition of “sunk cost” seems…unique.

I watched it fully expecting to be disappointed by the lack of iridescent paint, but nope it sure has iridescent paint.

My understanding is that Quebec City is a more likely candidate than Halifax - I think they have better existing facilities?

But either way, we need that tenth team ASAP.

I don’t think “Coming of Age” is very clear on this topic. It’s probably best to assume that only one candidate from that small group will be selected, and that there are many similar groups throughout the Federation. A pretty silly way to run things, but… 🤷

Eight teams in a league of nine making the playoffs is…kind of hilarious.

And the movie still made nearly $2.8 billion.

Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s important to foster healthy online spaces that are free of that sort of nonsense - I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t - but that crowd is a drop in the bucket when it comes to the actual audience.

They’re just loud, obnoxious, and spurred on by grifters.

If there’s one thing people need to realize about the “anti-woke” crowd, it’s that outside of poisoning online spaces, they don’t matter.

They are very loud, but at the end of the day, there’s not actually that many of them. The box office numbers speak for themselves.

And it’s an anecdote, but the single biggest F&F fan I know is a woman.