Mia Kirshner reprises her role from Discovery as Spock’s mother, Amanda Grayson, and does a wonderful job with both the comedic moments as well as the more heartfelt ones. It’s a shame the writers haven’t yet discovered what a talent they have in Jess Bush, and I look forward to them figuring that out in the future.īut I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the guest characters. Up until now, Jess Bush has been just crushing it and doing an amazing job of making her Christine Chapel a likable presence on screen despite not being given much to work with beyond her will-they-won’t-they dance with Spock.Īnd much like last week’s “ Among the Lotus Eaters” teased at its outset an even bigger focus on the previously under-utilized Ortegas than it ultimately delivered, “Charades” begins with Chapel only to pivot to a much more Spock-centric story. The plot involving her interview for The Vulcan Science Academy Fellowship certainly gives her a bit more to do outside of her relationship with Spock, but this is still the episode’s biggest weakness. “Charades” is also, to a lesser extent, a Nurse Chapel episode. Jess Bush as Christine Chapel (Paramount+) Just two weeks ago, Strange New Worlds even fixed a long-established canonical problem with a retcon that reconciles the timeline of The Eugenics Wars that were established in The Original Series to have occurred during the 1990s only to be later reestablished as taking place sometime in the mid-21st Century. Lord knows this franchise has done so many times before. As long as doing so is in service of a good story and richer characters, I’m fine with violating the established canon from time to time. This show is a prequel and is bound to break or bend all sorts of established canon before it ends. Personally, I’m long past caring about nitpicky canon issues. Certainly some will probably raise objections about how a Spock who’s experienced several days as a full human years before ever serving under Captain Kirk tracks canonically when that original iteration of the character started out completely confounded by almost every aspect of humanity. Some audiences want only serious Trek with end-of-the-universe stakes. How well this screwball comedy works for you, I suppose mileage may vary. And no sooner does Spock begin to figure out how to be human than he finds himself being taught by his friends and human mother how to successfully pass for Vulcan. It eventually morphs into an almost reverse fish-out-of-water scenario merged with a comedy of manners as Spock becomes embroiled in a ruse to now - at his least Vulcan - try to pass himself off as, if possible, even more so than ever to impress his future mother-in-law who already viewed him as deficient. We begin with a classic fish-out-of-water conceit with Spock suddenly experiencing life as a full human for the first time. Other times it may be a big action spectacle or a monster story. Sometimes it’s a serious morality play or courtroom drama that interrogates our sense of justice or what it means to be human. Now comes “Charades,” which at times reaches a level of madcap, screwball romantic comedy that feels like a spiritual sequel to “Spock Amok,” both in terms of tone and in its focus on the Spock/T’Pring/Chapel love triangle. So it is with Strange New World‘s Ethan Peck, whose comedy chops appeared on full display in season one’s body-swapping farce, “Spock Amok.” I’ve also already praised Peck for some of season two’s funniest moments. Listen to the latest episode of the AIPT Television podcast!
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There were times that I just wanted to take a moment and solve a puzzle, but I kept getting interrupted and having to run around in circles before I could make my way back and resume attempting solutions. The first time this happens, it’s a tense and frantic moment, forcing you to rush through a maze you’ve barely explored, but it quickly makes the game feel tedious. Since you have no way of fighting back, any time he sees you your only option is to make a mad dash until you’ve put enough distance between him and you for him to start roaming again. This got compounded in the fourth chapter, which was a large maze level where Slaw was roaming the hallways, like Mr X from the Resident Evil 2 remake. A lot of areas look a bit bland and same-y, especially given the grimy and indistinct visual style they’re going for. This part was less successful for me, as it felt more generic than the unique personality of the opening section. You’ll solve puzzles throughout a slaughterhouse and sewer, collecting items to unlock more and more of the levels, classic survival horror style. There’s even a moment where you play out a scene from the perspective of another character in order to illustrate the danger you’re in.Īfter your shift at the store comes to a brutal end, the rest of the game is spent trying to escape the clutches of Slaw, a serial killer with a pig head and meat hooks. The ramp up of menace in this section is perfectly played out, going from slightly weird moments to frantic dread expertly. The guy asking if I wanted to know a movie fact gave me flashbacks to the types of customers that would talk your ear off because being nice to them was part of your job description, and all the other characters you meet were full of personality. The devs found clever little ways to make gameplay out of retail work, like cleaning the trash and shelving tapes, and the interactions with customers were all spot on. The opening chapter, where you’re working a shift at the video store, was the strongest part of the game for me. And much like other Torture Star games, you can expect buckets full of gore and crude humor throughout. Throughout the two and a half hour runtime, you’ll work your way through five chapters, solving puzzles and escaping from the slasher known as Slaw. The action plays out from a first person perspective, starting with you covering a closing shift at Videos 2 Go and ending with a cat and mouse game against a psychotic killer. Like the other games from Torture Star Video, Puppet Combo’s publishing label, Rewind or Die is a grimy mix of PSX and VHS visual style, creating the video game version of a low budget slasher movie. This is the feeling that Rewind or Die, the latest game published by Torture Star Video and developed by Comp-3 Interactive, is attempting to capture, even if it only tries for the first third of the game. You feel strangely exposed when someone comes knocking on your door after hours, still feeling obligated to respond to them but without the protections of the social norms of an active public space. There’s something about the liminal time where the store is no longer open, but you’ve still got stuff to do before you leave. Weird customers, understaffing, and repetitive work were all par for the course, but the worst part was the eerie feeling that would sometimes creep over you as you were closing. While it was fun to be around movies and movie fans all day, it did have all the pitfalls of any public facing customer service job. When I was in high school, one of my first jobs was working at a big chain video store. We wanted to pull away from the identity that Blizzard has thrust upon goblins and figure out a way to tell a story with goblins as empathetic, deeply individual people with aspirations beyond accruing wealth.” Image: Blizzard Entertainment via Kitche Goldwattįission Heights is a goblin attempt at a utopia where all are welcome to build something greater. “When you think of WoW’s goblins, you think of greed and destruction to the environment. “I - along with a lot of other people who are part of the project - share the point of view that WoW’s goblins, while fascinating in some parts, have really been done dirty by the lack of depth given to them,” Caleb said. It would almost be idyllic, if not for the fact that the undead Scourge are baying at the gates. The pandaren run a hibachi grill restaurant, there’s a tattoo parlor, and there are plenty of shady little shops where one can bargain over contraband. These choices help add a lot of variety to Fission Heights. What kind of places are people shopping at in a cyberpunk world?” “I’ve had so much help from friends, figuring out what kind of stores we think live in the city. “Something that I really wanted to create was a full urban sprawl, with buildings that you could actually go inside with full interiors,” Caleb said in a call with Polygon. The concept behind the city is that it once served as a massive goblin power plant, and over time, an entire successful city grew around that industrial center. Image: Blizzard Entertainment via Kitche Goldwattįission Heights is an environment for an elaborate role-playing campaign. His city is a kind of haven for gnomes and goblins, two races that don’t tend to be as popular among fans. Caleb, one World of Warcraft fan who plays the gnome Kitche Goldwatt, has spent nearly two years lovingly creating a cyberpunk city that is like nothing else in all of Warcraft. While some fans like to create takes on Star Wars or totally original premises, others like to expand on the existing lore of Azeroth. Rather than giving fans a new way to play World of Warcraft, Epsilon gives fans access to many of the MMO’s assets, character models, and environments, so they can create their own worlds. This holds especially true with the creation of fan tools like Epsilon. It gives players a feeling that literally anything could be possible there are no limits, because if whole continents can emerge from nowhere, then anything could be out there. In the lore, new continents regularly appear from the mists, emerging onto the map and becoming hubs for adventure. One of the most beautiful parts about World of Warcraft is how the game constantly expands. This step requires a lot of raw chicken touching, so be sure to have your salt and pepper ready so you don’t need two hands to grab them. #3: Prep the inside of the chicken: Usually at this step, I’ll place the chicken into the roasting pan or Dutch oven on top of the prepared vegetables to reduce the amount of dishes the raw chicken touches. Toss everything lightly with a wooden spoon or tongs until the veggies are covered in oil and seasoning. In a roasting pan or Dutch oven, add carrots, onion, thyme, 1/4 teaspoon each salt & pepper, and avocado oil (Dutch oven is pictured). #2: Prepare the roasting pan: This is where I chop up all the veggies I’m using in the recipe, and preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Let the chicken sit on a plate at room temperature while you prepare the roasting pan and vegetables. #1: Initial chicken preparation: In this first phase, you’re going to take the chicken out of any packaging, remove excess fat and tail feathers, then pat the outside of the chicken dry with a paper towel. This makes it easier to think about the ingredients required and actions performed in each part. How do you cook this simple whole roast chicken? The skin was just as crispy, golden brown, and the chicken was perfectly juicy and delicious. All my other ghee/butter swaps worked perfectly, so couldn’t see why this one wouldn’t work.Īnswer: YES, you can 100% swap ghee for butter from the original recipe. This was a question I also needed to know the answer to for my Whole30 purposes. For this recipe, I’ve morphed the original perfect roast chicken into a version that works for Whole30 and paleo diets, and it’s just as delicious! Can you roast a whole chicken with ghee? If you want to read exactly how Ina does it, check out her original version. I tested a roast chicken fully slathered in ghee instead, and success! The same crispy golden skin as the original. But then, we decided to do Whole30, and I knew that slathering a chicken in melted butter wasn’t going to be an option. I made my own tweaks, decided I don’t like fennel, and carried on. Other Ina Garten recipes I’d tried were spot on, so I knew I had to trust her with my whole roast chicken instructions.Īfter several months of whole roast chicken tradition, I had referred to Ina Garten’s Perfect Roast Chicken Recipe so many times that I knew it by heart. Ina’s recipe was one of the reasons I finally caved and decided to try roasting a whole chicken at home. I dare you to find me an Ina Garten recipe that doesn’t turn out perfectly every time, I DARE YOU. The Original Perfect Roast Chicken Recipe Then I kept making one every month, and I swear each one got better than the last. Remove and change gloves if you have to touch something other than the chicken.Īdvice #4: You just gotta try it! The only reason I’m here sharing this recipe now is because one day, I decided to just try making a whole chicken. Sounds like boring advice, but it will help you be a bit more comfortable while you’re actually preparing the chicken.Īdvice #3: Wear gloves if raw chicken freaks you out (but be sure not to spread raw chicken germs anywhere else). No, it won’t actually take that long to make, but it’s best to make a recipe like this when you have nothing else to worry about and you won’t be rushed.Īdvice #2: Read the recipe a few times through before you start. I finally convinced myself to give it a try, and now it’s a delicious monthly tradition in our home.Īdvice #1: The first time you make a whole chicken, do it on a Sunday, or a day when you have the entire afternoon/evening to devote to cooking. How to make it taste good.īut my oh my was I missing out. I didn’t want to deal with stuffing the cavity (gross), and most of all, I didn’t know how. I specifically did not want to cook a whole chicken because I was afraid of ruining it. Where do I start?īefore I ever tried to cook a whole chicken, I actively avoided them. This is a maintenance release, meaning it's mainly bug fixes.Īmong other things, this release should fix most cases of where 3.3.1 would not read certain maps from cards/devices.Īlso, users on small netbook screens should now be able to close the Welcome Dialog (we made it smaller).Ĭhanged the view menu data filter options to not be disabled when in map only mode filters.Ĭhanged the range of allowed ID's for maps on card to reduce ID collisions, this has the side effect of requiring all card products to be re-indexed.Ĭhanged the default value for the mountain bike profile state highway avoidance. You can download it manually at, and the update from within BaseCamp should be available later today. Blueprint Cleanse is a six juice per day cleanse that can be ordered in varying lengths and levels. The main point of a cleanse is to help detox your system and unlike a lot of cleanses I’ve read about, BPC is all juice, not days of water with lemon & cayenne pepper. It was my hope that doing a cleanse would help jump start that. In the past year I’ve incorporated more fresh fruits and veggies to my diet but I needed a kick in the butt to make a permanent change. So now I’m a bit more, um, wobbly than before. Over the years my lack of cooking skills and motivation in the kitchen have contributed to added pounds. I never had a particularly healthy diet but thanks to staying active I had an average, athletic build. That means my head and stomach are in charge, two things that are diametrically opposed. Therefore my health and weight rely heavily on my ability to regulate my diet. If you scroll past this post, you won’t hurt my feelings but those of you who are curious, read on!ĭue to a back injury when I was 23, I’ve been very limited in the types of exercise I can participate in. I realize that this isn’t a typical post for me but so many people on Twitter and Facebook showed interest in hearing about my experience that I decided to share it here. All these things intrigued me and became the final push I needed to place an order. For a carnivore like her, that’s a huge statement. She talked about how the cleanse changed her relationship with food and how it made her want to research becoming a raw foodist. Heather wrote on her blog about a feeling of clarity and lightness. It wasn’t until I read about my pal Heather Park’s journey with BPC that I finally took the plunge. I’ve often pondered the benefits of juicing, I used to love those Jack Lalanne informercials, but my lack of willpower kept me from finding out more. Why? Well I’ve been hearing about this company called Blueprint Cleanse on various blogs for over a year now and I was curious but not enough to order. Now I’m not a fad diet person and I don’t typically jump on the bandwagon when it comes to trends but this one sucked me in. I decided to go on a three day juice cleanse. In Uncategorized Last week I did something so unlike me. Like the other trailer weight distribution hitch I talked about above the steel arms are very heavy to lift up and onto the tabs. The only downside to it is the metal on metal screeching noise it can make when the trailer turns. You don’t need to drill any holes in the frame of the trailer like you do with the chain style and you can back your trailer without having to unhook anything. This style of weight distribution hitch is easy to install and does a great job of controlling sway because of the strong triangle shape it incorporates. Like the Equalizer Sway Control Hitch linked to below. Instead of using chains, it connects the steel arms directly to the tongue by using steel tabs that the arms lift onto. The second main style of trailer weight distribution hitch is designed with integrated sway control. Weight Distribution Hitches That Use Steel Tabs & “L” Pins Curt makes a handle (click to view on Amazon) for this style of hitch that makes it easier to lift and hook up. It’s also very heavy to lift up the arms to support the weight of the trailer. But in order to get sway control, a separate sway control bar has to be installed which requires you to drill holes into the frame of your trailer’s A-frame (tongue) and you also have to unhook it when reversing. This style of weight distribution hitch is often more affordable than the other styles and it’s quieter when driving. If you want both you will need this version by Curt (click to view on Amazon). Note that this version is weight distribution only and does not come with a sway control bar. The first kind uses steel arms and chains, like the Curt Round Bar Weight Distribution Hitch (click to view on Amazon). Weight Distributions Hitches That Use Chains Here’s a look at each kind, the advantages, and disadvantages of each. There are three kinds of weight distribution hitches. How The Different Weight Distribution Hitches Look If you are still experiencing a lot of sag on the back of your tow vehicle you can also use airbags to lift it more for even better, safer towing. Towing will be smoother, there will be decreased wear on the back axle and bearings of your tow vehicle, and it’s also safer because you have more control. When the entire tow vehicle and trailer are both sitting level from front to back you know the weight has been properly distributed. Note that this does not technically reduce the trailer’s tongue weight and you should never use a hitch that isn’t rated for the entire tongue weight of the trailer you are towing. See Also: Best RV 5th-Wheel & Travel Trailer Tires Review/Buying Guide It lifts up the back of the tow vehicle and the front of the trailer so they are more even and there’s less sag. This “squat” as it’s called is one of the main causes of trailer sway, which is one of the biggest reasons for trailer related accidents.Ī weight distribution hitch will use two steel arms that stick out from below the ball of the hitch and attach to the tongue of the trailer.Ģ5% of the tongue weight is then distributed to the front axels of the tow vehicle and another 25% is moved to the back axels of the trailer. When you tow a trailer like this the front of the tow vehicle is lifted and you don’t have as much control when driving down the road. When you hitch a heavy trailer to your vehicle you’ve probably noticed that the back of the vehicle sags down quite a bit when the entire load is put onto the hitch. 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