When I’d spend a summer week at my Grandma’s in the early '60s, my cousin would take me to Luke’s Store, where a dollar would buy a bag full of candies. Always included was a sleeve of Necco wafers.

I liked the flavors and would try to eat them slowly, but usually ended up crunching through them.

In 2018 when the Necco company went bankrupt, I was traveling a bit for work and would buy bags full wherever I found them. It was a relief when the Spangler company bought the brand and resumed production.

Necco wafers

I loved that scene

“Scream and Scream Again”, 1970.

Our parents dropped us off at the theater to see something else, like “The Love Bug”, but it had moved on and we randomly ended up seeing this horrifying film.

We were not ready for dismemberment and dissolving bodies in vats of acid…

“Faster than the Speed of Life” - Steppenwolf

Beautiful shape and detail. I’d be honored.

That would be lovely, thanks.

In case you haven’t seen it, Fallout 4 is on sale at gog.com for $9.99 USD.

Bethesda games are my favorite. I played Skyrim all the way through on an Xbox 360, then again on Xbox One. I should try a melee character on the next platform, rather than sticking with a long-range archer elf.

I did play through Fallout New Vegas on “survival” mode a few years back. It took a bit longer since a lot of time had to be spent on eating and sleeping. Fun though!

Yea, I can understand. The early part of the game is marred by Preston Garvey giving one assignment after another, and having to rush off the defend settlements.

But FO4 has a quite elaborate settlement building component, and after ringing them with turrets and other defenses, they can pretty much take care of themselves, leaving more time to wander.

There’s quite a variety of things to see outside the city. My favorites are the Glowing Sea to the south west and Far Harbor to the north east (DLC).

The thing that really gives FO4 longevity, for me, is that the leveling up has no upper limit. Whatever character traits one picks initially should theoretically converge to a character with everything.

Ah, yea, sorry. I’ve only ever used one character, and I think I started with mostly an “intelligence” build.

My character’s current SPECIAL stats are 10, 13, 7, 12, 10, 9, and 9 at level 129.

I’m playing on an Xbox One with just the six DLCs.

I installed one mod a looong time ago, whose name and purpose I don’t recall, and since then my gamer score has not increased despite having played several other games.

So, I’m a bit leery of trying anything else. As time permits, I’ll looking into getting things straightened out.

Oh yea! I’m really ready for the immersion in a new universe!

That’ll be the catalyst for me buying an Xbox Series X.

Wandering around Boston in Fallout 4, reinforcing some settlements, collecting some junk for scraps, and sleeping with Cait.

Even found another power armor suit that had somehow gone undiscovered years ago.