PBS Newshour posted:

Uhh.... dog eared?

lets hang out posted:

mmmm

No Such Thing posted:

I heard on NPR that not only are "Cat Mystery Novels" a thing, but the writers get into heated arguments over whether or not the cats should talk.

FirstAidKite posted:

Was the twist that Glue was the name of another cat

FirstAidKite posted:

Was the twist that Glue was the name of another cat

quote:

Qwilleran, or Qwill as his friends call him, is the main human character in the books. He was born Merlin James Qwilleran, a fact explained by his mother (in a letter to Francesca Klingenschoen) as a product of reading King Arthur during her pregnancy.

quote:

Koko’s most notable characteristic is his sixth sense. On the surface, his actions are not that extraordinary; they are things that any energetic and healthy cat might do from time to time. He might dig up small pieces of evidence, for instance, or point something out to Qwilleran by acting extremely attracted to it. He has also been known to use seemingly random yowls or body language to communicate things, especially when a death is caused by foul play: he has both a "death howl" and a unique "death dance". Sometimes Qwilleran does not immediately recognize the significance of Koko’s actions, and sometimes will not recognize them at all (if they occur before Qwill has the slightest idea of any misdemeanor), at least not until the case has been solved. He also seems to have the power to trigger certain important events, such as causing a blackout by sitting in the middle of a pyramid.
[...]
Qwilleran believes Koko has his unusually strong sixth sense because he has 30 whiskers on each side of his face (60 in total), while most cats have 24 (48 in total). Whiskers are significant in the stories because, as mentioned earlier, Qwill often has a tingling sensation in his moustache when he is on the right train of thought when a case is involved, and a moustache can be called "whiskers."

quote:

In the latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel must clear a friend when the evidence is stacked against her…

Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with beauty, but the library’s employees are too busy worrying to stop and smell the flowers. The new library director, Oscar Reilly, is a brash, unfriendly Yankee who’s on a mission to cut costs—and his first targets are the archive and the rare book collection.

As annoying as a long-overdue book, Reilly quickly raises the hackles of everyone on staff, including Charlie’s fiery friend Melba—whom Reilly wants to replace with someone younger. But his biggest offense is declaring all four-legged creatures banned from the stacks.

With enemies aplenty, the suspect list is long when Reilly's body is discovered in the library. But things take a turn for the worse when a threatening e-mail throws suspicion on Melba.

Charlie is convinced that his friend is no murderer, especially when he catches sight of a menacing stranger lurking around the library. Now he and Diesel will have to read between the lines, before Melba is shelved under “G” for guilty…

lets hang out posted:

is it ok for cats to eat cheesecake

Prop Wash posted:

Until now I thought Lilian Jackson Braun had a complete monopoly on the cat mystery concept, do you think she sends anonymous death threats to people who step in on her turf

FirstAidKite posted:

I can't believe quincy murdered gabe n

Prop Wash posted:

Until now I thought Lilian Jackson Braun had a complete monopoly on the cat mystery concept, do you think she sends anonymous death threats to people who step in on her turf

Ciaphas posted:

I tried to get into Witcher 3 again today, and again got bored about an hour in

In theory it's the kind of game I'd love, focus on characterization, plot etc and all that with effectively window dressing gameplay (on Easy anyway)

In practice it just doesn't hold me

The Kins posted:

She died in 2011 at the age of 97, so I'd hope not! Otherwise we'll have to get a Cat Exorcist on the case.

exquisite tea posted:

I made it about 25 hours in and once I realized that I was still in Velen and that this game was Never Going to End I kind of lost all momentum. Got to always have the light at the end of the tunnel.

Unfunny Poster posted:

I used to have them in my house on my parents' shelf of books. There was one called "The Cat Who Sniffed Glue."

exquisite tea posted:

I made it about 25 hours in and once I realized that I was still in Velen and that this game was Never Going to End I kind of lost all momentum. Got to always have the light at the end of the tunnel.

smell this posted:

bloodychill posted:

I caught my mom reading this exact book and gave her an odd look. She claimed it was a pretty much a straight up mystery series along the lines of the alphabet series ("M is for Murder" etc) but the main character is a crazy cat lady.

That fat cat mystery book needs to be made into a TV series though, I'd be all over that. Murder She Wrote meets Garfield I mean come on

PBS Newshour posted:

To Skin a Cat - Its Silence of the Lambs, but you know, Buffalo Bill is a cat skinning cats

VideoGames posted:

I am very excited for Yooka-Laylee. I've never played a banjo kazooie game.

HMS Boromir posted:

The first one was okay but too bloated and reliant on gimmicks and special moves you only use a few times.

oddium posted:

i'm 60 pages in and cat sherlock holmes is still just hissing at the hounds of baskerville. gonna stick with it though

oddium posted:

hmm explain. go

Guy Mann posted:

I think it's pretty obvious that at that stage Rare was tired of making cutesy mascot collect-a-thon platformers which is why half of Banjo-Tooie is an FPS and why Twelve Tales: Conker 64 became Conker's Bad Fur day and why they haven't made another once since leaving Nintendo. Even Banjo-Threeie wound up being a weird physics-based vehicle building game.

VideoGames posted:

I am very excited for Yooka-Laylee. I've never played a banjo kazooie game.

Jay Rust posted:

Are there any JRPGs on PC that are actually good?