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Elden Ring: Just started Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Yeah, I'm getting my butt kicked. Turok 1: Good ol' days, this thing is still fun! I am on world 6(The Lost Land) right now. The difficulty with enemies is getting higher and higher. Going for Turok 2 and 3 once I am done with 1.

At risk of taking this post into WOT territory I'm relieved to see you still posting and in apparent good spirits.

Looks like I'm almost done with Shadow of the Erdtree. This DLC is so big, I probably have spend the same amount of time on other Souls games. Same as the base game, the visuals are just so damn good. The fights don't seem to be too hard anymore either. Guess they did some tweaking with patches after release. Or I just got better, but I kinda doubt it.

Zen3's still doing pretty okay even without 3D cache. PS5 Pro is still based on Zen2. And the PS6 may be delayed to 2029+... The Real Finewine Strikes Again: Ryzen 5600X, 5700X & 5800XT Revisit Alternatively, do it like me: Say f*ck you to the PC specs rat race and go Indie entirelly --- until KCD3 is out. What lousy deal is it to pay 300% more for 5% better graphics these days anyway? HEAR ME OUT: On tomorrow's market of every game looking as boring as Hollywood and Netflix, pixels as big as Texas are the real treat anyhow. :D

Losses confirmed by intelligence agencies are recursive. They confirm what Ukraine claims because they are the Ukrainian claims- see also the CSIS numbers Bruce uses; they match the Ukrainian numbers for Russian casualties, they're not CSIS' own ones. They've also made some ludicrous claims like the Ukrainian counter offensive failing due to pro Russian shrubbery. I don't accept it, but I find that estimate to be more likely. That's partly due to the outlandish claims made by the other side for sure; it's certainly more likely than Russian soldiers wearing welding kit to burn off faces in no man's land. By its nature it would be a lower estimate. Thinking of it as being embarrassing to have losses is a bit of a 'western' (in this case comfortable or similar might be more accurate) concept: the whole DPRK shtick is that they're in a life or death struggle with the forces of imperialism. Showing losses actually enhances that narrative and they get to show that they have friends in the struggle too. You might compare it with some of the jihadi groups which are keen to publicise suicide bombers because they believe that they've gone to heaven and will encourage others in the struggle while westerners would decry it and never once think of condoning or celebrating it. Well, unless it's Ukrainian intelligence doing the bombing and the bomber is an innocent Azeri at least. Both those claims are propaganda. One is aimed at you, one isn't. (The stills are taken from a video from North Korean TV, no timestamp since you can see all the photos in the first frame)