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Walked past a police car. Looked at the license plate. Realized that Greek Police (Ελληνική Αστυνομία) is abbreviated EA. I live in a country where Electronic Arts has taken over law enforcement. We don't have police corruption - just in-justice microtransactions.

I still play Star Control 2 (or the free UQM version anyway since I lost my discs long ago) from time to time. Also Doom, but that's mostly with the Brutal Doom mod so that probably doesn't count as classic.

Why? The same type of people who make up Trump's ilk are the same type of people in charge of state governments. They don't have problems subverting elections by gerrymandering, voter purges, id laws, closure of polling centers, and other methods designed to curtail certain people's ability to vote. Is it really that much of a stretch for them to subvert in the ways the article suggests?

Hours... no idea. These games where there long before game launchers started tracking hours. Lets just say "lots" Still playing Master of Iron 2 (as late as this week), War in Russia (today) and the old Tomb Raider (the original, not the awful remake) a few weeks ago. Next up when done with War in Russia is probably X-Com3: Apocalypse. Only game that gives Jagged Alliance 2 a run for its money when it comes to tactical combat and destructible terrain. No, don't even get me started on how much I hate the "new" X-Com games Edit: I wasn't sure if this was a pc/console only thing, but if you count old 8 and 16 bit computers, add a few classics that I play regularly on emulators. Mechwarrior was my favourite Amiga game and Battlecruiser from SSI still get me playing the Battle of Jutland as both the German and British side in the various scenarios

Ennio Morricone is unstoppable.

In a 1 on 1 battle between a person with an assault rifle and a person with a missile launcher, my money is on the person with the assault rifle. A missile launcher is a piss poor anti-personnel weapon.

Majesty Gold HD.

I want the hammer axe there berry issue is the desync issue, i've seen that happen with plant fiber and sprigs also. My son had it happen last night with pebblets.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/227477-pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire/faqs/76599/inversions

I haven't played Star Control 2 in ages. Welp, I guess that's good as reason as any.

But do you play frungy? And do you cheat at frungy?

Speaking as a Californian, this is a bit of an oversimplification of very complex issues. I'm not going to bend over backwards to completely defend my state. I still grumble about state taxes, cost of living, homeless policies, and plenty of other issues in the sunshine state. But the issues you brought up have some big question marks. First off, Elon Musk is posturing. He is using the threat of leaving California to get what he wants out of the state. But take notice that Tesla was started in California for good reason. California is not going to collapse if Tesla leaves. Silicon Valley is still the tech capital of the world. Hollywood is still the entertainment capital of the world. Handfuls of celebrities and companies leaving for greener pastures is not going to change that because they keep getting replaced by new celebrities and companies. It's the same reason I can't get the housing prices to go down in this area. They are building new homes, and people keep talking about leaving the state, but at the end of the day the population keeps growing up, and a good chunk of that is wealthy immigrants. As for the green policies, wildfires, PG&E, and all that jazz, it is super complicated. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/why-isnt-california-using-more-prescribed-burns-to-reduce-fire-risk/

Super Mario World GoldenEye 64 DOOM 64 Fallout Metal Gear Solid

Mega Man 2 on the NES. Donkey Kong Country on the SNES... the first X-COM games on PC. JA2 is probably also up there. If we expand the the late nineties we get two of the best games ever: Zelda: The Ocarina of Time and Planescape: Torment. Although I don't replay either. Feels like blasphemy to do so.

So When I Was Testing I Found This Bug After You Talk To Burgl And Get A Quest From Him You See Inside Your Character Like You Use To See Inside Your Character When You Would Enter Doors Before It Was Patched I Have Attached A picture So You Can View It As I See It.

This has been addressed in the recent 0.3.0.2416 update! Please verify you are on this new build and check to see if this is still happening! As for emailing support, for all public test build issues we ask that you keep them on the forums. You will help us greater with posting on the forums so the team can see your issues much quicker in order to work on fixes faster!

The easiest way to maintain your saved game files when switching between the release build and joining the public test is to make a duplicate save by copying the folder in your Saved Games folder and move it to a safe location before joining the Public Test. Here's how to do this: Method 1: Step 1: Load the game you wish to save. Step 2: Make 2 saves using the save feature in the game. Log out of the game after you confirm you have two saves of the same game. Step 3: Switch to the public test. Choose one of the duplicated saves to be your public test save. Only enter using that save, do not launch the game using the save you are keeping for the release build. Step 4: Play the public test. Step 5: When you are done with the Public Test, switch your Steam client back to the release build. Step 6: Launch Grounded. Step 7: Exit Grounded and wait for the cloud to sync. Step 8: Launch Grounded and continue playing where you left off! Method 2: Step 1: Navigate to C:\Users[USERNAME]\Saved Games\Grounded Step 2: Find the save folder you wish to save, and make a copy of it. You can add something like "-Current Save" at the end so you know what save it is. Step 3: Move the copy to a location outside of this folder, preferably on your Desktop or somewhere you will remember. Step 4: Join the Public Test and start playing! Step 5: When you are done with the Public Test, switch your Steam client back to the release build. Step 6: Move your save file back into your Saved Games folder. Remove any additional words you added to the name. Step 7: Log in and continue playing where you left off! Have fun, and continue to let us know what you uncover in the public test backyard!

The pay raise I put in for in March was finally approved after a lockdown induced hold. I didn't specify any amount during my talk with my boss (we do that once a year, have lunch on expenses and talk about work, what's up, what's good, bad and potentially ugly) but I did mention that it's not really pay as much as a monthly insult. He was a bit taken aback and apparently immediately panicked and thought I want to quit. Which in fact I don't, I'm more than happy to trade being a little underpaid for the other advantages of my job (short commute, great work/life balance when the world isn't ending due to a pandemic, interesting things to do, etc.). Underpaid in this context means that I would get more for the same job at other companies (i.e. not being part of an in-house development team but a dedicated software company), not that I wasn't already paid very well already compared to average and median incomes in our region. I thought I'd get a bit more. Turns out I was wrong...

I get either the screenshot attached, or it just loads forever. It's the same for me and the friend I'm trying to play with. DxDiag.txt

If I build a structure and I want to remove a single wall panel, the entire structure should not collapse. Whether it's a single level panel from a wall of a full structure, the only panel I target should be the one that recycles. THIS IS A GAME BREAKING Issue that needs to be addressed ASAP!!

I have been exploring the hedge lab and found several pieces of paper that are listed as invalid game items. Each one has a number in the header and then a second number in the descriptive text: 721/726, 724/726, 723/728. The labels need to be fixed or removed from the game.

This is the small cave area where the cable for the mystery machine is being gnawed on by lawn mites. At the spot just ahead of me in this screenshot, two mites get stuck under the dirt where you can not see them or target them. They can hit you , and you can hit them if you time your hits right to get them when they jump, but they can not get out of the dirt pile on the ground. I could loot the ones I killed while they were jumping , but the bodies were not visible.

the last tomb raider i played was on my Game Boy colour never got in to any of the others

Or maybe someday we have a society that rewards people for being teachers or artists My point was is that if we asked white people to hold each other accountable for their bad behavior, the response would be something along the lines of, "wtf are you talking about".

Yeah and that's why you need entrepreneurship and a variety of options, so that if the most qualified person gets fired they can compete against their former employer and beat them. Hey now that's racist talk! but seriously, there are attempts made. The biggest issue I find is the media selectively picking which black tragedy to exploit. Speaking of which Chris Rock Bring the Pain and Never Scared are some of our all time favorite stand ups.

I appreciate the sentiment, but almost all of my reading falls into these categories (currently reading Michael Sandel's new book). My recollection was that the book just was just poorly written. If I spot too many logical fallacies in the opening pages, I tend to cut my losses early. Leviathan is good and worth reading. Have you read The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker?

I'm not sure why anyone was expecting consistency, these are the same people who will wax on about freedom and call for mass arrests in the same breath after all. I doubt it will matter to their supporters either.

Age of Decadence is short. But it can be long if you try to play it like most other CRPGs, because you will be failing a lot at everything and reloading. You need to choose what your character is, what he does well, and stick to it. The game plays fairly differently and the story has substantial differences depending on what kind of character you make, so it's worth replaying. If you're into janky cult* games, you may enjoy it. *literally -- depending on who you ask, the biggest fans of the game really are a cult...

Same issue, they just die without exploding and you can not loot them.

Wow congratulations Eric Galad that's fantastic news! Hope all goes great! Cheers for your thoughts as well - I still reckon there are good reasons to give Xoti that Incarnate (will try justify below) Thanks to everyone for the responses on this thread. I have to say - those trinkets look absolutely amazing @Boeroer - some really creative stuff in there! What would it take to make these? I'd be keen to get involved - I think it would be such a cool addition! Were you thinking of having one shared set of trinkets for druids/priests - that either class could equip? I think it could potentially be very nice to let druids use priest trinkets and vice versa. I've found the party size reduction from 6 -> 5 in Deadfire really quite rough in terms of 'party freedom' - and I think being able to give priests some druid abilities at will (and vice versa) could be quite a creative way of helping with that. As for modifying priest subclasses - these would be my suggestions. This is very much a first pass - I expect lots will need changing - but I'd love to get people's thoughts. I'd also love to know how hard it is for a new modder to do this seeing as it's likely Eric won't have time BERATH (0 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Touch of Rot Necrotic Lance Infestation of Maggots Plague of Insects Death Ring Rot Skulls Disintegration Symbol of Berath Hand of Berath MAGRAN (2 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Fan of Flames Combusting Wounds Fireball Wall of Fire Torrent of Flame Pillar of Holy Fire Storm of Holy Fire Symbol of Magran Magran's Might RYMRGAND (0 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Touch of Rot Blizzard Spreading Plague Noxious Burst Blast of Frost Ninagauth's Frozen Pillar Entropy Symbol of Rymrgand Call of Rymrgand SKAEN (3 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Barbs of Condemnation Escape Divine Mark Finishing Blow Shadowing Beyond Smoke Veil Minor Avatar Symbol of Skaen Skaen's Revenge WAEL (0 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Arcane Veil Mirror Image Llengrath's Displaced Image Confusion Arkemyr's Wondrous Torment Gaze of the Adragon Arkemyr's Capricious Hex Symbol of Wael Blessing of Wael EOTHAS (3 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Sunbeam Rejoice Comrades! Two Fingers of Daylight Glorious Beacon Shining Beacon Revive the Fallen Minor Intercession Sunlance Symbol of Eothas Light of Eothas GAUN (2 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Blessed Harvest Withdraw Watchful Presence Wall of Thorns Garden of Life Venombloom Lashing Vine Symbol of Eothas Pollen Patch WOEDICA (0 Standard Priest spells in Lv 1-7) Writ of Engagement Recall Agony Writ of Consumption Dominate Mind Writ of War Mind Plague Writ of Sorcery Symbol of Woedica (use Skaen as a placeholder) - not sure why this would be redundant with the writs as someone said? The writs don't do periodic foe-only damage Writ of Mending (Note this is why I think Xoti should get an Incarnate - I'd put Lashing Vine down at PL7, giving her space to still get an Incarnate Summon at PL9) Be interesting to see people's thoughts - and see what we converge to I also think that we should consider only allowing priests access to the PL9 ability for their respective God. It would feel super weird seeing e.g. Magran priests suddenly casting Call of Rymrgand. So this means priests get two PL9 abilities - their Incarnate + their unique PL9 ability for their God. (Boeroer's trinkets would add more variety here).

Why would obsidian make another IP for post apoc? Microsoft already has fallout and wasteland... Not sure they need a third. Although you did sway me with "start working on PoE 3" I do worry a bit about obsidian after Microsoft bought bethesda.

No way to do it I'm afraid. This is one of my great sadnesses in deadfire. They are basically only useful for in-map skill checks, but many (if not most) of the hardest skill checks are in interactive events that are triggered from the world map.

A core component of the alt-right narrative is trampolining off of the libs' ridiculous focus on idpol, though. MLK said: One unfortunate thing about [the slogan] Black Power is that it gives priority to race precisely at a time when the impact of automation and other forces have made the economic question fundamental for blacks and whites alike. In this context a slogan ‘Power for Poor People’ would be much more appropriate than the slogan ‘Black Power.’ Substitute "Black Power" for BLM, and it's uncanny how relevant the quote seems today. It's also a bit too close to Bernie's spiel for comfort. Dr. King was a bit of a class warrior, and that's a big no‑no to the corporate establishment "left". So instead, idpol -- and reactionary hyperbole and hoaxes from the alt-right. Sadly, even in the absence of the societal background at the root of American idpol, the cancer has been fast spreading to left parties on our side of the pond that aren't quite so obviously bought and paid for by special interests. Idiocy and blind ideological adherence. The American "left" can't crash and burn soon enough if you ask me. And stuff like this is why I keep telling my superiors that we need MRAPs and microwave guns if we are to prevent WoT from becoming a no-go zone. Damned forum terrorists...

What the ****ing ****, piece of **** Netflix canned The Dark Crystal. What the **** is wrong with these dumbnuts doing all these retarded decisions. God, I'm seriously pissed now.

joan jett is fantastic. am recalling a late 80s interview with her from some late night show and we thought she were from long island, 'cause she were talking 'bout ny as if it were her hometown, and she sounded like billy joel's little sister. has been a long time since we looked, but am pretty sure she is original from eastern pennsylvania and am knowing she went to high school in socal... or at least some o' her high school were socal. weird trivia, 'cause such is what we do. @Guard Dog referenced a movie not too long ago on these boards, the best of times. am recalling robin williams and kurt russell were s'posed taft high grads. joan jett attended taft high. oh, and as proof o' the all posts is star trek posts, tony plana, who were in the best of times, was a maquis member in a couple ds9 episodes. HA! Good Fun!

Dear Microsoft, for Christmas, could I please have an Alpha Protocol 2? Who owns the AP IP at the moment??? That would have been my preferred MS acquisition

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My nomination for the coolest desk lamp of September goes to:

I can't tell you how many times this game has made me scream. From the time I was luring soldier ants out of the ant hill, and just as I was about to hit daylight, a wolf spider entered the ant hole, or when the wolf spider disappeared from my screen, I moved forward to investigate, and it reappeared. Today I heard a very strange sound, something snoring, and thinking it was just a weevil, went to investigate only to run straight into and wake up an angry stink bug. I've never screamed so much in fright from a single game. Kudos, Obsidian, but please don't give me a heartattack!

Me as well, my friend, me as well. At first my wife would come running into the office to see what had happened to me...Spiders, and their screaming....that's what. She got angry and said I was the, 'Boy who cried wolf' and when I needed help; she wouldn't come running...as she shut the door to the office, LOL. I wear a headset and didn't know I was yelping when I was attacked...and pushing my chair back from the screen. I have a hard time NOT doing that; glad I have a looooong headset cord!

Swashbuckler was a decent single class thief.

Oh, come on. Fully upgraded WK weapons and HLAs? Combat is a pointless chore long before that if you have played through 20 times any game knowledge whatsoever. You can abuse Mislead from like Chapter 5 or so. And for absolute maximum literal endgame (read: Throne of Blood showdown) dps nothing beats dc'ing good old Koveras into a Mage as soon as you get him in your party. Ah... just talking about this sucks the fun out of the game, heh.

lol! I've been playing with a friend on voice, and I'll be saying something and then suddenly start screaming. Hurts his poor ears. But it makes me feel better when he runs into something and I hear him start screaming.

lol, My hound usually lies next to me on the couch when I game, but he's been choosing another room with all my sudden jump scares and loud expletives from this game.

Not sure if you found it but near the bird fountain beside the hedges there is a secret cave you can find along the large stone walls it's like a little crevice. Anyway nothing of significant importance but it is nice little easter egg you will find a skeleton, a backpack with 10 ant parts in it, a rotten ant club and a bunch of ant heads on what looks like toothpicks. There is also a bunch of random bones put together with ant parts not sure if this is supposed to be a symbol or something but it was a cool find.