Mamoulian War

There was pretty quiet for a long time. The noticeable “brewing” started when HAMAS attacked Israel, and something is happening there now and then. In other news, Russia is most likely preparing Special Military Operation in Georgia as well. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/21/7466741/

Dragonrider and Flexile Sentry have been defeated. I am still trying to get back into the controls after not touching controller for three months, so I am using summon mechanics at bossfights. It’s much easier that way, but if the game offers me helping hand, I do not say no 🙂 The other good thing is, that it looks like, I became much more patient than few years ago, when I have played it for the first time, so after three bosses only 15 wipes. This will probably change a lot at the Pursuer, but we’ll see 🤷‍♂️ on PS3 I have spent more than 3 hours and countless wipes to get through No-man’s Wharf, today just 1 and half and 2 wipes. Not bad, not bad. Mace is fine weapon and Old Knight Chest armour helped me a lot with mitigating damage. Although, I am running a lot out of Stamina due to this combination.

It is brewing in Dagestan again. Locals are starting to attack Dagestani “collaborators, who served in Russian Army in Ukraine.

After almost three busy months, when I spent about 1 hour per week on gaming, I have finally found some more time during today, and started Dark Souls 2: SotFS on PS4. I have cleared few areas and I had some comedy wipes already 😂 I have defeated The Last Giant, and I’ll be deciding if I should go for the Pursuer or Dragonrider. For me, It’s easier to get to Pursuer, but it’s easier to defeat Dragonrider. So for now, the winner is Dragonrider. We’ll see how it changes tomorrow, when my ass will get kicked few times 😂 Anyway, I started this time with Cleric, as I plan to go for melee Paladin-like lightning build, so the toon needs a lot of Faith. If I get steamrolled to much during my playthrough, I will still have chance to switch to Hexer caster, which should be easier to play for my skills. But hopefully I’ll get as far as possible into the game, before I will have to switch.

I am planning to start DS2:SotFS playthrough, but I am still considering what build should I go for. How hard is it to defeat Fume Knight with melee? My reaction time is not, what it used to be, so melee will bring me some troubles. Is there a chance for a guy with bad reflexes to beat him, or should I go for Hexes right away?

Japanese lawmaker is considering to start an investigation against Ubisoft, due to the cultural appropriation and other cultural inaccuracies present in their latest checkbox simulator. https://nichegamer.com/japanese-politician-investigation-assassins-creed-shadows-inaccuracies/

Have any of you tried the Bonus HK Campaign? The pacing to me seemed a little bit better than in the OG HK campaign 🤷‍♂️

I am with you on this one. The three Shadowrun games were exactly what I was itching for, when I have played them. They had some flaws for sure, but I still consider them brilliant masterpieces 🤷‍♂️

Finally, I have uploaded all of my DSR NG+ victories to Youtube, soo, if anyone would like to see, how my first ever melee walkthrough of the game went closer to the platinum finish line, feel free to enjoy 😊 disclaimer: this old man still needs to git gud 😂

From what I’ve read, the Gothic Remake was really bad. The question is, was it bad due to the PB, or Embracer? But it might give us few hints, why they have been closed.

Browsing the links at the Piranha Bytes closure I have found one more sad news, which I have completely missed in the past (march 2024). Embracer sold Gearbox to Take Two. With Homeworld and Duke Nukem as well Which means, we will probably never see this franchises again, or completely watered down with billions of microtransactions... https://www.gamesindustry.biz/take-two-to-acquire-gearbox-from-embracer-for-460-million

@xzar_monty Would you be willing to elaborate a little bit on this? Is this a serious newspaper? And how real/known/serious are these guys around Finland? https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/0f398e0d-0324-4a15-b64d-96aa1d0b9087

A latest state of Russian economy from the quote of the head of Russian Central Bank, or whatever is the equivalent name of Russian FED 🤷‍♂️

The First Templar as a new giveaway on GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_first_templar

Because in comparison to all previous Soviet leaders, Putin, after spending more than year, completely isolated alone in his bunker afraid of COVID-19, is paranoid and completely out of touch with reality 🤷‍♂️ Not to mention his current lovey dovey with Kim, who considers himself God, that could press the button faster than him.

The issue of this statement is, that most probably, we wiped out Neanderthals as well, like thousands of other species 🤷‍♂️

Resident Evil Bundle just landed on GOG. RE1 already playable, the other two are for preorder, released in 2024 https://www.gog.com/en/game/resident_evil_bundle Original versions, not the remasters.

ICC issued warrant against Shoigu and Gerassimov. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/25/7462498/

Adrenaline overtake on Brands Hatch in ACC GT4. Almost impossible to overtake on this track, so I have to share it 😄 https://clips.twitch.tv/GlutenFreeDarkSquidMingLee-6RAbF5lXq53JKh9m Unfortunately impossible to embed

It did not take long, and the new collaborant government of Slovakia started its first political process. They started a case against former Minister of Defense Jaroslav Naď for donating Mig-29s and one S-300 system to Ukraine.

The question of recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism has been opened at US senate again, after Putin’s lovey dovey with Kim. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/21/7461906/

And a first Giveaway of the Summer Sale: https://www.gog.com/en/game/shadows_awakening

According to satellite footage, DPRK have available 5 millions artillery shells for Russia. And Kin Jong-Un is IMHO the only person insane enough to really go all in for the ability to build their own nukes. We’ll see how serious pickle it is, as soon as South Korea decides to give their response to the situation escalating on the Korean Peninsula. We might be currently in a world tension similar to the Cuban Crisis. Depending on what has Putin promised to Kim. 🤷‍♂️

Russia signed a pact with North Korea, about defending each other and supplying each other with weapons. South Korea has responded, that they will be reconsidering arming Ukraine, which again lead Russia to spew empty threats. 🤷‍♂️ Oh and Russia has raised taxes by few hundred percent, in a historically unprecedented move. 🤷‍♂️