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It's easily both. By now this relationship is far too intertwined to lay blame solely on one side.

That and a whole lot more. AP was forgiven many faults that just won't fly today.

Holy **** that is a good quote. Yeah, I'm not sure the meaning is what we may take it to be today. Let's not forget that the US nuclear arsenal grew from ~1,200 warheads when Ike took office to about 22,000 when his term was up in 1961. Yes, but IIRC he was the one to push much cheaper nukes over conventional buildup. Seemed reasonable at the time but later back-fired in Vietnam.

So did he do something more nonsensical than usual?

US wants to have a world leading industry. Socialized health-care is not so great at R&D.

Reaching space is far more about total speed then starting height.While there are some airborne launch systems it's just rarely worth the effort. Actually you are incorrect. Escape velocity is inversely proportional to the r (distance from center of mass). Get farther away from the center of mass and you need less V. You also need less energy to overcome air resistance if you begin thrust higher in the atmosphere. Less V means less fuel. So the idea would be to use lighter than air lift to elevate and orbital vehicle to an optimum altitude and then begin thrusting from there. The math just may not work. Otherwise I'm sure this would have been tried. But, in theory... But air launches have been done with Pegasus. And balloon launches are being developed. But it's clearly for minor payloads, they can't scale the same way that rockets can.

The most trustful sources Codex and reddit. Other than that? I know it's Codex's wishful thinking for PoE2 to flop, because of Avellone drama, but are there actually any numbers behind that claim? I am really curious, because I like both games, and I would not be very happy, if the IP would go six feet under... Steam API leak showed 200k copied with any achievement. Which is pretty disappointing but game pricing is not indicating a major flop. Just under-performance to expectations.

Reaching space is far more about total speed then starting height. While there are some airborne launch systems it's just rarely worth the effort.

Something like Spec Ops the line, only for RPGs. Heroic fantasy genre could use some deconstruction.

The combat in DK really wasn't fair. It was entirely at the mercy of your character level which is still a problem in Original Sin games. But other than that Original sin games have been terrific. It's a little strange seeing Larian as the best hope for crowd-funded RPGs but here we are.

Why? Shouldn't children of immigrants naturally support Democrats? Or at least vote against the party that would have their family deported?

Well, sometimes you also use brace. Other than that you're not really missing much in the way of feasible options.

Many strategy games and management sims. Jagged Alliance 2 would be the perfect example. A game so good it killed it's genre.

Killing memes? EU regulations doing something right for once. Now if only we could get them to ban twitch chat as well.

Third world is not a problem. The problem is pretending they are to absolve us.

Even star citizen's whales must have limits. ... Right?

Damn. That level of integrity and customer advocacy is irreplaceable. RIP.

Apparently Deadfire already had the first -25% off sale on fanatical. So soon after release it doesn't bode well.

Steamspy is unreliable ever since it cannot scrape steam accounts. But from what I seen Deadfire flew completely under the radar on steam. On top sellers it couldn't reach #1 and disappeared from top #10 within a week. Steamcharts show a player peak roughly half of the first game.

It should be comparable to Shadowrun Returns. Supposedly it's slightly less than Frost Punk but a solid result by indie standards.

That concept seems to be based upon a chemical propulsion model. Perhaps an air-breathing, beam-powered propulsion system may still work, if the lasers are applied with sufficient strength and duration? IIRC beam powered propulsion in atmosphere is subject to other limitations and is only marginally better than chemical. With gravity this strong you'd have to resort to nuclear with all the problems that entails.

1.5 million for Divinity: Original Sin according to Steamspy while the sequel will inevitably pass that number in quicker time if it hasn't already. Yes but Tyranny failed to sell well and Shadowrun has shown that this audience is not just nostalgia-driven but also fleeting. Josh is right that RPGs need innovation, I just think that window of opportunity passed us by about a decade ago.

It's a limited strike against chemical production facilities which makes far less sense than last years show. Assad has to have enough sarin stockpiled for numerous stunts like that in Douma.

And which side should "the world" have chosen to be the victor? Neither. The point of intervention is that you get to lay down your own rules.

By intervening openly and forcefully. Obviously it would be a political suicide for some but it could have been done when the war was just beginning.