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Wormie you cant be serious, you joking right? What about the bear sex scene, that was unique and interesting?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/3/can-south-africas-icj-case-against-israel-stop-war-in-gaza Im not sure if everyone is aware that SA is accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza and the case is being heard next week at the ICJ What does everyone think the outcome will be? I doubt the ICJ will find Israel guilty of genocide because genocide has a specific definition But lets see how things unfold

Kanie thats a terrible thing to suggest, you cant say the masses are know nothing asses ...thats a betrayal of the liberal code. You a very bad liberal

Maybe you guys are unhappy with the Steam results because its games that millions of gamers enjoy and you dont? And its never nice to be in the minority of this type of gaming sentiment Take BG3, it understandably won its nomination but maybe you angry about that because you dont think it should have? You never know

Whats your definition of a Democracy, whats an example of another country that is a Democracy and how is that Democracy different to the US? You dont have to to into details, just high level?

A vote for Trump or Biden is a vote in a Democratic system Unless one of them decides to change what Democracy means, so I guess the question is " do you not consider the US to be a Democracy and what does Democracy mean to you " You can criticize any Democracy for several reasons but that doesnt mean its not a Democracy. But yes I do consider the US to be a "Democracy " And one of the main reasons for that is political leadership change is determined by how people vote and we see change all the time in the US in the midterm and national elections Its not like Russia, China or Belarus where you wont see any political change and you find the same leaders for decades

Well lets hope you wrong about young people and the US Muslim population deciding not to vote for Biden, the whole " genocide Joe " is a ridiculous framing of Bidens\US response to Israel and the 7 October attacks by Hamas. Its not genocide what is happening in Gaza but whatever you want to call it Biden is not responsible for the actions of Israel or Hamas So if any Americans decide to vote based on the decades long Israeli vs Palestinian conflict as more important than domestic issues thats their choice but it will be sad especially if Trump wins because he is much more " Islamophobic " , remember the Muslim flight ban from certain countries and Trump will do even less to criticize Israel or care what happens to the Palestinians So what I hope is we dont have to see months of outrage protests if Trump wins and people saying " Democracy is dead in the US " because those same people decided not to vote for Biden because of a conflict outside of the US

I agree , neither are great choices and many Americans share your view

BG3 got 40 million votes, a well deserved accolade for Larian and all their hard work paid off Yes I spent 1700 hours playing RDR2 and 90 % of that time was Online and after the main story was finished with mods I loved the game but the developers didnt seem to add much worthwhile content especially for the SP game I voted for it in this category but only because I didnt play the other games

I can believe this. Biden is polling very low on most polls and Trump is ahead of him on several metrics But these polls never include the undecided voters and they literally decide 1-3 weeks before any US election and since both candidates, Trump and Biden, are so disliked at the moment by this group its almost impossible to using polling data now to understand next years election I realize approval rating is different to " who will you vote for " but the point about undecided voters is the same. And apparently 25% of eligible voters in the US are undecided\persuadable ...its not normally this high and sits on 10-15% https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/election-2024-poll-voters-trump-biden-5f5dfc93

I just bought both DLC for PoE1 and then PoE 2 Great price on Steam with 75% off I am currently playing NWN2 and its expansions so I will play White March and PoE 2 after that

You joking right? The Red Sea is an important global freight transportation route and who are the Houthis to decide what ships can use it? And apparently they not attacking Russian or Chinese ships. Its long overdue what the US did and hopefully they continue to protect the Red Sea Much of the world doesn't care about conflicts in the ME so why should there economies be impacted by whats happening in Gaza? I didnt think I would find anyone who would defend the obvious criminality and opportunism of groups like the Houthis?

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israel-supreme-court-strikes-down-governments-controversial-legal-reform-4782728 The SC in Israel has striked down Netanyahu's attempt to ignore what SC says and make him and other politicians less accountable Good news for Israel's Democracy and bad new for Netanyahu and his right-wing coalitions attempts for legal overhaul

Hurlshot its fine to criticize BG3 but please dont be racist about it BG3 has feelings to and words have an impact, never forget how words have agency

Well thats a huge part of the problem in Africa with corruption and policy failure in several countries that include Zimbabwe. Populist rhetoric blaming things on Colonialism and not being an effective government but enriching yourself at the expense of the future of your citizens is real And Malema is not just an anti-white, ignorant, racist demagogue. Every single one of the EFF economic policies is about nebulous and extreme mass nationalization of banks, land, mines and even our Central Bank whose monetary policy is global and defined in the Constitution. So the "shareholders " are not normal shareholders, they dont define policy and they have no influence to appoint 8/15 members of the board which include the Central Bank governor and deputy governors. The EFF wants to "nationalize " our Central Bank but the policies are already controlled and managed by government appointees. So the EFF dont really peddle " lets blame Colonialism" as much as they have really bad economic policies they want to implement and they spend most of the time blaming the ANC for things but they dont provide any realistic alternative solutions, they all about grandstanding and populism. Its easy to do that when you are a opposition party, 11% of national vote, and don't control or manage anything politically or have to take responsibility for the policies you espouse But the point being I dont have framed pictures of Mugabe or Malema for these reasons

This is a good point, we all so opposed and outraged by Colonialism and Western Imperialism in Africa so we should accept and support all countries that dont want anything to do with Russia and Putins attempt to recreate the Russian empire and its borders. Who says sovereign countries must learn Russian or care about Russian history, it should be a choice that the elected governments make. Russia doesnt get to decide that for other countries Always say NO to Colonialism !!!!

Guys lets all vote for BG3 where its been nominated @melkathi Melkie dont get angry but I voted for Starfield for innovation because with mods I believe it can achieve great innovation, its about the potential for innovation

I did enjoy the game, its definitely worth playing. It scored a 70/100 on the " BruceVC game rating system " But I do remember the final battle being very frustrating, @Hawke64 may have a different opinion on that battle. I did some research afterwards and there certain abilities you can take that make it less exasperating

I checked now on Steam and I played Vampyr on the 1 October 2020 so I dont remember much of the game except for having to find people to feed on which was fun and then advancing certain skills over others is advantageous in combat I do remember the final boss fight which involved an incredibly painful and laborious strategy to win, I cant remember exactly what that was but you will find that out yourself

We did something different this year for Christmas lunch,we went to a really good restaurant called Simons at a Wine Estate called Groot Constantia, red wine was amazing. I had at least a whole bottle to myself https://simons.co.za/gallery/ It was an excellent Christmas buffet and one of my brothers has a daughter called Amelia who is 1 year old and she is as cute as a button with chubby cheeks But my sister bought me one of the funniest presents and completely appropriate ...a NK joke gift, she knows me well

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you all have a good time with family and friends. Eat lots of food and enjoy the break

I completed Steve Jackson's Sorcery and I really enjoyed the nostalgic experience as the book series was my favorite Fighting Fantasy series of all time. The developers understandably changed several things for the PC experience but many aspects of the game were traditional and appreciated I then decided to play NWN2 again, Im loving it. I loaded some recommended mods and the journey is great so far, I love my companions and the party interactions....hilarious exchanges Early days, 20 hours in so further updates to follow

I enjoyed Vampyr and it was always a conundrum about who I fed on...I didnt really like killing any good people but I had to survive

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/us/politics/russian-assets-ukraine.html Some good news, the West and specifically the US is moving closer to being able to seize the $300 billion of frozen Russian assets that will then be used to fund Ukraine and continue the war against Russia If this happens there will be an inescapable irony with Russian assets funding the war against .....Russia

I completed PoE 1 after about 70 hours, it was a very good RPG experience Firstly I give this game 75/100 on the globally followed " BruceVC game rating system " and one of the reasons it gets such a good score is because Obsidian was able to successfully create a new fantasy game world with interesting lore and a new ruleset. And thats hard with the understandable popularity of D&D rules Some of the things I enjoyed about the new ruleset was how any class can use any armour or weapons and also I liked the new classes like the Cipher. So kudos to Obsidian for being able to create something different and still enjoyable I thought the overall narrative was very unexpected and exciting, at the end I didnt think to discover the truth about the gods and I decided to release the souls back to bodies they were intended and end the hollowborn curse but I considered all the options and the consequences.Thought provoking choices at the end Combat was a big win for me and I enjoyed the mechanics involved. By slowing down the game and using pause you can literally create dozens of strategies and approaches to win battles. I did have a hard time winning certain hard fights like the Sky Dragon and the final battle with Thaos but once I started using the combat log I was able to identify what I was getting wrong with my attacks so I then started becoming strategic and used buffs to increase my accuracy and spells to decrease Will. Paralyze become my friend and Prayer against Fear was critical in the dragon fights. But I also tried to kill the Sky Dragon at level 9 and then came back later at level 11 and had a much better time I also enjoyed the Endless Paths and I decided to free the master instead of combat, great side quest A few negatives, I lost interest in reading souls after 30 or so people because you cant do anything with the knowledge you learn. It would nice to see a way where you could incorporate what you learn into a quest? And then I found some of the companions lacked depth or didnt have very compelling side quests. I would also have preferred Romance as well But overall a really good game and I plan to now play White March 1&2. Im going to have quick break and then play these expansions over Christmas holidays