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The Phoenix Point developer basically outlined how many sales they could afford to lose because of their deal with Epic and still turn the same profit, and it was pretty substantial.

It's pretty standard with every new game release. It will calm back down it about 6-8 weeks.

We are the lost generation, Raithe.

Welcome back Alan. We collect social reputation points around here now, so things are much more civil.

I have no idea how anyone who isn't in the 1 percent doesn't see our health care system as completely broken. We are all one health crisis away from destitution, regardless of whether we have insurance. https://arizona.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/death-or-debt-national-estimates-of-financial-toxicity-in-persons https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/managing-care/track-care-costs/financial-toxicity-hp-pdq https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/03/25/cancer-treatment-costs-imperil-patients/#2c5e98512b6f This all gets worse every year while we bicker about socialism.

The captain was gay? Kind of a weird thing to get hung up on. You can literally tell people you aren't interested in their personal lives in the game, so maybe do that.

Both of those are hot garbage compared to the masterpiece of Dolomite.

Good job majestic. Now the rest of you SOB's need to go watch Dolemite!

I knew you were a bleeding heart environmentalist, GD!

In theory I like the idea that private property cannot be taken, but in practice I do get a lot of benefit from public works projects. Seems to me there is a lot of wiggle room in there to do right by the owner and still benefit the public. However it will always be an egregious misuse of power when the government acts in the interests of a private business over the citizens, and both parties should be held accountable.

Charles Koch is. I mean it seems to be his idea to take my house. He is setting it all in motion and using his money to make it happen. His motivation is probably to turn a profit, regardless of how it affects me and my property, because that is how a business functions. Now the government is supposed to serve both of us equally. That is a naive expectation, of course, but we have recourse as voters, limited as it may be. I have less recourse against Koch. I can boycott him, I suppose. I don't know, I think we should just agree the billionaires and the politicians are just two different colors of the same turd.

I don't believe your DMV fees and gas taxes cover as much of those costs as you might think...https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-percent-of-u-s-road-spending/ But really I don't think it is just about who is paying for what. If we have a decent mass transit system, then we have less congested car traffic, which makes it soooooo much easier for you to be an individual and drive your car around. It also makes it easier to breathe. edit: Also, this is primarily a need for urban centers.

Uh...what? I mean, how many seats do you have in your car? If you really want to be an individual, ride a bike. Also no one said anything about taking away your choice, but the idea that we need to throw a bunch of money at the infrastructure of individuals in cars instead of mass transit sounds flawed on a number of levels.

Ideally the whole car culture needs to change. We all just kind of accept that cars are everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I'm part of the problem with my commute. I've got 3 cars and an RV in my household. But I've started to realize how much of my life is being wasted sitting in these dang cars, and it usually isn't a pleasant drive. I read an interesting interview from the CEO of one of those electric scooter companies that are popping up all over cities. He made a good point about how people complain that these little scooters are taking up sidewalk space and being left lying on the ground, and he's like, there are massive cars everywhere! We just accept them as part of the landscape. A small green scooter is not the problem.

TOW seems to have a fair amount of perks for not having companions with you, so I plan on playing through that way after my first friendly run.

I was getting the JA itch, and stumbled across some recent articles written by Vice on the Jagged Alliance series: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb88wa/20-years-later-jagged-alliance-2-remains-an-irreplaceable-tactics-game

I'm curious how all the crotchety old people who complain about millennials being ruined by participation trophies will spin this one: https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/greta-thunberg-climate-prize.html

So why not just play it for the story first and then mess around on Supernova afterwards?

What? Spoilers for the first major questline.

I hear they have invested in a few rakes. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Trump-s-claim-of-poor-California-forest-13400503.php

Sure, but the goal would also be to bring the medical care costs of our country more in line with others. Right now we pay close to double.

Did you guys watch My Name is Dolemite yet?

I'm with you a bit on that. All of the Bethesda games tend to be lacking in the way they pull me into the story. I tend to enjoy them as sandbox exploring games, but rarely remember much from the main campaign. TOW already is way ahead in that regard. It's a fun story. You aren't a kid looking for your dad or a parent looking for your kid, so the premise alone is less hokey.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Why not the Windows store? Or a console?