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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?

Fair enough, although I'd argue it is way too early to know exactly what they plan to do with the release of TES 6. They have plenty of time to change plans and react to the debacle of Fallout 76. Not saying they will, mind you, but they've got enough equity with me through a couple decades of Elder Scrolls games to get some benefit of the doubt.

I don't know, a lot of those companies either were in a downward spiral, or never really got off the ground. Kind of interesting to think that Troika and Bethesda were both competing for the Fallout license, actually.

I think I'm the opposite. I love the vibrant alien worlds and views of the cosmos. I got pretty tired of the browns and grays of the Fallout games.

Yeah, I don't really like the idea that one bad game tanks a company anyways, even though I got burned by Fallout 76. I mean, Fallout 4 and Skyrim were both very good games, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for a bit longer than one bad title.

I went for a group trail run today on a mountain. We meet at the bottom, then drive about halfway up to the end of the paved road. Then we run about a mile and a half up to a trail head and run through the woods for awhile. It was beautiful and not too smokey, but the wind started picking up in the last couple miles. We started hearing a ton of trees creaking, and dirt and dust was kicking up all over. It was pretty intense. We saw a couple trees fall and tried to regroup near strong redwoods. We made it out alright and got back down to the car, but on the drive down, a tree had collapsed and blocked the road. Thanfully we got out and were able to push it aside as a group. Quite an adventure!

It isn't Epic exclusive.

These games aren't competing with one another, people. They are all coming out years apart, so I am pretty sure they can all exist and be enjoyed in the same marketplace. We aren't exactly saturated with these types of games.