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Speaking of immigration:

Yes, I suppose it is easy to be accepting of immigration when there aren't many immigrants around. Doesn't really justify prejudice though.

I have no doubt that Rockstar employees eat, sleep, and breathe their jobs. You don't get such realistic horse testicles without that kind of thing.

The idea of a hardcore game is weird to me. Unless you are trying to make it as a professional gamer, I don't see why that label would be positive in any way. I guess I would be a softcore gamer, since I play most games on easy and don't finish most of them.

Is the mission/quest/plot/whatever design improved from GTA V? I mean, is it a linear "go from objective to objective, shoot men and god forbit you stray 2 meters from the path" again once you start a story mission or did the missions themselves get a bit more open-ended? I wouldn't say the main story missions are more open-ended, but the side missions definitely give you more freedom. I was hunting a bounty last night, came upon a legendary animal, and end up dealing with that instead. I'll go back for the bounty later.

As someone who is constantly having to explain the most basic email and technology functions to my mother-in-law, who ran a successful trucking company and dispatch for 20 years, it is super easy to see Clinton (and Trump, for that matter) as a befuddled elder when it comes to technology. In short, I'd expect someone else to be in charge of all that.

How dare you?!? Encino Man is an institution.

The whole Western romance is probably more appealing to Americans though. I mean, people pay a lot of money to go to Dude Ranches.

Here's what I don't understand. How can you take it anywhere or park it on the street. Doesn't sound very utilitarian. A road bike? It's not really meant to be utilitarian. It's like a sports car, you buy it to go fast. I keep it in my garage and don't let it out of my sight when in public. I've checked it in to a couple bike valets at events in my town. I have a big lock if I really want to leave it somewhere, but it's more like popping in to a deli to grab a sandwich, then eating that sandwich next to my bike while I glare at anyone who gets too close. Honestly given the clip in shoes and spandex, it's not like I want to wander around anyways. I do take it to work on occasion and just keep it in my classroom. That's plenty safe.

Woke up at around 3 AM all stressed out about stuff. Our RV is out with a renter and a tire needed to be replaced, so I was dealing with that before bed and was worried about the expense and everything. It turned out to be alright price wise (knock on wood) but it still makes me worry. Couldn't get back to sleep, so I went and got an early morning swim in. Now it's noonish and I'm ready for a nap. Just a couple more classes to go. Not that I will get a nap. Gotta get the boy off to hockey practice after work, then make dinner when I get home from that.

That statement can pretty much apply to every good game developer. But the answer is probably somewhere in the range of 30-60 hours for me. Hard to say so early on.

For a fun read: https://www.univision.com/univision-news/latin-america/trump-ocean-resort-baja-a-foundation-of-lies

I have no idea what it is like to live in a 3rd world country, so I'm not going to speak for these people. Unsurprisingly that doesn't stop most of you here.

Plenty of room for all types of games. Also RDR2 is totally an RPG. But so is MLB The Show.

I tend to agree with GD. Trump is no fool, but he is a gambler and he's worked his way into the highest stake game out there. Like all celebrities, he's got a big streak of narcissism, but he's also found a way to use that to attract votes. That alone makes it impossible to dismiss him as a fool.

Hah, my wife did that costume with her coworkers.

Or maybe it isn't a new problem. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/asylum-applications

It's pretty clear that Trump is using this whole caravan news, along with the birthright stuff, to generate momentum going into the midterms. Sadly it may work. The idea that we need to build a giant wall across the huge border we share with our neighbor is ridiculous, but it helped him win the election, so why not go to that well again? http://time.com/5260569/brownsville-border-wall-texas-mexico/

http://time.com/5318718/central-american-refugees-crisis/

Why isn't it a Rockstar-type open world game?

Red Dead Redemption 2 tells a heck of a story. The characters are just fantastic. Rockstar has always been pretty good at creating memorable characters, but I'm going to have to put this a notch above anything they've done before. It is basically the video game equivalent of Deadwood. The nuances of my own PC is what gets me. There are some pretty deep layers at play here. Heck, even my horse has more personality than most NPC's in video games.

So it is your position that every single immigrant is an economic boon to the recipient country? No.

So what do you see as a less arbitrary way? I mean, is that really less arbitrary than where your parents are from?

There you go Volo, one more for the right wing list.