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Spore has aged pretty well.

Xenonauts 2 is coming out soon. By soon I mean 2021ish, but I've been following the development and it looks like solid sequel. Early Access will come out around January.

That actually sounds amazing to me.

I was looking over my library of Assassin's Creed games the other day, and I was trying to muster up the interest to play AC: Origins. I love the setting and the RPGish changes made in the game, but there is one major plot issue that makes it hard for me to ever get into. So without further ado, here is my thread on stupid plot devices: (somewhat spoiler free, since they happen at the start of the game) AC: Origins - You stab your own kid. The entire gameplay of these titles is based around you being this amazing warrior, capable of precise acts of skill in battle. You confront some people holding your son hostage. So of course, they cut scene you into a scenario where you plunge a weapon into your own child. I get they are trying to create some sense of vengeance against the hostage takers, but at the end the cut scene, it was pretty clear I was at fault. The reality is, if I could live with myself after a terrible act like this, I'd probably never want to touch a weapon again. The game does not give you that option, unless setting it aside and not playing was their goal. Dragon Age 2 - After fleeing from Westeros, or whatever the DA continent plagued with darkspawn is called, you end up at a city with a bunch of other refugees. When you approach the city gates, a group of refugees (or are they deserters? Does it matter? Their country was taken over by darkspawn) are trying to get in. Ok, so these guys have fled for their lives and they are desperate. But are they really desperate enough to attack a walled fortress city? They are, I guess, which is dumb. But then they also attack you, and you are basically forced by the game into massacring them. Yay for choice and consequence! Wasteland 3 - This is a spoiler

Heh, that is an uncomfortable kind of humor.

Speaking of which, I do think it is comforting to remember that all these conservatives managed 8 years under a Muslim foreigner as President without getting too violent, so hopefully all this bluster will remain bark over bite.

It sounds like you will get your Steam key on December 3rd. I can't find anything about GoG. I think I get a Steam key as well, since I backed it before the EGS switch.

I have made the commitment and started in on Witcher 3. I finished Witcher 2 a little over a year ago, so I think I'm ready. It's weird how difficult it is for me to start these games, but I'm pretty hooked now. I've owned it for years and had it just sitting, waiting for the right moment. So far seems pretty good. I also started the TV show.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/09/silicon-valley-founder-of-12-employee-tech-startup-sues-trump-administration-over-denied-visa/ Enjoy some mental gymnastics on how immigration works in the US.

Your analogy might work if it was a few thousand planes that were hijacked.

AOC is a freshman, soon to be sophomore, representative in the House for about 700,000 people in New York. It is strange how much attention she gets from both sides of the aisle in this country.

I will say this, I played Phoenix point when it came out and it was rough. Then I played it a few months ago and it was great. That extra time really brought it a long way. It is a solid addition to the Xcom style genre.

I loved the original Prey 2 premise so much.

I wonder how you feel about Mark Esper getting fired? Seems like he basically refused to use the military against civilians, so I'd think he'd be your type of guy.

I finally got a chance to watch the entire SNL. First off, soooooo excited to watch Maya Rudolph for the next 4 years. Also, as satire, SNL played a part in the last 4 years, but you could almost sense that weight was heavy on them. I have said before it is a hit and miss show depending on hosts and all, but you could tell there was a lot of work put in during the last 4 years trying to keep it more satirical than simply silly and fun. This Chappel episode was a bit of a great release of that stress. Fun to watch.

It took me a couple days to pin it down, but I kept think femriker looked super familiar. Laura Prepon from that 70's Show and Orange is the New Black. Also Wesley is clearly Winona Ryder.

Ruby Bridges was 6 years old, so I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. But if you do not see the parallel, I don't really know what to tell you. I can only speak for myself, but I see a tremendous amount of hope and inspiration in that image. As I said, I hope everyone can see it.

This probably belongs here more than the Funny Thread

On the subject of identity politics: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-11-08/identity-politics-2020-election-born-again Personally I'd say bemoaning identity politics is an easy way to dismiss the achievements of an individual.

Do you understand why Ruby Bridges is important?

Clearly I can't into math.

Biden is going to end up with 80 million votes and 303 EC votes. It may have been dramatic and all that, but it's a pretty convincing victory.

Why not?

.50 to .60 cents a mile is probably a good estimate.

Hopefully everybody.