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I didn't watch the game, but Bad Bunny was fantastic at Halftime. I don't understand the lyrics and I'm unfamiliar with his catalogue, but the musical march through Latin American history was phenomenal. I have been to a fair amount of Mexican weddings and birthday parties, and that was the vibe.

Shaun Lyng, one of the original developers for Jagged Alliance, is auctioning off some of his design docs. https://thepit.ja-galaxy-forum.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=366702&srch=Lyng#msg_366702 He also answers some questions about developing JA 1 and 2. It's a pretty cool read if you were a fan of those games. Shaun and Ian and Linda Curie are video game royalty. They created some amazing worlds.

I'm hoping that Avowed 2 shows the same growth as Outer Worlds 2, but I am concerned that the improvements don't seem to be increasing sales. Although in retrospect, I'm the target audience for these games, and I still played them on Gamepass instead of paying full price. So I think the business model is more an issue than the quality or marketability of the game.

Menace - This is the new game from the developers of Battle Brothers. The demo came out awhile ago and it was not great for me. You are managing a team of Space Marines. The demo threw you into the middle of a campaign and it was just overwhelming and not clear. It is now in EA, and you can play from the start, which is a much easier way to learn the systems. I enjoyed my first mission and it seems like a solid tactical game. So it's worth picking up if you liked BB and want to support the developers.

Yep, it's the formula.

That's upsetting. These games are very much for me. I don't finish a lot of games, but for some reason, Avowed and OW2 captured my attention and held it until the end. I'm disappointed that they aren't doing better financially. In comparison, while I enjoyed BG3, I never finished it. They did seem to do well critically, so I hope it isn't just unreasonable sales expectations. I don't know, I just hope Obsidian doesn't end up in another hole. They've been remarkably resilient so far.

Eilish has given 22% of her net worth to charity, so it isn't just performative for her. She seems to be focused on green initiatives.

Man, I remember when Howard Stern used to play the tapes of Trump pretending to be his own publicist and calling into NY radio shows to promote himself. What a time to be alive.

Yeah, I quit as well when I realized you kinda had to repeat 8 gameplay loops for all the characters. It was great for about 4 of them.

Oh, absolutely. As Grommie pointed out, the goal is to 'own the libs' whatever that may mean. It doesn't matter how terrible their team may be, as long as they are winning. Since this isn't a sporting match, winning just means you say you are winning, versus an actual score.

Nobody with experience would take the job. However I am sure Trump would be willing to sacrifice Noem and then call it a resounding victory, then pull back ICE to try and regain a bit of public support going into the midterms.

I'm glad to hear impeachment calls are starting to come out for Kristi Noem. I mean she is just throwing around the domestic terrorist label at every protester in the country, so maybe she isn't fit to be the director of Homeland Security. I'd imagine messing up her coffee order can get you on a watchlist.

Enshrouded is apparently going to release version 1 this year, so I'd guess they will balance that boss first. I've moved onto Stoneshard and Jagged Alliance 3. I'm also trying to play Star Wars Outlaws, but the control scheme is a big turn off. I don't like that I need to look up all the controls if I don't play for a week. It is not intuitive at all.

Huh, looks weird. That skull castle brings back good childhood memories though.

I guess no one plays games anymore? Nobody has commented since Sunday! I've been playing Stoneshard. It's pretty close to done, and there is a ton of content to explore. I love the art style in this game. I've also been thinking about another run of JA3 but I'm having trouble deciding on a starting crew.

As opposed to all of the good reality tv shows out there? 🤔

Yeah, I mean he was an old school racist, but he drew some funny cartoons on office life. Pretty sad story how it all ended.

Wrecking Crew looks fun.

I'm hoping the family of the deceased go after Kristi Noem for calling her a domestic terrorist. The lack of accountability in our government is crazy right now. In most administrations these types fo terrible comments would lead to resignations. In this administration, it is just another Tuesday.

I have two worlds really going, one is on easy and the other on regular. The easy one is less annoying with combat and death consequences, but I have noticed there are less enemies and it can be tough to get resources that require them. The standard world seems to have a lot more mobs. I checked and I am at flame level 5 on the easy world and 3 on the standard.

I guess Terra Invicta released version 1.0, so I might give it a whirl. I played it like 3 years ago, so who knows what it is like now.

Hah, I like how you were skeptical about the game a couple weeks ago, and now you are way further along than I am. My flame level in 3, I think. Maybe 4.

Poor Volo, they were so mean to him on the codex and he would still defend them. I miss his hockey talk.

My biggest issue is altitis and worlditis. Like, I keep starting new characters on new worlds with new server rules. I'm an expert on the first 10 hours of the game.

I assume snow is on the development plan, since the game isn't even officially version 1 yet. I haven't even reached the water biome yet.