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I know this is mostly for a (currently non existing) history thread in way off topic, but there was a bit more to the story about nukes, japan and surrender than most westerners seems to think about normally. In august 1945 the Soviets invaded Manchuria with 1.5 millon troops and annihilated the Japanese army there (700k strong) in two weeks and were poised for invading Japan within a short time. Nobody in Washington fancied a million strong Soviet army taking over former Japanese territories (the latter being entirely my speculation)

Moved to the POE II section as requested by the OP

Australia, Australia never changes.... This article is a few years old, but as of today, it still applies Canberra, the coup capital of the world... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34249214

Ironically, I play some not quite new coop games when feel like playing with friends (mostly Portal 2 and Saints Row 3) and when I feel like playing solo games, I play Guild Wars 2 (yes, an MMO, don't ask, I know it doesn't make sense) We had so much fun completing coop Portal 2, I think I need to play the solo campaign too some day, never tried that, and frankly not sure it will be the same.

It's like 'The Little Shop of Horrors' in here... where is my herbicide when I need it???

Heh, aliens stole the fruit snacks... Just guessing now, Trump will blame the press for inventing fake fruit snacks, Fox will blame the Democrats for taxing them out of existence, BBC News will blame Putin for stealing them... could go on for a while

Usually Fox "News" is only good for a laugh, but in this case, the Danish politicians response to the rather uninformed (nicest way I can put it) person making some really weird claims about Denmark is more funny than the original video...

The "Magician" you encounter first time at level 10 (if human of noble descent)? Yes, I recognized the guy. I still remember bursting out laughing

So, finally finished the "main" story in Guild Wars 2. The big bad guy is defeated and you go back to Fort Trinity to celebrate and count your losses. I didn't really pay attention to the music until the vocals started (about a minute in), but I quickly took a liking to it. Youtube search ftw!

Hmm, I'll have to check my library. I'm sure I tried a remake a few years ago. It completely missed the point and felt like a dumbed down, completely linear corridor shooter with no exploration whatsoever involved. It was not a steam or a gog purchase, maybe when I still bought games from gamersgate. Will need to check. On a more positive note, games that I still like to dust off and play every now and then: Jagged Alliance 2, Master or Orion 2 and X-Com3: Apocalypse. Whoever came up with dos-box... thank you!

Still enjoying Guild Wars 2.... I like when not forced to be in a group to enjoy an hour or two of casual play. No problem finding players either when in the mood for something that requires a group. My thief running around in the frozen wastes... Swamps and sewers always held this weird attraction... must explore! squish... squish... squish... Heh, no fighting here, but underwater combat does take a little bit to get used to. No "up" or "down" when rolling around, dog fighting underwater.

You can argue whether it was good or not, but dang, some of those old SSI games on the Commodore 64 impressed with their AI opponents at the time. Whether small or grand strategy. Bear in mind, there was NOT a lot of giant shoulders to stand on at the time to look for ideas...

Still playing Guild Wars 2 and enjoying it.... My thief went to the land of burning sand, burning sun, sun burns, burning villages and burning villagers... generally a hot place it was worth the blisters though, getting this! My own little riding lizard!

This looks perfectly safe! How could you possibly resist super shiny things???

I should take a break from Guild Wars 2 some day and finish a personal project in Borderlands 2... I made it to OP1 on my "main" toon. Would love to some day get to OP8.

I don't know which country looks the most like Skyrim, but I think it's safe to say that New Zealand probably gets the closest to Lord of the Rings Yeah, lived and worked there for 3 years. 1 year in Germany (Berlin) and 1 year in the UK (Greater London area). Born and raised in Denmark, living in Australia currently (12 years) The countries are somewhat different, so would probably prefer to answer for only one of them if needed (yeah, lazy me)

Only three dreams affected me strongly enough to remember them for the rest of my life. Two of them I wish I could forget (enough said) and the third one was this odd phenomena called 'lucid dreams'. That was surreal. Once I realised I could control the dream, I went completely overboard. I could literally change the reality around me through force of will. Sadly I did wake up eventually.

Still having fun playing Guild Wars 2. Mostly just playing the game "solo", enjoying the story and the nice landscapes and vistas. Currently working on a duo of characters that I'm trying to get to level 80 (because I really want to unlock mounts and save my feet from all that walking). I've dubbed them "The Beauty and the Beast" (I'll leave it to the viewer to decide who's who!). Reduced size images: Slaine the Warrior and Medb the Necromancer

Zardoz was an awesome movie... I still re-watch it every now and then

If I understood 'WvW' correctly in GW2 (Haven't tried it, not into PVP), it's server versus server PVP, so not really "factions". Nice idea. Supposedly can involve hundred of players fighting. Speaking of GW2, it's what I play most these days. Played seven different classes up to level 10 and decided to stick with Necromancer, Warrior and Ranger. Seems the most noob friendly classes for beginners like me to learn (edit: my necromancer is at level 26, trying hard to get to 30 and see what 'Dungeons' are all about)

That attitude made Trump US president

I wonder if the Dutch would ever survive the Belgians winning the WC

The insurance fraud missions in Saints Row 3 are hilarious. But, after an hour and a half of seriously progressing our game, my co-op partner decided we had been serious enough (as serious as can be when you run around butt naked and drugged in a building) and we started just gunning down people and demolishing everything in sight with rocket launchers and grenades. It was a glorious blood bath. No, didn't bother saving the game at that point When not killing anything that moves (or doesn't) in SR3, then I have fun playing my noob necromancer in Guild Wars 2. Made it to level 21 and got a few hero points invested in my first specialization (Death Magic). I think I might swap it for Spite though, not quite decided yet

When not playing GW2, then having fun with Saints Row 3 in co-op. Surprisingly funny being the "bad" guys I was wondering why my co-op partner could survive the stuff we ran into. Turns out she has been playing it for a long time and has most of the upgrades (and probably a handful hacks) on her character. No fair!

Borderlands 3... only game that sprang to mind as something really looking forward to.