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HA! You beat me to it. I was just about to post this same point. Erdogan is just playing games, looking to leverage his vote for whatever benefits and handouts he can squeeze out of other NATO states in exchange for dropping his objections. I bet Orban will be doing the same thing too.

I'm really happy to hear of this. When Hitler began doing this same thing, that's what hastened Germany's military collapse. So Putin micromanaging his war is the best news we can get.

Yup. Teleportation's where it's at. We need a global Manhatten Project for this tech.

At least 2023 is now shaping up to be a potentially blockbuster year for big RPGs: Starfield, BG3, Avowed, DA4, maybe inXile's Project Cobalt, others?

So did a quick readup of the CBS cancellations; they canceled a whole bunch of shows. Apparently they had five dramas with outside licenses that needed to be renewed, and the license-holder was asking a high price. They could only afford to renew four out of the five, and Magnum got the boot. Since the other four shows (three 'FBI' shows and Equalizer) are all shows I know nothing about and have no interest in them, I'm so pissed my only drama show still left on network TV got the axe. Since it had strong ratings and dominated its timeslot, I wonder if someone else will be open to picking it up?

The talk now is that two battalions got wiped out; over 100 armored vehicles lost, along with the pontoon bridge.

CBS was the last of the networks making good decisions on their shows. Now they too are ****. This show had solid ratings and a loyal fanbase, and yet they screw us over. Meanwhile they bring back the crappy CSI reboot?

Well that sucks. Starfield was pretty much the only game I was truly looking forward to for the rest of 2022.

Yup, I read about this in another trusted source too, so pretty solid. A full motorized rifle battlegroup wiped out.

According to various news sources, Finland is ready to submit it's NATO application on Monday. Sweden's Social Democrats are to debate and vote this Sunday on changing their party's longstanding opposition to NATO membership. Though they are divided, it is expected the pro-NATO side will win. Then, with the Social Democrats on board alonside most other parties (only the Socialists and Greens are still opposed), there is expected to be overwhelming support in the Swedish parliament vote on Monday. After that, Sweden is expected to submit its NATO application on Wednesday. And then, Russia's goose will truly be cooked. Oh how I wish I could check in on Palputin's thoughts right now. [Totally unrelated and irrelevant personal side-note: Hey Finns, your prime minister is gorgeous!! ]

Some of you here have asked me for my assesment of Finland's defense capabilities. Here you go; an excellent and very current review of Finnish defense: https://warontherocks.com/2022/05/what-would-finland-bring-to-the-table-for-nato/

Reindeer sausage is delicious!

Here's what's happening at the UNHRC today. As @Gorthsaid, no Russians are ever likely to face a court on their crimes, but at least this inquiry may establish facts that could sway public and government opinion in those countries currently on the fence: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/12/ukraine-united-nations-human-rights-council-war-crimes/

Yeah this is what I did in almost every such instance. And so I guess that explains it.

The thing that puzzles me is that Brian Fargo himself has confirmed that inXile is already working on two AAA RPGs using the UE5 engine, the more far along of these being Project Cobalt (open world steampunk FPS RPG). And they are much smaller than Obsidian. So how would it be possible for them to pick up a potential F:NV2?

For those of you who, like me, are interested in the nitty-gritty details of the tactical and operational battlefield in Ukraine: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-9

Article on the long-term strategic ramifications in Europe from the war: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-is-transforming-europe/ Article on the failure of Russian airpower in the war: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/russian-military-air-force-failure-ukraine/629803/ Some more interesting tidbits on Finland, Sweden, and NATO membership [incl. some good observations on the tremendous value Finland brings to NATO, a big part of why I like Finland in NATO ]: https://www.rferl.org/a/finland-sweden-nato-membership-explainer-russia-ukraine/31841209.html

Yeah, on the one hand, that Obsidian has so much on its plate right now with the games it's currently working on bodes well for Obsidian and for us Obsidian fans. But on the other hand, if it means a prospective F:NV2 gets farmed out to another Xbox studio, I don't know if I like the sound of that. It especially bothers me that this may effectively kill the idea of a PoE3, at least for many years to come.

Yes this may need to happen. The first step I will need to take is creating an account at Nexus Mods. After that, yeah, I'm gonna' need a tutorial on mod managers.

https://www.aroged.com/2022/03/06/fallout-new-vegas-2-development-entrusted-to-obsidian-or-inxile-the-latest-from-jeff-grubb/ What do you guys think? Assuming there's some truth to the rumors, will those of you diehard fans of F:NV who've been hoping for a sequel be okay with that sequel coming from inXile rather than Obsidian?

Yes I was aware of this, but by the end of the W3 main game, having tried very hard to be meticulous about doing everything in the game, I still had some critical potions locked going into the DLCs. Don't know why/what content I missed.

But no clothes coming off scene. Lame. What a let-down!

The problem I had in W3 with potions was that some of the ingredients for the potions were very hard/frustrating to obtain, and of course the more high-demand and/or beneficial the potion the exponentially greater the difficulty of obtaining the ingredients. All in all it's just too much of a pain/too frustrating and aggravating. Because I absolutely love the Witcher stories, what I need is a cheat mod that let's me auto-kill any target I want, just click on target and poof! Dead!

This is the big lie that Putin seems to now have fixated on for his domestic audience, that Russia faces today, from a "neo-Nazi" "gangster" West, an existential threat just like it did in 1940. However, only a tiny fraction of Russia's population today was even born pre-1945. And yes I'm sure everyone got plenty of "Great Patriotic War" indoctrination in school, but still, I have to wonder how effective all this propaganda actually is, even with a very propaganda-and-conspiracy-theory-favoring Russian public.

Both Benatar and Blondie are among my CDs that I play (loudly) very regularly.