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Yup. What I've been talking about with my students in my National Security Policy class, that the Russians will soon test (and deploy?) a nuclear space weapon for anti-satellite use. Not as much of a threat as an orbital bombardment system, but still a major escalation in space-based weapons.

Hope things like this are splashed all over global newsmedia. Being made a complete joke would so drive Putin bananas.

Oh good. I added it to my wishlist (won't consider buying until not EA), and am looking for useful feedback, specifically about playing it solo offline. The devs really emphasize the game was made for co-op, so I want to know how decent of an experience it will be played solo (including if combat will be too difficult), as that's the only way I would play it. Hope you will share.

Yeah I'm looking forward to trying out some of the user created modules next. I've read in places that some of those modules are really very good.

Still working through the Palace of Ice DLC of Solasta. I'm enjoying it so far. The factions questlines are not mutually exclusive the way they were in the previous DLC, and I'm actually liking that. And they have been interesting so far. Just now reached level 15 with my party.

This is a tough one for me. It is indisputable that Zelenskiy has done a huge amount for his country, including personal sacrifices amounting to putting his and his family's lives on the line. But in a democracy, the people have the right to and can kick him out of office, as incredibly unfair as that may be.

Not all of us.

LOL On the Larian forum I've put it as: BG3 is to video games what Taylor Swift is to music, or 'Barbie' is to film. For some this will obviously be a huge compliment. For me, equally obviously, it is sooooo *not* a compliment.

No, what I'm saying is that net profit and not net sales/revenue is what matters. For example: Game A) 12X revenue, 10X cost Game B) 4X revenue, X cost Which game is the better deal for the developer? But even if you had: Game A) 20X revenue, 10X cost Game B) 2X revenue, 1X cost Does this mean every developer must only make Game A and never Game B?

Yeah, lots of similar articles in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy as well. Main argument seems to be that as Russia and Putin get past their shock over how the war went at the beginning, and now see the war being successful for them (whether true or not), they are becoming more emboldened to push back against NATO, including renewing their core policy of trying to drive a wedge between Europe and the US.

No, it is net profits that matter. Otherwise, what you are saying is that every game made must sell as much as the biggest seller or else it is a "sales failure.," which would be an unsustainable creativity model.

And what of the lies of the Clintons and Obama and Biden?

The deep-dive only made me more sad, because there was no mention of whether there would be a third-person option. So much of the interview was about gameplay. Surely the question would've been an obvious one to ask. But it was not asked, and the interviewees did not say anything about it, which makes me feel it must only be because it is confirmed the game will be exclusively first-person. And that in turn means I won't get to play the game. So very sad.

But why would any Russian ultra-nationalist be concerned about/upset with this? This is exactly what Russia is doing, which they consider to be okay. So why shouldn't others also do the same thing?

Please, please, please Mr. Putin the Great, send your troops to Alaska. The people of Alaska, oppressed by the nazis as they are, will surely welcome your troops with flowers!!!

Honestly, I'd rather have a AA PoE3. Or maybe a AA PoE3 with a AAA budget?

About damn time. And if Western leaders are sincere (LOL) about their anti-fossil fuels rhetoric, they should be supporting and aiding this, because it is precisely Russia's undiminished energy sales that have made Western sanctions against them so very pathetic.

You and me both. I had to drop it out of fullscreen to be able to handle watching it. For me, it's more about the motions that close-in being too disoreinting such that I can't follow what's going on.

The first-person combat is definitely going to be problematic for me. Even just watching it fullscreen was extremely disorienting for me.

I seem to recall the DA games having this type of animations in cutscenes and dialogue.

How very Soviet!

Indeed. The term door kickers IRL refers to our special forces (esp. the SEALs). To use that term for CIA field agents seems rather silly.

This is one of my most loved Pink Floyd songs, but because I now despise Roger Waters I am not able to like Pink Floyd's music the way I used to.

Preach.

This is *exactly* how I feel as well, and @Wormerine can vouch that I said this very thing on the Larian forums over and over again when I kept coming under attack for criticizing the game. I really and truly *wanted* to belong to the BG3 fan community. But the game just isn't good for me in far too many ways.