Commissar SFLUFAN

Fallout 76 isn't a proper Fallout game, but it’s fun anyway (PC Gamer) One concern I've had (and still have) is with Bethesda's servers. I just can't get behind the idea of not having a server browser, of not residing on a server of your choice, one you can revisit repeatedly. I know my base will appear in the same spot whenever I login, but it's weird to think that a base built near mine simply won't be there the next time I login because the person who built it isn't around. Unless they're my personal friend, I'll probably never see them again. It could be difficult to really feel like you're rebuilding America if the buildings all vanish when their architects log out. Maybe it's better that people won't be able to trash your base while you're logged out, but it comes with a price of never feeling like you're part of a persistent world.

Oh wow! Yeah, that'll do it all right!

Dutch magazine: "If we chose to play without a HUD with visual clues, then we had to find these missions by coincidence. Without a HUD you will have to find your way around the map with points of interest. The dialogues even change, depending on HUD on or off. For example we got from a man in the bar the exactly whereabouts of one of the guys we were looking for. (Next page) That direct location was put on our map. If we had disabled the visual clues than the man would have said to head north and he would just have described the area we’re looking for." Note: the site that reported this magazine article has its own doubts as to whether this is accurate.

Rockstar Grants Terminally Ill Gamer’s Wish To Play Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games have granted a terminally ill gamer’s wish to play their upcoming title Red Dead Redemption 2. It may seem like the game is so close to us, but unfortunately this gamer might not be here to share it with us.

Rockstar Grants Terminally Ill Gamer’s Wish To Play Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games have granted a terminally ill gamer’s wish to play their upcoming title Red Dead Redemption 2. It may seem like the game is so close to us, but unfortunately this gamer might not be here to share it with us.

That's exactly the rub - I simply cannot imagine any retailers even remotely interested in surrendering space during the holiday season for this.

The waters of the Gulf of Mexico must be extremely warm for the storm to strengthen with that rapidity.

Saudis are said to have lain in wait for Jamal Khashoggi Before Khashoggi’s disappearance, U.S. intelligence intercepted communications of Saudi officials discussing a plan to capture him, according to a person familiar with the information. The Saudis wanted to lure Khashoggi back to Saudi Arabia and lay hands on him there, this person said. It was not clear whether the Saudis intended to arrest and interrogate Khashoggi or to kill him, or if the United States warned Khashoggi that he was a target, this person said. Video shows team accused in Khashoggi disappearance in Istanbul hotels, airport A video obtained by The Washington Post on Wednesday purports to lay out movements of the 15-man Saudi team that Turkish authorities suspect of carrying out the abduction or killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last week. Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership The official described a quick and complex operation in which Mr. Khashoggi was killed within two hours of his arrival at the consulate by a team of Saudi agents, who dismembered his body with a bone saw they brought for the purpose.

Jesus Christ

My exact sentiments were: OH FOR CHRIST'S SAKE - WHY?!?!?!? WHY WON'T THOSE PEOPLE GO AWAY AND DIE?!?!?!?

I just don't see how the Geoffrey's Toy Box locations will have enough of a physical footprint within the larger stores to make it worthwhile for vendors to supply them with stock.

This was some mighty fine private equity sleight-of-hand at work.

It absolutely is a privilege granted by the ruling elite and the belief in innate rights is still very much the liberal's folly, but such a digression wasn't really relevant for this discourse!

Phil Spencer is the main change and his desire to expand MS's portfolio. Also, MS will be able to exert greater project discipline on Obsidian that they were unable to do back in 2012.

Oh hell no! Obsidian's management is totally unchanged. It's the new management at Microsoft under Phil Spencer.

It really is getting seriously weird. Like, "restraining order weird" is just down the street.

Of course this is true for both me and you! There are certain unequivocal (usually scientific) truths that we have come to believe that there is simply zero profit or utility for us to engage with dissenters or questioners.

In a society where mass communication on the scale that currently exists is present, it is practically impossible to "ignore" those voices. It's simply not an achievable possibility. As a result, the only recourse is to deny access to those mass communication mediums so that the voices are silenced. Don't think for a minute that I don't recognize the sheer undemocratic and hypocritical nature of this position of "freedom of speech for me, but not for thee", but I've never had a problem of being accused of either.

A distinction without a practical difference.

It is critically unthinking liberal nonsense to give every voice the benefit of the doubt that it should be heard and that every point -- no matter how inane -- should be debated to "change minds" or some other liberal fantasy. Not only should not every voice not be heard, but their are tongues that should be removed and nailed to the wall so that they shall never wag again. Wouldn't you agree, Cicero?

"Freedom of speech absolution" is perhaps one of the most base-level forms of intellectual reasoning possible in its utter mindless triviality and lack of rigor.

What liberal hogwash.

Obsidian partnered with Paradox to publish Tyranny and Pillars of Eternity 1 (but not PoE 2). The business relationship between Paradox and Obsidian soured after Tyranny.

In the Eurogamer article, Feargus Urquhart admits that the cancellation of Stormlands was largely Obsidian's fault.