The marketing: “Valve might be making a new game…”
Everyone: “Oh my gooooood!?!?”
I’m honestly worried about the fanatisism surrounding US politics.
From the outside it looks downright horrifying.
As with all precious gems, stones and metals. It’s only worth something if someone wants to buy it.
This lady saw it’s practical worth, as a doorstop. I have to admit, I’m with her on this one.
Well, the Dev Studio is made up of Bungie and Activision crew.
So yeah, I don’t think anyone got their arm twisted too hard. Concord seems very much in their wheelhouse. A rip-off live-service game with massive mtx potential.
Starts making sense why Ukraine is faring better in the war than Russia if Russia is spending time and ressources being Dicks to civilians.
Who got fired from the Steam team?
Yep, eventually ads will creep their way into the payed system.
At the end of the day, there’s no such thing as enough money for corporations.
There are pictures of it before the carving.
Though I agree it’s a shame to deface nature the way it was, the label of “sacred” is usually attributed to perfectly mundane things in order to make them special.
The Americas are home to some ridiculously beautiful landscapes. I’d be equally appalled if someone had carved the faces into a part of the Grand Canyon.
Yes, they have nuclear weapons.
They quite like threatening everyone with them, but haven’t actually dropped a bomb on anyone yet.
They like testing them often, to make sure we know they still have them.
Turning it back into a regular looking mountain side? I think that ship has sailed.
People like to think they have refined taste, most do not.
And not just when it comes to food. But art and even basic decor and fashion as well.
It has a tendency to come down to “Is it expensive? Then It’s fancy”.
Same, it was the two-part miniseries.
I remember it as being pretty good, but it has been about 30 years since I saw it. So I don’t know how much I can trust that memory.
Engaging in the democratic process and overhrowing a government aren’t quite the same thing. But I’m guessing you’re perfectly aware of this.
And when it comes to toppling a man like Putin, method matters.
Just straight up killing a person like him will likely have consequenses. And not the “sunshine and rainbows” kind.
USA has quite the history of shooting their presidents. But for some reason it doesn’t seem to change anything.
So it kinda makes sense that others would be hesitant to attempt the same when the results are so poor.
Do what, exactly? It’s the same story all over the world, including China and USA.
It takes a lot to make people actively rebel. And then what do you do afterwards? Very few normal people wants to rule a country and they sure as shit don’t want risk dying or worse in the attempt.
I’m just saying that you’re unlikely to see the Russians do it before you do it yourselves.
I don’t know if they are that less popular, but I like a good “Mindfuck” film.
Like: Cube (1997), Cthulhu (2007), In The Mouth Of Madness (1994), Naked Lunch (1991).
I don’t know if the movies listed are the best representations, but they were some of the first that popped into mind.
I believe it’s “A Link To The Past”.
That’s what Tolkien told us anyway.