ColoradoHoudini wrote on Jun 18, 2021, 21:32:
I found DOS 2 to be flat out amazing in every way, and it was one of the two games I have played to completion in the last 10 years. BG3 test run was awesome, I love what I played, but I am going to wait for a full release because otherwise, it feels sorta spoiled.

Same here, although I thought 1 was also great. I haven't played BG3 as I'm saving myself for the full release game.

Cutter wrote on Jun 17, 2021, 15:35:
Or what Joe? You'll give him a stern talking to? Why don't you do something about the millions of illegals crossing your southern border daily?

Too much right wing media. The number of people crossing the border hasn't changed much since Reagan. Only by watching right wing media would you be misled into believing it's a "crisis" or "invasion". The numbers fluctuate a bit every few years, but nothing has changed at the southern border in decades.

Finally a President who works for the USA and not Russia.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Jun 17, 2021, 12:34:
What a fucking piece of shit, rofl.

Who gives money to Mitch McConnell? I mean seriously? The rest of the list is a bunch of pieces of shit as well obviously, but literally McConnell?

I'm sorry I bought FNAF on some sale.

No doubt. If US democracy crumbles, it's directly through the actions of Mitch, Trump, and Republicans who value power over democracy. This guy is a piece of work if he thanks LGBTQ people in one breath while donating to Mitch, Nunes, and other garbage.

What would they do with ultra-fast gigabit broadband? I work from home with large data files and recently downgraded from 200 to 60 and I'm perfectly fine with it (I downgraded because the cost is 1/3, and broadband costs a fortune in the USA). Maybe we should work on making ultra-fast internet affordable and accessible for the whole country.

El Pit wrote on Jun 16, 2021, 11:08:
Featuring $10 off coupons for everyone who is buying a game.
Oh, sorry, wrong store. Stickers and points instead.

Yup, pretty worthless.

We just found out the DoJ was spying on top members of Congress on the orders of a corrupt president. We have virtually no protections against the corruption of the Executive Branch. We also know the US Government has requested backdoors into software and hardware, and are aware of security vulnerabilities that they purposely leave open for themselves instead of disclosing them to make the world safer. We are introducing legislation to force software and hardware vendors to make it easier for the US government to break into their products. It's no wonder other nations are beginning to shy away from US products. We did this damage ourselves to one of the few bustling industries in the country.

Loved OMD 1, didn't care for 2. It was obviously designed with 2 player in mind, and it was too much work, too tedious to defend the levels solo. While it *could* be done, it just wasn't as fun as OMD 1.

El Pit wrote on Jun 13, 2021, 14:55:
I know some guys here did not like the first game, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was pretty much what I expected from the Fallout: New Vegas people. Not too huge and entertaining.

I couldn't get into it. Just seemed too easy. I know there were ways to gimp yourself to make it harder, but I don't feel like you should have to take such measures to make a game entertaining.

I feel like Democrats will target them for wielding too much power over the American people and allowing fewer financial choices, which is what banning monopolies is all about. Republicans want to target them because Facebook, Twitter, Youtube ban domestic terrorism, damaging conspiracy theories, and fomenting sedition and the GOP feels it needs those misinformation campaigns and lies to continue brainwashing Americans.

AT&T has Manchin and Sinema to block any legislation that would help implement municipal broadband and give consumers some much-needed competition to the insanely overpriced monopolies and duopolies we face in the USA.

Good. I got zero sympathy for anyone who pirates anything.

0-60 in under 2 seconds. That would embarrass pretty much 99.99% of sportbikes. Can't imagine that kind of acceleration.

I love the King's Bounty games and have played through each one perhaps 2-3 times, but I just can't see preording.

I was browsing Facebook the other day and a guy was selling an rtx 2060 for almost $600. I chuckled and thought "what a nut", but then checked ebay and they were going for $600-$700 plus.

Sepharo wrote on May 28, 2021, 15:46:
Didn't they already come back during the initial Kickstarter boom?

I'm pretty sure I gave them money.

Well, they did release Hero-U not too long ago.

The Quest for Glory games were some of my first games and probably remain some of my favorites of all time. The combination of humor, action, and puzzles was great.

ECisMe wrote on May 25, 2021, 16:51:
Initial reviews of this have been absolutely horrible. Yet another feather in the cap of the argument against pre-orders, I suppose.

I haven't seen any reviews saying it's horrible. More like it's average, the enemy AI sucks, the world is big and beautiful but empty, it's martial arts centered but guns are the smart way to play. It seems to me that a few patches or fan fixes could probably turn it into a pretty good game.

afka Rossini wrote on May 25, 2021, 04:01:
Biden knows the current Republican party no longer negotiates in good faith. I think this compromise is aimed at Joe Manchin. Once he can gets Manchin on board, they can get something passed via reconciliation.

Yup. The GOP has no interest in governing. The entire point of their party is to gain and hold power through any means necessary and then to dismantle the government when they have power.

RedEye9 wrote on May 22, 2021, 14:50:
Less than half of banking but used by less than 1/10 of the people.
Way to compare apples and rolls of toilet paper.

https://fortune.com/2019/09/18/internet-cloud-server-data-center-energy-consumption-renewable-coal/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18531107/youtube-waste-energy-power-video-streaming-google

The Flying Penguin wrote on May 22, 2021, 14:40:
And while I agree that coin mining is an energy waster, I don't see people complaining about the energy wasted in data centers for social media sites like Youtube. Performing massive amounts of transcoding is an energy hog as well. It would be interesting to compare Youtube or Netflix's energy usage to bitcoin's.

It's all okay though, because we need our funny cat videos...

That was my first thought. Very few people and companies in the grand scheme of things participate in crypto, but billions of people around the planet participate in banking. Plus, they compared one cryptocurrency to the ENTIRE banking industry. How many are there, now? Half a dozen big ones, then hundreds of small ones?