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There is a noticeable difference to America's aggressiveness since Putin placed his Manchurian candidate in the White House. While the US has certainly acted in an imperialistic fashion in the recent past, it was nowhere near as blunt, callous and, for lack of a better word, "Russian-style".

America hegemony was built predominantly on the basis of soft power instead of occupying territory long-term. Coca Cola, Levi's jeans and rock and roll, combined with skillful diplomacy, consistent foreign policy between Republican- and Democratic-led administrations and a backing of unparalleled hard power projection capabilities was a winning combination in the second half of the 20th century.

Threatening to annex the territory of close allies in particular would have been unthinkable at any previous point in American history, even when they were fighting Colonial wars (e.g. in the Philippines) or during the most coke-fueled periods of the Cold War, when the CIA seemingly enjoyed a carte blanche, especially in Central and South America.

Das würde voraussetzen, dass der Kopf jemals in eine andere Richtung geguckt hat.

Worse than OG Xbox emulation? Last time I checked, it was rough to say the least, with absurd hardware requirements.

Nobody, would be my guess. It's just that gaming outlets love divisive topics that get them clicks. Valve is too small of a player in the hardware business for console manufacturers to really care about the Steam Machine.

Development costs are much bigger of an issue than production costs. Physical media disappearing changes nothing about this.

May the fourth ring be with you, Scotty.

I mean, those games from the time you decided not to play games are extremely easy to access these days, with the exception of dead multiplayer titles. There is something to be said about being young and having much more of an ability to experience wonder and enjoyment than later though.

Ist halt eine Partei mit autoritärer, nationalistischer und xenophobischer Ideologie, dazu natürlich reichlich Geschwurbel, um diesen Unsinn zu unterstützen. Das gab und gibt es auch reichlich im linksextremen Spektrum, auch wenn es öfter mit Rechtsextremen assoziiert wird.

The difference is that these companies have to adhere to EU regulations, e.g. on harmful chemicals. Cheap Chinese products famously do not, often times to an absurd degree, exceeding limits by thousands of times.

They recently added the ability to pay with an EC card upon delivery.

Good ol' moving the overton window.