It would be interesting if they could get a significant anti-Trump, but still MAGA, movement going in time for 2028, only to see Trump's 3rd term vs neo-MAGA vs whatever the fuck corporate Zone of Interest shit Dems are cooking up. Probably the worst election of our lifetime (so far). It would be an opportunity to let Trump eat the sin cakes while setting up something a little more stable for the future. Kind of like how the MCU started casting younger leads after Endgame so they wouldn't age out of future movies. Also like the MCU it will be something nobody really likes but they keep watching for a Trump cameo in 2038. We will go back to two highly unpopular parties with no real energy until they can convince Gen X to vote for Collarbone or whatever that dipshit's name is.
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I reinstalled New Vegas and played it for the first time in probably 14 or so years. I was never was into traditional role playing games like D&D, Cyberpunk, etc. I mean I know it's kinda obvious that rpg videogames are computer versions of the analog thing, but I was never exposed to the analog thing. I had no frame or reference for why the game was set up that way. More recently I watched people playing traditional RPG games and it all clicked. I now realize that Ron Perlman's narration is basically just what the DM would say before your campaign. It's kind of endearing how Obsidian didn't try to abstract every mechanic just because it's a computer game. Modern games are so heavy on the abstraction.
girls FTW!
I'm sorry Lenin, just this once...
One of the most pathetic things is these are 60 and 70 year old men (including Bannon in this) who are treating tech wonderkin as their fountain of youth. This is exactly what Musk does too. The proletariat version of this is dirtbag hot couch guys who are in their 30s and hang out at high school parties. Except the poors are much better at policing that shit.
Given more access to power...as if power isn't actively bargained for by these liberals. Nope they just gave Chomsky the pedophile wealth power like a fucking Green Lantern ring. The fucker just got done talking about how it's all about reciprocity. Can't even be consistent in their own narrative.
Also why weren't tankies given more power in this arrangement? Maybe there is a clue. Because tankies don't seek power by cuddling up to billionaire pedophiles nor enter into reciprocal exchanges of favors with them.
All the people in charge of heatlhcare are invested in unregulated supplements. The entire Trump dismantling of health (and the oppositions reluctance to undo it) can all be traced to the supplement and sports nutrition boom. Alex Jones walked with his lead-based brain supplements so Rogan and the others could run.
They can't have science based medicine because that limits the range of correct answers and therefore useful products. The biotech market gets saturated and returns fall dramatically. They have to create asymmetry in the market in order to have an edge in investments. If you open up the range of correct answers then you can develop products that aren't drugs. You can mix some turmeric and ginseng in your garage and sell it as a cure. That lower barrier to entry creates the asymmetry because the people stuck building multi-million dollar labs to make actual cures are now left behind. The supplement market explodes and grows rapidly, as we've seen since covid.
Speaking of covid, what a windfall for these people. Liberals failed to act, this created mistrust and anger, the cranks take advantage of that anger and get people to latch on to anti-establishment medicine. Nobody trusts their doctor. Instead of a doctor you just pay $400 a month to get any prescription you want. Supplements are shilled on every form of internet media as a cheaper and more natural alternative to prescriptions. Nobody has healthcare anyways so why not buy lion's mane at a 500% markup? What a mess.
Well that stand off lasted 6-8 hours.
Hexbear: home of challenge pissing. That's right challenge pissing. How does it work? If you can piss six feet into the air straight up and not get wet you get your own sticky.
I hear there is an after-credits scene where Barbara Bush shows up to Melania's fashion show.
No, that's over now. It's too woke and the Dem leadership is now like Bill Maher. They're afraid of losing young white men so they're going to make sure those stormtroopers stay pale. More Graham Platners, fewer DEI hires.
Hey the opposition is executing people in broad daylight but don't get too excited, we're going to do that too. However you should vote for us because we're going to make sure to fill out the correct forms for public executions and we'll give the ICE agent that shoots your cousin a free subscription to betterhelp
New episode drops in a few hours (9PM EST) for the western hemisphere. It drops tomorrow (2AM GMT) for everyone else. Share your thoughts on the show, theories, and grievances.
Episode description: "Carol's new approach to The Others yields unexpected revelations; Manousos finds himself in strange territory upon regaining consciousness."
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Episode drops in a few hours (9pm EST) if you're in the western hemisphere. It drops tomorrow at 2am GMT elsewhere.
Episode description: Manousos begins a dangerous trek to meet Carol. Returning home from Las Vegas, Carol gets creative with her rebellion.
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Episode releases tonight (Dec 4) at 9pm EST.
Episode Description: "Carol shares a horrific discovery and learns new truths in the process. Mr. Diabaté lives life to the fullest in Sin City."
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What if they were awake this whole time but couldn't tell the difference? I think mods should sell their father's modding fortune to a Japanese business man. Or, more accurately, they think they should do that.
I'm building a portfolio so I can try to get a job doing environment art. I have a little bit of an idea how the art-end of game dev works. However I can't help but to think about what games I would make if I was a project director or lead designer. What are your game ideas? They can be as unrealistic or realistic as you like. Big or small.
Mine:
I want to do an immersive sim with retro graphics and homage Deus Ex, Systemshock, and even VTMB (in terms of atmosphere). A grungy cyberpunk game where it's night all the time. I want to bring in TrueAnon type conspiracy stuff to replace the more reactionary elements of DE. Large semi-open world environments set in various locations. The PNW or NoCal for rural forested areas inhabited by militias. Suburban areas with a retrofuturistic 90s vibe. Large high-tech dirty cities. The good gameplay qualites of Deus Ex but updated and with QoL improvements. Though I would probably get rid of the squeenix quest marker and hand-holdy stuff. Make the player have to talk to NPCs and look around to figure things out. I would keep the graphical fidelity comparable, but ramp up the size and amount of stuff in the game. Environments would be full of vignettes and minigames. Make it so that not playing the story is rewarding and fulfilling too.
Another one is a spiritual sequel to San Andreas. Set it in CA, NV, OR, and WA. Set in the mid 90s instead of early 90s. A single open-world. Absolute tons of mini games and side-shit to do. Bring in skateboarding and the real BMX gameplay that never made it into SA. Improve the gang recruitment and territory system. Create real factions between the police, gangs, and feds. Increase dating mechanics. Tons of weapons. More B&E mini-games. Drug selling sim that you can actually scale up and make a business out of. Probably simulate some kind of economy in the game. Deep character customization. Tons of vehicles. Heists. Casinos. Casino management. Street racing. Car customization. Improved tagging. Just tons of content. Again, I would keep the graphics roughly the same, just include more stuff.
I need a city sim/logistics sim game but set in world with a centrally planned economy. The city sim stuff would focus on urbanization and good city planning. The logistics stuff would supplement that and lend restrictions to what you can or can't do. Like cash would in a traditional city sim. Not only would you be responsible for your sims and their city, but you need to create and operate supply lines as well. Like a mix of Factorio, Skylines, and Railway Empire. I have more specific ideas on how this would work, but I've already wrote enough for one post.
Wait until she learns about Los Angeles and the policing there.