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I hadn't heard of the game before, but this looks really cool. From what I've gathered over the last little bit watching videos:

It's a turn-based tactical board/war/role-playing game based on "the best game Games Workshop ever made". It's set in a brutal post-apocalyptic fantasy world with permanent injuries and death, so there's always tension that you could lose a unit permanently in any battle.

Negative reviews for the game are largely based on the randomness of the system; you need to carefully plan defensive strategies and use positioning effectively to mitigate the risk of bad rolls. You are expected to lose your team and restart. Often, when you first start. This isn't so much a game to "beat", as a virtual boardgame to play and see how far you can get.

It sounds like it's a pretty complex system, too, where you need to carefully balance your team's synergies and stat points to minimize risks. It sounds like there's a very high skill ceiling to work towards.

This definitely isn't a game for everyone, but I think it might be a lot of fun for me!

It's the underpinning behind Quebecois exceptionalism.

Cauliflower ear is an irreversible condition that occurs when the external portion of the ear is hit and develops a blood clot or other collection of fluid under the perichondrium. This separates the cartilage from the overlying perichondrium that supplies its nutrients, causing it to die and resulting in the formation of fibrous tissue in the overlying skin. As a result, the outer ear becomes permanently swollen and deformed, resembling a cauliflower, hence the name.

The problem isn't the number of providers, the problem is exclusive licensing deals.

If it was like music, then (theoretically), more choice is better. AFAIK all the platforms have pretty much all the music, so there is some choice available.

With TV and film, it's so fractured that it's literally easier to just pirate things, even for shows I (potentially) have ad-free paid access to already. With Stremio + Torrentio + a Debrid service, I just launch one app and everything's available in seconds. With paid services, I need to search Netflix, then Prime, then CBC Gem, by which point I'd already be watching.

Plus, torrentio lets me pick the video quality I want, so I can force 4K H265 on my big screen for films or just pop on a 720p H264 on my small underpowered laptop (that can't decode H265 fast enough for smooth playback).

It's not even about price, it's just a better experience to pirate. And that's a Big Problem for the industry.

But you said yourself that you miss out on a lot of gaming sessions because you won't buy EA games. If the game is fun, then who cares what it's labeled? Presumably, your friends think the game is fun enough to play in its current state.

I don't really understand the problem with "Early Access"; just make a decision based on whether the game is currently worth what they're asking for it.

Not parent poster, but I downloaded it and sent it to my wife, lol. We both thought it was depressingly true; funny in a dark comedy way.

So, I enjoyed it. Not sure if that makes it a "good meme" or not, particularly as the image doesn't really add anything. Maybe the GOP or Fox News logo would be better? idk

Like what arguments? I thought most atheist arguments essentially boil down to the burden of proof and falsifiability, or they take an anthropological approach to the origins of religion. Essentially, they don't depend on theological arguments at all.

Like, "religion cannot provide any falsifiable evidence of its existence, hence it should not be believed" doesn't involve theology at all, and "religion was invented by a priest class to control the population and maintain power" similarly doesn't depend on theology. Neither are related to a specific religion, even.

To clarify, I'm not trying to start a theological argument here. I just literally don't understand your perspective, but clearly I'm missing something based on both you posting it and others upvoting you. Am I just out of the loop about what people on the Internet argue about? (Granted, that's quite possible; I haven't been subscribed to /r/atheism in well over a decade.)

I'm in the same spot. I just need to look into my "must have" items for work before I switch. Windows is increasingly terrible, and the Steam Deck I got a month ago has proven to me that Linux is good for games now, too.

I'm tempted to try Linux again, finally, after some failed experiments in the mid 00s. I'm so sick of Microsoft's shit sandwich, between bloat and spyware.

It's terrifying seeing the United States descend into fascism. It's like reading about 1920s-30s Germany and the rise of the Third Reich.

It's taken decades, but it seems like MAGA's systematic disassembling of the American education system has finally "worked".

What a sad, depressing state of affairs. My heart goes out to the ~quarter of Americans adults that are hurt by this and care enough to vote, and all American children and youth.

That sucks, but to be fair that's not really the situation. The basic personal amount is deducted from your income, so you pay near-zero tax.

You should be paying negative tax (i.e. getting a universal basic income), but you're not really paying any tax now.

Edit: the basic personal amount is increasing to 15.7K, so you'll be taxed at 10% of $300 if you don't have any other deductions at all, to the total tune of $30-ish.

Steam is different, though; many games have no DRM and even more just have Steam's DRM that's already been cracked globally and is super quick to patch. They also maintain access to paid games even after they're delisted.

AFAIK, the only problems with maintaining access to Stream games are software-as-a-service games when servers go down (MMOs and multiplayer servers, basically) and music with expired licenses (fuck the RIAA and copyright law for that one; not much Steam can do about that.) I have many delisted games in my library and I can download them any time I want.

Sure, Steam could go down, at some point. Maybe. But it's not a big concern.

I've only seen 4K REMUX streaming as the top quality option, but there's no reason why 8K streaming would be impossible. You could even set it up privately with Jellyfin.

That makes sense, to be fair. Movie catalogs are more of a "long tail" product. It's not economical to stock 1000s of titles in 100s of locations, but it's a crappy shopping experience if they only have a few titles. So, even those who do still buy physical media won't frequent Best Buy for them.

You can stream REMUX rips if you have the bandwidth and are willing to pay for a Debrid service, and those are BluRay quality. It's possible to stream BluRay quality, it's just that the main players aren't willing to offer the service since it costs them more bandwidth and most users won't care about the difference and will complain that their shitty internet/devices can't handle it.

It's a huge discoverability problem. Most people won't use Netflix on their phone.

I guess you might find this if you have a tablet?

I completely forgot about Netflix adding games. I assume it's crap, but is it worth checking out? Has anyone actually used it?

I've only had it for a couple of weeks, but it's been ~95% of my gaming time. I have a decent desktop gaming rig (I need a video card for work, so I built a computer last year), but I have a time-consuming job and I want to be present for my kids. My only gaming time is in the evening, which is also my only time to spend with my wife (without kiddos), so I'm not going to leave her to have on the other end of the house. I play in bed next to her.

I'm a patient gamer, too, so it's a plenty powerful machine for all the games I play anyway. I've mostly been playing Stardew Valley since it doesn't require complete attention, so I can also watch a show with my wife at the same time and catch most of it.

I have so many games I want to play on it, but I'm in no rush. I'll be using the Deck for many years, I'm guessing. With the OLED screen, I don't see why I'd need to upgrade, either. I don't need a faster machine. I literally have 100+ PC games and even more console games I want to play that the Deck can handle, so I'm completely happy with this device's capabilities.

$314K is a lot more.

For context, that's the entire federal tax contribution of 52 Canadians earning the median Canadian income, or 22 Canadians earning $100K.

What a hypocrite.

Misleading headline. What's actually happening is that the ChatGPT app will have the option of setting it as the default digital assistant app. It's not replacing Android Assistant.

Not their (organic) eggs, at least in my area. They have pale, tasteless yolks. Other than eggs, we get Kirkland if it's an option.