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  • Nothing will ever top the Modern Warfare 2 Infamy trailer.

    Imagine it is 2009 and you have no idea what the future of COD looks like, no clue what is going to happen in MW2, and you see this trailer.

  • I was just pointing out the way on a limb theoretical to cover all my bases. The Presidential pardon could in theory be used on a mass scale (and it has been in the past) but in realistic terms, no it won't happen. That said, inside the realm of some sort of reality weed will still be a factor on 4473 until the law either removes the question about illegal drugs, or weed is made federally legal. That's not something controlled solely by the executive branch.

  • I cut off at 1999 because that's when The Phantom Menace came out. I still enjoy what that following era of the EU became, but TPM completely transformed the shape of the Star Wars EU. While the pre- and post- TPM EU is still officially the same continuity, the texture was so changed that you can easily treat them as two different visions of Star Wars.

  • I'm incredibly curious if the pulled A-Life 2.0 code is still in the game somewhere. If modders implement it and get it populating in a sufficiently large radius it will really cement this game as a mainstay for a long time.

  • Star Wars, specifically the universe created by the EU from 1991 to 1999. It was a wide open wild west of ideas. The details of the clone wars hadn't been established, Anakin Skywalker as the chosen one didn't exist, and there was just such a massive variety of content.

  • He seems like he follows whatever gives him the best position. Projecting moderation to the west is a no-brainer, but he also has to contend with projecting the correct stance to the groups inside Syria and that is likely going to be a much less moderate one.

    There is also the outside factors of Russia, Iran, and the US. There are a lot of considerations for all of them and I won't even pretend to predict how they will all act and react, but I do want acknowledge they can and likely will all drastically affect Syria.

  • Likely the HTS, which is the main rebel group that lead the new offensive and which has already absorbed or eliminated many other groups in Syria.

    They are a Sunni Islamist group, but they also are against Al-Queda. But only opposed to them since 2020. But HTS is still considered a terrorist organization by the US, UK, and Canada. But Timber Sycamore shows historically that the US may publicly designate a group as terrorists in Syria while style still supporting them privately. HTS is strongly opposed to Russia and has spilled a lot of blood to prove it.

    So, in short, is this a good or bad event: I dunno.

  • unsuccessful unprofitable talentless hobbies associated with losers

    Yeah Warhammer is pretty neat.

  • You type funny thing.

  • There is no correct way to be a fan of something.

    Just because somebody likes more of a franchise by volume does not make them more of a true fan. Equally, just because people like new entries that you reject does not make you more of a true fan.

    Critiquing and discussing the content of a franchise is something to be encouraged. Making personal judgements about other people and posing your view of a franchise as the true one is completely petty, stupid, and unproductive.

  • They sort of did.

  • "Spock's Brain" has been memed as the worst episode ever, one of the ones we pretend doesn't exist.

    My hot take is that it's not actually that bad. It's not a top tier episode, but it's perfectly serviceable. The worst actual thing in the episode is the sound effect used for the medical device to keep brainless Spock alive. I'll grant that. Otherwise, the central conflict is average Trek stuff. The scene where McCoy gets an ancient medical database downloaded into his brain is actually really neat.

    I am convinced the legacy of an especially bad reputation of this episode is because it appeared on a few "Worst Episode" lists because of the personal taste of the authors and very few people actually watch TOS for themselves, but instead absorb it through articles. So it just became accepted that the episode was outlandishly bad.

  • To stream original content, you must first create the universe.

  • You probably won't understand entirely what is happening in the setting, but it's not like you fully understood what was happening for most of Shadow Of Chernobyl.

    You play as a brand new character with no relation to the past games in STALKER 2.

    If you can pick up on implications and make informed guesses you can understand the world well enough. STALKER games have always succeeded with atmosphere and vibes rather than tight plot.

  • to get Stalker 2 into a decent place performance wise across PC and Xbox Series X and S

    Consoles, and bugs stemming from optimizing for consoles.

  • To bolster your point, Andrew Johnson issued a blanket pardon to all Confederate soldiers in regards to treason and insurrection. Not every individual former Confederate soldier had been convicted of these crimes, but still gained immunity.

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