Absolutely, that game was groundbreaking!!!

Why not? It’s a fun adventure with a little strategy. I like it.

So just that I understand this correctly: I need steam to buy it, but after that it launches without steam after I download the installer? Like on gog?

If yes, holy shit, I would have never expected this from EA!! Last time I checked this company was pure scum, but this is a surprisingly nice move!

Doesn’t EA still require the steam launcher?? I’m not up to date anymore. What kind of DRM do they use now?

Gamers, be it on console or PC, are dumb. Time has shown this over and over again. Horse armour, overpriced micro transactions, golden cage launchers, games as a service, the list goes on.

There will always be people who buy overpriced stuff or don’t think about what will be in ten years.

I once was recommended a Japanese anime, “Gate”. It’s about a fantasy world trying to invade our modern realm. Earth strikes back with modern weapons, the fantasy world has no chance with their dragons, Orks and magic.

This I would love to see more of, asymmetrical warfare, it’s just a power fantasy, but a fun one!

In the 2020s alone we had COVID, Russian Nazis, and now Trump Nazis. Oh, and we went past 1.5 degrees.

In the 80s there was a plan to roll out fiber optic throughout the country. But media mogul Leo Kirch lobbied for normal cable connections because he wanted his cable network TV to take off. Chancellor Helmut Kohl, his buddy, of course did what he was asked to.

So that today we could have fiber nationwide, but thanks to lobbying we don’t. Thanks to Helmut Kohl and Leo Kirch.

An den Film denke ich derzeit auch regelmäßig…

Die Nazis sind leider so gut vernetzt, die drei Mausklicks um das auszuhebeln würden sich verbreiten wie ein Lauffeuer…

I care. I loved Bond since Dr. No, and I want him British, male, white, sophisticated, adventurous and throwing around one liners after a kill.

If anyone wants something else, develop a new character.

I’m tired of this, I don’t want a white Shaft, a female Shakespeare or nonsense like that. Instead may I propose Oceans 8? New characters, free to do whatever you want. In that movie it worked great, and everyone is happy.

Aesthetically it surpasses Blade Runner? That’s a unique take I must admit!

But seriously, while the future sets look interesting the limitations in budget show. It never feels like a real world like Blade Runner, it feels like sets. They did the best they could manage which makes it interesting from a film nerd’s perspective, but surpassing Blade Runner? I can’t agree :)

Still a fun movie though!

https://sites.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/TheStar.pdf

Eine Kurzgeschichte von Arthur C. Clarke. Frohe Weihnachten!

It’s funny. Before this crackdown none of my co-workers used adblockers. To install an add-on was too much hassle. They just watched the ads.

Now suddenly they became interested after hearing about them again, and almost all are running Firefox with ublock origin now.

YouTube should have just kept quiet, I don’t believe they are better off now more than before.