All forms of art (whether it’s books, music, film or games), back when they created by actual artists (who seem to generally hold wildly progressive views), will be subversive, thought-provoking, counter-cultural, and a whole other bunch of descriptors that can succinctly be boiled down to ‘woke’ nowadays.
Still going through Prince of Persia: Sands of Time from last week - the combat is quite repetitive, though the platforming is as good as I remember so that more than makes up for it!
I can definitely see how Assassins Creed was eventually born from this series.
Kid’s just fallen sick, so I’ll likely STILL be playing this in next week’s thread too - so don’t judge me too harshly - I promise I still have that gamer cred! 😅
Based on data presented here: https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-true-cost-of-raising-a-child
It takes a minimum of $200K USD to raise a child from birth to 18; which works out to ~$1K/mo.
If the Government were serious in wanting to address the aging population issue, the best way to tackle it would be to provide family funding at this level for a family’s first ~3 children.
Would it be expensive? Absolutely it would be in the initial term - but the increase in economic activity would arguably more than cover it in the long run.
Would it lead to inflation? Not if the costs were derived from taxes due to the government (which currently get dodged), rather than through national debt.
Would it lead to a positive outcome for the nation? Arguably yes, but there may also be unintended consequences to the negative. Human greed knows no bounds, after all.
I mean, all she has to do is birth one of Musk’s “Legion” babies and she could tick all of those boxes!
I’m pretty sure that Beyer Dynamic has a number of models which are fully made in Germany, and thanks to DankPods I’m also aware of Meze being made in Romania!
Edit: sorry, just saw the main post and you are looking for in-ear monitors. 😓
#RIPinPeace
I had a TV as part of my ‘06 BMWs iDrive…
…it was absolute crap at the best of times, it and would only work when in Park for safety reasons (obviously).
Started on Prince of Persia: Sands of Time this Easter weekend; no particular reason beyond just a nostalgic yearning.
Thankfully, it still holds up!
Oh my God, oh my God, OH MY GOD!
That looks PERFECT! 🤩 Thanks for bringing to my attention, wishlisting it on Steam now!
♥️!!
I’ve been hoping for a voxel-based RTS revival game for ages! This is a bit more old-school (still longing for that Red Alert 2 era), but still looks very interesting - will hopefully give it a play over this Easter long weekend and report back.
Spiced cherry cola, maybe?
Given that most of the delay in building more/denser housing in California is due to NIMBYs fearing a drop in property values…
…what’s to stop them from calling the cops on people living out of their cars on the street in front of their house?
This entire proposal is beyond stupid, and is one of the underlying causes of the rise in right-wing populism all over the US.
What the Government should do is use the threat of Eminent Domain and buy out a ~dozen houses in a certain block, tear them down and build ~100 affordable apartments for families (i.e. 3+ bedroom, 2+ bathrooms) in their place - and make them available to lower-and middle income families on a rent-to-own basis.
If neighbouring plots complain, threaten them with Eminent Domain also, and continue on until the entirety of the unhoused population is accounted for.
Oh, they’ll be made an example* of - don’t you worry about that.
I hear there’s a good chance for an impromptu vacation to El Salvador for any of those administrators who can’t trace their full lineage back to the Mayflower.
Stupidly enough, I believe that paying employees more actually results in higher profits for the company long-term!
If an employee isn’t stressing about making ends meet, and rather can focus on taking pride in their work because they feel respected, then it would show in the presentation of the food, and upkeep of the restaurant.
Cleaner, friendlier restaurants where the food looks (somewhat) like what’s advertised will see an increase in traffic and therefore revenue.
I blame Stone Cold Steve Austin; probably gave her one too many stunners back in her WWE days.
That’s the neat part - they totally can, and will!
Going old-school for this one, but I remembered absolutely loving the RPG Story Mode in Point Blank on the PSX.
I would sell a kidney (not necessarily mine), if it helped produce a PC/Steam remake with mouse compatibility (seeing as Light Gun games have basically gone the way of the dodo).
Honestly not surprised, catering to GamersTM honestly feels like a fool’s errand; there seems to be an ever growing divide between what the vocal minority demands to see, and what the silent majority of the market ends up consuming.
Catering to the former is like dancing on a knife’s edge, its only a matter of time before you fail to live up to their expectations - and that’s even if there’s enough of them to even be able to support a journalist’s career to begin with!
Catering to the mainstream segment will usually cause you to fall on the former’s bad-side anyway, as they unleash a torrent of vitriol and hate at the journalists for not focusing on whatever manufactured outrage is de jour at the moment (previously woke, now DEI).
Okay, I’m OOTL on this one - who are you referring to?