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  1. LuNatic_

    Avowed review: Wait, are we the baddies?

    Mask of the Betrayer - yet another title from Obsidian's back catalogue.
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    Australian politics - Perpetual Thread.

    In the imaginary fantasy Australia that exists only in my dreams, all the news media immediately ran the headline "Dutton declares that Australians should be followers, not leaders" Sigh
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    Lounge random thoughts/stories thread -- CURRENT

    Just got the keys to my new home :)
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    Lounge random thoughts/stories thread -- CURRENT

    At 00:50AM on a Thursday morning, I wake up to the sound of my 2.5 year old daughter crying. I drag myself out of bed and wander into her room. I hear “I made a mess” in between the sobs. Hoo boy. We spent all day yesterday waiting for a poo that never arrived, is this it? I turn on a light...
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    Lounge random thoughts/stories thread -- CURRENT

    Yes! Instead of teaching him to heel, teach him to kree!
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    Elite : Dangerous .... Space is big

    That may be so, but HOTAS is just so much more immersive, and therefore more enjoyable. I may not be 1337, but I can feel like I'm actually in my own sci-fi cockpit. I'm glad to see that Frontier is actively developing this again, after so many years of nothing. Once I've moved house I intend...
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    OK people, how do we force younguns to use internet forums?

    Oh good. I've got at least another year then - I was getting worried. Can we make Meta Co® pay for it?
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    Australian politics - Perpetual Thread.

    They might not be caps on free speech, but as far as can tell they are very structured to favour Labour and the Coalition at the cost of independents. As far as can tell the 'per party' spending caps allow the established parties to cut funding in safe seats and redistribute it to seats the...
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    Discord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history

    Clearly, he should have announced his candidacy for the presidency to get out of the consequences. Rookie mistake.
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    Calling all Ars readers! Your feedback is needed.

    Comic sans. We need Comic Sans everywhere!
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    Gaming thoughts, bite-size chewables - new orange flavor!

    The impression I've got from what I've watched and read is that it is a Mass Effect game(combat gameplay, writing style) made in the Dragon Age setting. I didn't enjoy Mass Effect, so I'll skip it.
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    Should Biden pardon Trump?

    To add to this - DoJ lawyers stood up in front of SCOTUS and said "If you give immunity to the president, he will be able to order Seal Team 6 to assassinate his political enemies", and SCOTUS said "Yep, we're cool with that". SCOTUS has rubber stamped Trump to murder his enemies, and he knows...
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    Election 2024 Post-Mortem Thread

    I suspect the US is already there, with Biden playing Sulla and the two Trump presidencies playing Marius and Caesar, respectively.
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    Things you just watched on netflix/streaming video...spoilers all over the joint...

    It's the last 3 episodes which turn utterly bizarre.
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    Things you just watched on netflix/streaming video...spoilers all over the joint...

    My wife and i just finished watching the second season of Netflix's The Diplomat after quite enjoying the first. It is very bad. The first season was a serious political drama/thriller. This second season... were they drunk when they wrote it? Was there another writers strike going on? Did Zac...
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    🦄 The Casual 2024 Presidential Election

    So America invites Ceasar to cross the Rubicon. A bold strategy, let's see how it plays out.
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    Cities Skylines: II

    It has been a year now, what is the current state of it?
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    Stellaris: 3.99 open beta

    I've bought the season pack, and got back into the game over the last few days. I haven't tried the Machine Age content yet, but I usually play either cyborgs or machines so it will have nice things for me. I've disabled the cosmic storms DLC, because everything about it just sounds unfun. I'm...
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    Gaming thoughts, bite-size chewables - new orange flavor!

    That's because trying to be Evil in a plot that is railroaded towards saving the world just doesn't fit. It induces ludo-narrative dissonance. It doesn't matter how many puppies the game lets me kick if the answer to Why would my character be working with the good guys? is They wouldn't. IMHO...
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    CrowdStrike accuses Delta of blaming its own IT failures on global outage

    For all of Delta's incompetence, this right here is Crowdstrikes unforgivable sin, and enough to earn them a spot on my blacklist for any IT selection process I am involved with. Having a secret channel into the software that bypasses the update settings? That is entirely unacceptable.