Quoting: TherinSYou mean, this ruling takes a law you cannot change away from the federal government and returns it to the people to vote in thier state as they see fit, right? Isn't that freedom? To change what you want as you see fit?

Cute. Of course, we both know that the people have little to no actual power over their state’s decisions, much like the country’s, especially when their views don’t align perfectly with whichever of the two available parties (lol) is in office; and so returning power to individual states is only really beneficial to the state representatives that disagree with the majority of the others.

But since you prefer to argue about abstract principles rather than practical effects, if the majority opinion in each state (in a fictional USA that isn’t gerrymandered to hell and where the majority opinion isn’t meaningless anyway) is more important than the majority in the country, why have federal laws at all? Nay, why have a federation? Why not break the US into independent states? Then break those into independent counties because those can’t agree either? Then into city-states because urban and rural citizens really don’t have the same needs and will never see eye to eye? Why not keep going and let everyone choose for themselves? You know, the same kind of self-determination that Roe vs Wade protected for everyone at a federal level?

Quoting: TherinSGetting to the base of it is the belief of when life begins.

If you ask me, the real base is a good deal simpler: if it’s in my body, I can choose to get rid of it. I don’t care if it’s a fetus, a baby, mom’s spaghetti or the cure to cancer. But if your ultimate goal is to save every life no matter how miserable and detrimental to society it’s fated to be, you’ll want to know that sexual education and accessible contraceptives are the most effective tools to avoid unwanted pregnancies and, in turn, abortions — and both tools are becoming increasingly hard to attain in the US. You’ll also want to read up on how many women commit suicide rather than being forced to carry to term, or die trying to get an abortion (or perform it upon themselves) illegally, or end up killing themselves and/or their infants after being forced to look after them for a while.

Maybe it’s worth considering how life ends, not just when it begins?

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Quoting: fleskI think nostalgia is the primary reason why everyone's being so critical of this new style.

Nah, I just don’t like the weird geometry and flatness, especially on characters (the backgrounds don’t really bother me). If it were any other game I’d probably ignore it after a glance at the art style, but because it’s MI I’ll just suck it up. So, pretty much the opposite of being overly critical of it because of nostalgia.

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Quoting: ertuquequeI was hesitant to comment here saying that I'm not a fan of the art style, but reading the other comments, I see that it actually is a realatively common opinion. I mean, I'll definitely play it and I'm sure is going to be a good game, but yeah, the art style (and animation) is definitely not... popular.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. Not a fan of the look, but not to the point that I’d spurn a Monkey Island game for it after putting up with the bad 3D and the aggravating navigation of previous entries in the series and ultimately enjoying all of them. I can relate with the hesitation regarding revisiting prior locations and characters, but I think it can certainly be done right, especially since the description makes it sound like they’ll be used to show how things have changed, and not rehash previous adventures.

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It scratched my Souls-like itch when I finally tried Dark Souls III and couldn’t stand the action queuing. I wasn’t a fan of the oppressive atmosphere, though. Metal and artificial lights everywhere get old quickly for me. Also the game didn’t explain much so there was much time spent on wikis, but that also seems to be standard for Souls.

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Oh neat, I was afraid they wouldn’t fix it up. This would be my number 1 game to play on Deck if I end up buying one eventually.

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I really like Iris and the Giant. The lack of explanations for things can be frustrating, but if you include "figuring out how exactly everything works" as part of the rogue-like experience, there are a lot of specific interactions between cards and enemy types and hidden areas to discover as you play. Probably worth checking out a Steam guide before you start or after your first run, though.

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Curse was my first foray into Monkey Island, so if they do it with a 2D painterly style like the teaser suggests, that suits me fine. Either way, probably an instant purchase!

In addition to Dominic Armato returning as Guybrush, I’m happy to see Michael Land doing the music again. I’ve been listening to MI3’s soundtrack a lot lately. So comfy.

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Quoting: STiATAnd Valve stops paying ukraine devs. Shame on you Gabe.

Are we back to jumping to conclusions already? It’s an issue with their bank, they are working to resolve it, and developers can request payment to bank accounts situated outside Russia/Belarus/Ukraine in the meantime.
Source: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/valve-suspends-payments-to-developers-in-ukraine-and-russia [External Link]

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Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, some are complaining about the minimum. I spent enough that they said they had to personally verify it... and I basically have probably 80-90% of the games already.

Ha! Peasants, am I right? I paid so much they named an orphanage after me... and I don’t even play video games.

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Quoting: AnzaThere are other ways to donate, so being critical about Humble Bundle doesn't mean not donating at all. itch.io ended their bundle yesterday, but as always, charities accept also direct donations if you actually want to donate instead of essentially buying games (Humble Bundle being the party that is actually donating).

This. I might have gotten the bundle if it had had a cheaper option and/or more games that actually interest me, but I’ve already made a direct donation to the Red Cross that was 100% matched by my government, so anything more I give to this kind of fundraiser will need to actually be appealing to me as a purchase. This one isn’t, for me, but of course it’s good that they are contributing in any way.

And since donating to charity is tax-deductible (where I live at least), I can essentially give more support for the same personal cost by using traditional channels rather than this kind of campaign, so I have no qualms considering this bundle as a product and personal purchase first and foremost. If my chief concern were to contribute to the cause as much as I can, I would look elsewhere.

So bottom line, I’m glad that companies are making this kind of bundle to entice people who wouldn’t straight up donate otherwise, but I agree that a $50 minimum is going to turn off a lot of folks right off the bat. Multiple tiers would have been nice.

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