Thanks for the recommendation. I bookmarked this comment in case they put ads in the app that I paid money for years ago. I got the ad update today, so I switched.

The very first thing he says is the most damning.

He wanted to use the death penalty against the people who stood up to Trump’s fascist insurrection.

Dude got what he earned.

It insisted that the IDF “does not intentionally target civilians.”

Damn, they must all have really bad aim and trigger discipline then. Guess it doesn’t count if you look around conspicuously and say “oops” afterwards.

Hot Pursuit and the Porche one were my favorites; I remember steering with a force feedback joystick.

Hell yeah, these are such great games.

Assetto Corsa is a steal at $5. It’s a bit older, but there is a ton of community-made content.

It blows my mind that people from outside the US are infatuated with MAGA. It’s like seeing someone drowning in quicksand and diving in head-first because it looks fun.

Really puts the “anal” in analysis, if true.

Cops and pseudoscience go together like chocolate and peanut butter.

For more examples, see “bite mark analysis,” “911 call analysis,” “blood spatter analysis,” roadside drug testing with known false-positives, and even fingerprints (once the gold standard) have up to a 20% error rate.

And that’s not even getting into how their methodology is exactly backwards: they have a claim that they set out to prove, but do no work to disprove what they already believe.

I still cry when I remember that they were clearing them out at $5 a pop. I’ll cling to mine until the day it dies.

“Encounters” is such a funny way to phrase it. Like he was traveling through the woods on a quest and had to roll on the random table upon which a pack of wolves was also an option.

Please enlighten me on how he could have acquired $200 billion dollars if he had paid his fair share in taxes, fairly compensated his labor, and refrained from monopolistic business practices.

As a reminder, the tax rate for the wealthy during the highest period of economic growth was as high as 91%, whereas Gates has never paid more than 40%.

How do you think his stocks were juiced if not for the aforementioned monopolistic business practices? What kind of capital gains taxes did he pay on those compared to what labor pays on their income? Why should he pay at a lower rate than people who work for a living instead of holding onto wealth?

But perhaps you misunderstand my point: a healthy society would not allow this kind of wealth disparity, as it is inherently destabilizing.

Oh yeah, I forgot to add monopolistic practices that prevented people from effectively operating competing businesses.

That should about cover it.

It shouldn’t be his money to spend; it’s been skimmed from all the people he has underpaid and the taxes that he’s avoided for decades.

Billionaires shouldn’t exist, even ones with good PR like Gates.

Especially when there’s a free passing lane.

UFO50 is one of the most astonishing pieces of game design I’ve ever seen; its a master class in elegance.

I completely agree; the buildup and production involved in most RTS games is tedious to me. Close Combat seems like the perfect middle between simulationist war games and RTS chaos. It was actually developed as a Squad Leader game before they lost the Avalon Hill license.

The Combat Mission games were fairly similar, with my favorite feature being a mode where you issue orders in 1 minute increments; you’re watching the battle play out in real time, but it’s still turn based. Edit: Apparently they’re still making these. Here is the one I remember playing most. I still like the Close Combat games better to just jump into though.

The only modern franchise I’ve played that has a similar play style are the Total War games, but I think they realize WWII isn’t a great fit for them.

Oh, I’d forgotten about that game. I actually liked it better than Age of Empires.

I played so much Warlords 2 multiplayer with my siblings when I was a kid. I should check that series out again.

They updated it in September:

Family Sharing enables you to play games from other family members’ libraries, even if they are online playing another game. If your family library has multiple copies of a game, multiple members of the family can play that game at the same time. For a more detailed look at how Family Sharing works, see the FAQ below.