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    April 2024 General Game Discussion Thread

    Can I be paranoid as well? :) What if rather than a per game basis they did it on a per account basis? 1$ per month might seem ok to some people. Or even worse on a value basis though this is fraught with difficulty. I haven't been following the finances of the streamers but I remember...
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    Finished TV series—who watches?

    "Rebel Moon - Part 1" I think that I agree with DXCHASE in that the pacing was a bit off - perhaps too fast. Also I never got to the bit were you care about what happens to the "good guys". Has a touch of "The Magnificent Seven" about it. I will probably watch Part 2 but at the moment it's...
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    What's your "white whale" game that you may never play?

    Witcher 3 - I did play it for a while but I got to the "hanging scene" and after several attempts thought f*** this. Keep telling myself to restart but somehow it never happens. Norco is another. Did play for a while but probably required me to be a little more alert than I am at night time...
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    do you like puzzles

    I remember playing this on Steam about 3 years ago. Took nearly 8 hours. Required a good eye, some logic and at times a bit of perseverance. You know that the solution must exist. Reminds me why I liked Maths back in the days I went to school.
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    Finished TV series—who watches?

    Finished watching this 3 or 4 days ago. More or less agree with your comments. I did find episode 4 a bit strange - not in that what was in it, but they seem to want to tell you everything about Erin's past all at once rather than drip feeding it. A strong theme of what would you do for your...
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    Does this count as cheating?

    Not even if the story is intriguing or funny or just damn weird?
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    PCG Article Nearly 500,000 people are playing Hogwarts Legacy on Steam before it's truly out

    It's tempting to take offense about the "many don't understand or care" but then I would be guilty of taking the worm-eye view. Making changes and/ or solving problems always costs in terms of time (laws don't change overnight), money, training and the cost of what else does not get done. The...
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    Does this count as cheating?

    In single player mode - no - it's your game and time. One caveat is that you are honest in your discussions with other gamers and don't make out that you are better than you really are. Me sometimes I cheat shamelessly other times not at all. For multiplayer games - don't play them so don't...
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    PCG Article Nearly 500,000 people are playing Hogwarts Legacy on Steam before it's truly out

    The problem we have in society is that we all tend to have a "worm-eye" view of possible changes. We see only the benefits to ourselves and, usually, disregard the costs to others. The "not my problem" mentality. This leads to conflict as groups scream at each other that they are not being...
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    Movies you're watching

    Correct Jim has to break the pod to get her out. She's not happy when she finds out.
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    Movies you're watching

    Ok how about Passengers, headed by Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, from 2016? I have watched it a few times and still enjoy it though at the time of it's release there was controversy about Jim Preston's decision to wake one of the other passengers. Let's take a step back, Earth is a mess...
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    Movies you're watching

    I agree with you to a degree. I have both the Hunger Games on Blu-ray and the books (electronically). However reading the books almost felt like watching the film( I bought the books after watching all 4 films) though without the visual & auditory inputs. If my memories are correct then the...
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    Finished TV series—who watches?

    Mare of Easttown [2021] 7 episodes Kate Winslet Julianne Nicholson Evan Peters The cast is headed by Kate Winslet who plays a detective in a small town in the USA. It felt like there was two elements to the story. The first is the "crime drama" which opens with a missing woman situation...
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    Science Fiction; books, tv, films and games.

    You are missing the point - to me and my social group we were not aware of the civil liberties thing. It may of been an open secret in your social group - but not mine. You can not make a statement for me. I also know that our memories tend to be selective and that we tend to re-write...
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    Science Fiction; books, tv, films and games.

    I watched TOS in the 1970s and 1980s and I was not aware that GT was gay so it may of been "an open secret" but there are at least a few of us that did not know it. If we go off on a tangent I seem to recall that GT spoke recently about his talk with Gene Roddenberry. It was around the issue...