agreed. I’m just saying “simple” or “complex” has nothing to do with it.

you can have simple games without predatory monetization. that’s what OP is talking about.

ES6 will be fine. Starfield was doomed from the beginning because of the silly space exploration structure.

unless you already played it and want something new.

wasted too much time on starfield, FO76, and mobile games. that’s all they have released since 2018. and if you don’t count VR editions or special editions then you’re back to 2016 with FO4.

8 years of junk. They could have made TWO elder scrolls in that time.

is this the one with Tom Holland as well? secret spider-man begins?

apps running in the background is fine though.

“I’m unhappy, financially so I’m going to vote for the felon, racist, sexist, fascist” still doesn’t add up.

sure it does. people are not 100% rational. they will use motivated reasoning to justify whatever they need to vote for (what they perceive to be) their best interests.

I agree, I think it’s 100% inflation related which has nothing to do with Biden or Harris. And inflation is already back to normal, so Trump’s economy is going to look better having done nothing at all.

they think trump is better for the economy because Biden got fucked with the pandemic inflation fallout.

the fact that it’s even close is still disturbing.

The politics doesn’t belong in the media’s story and world. Like the creator(s) just added it in to push a message.

literally all of literature is created to push a message. who are you to say what “belongs” and what doesn’t? it’s their story.

“just”?

agreed, there is so much lore more to criticize about this game but of course this is what gets headlines and rage clicks.

the article links to others with more detail.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-video-fake-voter-fraud-russian-troll-farm/

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/pennsylvania-bucks-county-ballots-destroyed-fake/

you are interpreting the downvotes entirely incorrectly, just stop.

nice, that was by far the best Godzilla film I have seen.

The BLS noted that the Boeing strike likely subtracted 44,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector

so I guess not just Boeing directly, but all jobs related to manufacturing of parts etc.

I was with you up until the shift away from multiplayer part. I do not see that happening at all, and I don’t even like multiplayer games myself. There’s no denying that more multiplayer has been the trend for the last 30 years, spanning multiple (people) generations, and I don’t see AI changing that.

there is also a causation question. I’m similar to you, I don’t get sick much so I don’t have much reason to be obsessive about cleanliness (of course I am hygienic and practice normal food safety). but my wife gets sick often and that causes her to be extra super careful about foods she eats, cleaning, hand sanitizing, etc.