No, it really was.

To be clear, what happened is that the state took over Flint’s services because they could not pay for them themselves. The state, run by then governor Rick Snyder (R) purely to try and break the Detroit water utilities union (aka your fellow water treatment operators) decided to switch from Detroit Water and Sewage to…

Customs and Border Patrol, we’re incompetent fascists and damn proud of it!

I might also point out one major potential problem with the study: you need free time and money to get into “nature” for fun.  Those that spent more “restorative” time in nature were also likely well-off enough to be able to also spend more time doing other healthy things like hit the gym and spend money on things…

Remember everyone, don’t drink OJ, he’ll kill you!

+1 genocide :(

This is a central problem with corporate culture around LGBTQ+ rights (or really any sort of minority rights). Being supportive doesn’t just mean making a rainbow version of your logo though, it means actively doing something to make the lives of LGBTQ+ people better, including getting rid of toxic pricks like…

I mean...we don’t know that yet.  The game isn’t out, it’s a little difficult to judge it before it comes out.

I mean, the issue isn’t actually that we keep using lead, it’s really more of an issue of scientific ignorance and policy decisions from decades ago coming back to bite us in the ass. Decades ago, the thought was that lead was the ideal metal to use for piping in water; unlike iron or steel, lead never corroded unless…

Most people who use drugs have “their thing” when it comes to their drug of choice. Generally speaking, weed users aren’t heroin users or vice versa, there is some overlap, but generally speaking the folks overdosing on opioids are part of a fairly different crowd from the college kids smoking weed. If we really…

Arguably the biggest thing they could do is force Google to give up other aspects related to their search. YouTube, web hosting, Android OS, etc. etc. Problem is a bit of a precedent has been set in that the same wasn’t done to Microsoft decades ago.

100% this.  The Dark Phoenix story starts with them casually going to fucking space like It is nothing and then proceeds to make one character a cosmic goddess-like figure, grounded is the exact fucking opposite of what you want here.  You want god damn opera, you want big explosions and mortals as mere bystanders. …

A CoD game actually showing the horrors of war would be very interesting, particularly if it wasn’t all “shooty bang bang”. Spec Ops, despite its flaws, is the only game to really nail these issues. But let’s be honest, that isn’t going to be in Call of Duty. It’s too “big” of a franchise to show, say, American troops…

Well damn, so that’s where I left the Annihilator!  Back in a bit to wipe out humanity!

I too have been both credited and not for games, but if I was trying to build a reputation in the industry, I sure as shit would want my name on every project I did. I too am in IT now, but that doesn’t mean this policy isn’t shitty and that the industry shouldn’t unionize to shut dumb shit like this down (and while…

But...this is exactly the sort of s*** a union can fix! If you’re a SAG member and you play a role, no matter how small, you get credit;even if your scene was cut!  This ensures that actors and actresses get credit for their work, even if that work didn’t make the big screen.  In an industry where credentials and your…

Except the stealth sequences.

Fair enough on the first bit. My point was that the fights in Divinity take waaaay too long and don’t seem to reward you for doing something clever enough. If I do something clever, that enemy should be dead or under my command or stunned or something like that. Beyond all of that, eventually you get so many…

To be clear, I’m a huge RPG fan and have been for decades and I love turn-based combat. I love finding clever ways to do things. I can’t stand Divinity’s combat system though because when you do something clever it doesn’t pay off. “Oh you were smart enough to set up this amazing combo of different statuses on a…

I haven’t played Divinity 2 yet...but I gotta say I agree with the OP here. The combat is fun, at first, with all the cool status effects and what-not; but eventually those effects get really old. I slogged my way to the end of the first game, then decided to try again last year when 2 came out and halfway through I…