But what kind of puppet government would the invasion force put in place? The last time states tried to secede, it didn’t go well for them, and that was in a fight that was much more evenly matched than CA vs The Other 49 would be.

It would if you cut the red parts of the state out and made multiple red states out of it.

California is not universally blue. If carved “right” (sorry for the pun), that could result in those extra four senate seats being red. It also provides a way to carve out some of the red electoral college votes that are otherwise lost whenever California votes blue.

But that goes both ways, and arguing that California and other CARB vompliant states should be required to have unhealthier air so other states can have somewhat cheaper cars seems to me like a pretty questionable position for proponents of relaxed emissions standards to take. Plus, auto makers have proven they can…

The law requires the EPA to grant compliant waivers, and provides no means to revoke them. It makes no sense to grant the EPA the right to revoke a compliant waiver if they don’t have the right to deny a compliant waiver in the first place.

To make up for the fact that you can’t roll the numbers 7-20, they just make you roll 7-20 dice instead.

Oh, it is. I have brand new character I made several weeks ago that rolls 15 dice for stealth checks.

I’m one of the few people who didn’t mind the 91, but that’s only because I’d go east in the morning, and west in the afternoon. For all the commuters going the opposite direction, it truly is a nightmare.

While that’s true, that doesn’t justify an intended victim deliberately redirecting an attack at someone else.

For what it’s worth, they didn’t actually kill Finch when he opened the door. They waited at least eight seconds afterward to do it.

Sure, but the police had the suspect right in front of them (for at least eight seconds) and they had him surrounded. With no actual hostages and no visible weapon in reach, how is a dozen or more police not enough to handle the situation without needless bloodshed? Did they really think this guy could pull a weapon…

And they actually had at least eight seconds for that assessment. 

It’s true they didn’t know he was innocent, but the guy was surrounded. The least the police could have done was wait to actually see a weapon before shooting. Enough of the police had cover and rifles that they wouldn’t have been in any significant danger, especially since the suspect had been standing outside for at…

Here, take a look for yourself:

Battleborn pretty conclusively proved that people do not want different.

It’s also worth noting that the last time Gearbox tried to innovate, they ended up with Battleborn—a game that flopped hard because people kept mistaking it for an Overwatch clone. With that in mined, I’m not at all surprised that Gearbox is playing it safe for Borderlands 3.

If this sort of thing keeps up, I think reviewers should start accounting for it in their reviews. Basically point out when a developer or publisher has done that with previous titles, and warn about the possibility of post-release of microtransactions—especially if they’re likely to include loot boxes. I’m sure…

Does the game have microtransactions yet? Given the way they got snuck into the previous one, I’m wary about what’s going to be added after the review cycle has passed.

Nope. You proved yourself capable of getting much farther into the article than many people who click the “Publish” button.

Of course the laws of physics were in play there. The article explicitly credits them as having fun with an errant box truck.