Hybrid sword guns was a whole thing for awhile (although more 1400s then ww1.) They obviously never really worked. A halberd that is a primitive musket seems clever, but having a terrible gun (even by the standards of the day) that then is basically destroyed the first time you actually wang someone with it is a waste…

The wall is straight up incomprehensible. It’s like, pachinko by way of significant meth abuse 

Everyone knows Finland isnt part of russia- because finland doesnt exist. It’s a hoax!

Casual display of firearms isnt alarming for large swathes of americans. Im not shocked when I find a shotgun behind a door or see someone with a rifle, because I grew up in the middle of nowhere and that's typical behavior. The worrying ones are the guys who dress like they think green berets dress. 

Spec Ops is a good point- the big ‘moment’ when it really shows its cards (the subversion of the classic ‘death from above’ COD moment) and forces you to do something horrible, it does so in a way that is only obvious after you do it. And even then, its murky on whether you were justified in the moment- the…

Id also point to dishonered- the more people you killed, the more the world degraded as you went on. I’m not sure it was lecturing so much as showing you the consequences of your actions- you left a bunch of dead bodies in alleys, fostered the plague and now the rats are everywhere.

Eexactly- and it’s not like they lack options. The game has a stealth system- why not allow for stealthing around enemies. If I kill the guard in a situation because I want to avoid 5 minutes of sneaking past him and the game tells me I’m a monster for doing that, then I get that.

Even a positive review like this indicates naughty dog cant get past their own writing.

Wow, you’re telling me that meg whitman- previously best known for fucking a successful company into the ground because shes a complete idiot- has done something collosally stupid?

He’s the guy who convinced king to go the non violence route, based on his study of ghandi. When he first entered king’s orbit, king and his people were armed to the teeth (because white racists kept threatening to murder him and he understandably was not keen on getting murdered.) Sadly, I think Russell misread the…

Thats right- she was the mastermind and Phil was just a bankroller/partner. It's been awhile but I think she was the daughter of some chinese big wig. Teaming with Phil probably ended up ruining it, as she probably could have continued to bilk casinos on the relative DL without drawing attention to herself

Id rather see a show about how ingredients from the Americas changed global cuisine. Weve done the ‘how foreign styles effected US cuisine’ to death, I want to know how marinara became an italian staple or how hot peppers became a popular feature in middle eastern and south Asian regions

Heh, it was actually a British casino- he and his partners had actually a lot more success in the US taking them. The 30 for 30 podcast on it is fascinating, but it boiled down to how incredibly rigged baccarat is *against* the players. It was taken as gospel that it’s impossible to win outside of statistical…

technically speaking, you absolutely can count cards and ‘beat’ blackjack like in the movie.

To be fair, an official diagnosis opens up a wealth of state funded services that are too expensive for all but the best off amongst us. It would be nice if we extended those benefits without having to attach an often dubious medical opinion to justify it, but that's what our betters in the C suite have decided

Ad the irony is the other guy is joe biden, who is liberal in the sense that he once knew some blue collar guys in 1967, but is about as liberal as attila the hun is. He would be considered a right wing reactionary anywhere other then russia

American Christians want the world to end- they keep it a little on the down low, but the end goal of evangelicals is rapture and world destruction. Trump has made that more likely (in their view) by his moves in isreal. Because he has moved their world ending psychopathy forward, they will forgive him anything. Death…

I hope it does well- I never loved the ps because I always hated the controllers. But monopolies are bad and were already in a world where the options are limited.

I thought BTS was a midwestern serial killer

Imo, the funnier route would have been to have had them both attended elementary school together until Mike's family moved in 7th grade and sulley literally has no memory of him (because, hapless side kick.) Bill crystal could sell the crap out of that