This is the new comic style being spammed everywhere. I think the most telling thing is that literally everything has this paper texture in a digital drawing, except the speech bubble, also this font is very specific to them.

It is getting harder spotting AI, but very doable yet.

Could you be more constructive when posting?

When linking such a video I would have expected your thoughts on the matter, when not as a separate response video then as a list of comments. Was there something you agreed with? What points were BS? The very least is mentioning the video title and by whom, instead of asking people to follow just some Youtube link.

If this community allows just linking random, disagreeing videos on the topic, you have an endless amount of spam you can post with this exact title. Give your own thoughts on something!

And if this was truly a genuine question, from what I’ve seen it’s nut picking: the examples in the first few minutes I watched had no upvotes at all, far from representing the community, they were just some random nut cases.

E-bikes are perhaps the most important evolution cycling has made since the invention of the mountain bike because e-bikes get more people on bikes. And more people on bikes is an amazing thing.

I have to assume that mountain bikes make the list for the same reason, in which case I disagree - more people on mountain bikes made biking as a whole seem more like exercise than the great form of active transportation it always was. Then again, I’m open to hear what’s supposed to be so great about them, I never rode one.

Don’t get me wrong, mountain biking as a sport is great. Just going out and enjoying cycling as leisure is great as well. But I wouldn’t call the invention of the mountain bike a great leap forward for cycling.

Open Ecofacism in the comments, what have we come to.

Let’s hear it, what group of people are you suggesting we “excise”, brown shirt?

I’m never sure if I am a hair splitter or other people have an America-centric view, but the first manned flight was with hot air balloons in 1783 in Paris. Like, I know the invention of the aeroplane is the more relevant event, but a balloon is still flight.

The increased price is not the result of tariffs, neither for the games nor console. That’s pretty much confirmed by them costing the same amount (converted + sales tax) in Europe. The console is (was, before tariffs) fairly priced imo, it is comparable to the steam deck + dock.

Is 80$ Mario Kart price gouging? Eh. The edit maniac in the comments here is right that video games have become cheap, maybe even too cheap, and that a price increase at some point was inevitable. 60$ was set as the AAA price before the smartphone existed, and was not always profitable as we’ve seen with the recent lay-offs.

My own 2 cents: I’m glad some company broke that unspoken rule (we ignore skull and bones for obvious reasons), so big releases have more options in pricing, too long have we accepted 60$ games with 20$ DLC, I’m glad if this means devs can just charge 80$ for a full game. Oh, and it’s good for indie games too. People may actually buy the shorter games with worse graphics they wanted so badly a few months ago.

Oh I know. Would suck to be American right now 😎.

I instead get to pay a converted 98$, 50% more than Xenoblade X or Brothership cost here…

I will admit: I’m in this picture.

Game developers have to eat, too, so a (!) price hike at some point was expected, the price for AAA games was set to 60$ before smart phones existed. They only stayed at 60 so long because gaming got much more popular in that time, driving sales. IF (!) this increase would allow developers to pay their employees more and eliminated the crunch culture, I’d have no problem with it.

But we know this is just corporate greed. Pay extra to own your game physically, pay extra to play your old games, join our subscription program. Oh, you’re in Europe and your wages kept up with inflation? Forget the 33%, you can afford a 50% price increase instead.

With the Japanese-only model being the singular exception, you’d think the directed by 3 new faces just so Nintendo could put the blame on them when the thing doesn’t sell well because of the price.

Oh, and Skull and Bones was dog shit, of course everyone hated it’s ludicrous price point.

Me misspelling salaries.

So…what’s up with the Japanese language & multi language systems they get over there?

Is putting in multiple languages really that much more expensive? Or put another way, why do they get a 330$ version for those who only speak Japanese? The language restriction must be just so people don’t export them… was there a scalping problem?

In here absolutely everyone knows this stuff and it’s all just common knowledge.

What, are we supposed to believe there is a parallel universe where Lego produced lime green slopes in the 1980s? Boy, I hope someone got fired for that blunder.

If I want raw tomato, I would at least salt & pepper it. Maybe with some cheese, but it’s delicious either way.

But I won’t feel too superior here, we all have this with some food although it’s only normal with onions.

If we somehow do that I will be more upset, considering how long it takes to seize the property of Russian oligarchs here.

No, German way is to take this to court.

But Doctor, I am Pagliacci!

Good ol’ Thunderbolts-come-from-Jupiter Pliny the Elder, the most trustworthy source there is.

Next to nothing? Let’s see:

• Wasn’t/isn’t there a civil war/coup that broke out like 2-3 years ago?
• 15 years ago there were problems with radical Buddhist groups going after Muslims.
• …
• Age of empires 2 gave them Arambai as their unique unit, I think their unique techs were something forgettable with elephants and Manipur Cavalry, which increased attack boni against buildings
• In EU4, that area is divided between Ava and it’s Tributaries, and Pegu. I think modern Myanmar sees itself as the successor of one Ava tributary, that broke of and conquered/united the region. Was in Hsinpaw? (I was thinking of Taungu)

There is some aspect of Japanese culture I can really do without in my games, like everyone being either a high school student, just getting 18, or 60+. Especially when they then get into relationships.

Then again, I can’t really say if that would sell. I’m certainly not deep enough into anime culture to gauge interest there.

“If you can’t ride it without the assistance of an electric motor, please keep it out of the park and off the trails”

That’s all there is to say.