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goddamnedtwisto posted:I was just talking to someone about how it's weird nobody seems to remember Mercenary: Escape from Targ, which was a 3D open-world sandbox game released in loving 1985, and literally nobody even attempted to rip off the genre for another decade. There were a few either side of 1990. They're just nigh unplayably awkward now so retrogamers aren't keen on them  . Midwinter (and its sequel) as well as Hunter and Armour-Geddon all had 3d open world sandboxes (to varying degrees of sandbox-ness). Midwinter and Hunter were actually good at the time though, unlike Armour-Geddon which was mostly just ambitious iirc.
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namesake posted:Remember that the best media strategy you can possibly have is to release all your dirty laundry when it's going to be the second item on the news. Most people won't hear, a lot of those won't care and then whenever it gets brought up again then it's old news. The only exception to this is when it's part of a wider narrative which relies on public consciousness, broadly meaning media narrative and reminding the public, that this is an issue. All of these obvious corrupt dealings only matter if they are referenced next week when talking about the state of the party or the politician in question, otherwise it's just dumping all the filth in the river and hoping there aren't any receipts left around for anyone important to find to point a finger straight at a person. tbh I half assumed the entire reason all this stuff was coming out now was because they've got inside info about the queen's health and think she'll die pretty shortly so feel safe that the sleaze stuff will be forgotten forever as that takes over the entire news cycle.
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Nov 17, 2021 00:54
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/25/hmrc-to-relocate-to-newcastle-office-owned-by-tory-donors-via-tax-havenquote:HM Revenue and Customs has struck a deal to relocate tax officials into a new office complex in Newcastle owned by major Conservative party donors through an offshore company based in a tax haven, the Guardian can reveal. Honestly, it's funny because it's so blatant at this point.
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Nov 25, 2021 12:51
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the first season of the tv show "The Terror" is a v enjoyable (if bleak) extremely fictionalised version that turns the disappearance of Frankin Expedition into a horror story.
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Nov 26, 2021 16:59
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Pistol_Pete posted:You mean they WEREN'T all eaten by a giant magic polar bear??? My immersion in the series is ruined now I'm not a historian or a lostexpeditionologist so they could have been, sure. Or they could have just eaten each others butts and not wanted to come back from that idk.
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Nov 26, 2021 17:07
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Pistol_Pete posted:Yeah, dunno why this particular variant's suddenly all over the news when there's absolutely no evidence it's any worse than any of the thousand other variants that've popped up in the last 18 months. Quiet news day? Ramping up the scare factor ahead of christmas prepares the ground in case the government does grudgingly decide they need to increase any restrictions at some point over winter, given they've been openly laughing at the idea of masks and home working for most of the last twelve months together with an anti-lockdown right wing press..
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goddamnedtwisto posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvJC4zUJ8UE There's a ton of these type of channels that started popping up last year, just folk walking around their city or getting buses and trains with ambient sound, royalty free music or noise generator fx. I guess if public transport was really quiet at some points, a lot of transport enthusiasts were out filming journeys where it'd normally be too busy. They're great for just chilling
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