Agreed, specific issues a lot of people lean all over the place and I think more people are realizing we need social programs.
There’s a lot of issues with our shitty 2 party system. No doubt.
But I think you (and a lot of folks on lemmy) are vastly over estimating how liberal most Americans are. The country as a whole is fairly moderate (and compared to the international world, pretty conservative), and when both parties allow themselves to be controlled by the fringe edges (right or left), most Americans will lean away from the party unless they’re a brainwashed group of idiots without the ability to critically think… And those type of folks already have their orange champion.
Abstaining from voting is only going to help one group of people, and unless you enjoyed Jan 6th, that isn’t ok. I agree whole heartedly that this situation sucks. We’ve got a wanna be dictator with a real shot at the presidency and our only other choice is Joe Biden.
But there’s only been one president in the history of the country that has promoted and pushed for an overthrow of democracy, I’d vote for anyone running against him to prevent that shit from happening again. Meanwhile I’m voting for any representative and senator or local politicians who work towards a ranked voting solution. But if you abstain then you’re helping Trump get elected, you’re absolutely stupid if you think the 2 are the same, Biden is not my ideal candidate by any means, but at least he isn’t actively trying to destroy our country or literally offering to sell our future to big oil.
They’re the 3rd largest video game company and the current highest valued company (by market cap, so yeah not a perfect metric) in the world.
They became that big of a video game company by using their ridiculous amount of money to buy up a bunch of other game companies, reducing the competition but hoarding the IP. While they might not be the “only” company in town I think it is safe to say that they’re doing the most buying and consolidating
Monopolies suck.
Fun game, passion projects usually have that magic that you can tell someone cared about it.
But it’s very early EA, don’t expect it to be done any time soon. I’m shelving it for now so when it’s done I can enjoy the full experience
Wish I could be a fly on the walk when the bad actor realized years of work has just gone down the drain
Check out Project Highrise. Felt pretty similar to the nostalgia.
Or https://www.myabandonware.com/game/simtower-the-vertical-empire-3f2
Sure! I can see a bit of overlap there. I imagine it’s more an alternative to the modded GB side just due to cost similarities, compatibility, etc. But like I said, I’m just glad more people are releasing products
That stupid click bait title.
I like the Analogue Pocket, I think this FPGBA sounds like a fun project but man they are very different products. The way I see it, the more FPGA emulators out there then the more likely more/better cores get created.
Retrotink 5x is awesome so far
Don’t forget taking forever for an initial patch release, despite there being multiple game breaking bugs.
The state the game was at release was absolutely awful.
The only folks who kept playing that I know were folks grinding for the final levels/achievements/weapons. Which consisted of playing in unenjoyable ways like using bad load outs, doing stupid crap like tagging a billion guards, etc. Who wants to pay money for an unenjoyable grind?
They released a decent patch, some new content and DLC but everyone has already moved on. They totally screwed themselves, sucks it’s an IP that I like, but more games need to fail like this so publishers stop doing the same bullshit
Didn’t recognize that name at all. After reading his wiki I recognized that he was one of the Georgia run-off Senate races. Maybe he’ll do some stuff and gain some popularity in the future. From what I saw in wiki the only thing he has done so far is vote with the party and help get a college re-accredidated. The reason his campaign was somhighly funded was because he was running in one of the most contested races in the country that was flooded with cash from all over.
I’m very glad he won, but also would someone who barely won their district really be a great possible push for a national candidate?
Also, “not a huge supporter” and have now posted him as a name/possibility all over the thread lol… You campaign for him? Are you him?
Yeah, not what we want to be supporting. The Posse Comitatus act is there for a reason. I’d rather we don’t start supporting use of the federal military as law enforcement.
And I hate to say it, but pretty sure the reason they haven’t been activated federally is because they’re worried calling that bluff might not work out well and escalate the confrontation, potentially leading to something worse.
Frankly this is awful. But also something manufactured to sound a lot worse. From a states rights perspective this isn’t that different from states legalizing marijuana while it’s federally controlled and illegal.
Eh, it’s just easier on the console. They can pick anything in the library and play online this way. Otherwise no such luck. I mean I don’t usually pay full price fo gamepass anyways.
Yeah I treat gamepass like a demo to try the game sometimes. But if it’s something I know I will play, I just buy it on steam. Its such a pain. Half the time the game won’t launch. The only reason I keep it around is because my kids play on my Xbox sometimes
Honestly? Because most of the country isn’t ready for a true progressive candidate. Run someone middle of the road and the conservatives (or moderate leaning right) who aren’t stupid will possibly go across the party line and vote for them, they run someone too progressive and those folks either don’t show up at all or vote trump because it’s “better than the crazy commie”.
I really disagree with the idea of 2 extreme candidates from either side anyways. Ranked choice is what we need.
I’m just worried that we’ll have a repeat of voter apathy because the Dems present a really not great candidate again and folks don’t show up and allow the dangerous nut jobs elect in their wannabe dictator.
That said, I 100% agree that folks should be pushing and demanding better from our elected officials so keep voicing and pushing your concerns!
Still rather vote for him than the wanna be dictator. It’s shitty, and who knows maybe the Dems will primary someone decent.
But if the choice is “generally shitty typical politician who isn’t actively telling us how he’s going to destroy our country” vs “I’m going to destroy our country and prosecute my enemies illegally and rip out long term federal employees and replace them with folks loyal to me who will let me be a dictator, and btw I’m saying this out loud all the time”…
It’s still not a hard choice to vote for a fucking wet paper bag over trump , even a wet paper bag who is not doing the best job and is supporting questionable international policies.
Please remember they’re not the same type of bad. One is run of the mill politician bad, one is literally telling us how he plans on ripping our country’s founding principles to shreds.
Thats the 3rd district. Her current district that she’s running away from to avoid running against Frisch again. The GOP is worried they’ll lose that district now. And I hope Frisch wins