I don’t know much outside of the season of Blowback. The idea of NK being responsible has always been about “the first shot” — June 25, 1950. But…

1. “First shot” is a political construct. South Korea shot first by any reasonable definition. Jeju Island, April 1948 — 10,000 to 60,000 civilians and military personnel massacred by South Korean forces.

2. Responsibility is about causation, not timing. The US and South Korea created the conditions that made war inevitable. The 38th parallel was the US’ idea. The US got in the way of every notion of peaceful resolution.

3. The standard narrative is propaganda. It was designed to justify US intervention, not to accurately describe the conflict’s origin. The painting of NK as uniquely aggressive savages served the same purpose as the US declaring Native peoples savage — to dehumanize and justify violence.

He passed away in 2005. I wonder how he would have reacted seeing Obama continue Bush-era death and destruction.

After watching the second season of Fallout. I decided to play the others that I haven’t played, starting with 1 [only played 3].

I finished 1 today. It was very good but also very clunky. I wanted to go in completely blind, but I started to get frustrated with some of the games mechanics. Like fixing the pump. I had the parts but didn’t know you had to select them, then use them on the generator to get it fixed. I kept seeing the “you need wires” message, and I spent so much time looking for a tool that I thought was needed to help with repairing the pump. The same goes with trying to recruit dogmeat. I expected there to be some sort of dialogue option when you have the correct item in your inventory.

Then there are the cannon fodder companions that get so frustrating trying to keep alive. I gave up near the end. Once you get the Power Armor and high EW you don’t need them anymore. Also got blocked from finishing the Miles quest as an NPC stopped at the entrance of his building during the raid and there was no way to move them.

But I shouldn’t let the frustrations of the mechanics ruin the image of the game. I can definitely see why it’s regarded as one of the greats. There’s a lot of customization you can do for your character and how you interact with the world. The characters really sell the experience of living in a apocalyptic wasteland. Like hearing the story of Harold and the interaction with Set. The fact that Set is just a fuck you type of character was such a unique experience. Basically, “Thanks for killing those mutants. Here’s your reward, nuka coka. Don’t care you almost died. Eat shit.”

The combat was pretty fun. While it was frustrating, the way the game just throws you in the wilderness was an interesting experience. Like you and the character actually had to figure out how to navigate the wasteland. It was so unforgiving. You need to save. All. The. Time.

I’m going to replay the end one more time as I skipped the confrontation with the final boss. While I want to play NV+3, Im going to do 2 next to continue the story so I can appreciate the world building and story connections. Im going to be taking a break for a while as the last couple of hours of the game burnt me out.

My last gripe with the game is the implication that China would be the one utilizing bioweapons, when, between the two countries, the US is the only country known to have used them; twice. Then there’s the creators of the games saying the reason for the vaults and the FEV is to prepare the human race for space colonization since the world was going to be destroyed. I didn’t get that impression from what story there was via the various holodiscs scattered around, but I imagine that’ll be more expanded upon in 2 with more involvement with the Enclave.

The Switch version of DE is the absolute worst one. My wife played from beginning to end and had nearly 20 crashes. The last crashed occurred 2 seconds before the credits rolled.

She switched to the PS4 version for her second playthrough and didn’t experience a crash. It sucked because the Switch is the perfect console for this type of game. Yet it’s the most expensive piece of garbage on the console.

Gotcha, thanks for the info!

I take it that the clown images in op’s post are those emoji images that aren’t spoilered because they have been pre-approved?

How do you post an image without a spoiler?

This shit is not surprising. Libs went through their own denial with Biden’s allegations. I remember seeing people flat out deny or believe there’s no way Biden’s allegations were remotely true. But in the same breath, they would believe everything about Trump.

Americans have always revered pedophiles. One of the most popular tourist attractions is a monument dedicated to Thomas Jefferson. 6 children with 14 year old slave Sally Heming, and yet they’ll tell you to stop living in the past when bringing it up. Pedophiles having power in American politics at the consent of voters is not new.

There was a Supreme Court ruling either last year or two years ago criminalizing vagrancy. The governor of California and I think the governor of New York were the first ones to take advantage of the ruling. There’s videos of Gavin Newsom destroying homeless encampment with his barehands.