PonyOfWar

Nope, just Mononoke, which is an anime series from 2007. Quite good as well, though not quite Miyazaki-level.

I don't agree with it starting the wrong conversation. Something does need to be done about companies denying access to a game you bought and that's the conversation it starts. If this proposal lands on the EU negotiation table, I can guarantee you that the games industry will lobby against it, and heavily. There is no chance the EU will just go "OK sounds good, make it so!". Heck, the chances are higher that if they pass an actual law, it will be so watered down that it won't do anything at all. But then at least we tried.

I've watched his first video, but I really don't agree with many of his points. He only barely acknowledges this being a proposal and then gets lost in the details. He's clearly against any measures that have the slightest potential to be a disadvantage for game developers, which I guess is understandable from his perspective as a developer. But he doesn't seem to particularly care about the consumer's rights, basically saying the problem is solved as soon as the publisher makes it clear at purchase that people are only buying a temporary license. He's also trying to discredit supporters of the initiative by saying they don't know how the industry works, despite quite a few people in the industry supporting the initiative as well.

Really doesn't matter whether the proposal as it is in the petition is completely realistic or not. The point is to get this topic into the EU parliament. It'll be their job to work out a solution that works for both consumers and developers.

My parents, yes absolutely. They are responsible for me growing up to be a tolerant, left-leaning person in a mostly conservative rural area. Being boomers, they might not be up to date with all the current LGBT terms or things like that, but they definitely have/had an open mind and don't judge people.

My paternal grandparents (born in the 1910s and 1920s) were very religious. My dad had to suffer a very strict upbringing under them. He was not allowed to read comics, watch TV, read sci-fi novels etc (though he did all of these things in secret). I only knew them as a child when they were already in their 80s and they were nice to me, but from what I've heard from my dad not necessarily nice people, and definitely not tolerant.

My maternal grandma (never knew my grandpa) rarely ever talked about politics or society or anything. She was a very down-to-earth person. That said, she definitely held some bigoted views in the form of prejudice against foreigners. She had major reservations when some Turkish people moved in next door. She eventually became friends with them though, so she managed to overcome her prejudice. I'd say she was a nice person.

I believe it's "I love you. Will you be my boyfriend?" through a letter substitution cypher.

My post was talking specifically about peoples' reactions to the World of Goo 2 launch though, including the part you quoted.

That's not the point, because that's not the situation here. The game isn't exclusive, wasn't pulled from any stores and was funded by Epic games. You don't see Valve-published or funded games on EGS either.

There are games where the criticism against Epic was completely valid. This isn't one of those.

You don't think what, that Dutch trains are punctual or that they're lacking in cleanliness? You can find plenty of sources about the latter, so you don't have to take my word for it... bruv

Yeah, with a launcher- and DRM-free version, I think the hate is quite misplaced here. It's especially extreme on reddit. There is an irony of people who are supposedly against exclusivity writing things like "No steam no purchase.". I guarantee those people never complain about a Steam-exclusive game not being on GoG or EGS.

From my experience, their problems are just of a different nature. Dutch trains are punctual, but the carriages are often in a filthy state.

Should be very easy to install it on the Steam Deck from the website, especially as it even has a native Linux version.

At this point? Yes, it's pretty much just grifters and gullible people falling for them. For early adopters of crypto, not necessarily. A lot of random tech nerds got rich just investing a few dollars into bitcoin. I put 200€ into Ethereum back in highschool and while it didn't make me rich, it did turn into a few thousand at least. These days I stay as far away as possible from anything related to crypto though.