Did the leopard eat your face again?

He is most certainly a lecherous creep and quite possibly worse. That said, I do still believe in the presumption of innocence even for lecherous old creeps. It’s a principle that protects us all and a right here in the US.
I do hope that one day the truth is revealed, preferably in a court of law, and I fully expect that truth to illuminate just how lecherous and treacherous that man and his cohorts really are and I certainly hope that they get their just deserts as a result.

That was my point. Of course, that’s contingent upon the allegations being proven true, but at this point I’m willing to bet there’s at least some truth to them.

On one hand it’s important to remember that the allegations were not deemed credible enough by investigators at the time, but on the other hand this is Epstein and his BFF (the orange one) we are talking about. For the moment I’m going to take this with a grain of salt. However, I would certainly love for someone to do a proper investigation of these allegations so we can all finally learn the truth.

Also, “underage sex parties” sure is a weak-ass way to say “rape parties”, because we know that’s what it really was, or would be if/when the allegations are finally proven.

“massive fraud” would also be a good, alternative spelling

What it grants you is the ability to download and install the game as you see fit with no DRM software getting in the way. You don’t even have to use their launcher if you don’t want.

Call my accountant

No

I’d agree that racism and sexism are separate from religion and I didn’t intend to suggest that religion is the source of racism or sexism. It runs much deeper than that with sexism and racism being expressed in different ways by both religious and non-religious alike. That said, where and when I grew up they were all intertwined with and reinforced by religion. So when I threw off the yoke of religion it was easier, for me at least, to recognize the many small and large injustices being committed by me those around me because that was our “culture”.

I grew up in a very religious, rural part of the country (US) and in a time when sexism and racism were the norm. I’m now an atheist and now recognize how damaging all of that is to the individuals it harms and to society as a whole.

Haven’t played the sequel yet. Waiting to get it on sale if/when it shows up on GOG. That said, I don’t have big expectations. Sequels rarely live up to the original.

No, it’s not bad. You have a best friend and that’s great. Assuming there’s nothing amorous going on between you, the fact that they are the opposite gender as you shouldn’t matter.

Just be careful to invest time in your relationship with your boyfriend as well. Remember that they are also your friend and even if they trust you they may tire of the situation if they perceive they are being neglected. Just saying this because I have seen relationships fall apart because of similar situations.

Fair enough. There were a lot of weapons and variations of the weapons and I’d agree that some things weren’t explained well or at all. But for me part of the fun was experimenting and figuring out what worked and what didn’t.

As for the story, it really didn’t click for me either until later in the game when the how and why of that world became clearer. Prior to that it felt like just another derivative (post-post-)post-apocalyptic story. But from that point on I was fully invested, which made the ending all the more impactful for me.

If you don’t mind me asking, what specifically didn’t you like about the game?

Horizon Zero Dawn - From what I saw from the marketing seemed just odd. Relatively primitive looking humans fighting animal shaped robots. It just looked a bit too gimmicky. Several years after it’s initial release I saw that it was on sale and gave it a shot. I was genuinely surprised by the depth of the story. It was much more emotionally impactful than I expected and the story now feels almost prescient.

I drive a small car with stiff (sport) suspension. In my area manhole covers typically aren’t aligned well with the road surface making them quite bumpy to drive over. This can jarring and even painful for me due to medical issues that I don’t care to get into here. So I routinely avoid driving over manhole covers.

Not sure that’s a universal thing with cats. Unless she’s really hungry, the current feline resident of my household most definitely will turn her nose up at a dish if it’s the same as she was fed in the last meal.

Keep the rule and LOL @ “orange lardsack”

Fallout 4 is the first to come to mind. The story was all too predictable and the options for resolving the story were far too limited in my mind.

Besides the story issues and the usual Bethesda jank, was just how clunky the settlement building process was. In addition, I had a major issue preventing me from doing pretty much any of the Brotherhood of Steel missions besides the basic ones offered by the BoS solders holding out in the police station.

I was also pissed at how no matter how good your perimeter defenses were hostiles always spawned inside the settlements when you weren’t present at the start of a raid. Tall walls/fences + dozens of automated turrets of various types all arranged carefully with overlapping fields of fire as well as traps were apparently still not enough to keep motley group of poorly equipped raiders from pillaging and ransacking my settlements repeatedly.

I’ve played other Fallout games repeatedly, but I have no interest in playing Fallout 4 again.

On one hand this sounds plausible, but on the other the article cites the Daily Mail, which is far as I’m concerned isn’t the most credible source of factual information. I’ll hold my judgement until this is corroborated by more reliable sources.