All the wealth is being concentrated in the hands of too few people. I’m not going to buy a $120 game when my salary is down, or I’m just laid off.

A bunch of monsters are all going to be at the same place at the same time, you say?

I worked at a place that involved housing and maps for a while. I remember seeing one map that was a layout for a suburban housing situation. A giant cluster of single family houses along windy little paths. It looked like the bad place.

The houses at the back would have required an extensive and winding trip just to get to a main road, and then who knows how far it is from there to anything commercial. If you live there, you’re not walking anywhere.

I remember being stuck for months in Phantasy Star 2 and 3. Just couldn’t figure out where to go. Then one day I realized the Internet probably had answers, and discovered GameFaqs.

(If I remember where I was stuck in PS2, you had to walk to the left edge of one of the many towns. Instead of exiting to the world map, there was a little area with some buildings. They looked like all the other non interactive buildings in the town, but if you walked into the bottom of the center one, it took you to a new map. At the end of that dungeon, you had to use the seemingly useless “music” spell you could learn from the sexist piano guy in some other town. Not sure how you’d figure all that out on your own.)

Great.

I was just in another city last week that had pedestrianized some streets. It was like night and day comparing the streets for people and the next block that was cars. One was full of music, laughter, people going in and out of shops and restaurants. The other was empty save for cars whizzing by, with almost all empty shops. I should’ve taken a picture from the corner where you could see both, and use it as a poster for “where would you rather be?”

I believe it. But adding that barrier would mean some bad drivers wouldn’t bother, and they’d get a smaller, safer, car instead.

I’m just waiting for some RTO’d workers to be told they’re being mass laid off, and instead they just beat the manager to death. The irony of it only being possible because they were forced back into the office will be delicious.

It’s a demand pointed out the entire capitalist hellscape, of which epic is a part, not them specifically.

Sweeney’s a billionaire. He could be pushing for labor to have a bigger slice of the pie. But he won’t, because he’s a soulless husk.

I don’t have the personal budget to buy a lot of games. Pay me more and I’ll spend more. Otherwise, fuck all the way off

That’s an interesting idea. I know they do some events. “Go to the movies” has fallen under my radar for stuff to do, so I haven’t actively checked in a while.

I’d defer to someone with more expertise, but I’d guess a lot of SUVs and trucks are going to be disqualified.

While I’m waving this low grade magic wand, maybe require a special license for SUVs or something.

I’d go to the local indie theater but capitalism is determined to pay me as little as possible, it’s hard to justify the expense.

Just make it illegal to have unsafe vehicles. Do a buyback for the existing ones.

Billions for war but anything actually useful is too expensive. This is the bad place.

They could have built steam. People would have used it for the same reason people use steam in this timeline. They should have done that like 20 years ago. It’s too late now.

When the proposal was first announced back in 2012, there was a predictable backlash from residents, who believed that affordable housing would bring crime into the area and lower property values; and head of the North San Rafael Coalition of Residents Carolyn Lenert said that the project was “inciting class warfare”.

It’s only class warfare when the rich are hurt. Or mildly uncomfortable.

No one with an intact soul likes AI.

I remember being impressed when an NPC commented on how I wore combat armor to a clandestine meeting. There were a lot of little touches that were nice.

If the justice system continues failing to deliver justice, people will take matters into their own hands.

Hegseth is the one who allegedly doesn’t wash his hands and doesn’t believe in germs. He should be removed from power.

Cool. I imagine the right wing will be frothing and crying, but they’ll do that no matter what. No sense trying to appease the unappeasable.