Steam Controller is a flawed masterpiece that I wish we had gotten another iteration of.

Also, speaking of the 8bitdo Pro 2 line, the wired Xbox version of the Pro 2 is pretty great. It’s similar to the regular Pro 2, but it has analog triggers, uses Xinput, and has Xbox coloring and branding. It’s like they took the best parts of Xbox, SNES, and Playstation controllers and mushed them all together.

Thanks, I hadn’t heard about this until now and was able to grab a copy.

Gas I do not use so I do not care.

I don’t own a car and don’t use gas either. But my food, clothes, toiletries, mail, and lots of other things I need all probably required gas in order to get to me. If you live in a city, especially a US city, chances are high that you rely on gasoline a great deal just to get food, even if it’s only indirectly.

Every time I see news like this, I remember that Leona Helmsley quote:

We don’t pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes.

Just as a possible counterpoint to this: Lebanon has been highly divided by sectarian conflicts, mainly between Christians and Muslims, but has managed to stay a cohesive state since its founding in the 40s.

Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t point to Lebanon as some beacon of stability or good governance. But despite decades of problems, including a long civil war, Lebanon’s government and civilian population still exist without a major external power forcing them to stay as a single cohesive state.

If they can do that, maybe a one-state solution for Palestine and Israel isn’t completely unworkable. If nothing else it sure seems like an improvement over the current situation.

What exactly is your plan for the future, if you really believe it’s too late now? Just let the fascists take over and hope they don’t come for you?

I feel like, if the USSR is to blame for modern Russia, then Tsarist Russia shares some of the blame as well

There are way more evangelicals supporting Israel than there are Israeli-Americans, so I’d say mainly evangelicals. And that difference only gets bigger if you start including other conservative Christian groups.

I was surprised to see “formerly DuPont” on the gofundme. Turns out International Flavors & Fragrances merged with DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences back in 2021. Go figure.

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Came here to mention Loria as well. I like to call it “Warcraft 2.5”

Every time I see this type of discussion, my false flag senses start tingling. I have no idea if I’m right about that, but seeing a Dem attack anyone to the left of them that rabidly, and refuse to respond to reasonable questions or statements, always gives me an uncanny impression that I’m seeing a conservative in disguise.

You’re not kidding!

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/19/hamas-israel-palestine-conflict/

Musical chairs, Nazi shit edition

I’m also still incredibly salty about this. The Quake 1 and 2 remasters also are a huge contrast to how the Unreal franchise has been handled.

I recently got my gog copy of UT2004 running on my Steam Deck. It was a huge pain in the ass that I could have circumvented by buying a Steam copy… but of course that’s no longer an option. I guess Epic doesn’t want easy money from their old games.

Valve has already started talking to press outlets about their plans for a Steam Deck 2 in two to three years.

https://www.polygon.com/23951070/steam-deck-2-valve-interview

We can expect the anti-choice crowd to ramp this rhetoric up in the coming months and years. Lots of them already like to crow about how we’re a “republic not a democracy” (while having no understanding of what those terms actually involve, or the history behind them).

Once they realize how outnumbered they are they will absolutely abandon consent of the governed as a principle of legitimate government.

Fun fact if you’re not aware: many American police recieved training from Israeli police and military.

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2022/03/17/revealed-adl-us-israel-police-exchanges/

https://www.amnestyusa.org/updates/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”

I’ve heard of people struggling with it, but personally I got used to it very quickly.

I haven’t played Splatoon but I’ve heard it doesn’t use standard shooter controls, so it may not be the best example of the gyro aim I’m taking about.

If you haven’t yet, you might try grabbing Quake 1 or 2 on the Switch (they’re on sale right now!) and give that a shot with gyro on.