criss_cross

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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

Honestly I mostly agree with you if you include the DLC. IMO Outer Worlds is a game about moments. Each contained story arc in Emerald, Monarch, and the 2 dlc locations are so good. There’s a lot of different ways to approach them and different turns you can take. There’s also so many small moments like the woman in Byzantium who

Tap for spoilerWants you to investigate the early retirement process because she feels like she’s missing out on luxury. Only for you to find out it’s just a funnel to lead people to a testing bed. You can then lie to her and say “yeah it’s totally great. You’re missing out and should do it too “ I laughed so hard at that.

But the over arching story isn’t there. It builds up to some cool points and then just sort of stops. If I didn’t play it with the DLC I could see how people would be disappointed.

Also like you said if you go into it expecting FO NV in space you’ll be sorely disappointed as there’s not much gear reward for exploring. There’s unique weapons but if you invest in the bare minimum into engineering you can craft much better weapons. It’s more about building something YOU want to run. Which is cool and fun , but if you’re expecting a loot game you’re gonna be disappointed. I think this part is less a knock on the game though and more of a lack of engaging with what the game wants you to do if that makes sense.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I agree with your general point, but I think the problem is OW1 didn’t stick the landing.

Not gonna lie if I didn’t buy it on sale and didn’t get the DLC I would have been disappointed. Emerald Vale and Monarch had really great self contained stories but once you get to Byzantium it starts to lose steam. The 2 DLC are also the strongest stories in the game.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

If PBS only aired programming about how our water is turning the frogs gay. Then they’d be non-partisan enough to remain funded.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 52 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If it’s anything like the last time his name was redacted we’ll be able to infer it from context real easily.

 

It's worth watching the full video here.

On top of the missing minute, there's the following discrepancies (and many more that I don't remember off hand)

  • The camera footage is at an angle where you can't see one of the staircases to Epstein's cell. Someone could easily avoid that camera.
  • There's a 3rd person that comes in at 12:05 that's not identified in the report
  • The aspect ratio changes halfway through, suggesting a bad splicing
  • You can see a mouse cursor at one point

And from pelespirit

https://lemmy.world/comment/18546945

To add on to OP's discrepancy bullet list, the aspect ratio changed after the missing minute and the meta data says "saved" a few times. Meaning, it isn't raw data, there's no way.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys, becuse these babby cant fright back? It was on the news this mroing a mother in ar who had kill her three kids, they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest. my pary are with the father who lost his chrilden ; i am truley sorry for your lots

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

A bit off topic but I hate that stories have to have some crappy AI image associated with it now.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Citizen Z would make a great bond and there’s nothing you can tell me to convince me otherwise.

 

The intrigue: The "Rule of Five" law allows any five members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to request federal agencies to provide information about "any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee."

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ooh yeah that’s a bit much.

Games are gonna copy major mechanics. Look at all the BOTW clones that came out after Breath of the Wild was successful. But you have to put a liiiittle effort into mixing up the art style and color palette.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well considering GOP reps are getting 500:1 call ratio on the Epstein files people DO care this much.

It’s possible to care about multiple things at once.

 

Sorry again for changing the headline but wanted the interesting part out again. Full video in the story.

OG headline: ‘I never went to that island’: Trump says of Epstein’s underage getaway and tells reporters to talk about Bill Clinton

 

Jeffrey Epstein’s Birthday Album Included Letters From Bill Clinton, Leon Black

Former president, Wall Street billionaire were listed along with Donald Trump as ‘friends’ in the 2003 book’s table of contents, which named around five dozen contributors

By Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo

In the end, she was successful. The leather-bound album—assembled before Epstein was first arrested in 2006—included a page with a single paragraph in Clinton’s distinctive scrawl:

It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends.

A spokesman for Clinton declined to comment on the birthday message, which was reviewed by the Journal. He referred the Journal to a previous statement that the former president had cut off ties more than a decade before Epstein was arrested in 2019 and didn’t know about Epstein’s alleged crimes.

The former president was among around five dozen people, including Donald Trump, Wall Street billionaire Leon Black, fashion designer Vera Wang and media owner Mort Zuckerman, who ended up with letters in the 2003 book, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The letter bearing Trump’s signature, which had the outline of a naked woman, was one of the more memorable pages, according to the people involved in putting the album together. Trump has called the letter “a fake thing.”

The professionally bound birthday book had multiple volumes and included a table of contents that listed the contributions, organized into groups. While many letter writers weren’t famous, some categories had notable people.

Clinton and Trump were listed under the “Friends” group, along with about 20 other associates such as Black, Zuckerman, former Victoria’s Secret leader Leslie Wexner, attorney Alan Dershowitz, and the late Jean-Luc Brunel, who ran a modeling agency. Zuckerman didn’t respond to requests for comment.

A “Business” group included the late Alan “Ace” Greenberg and the late James “Jimmy” Cayne. Both men worked at Bear Stearns when Epstein was at the investment bank in the 1970s.

Other people were grouped under categories such as “Science,” “Brooklyn” and “Family.”

 

Thanks for saying the quiet part out loud.

 

Sorry for the edited headline but i wanted to communicate the important bit.

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