It's time to set a course for Monkey Island and 'The Lair of LeChuck'! Explore the verdant jungle and volcanic caves of the titular locale, solving puzzles a...
Not at all. The game caters so hard to PvE players. They got hoards of new content all the time. PvP content has been very, very scarce. And with the upcoming PvE only game mode... that should be proof enough how Rare is doing everything they can to keep PvE people happy. And I don't say that derisively. It's good, those people should be happy. But claiming the game is built mostly for PvPers is absolutely not a good take on the game.
Season Ten begins on October 19th, and will deliver three headline features over three months! Watch the full preview video to hear about Guilds, the competi...
What are you talking about? You don't need to listen to a damn word anyone says. Just follow the waypoints, fast travel to everything. The game is a menu navigation simulator.
Lots of chatter in here about not supporting the conservatives. But, there's no options for Canadians. Liberals are outta gas and haven't done anything praiseworthy in a while. Conservatives suck and PP would just be a lamer Harper who wants to eat the poor. The NDP need a new leader as J.S. hasn't made headway in years.
More importantly, theyre all just arguing about how to tweak the broken, oppressive system we live with. No one is advocating for change. It's just a debate over who thinks they can keep liberal capitalism afloat. But liberal capitalism is the root of the problems. We have no advocates for change.
I vote we all go pull a 1919 Winnipeg and have a Canada-wide general strike in support of truly radical change. Change that pulls us away from rampant neoliberalization and rejects the basic assumptions of liberal capitalism.
I hear you. But I think both are equally damaging, ultimately. One party might accelerate the process, and the other may drag the damage out over decades. But we end up in the same place.
And, just spitballin' here, maybe an accelerated view of how destructive liberal capitalism is may be exactly what Canadians need to jolt us out of our world-renowned complacency. I dunno what it'll take to get Canadians fired up enough to seek actual change. Clearly raging forest fires, a housing crisis, a health care crisis, drug addition crisis, rampant depression and anxiety, rampant inflation, ballooning cost of living, and political corruption (both domestic and foreign) isn't enough. So, maybe shit needs to get even worse before it gets better. Aka. Vote in the conservatives?
I think you might be missing the point of what I am saying. I'm not suggesting that "further left" is what we need. The right-left dichotomy is just two sides of the same thing, and it's that thing that is fundamentally broken. Moving right or left does nothing to change anything. I don't think we need to move left. I think we need to throw out the whole thing. It isn't the conservatives that are the source of these bad things you're naming (white-supremacy, neofacismz intolerance, and hate). That stuffs baked into the whole colonial liberal capitalist "democracy" we have inherited. Any party that supports the continuation of that system is white supremacist, racist, fascist, etc. Our whole economic and political system IS those things. Not any single party. Some just own up to it better (like the conservatives). But liberals and the NDP, too, fundamentally support our democratic and economic systems. But those systems are foundationally to be blamed. We can't tweak them to be better. We can't fix the foundationally exploitative nature of capitalism. It's a feature, not a bug. And we can't tweak the Westminster style of parliamentary government to be less racists or discriminatory. That's in-built. It's what indigenous groups have been saying for decades (centuries?).
Back to my original point, lots of voices in here saying don't support the conservatives. And, I mean, I agree. They suck. But they all suck. They all wanna perpetuate the nonsense. Sure, some wanna perpetuate it in "nicer" or "more inclusive" ways. But no one actually wants to CHANGE anything. They just wanna tweak and adjust and manage the foundational problems of our systems. So, conservative or not, they're all perpetuating hate and discrimination and poverty and authoritarianism. My point wasn't "don't vote NDP" or "vote conservative". My point was anyone who actually wants change doesn't have a voice. There is no party advocating for change.
From Insult Sword Fighting to pulley-based stunts, you'll need to fully explore Mêlée Island and prove your pirate prowess if you hope to free Guybrush.
B.C.’s Cortes Island is making housing history as the first community in the province to tax short-term holiday rentals and have the funds directed to affordable housing projects, said Mark Vonesch, the area’s Strathcona Regional District director.
Explain. I've heard short term owners being the problem, and uber rich investment owners being the problem. Explain how long-term home owners who live in their houses year round are the problem.
I believe the phenomenon of people buying houses "as an investment" is relatively new. People historically bought houses as places to live and have stability. They also happened to be a good investments but that wasn't their purpose. The change in primacy of purpose is pretty much a direct result of neoliberalization, which has been underway for decades since the post-WW2 era, but became much more normalized in the 70s/80s.
What I mean to say is that it's a current cultural trend, but hardly a law of the housing market. More problematically, if we make policy based on the assumption that people view houses as investments, it serves to reify that, rather than combat it.
I'd also be shocked if the market prices were primarily driven by your cited 65%. It's been a long time since our markets and policy-making machines have been primarily driven by the majority of the population. We are a democracy composed of powerful, minority (not speaking about racial groups but class groups) interests. Anyone blaming the 65% for our woes isn't paying enough attention to the absurd weight and influence exterted by only a handful of people and institutions.
I am someone with a life-long attachment to the island, and who is surrounded by homeowners both on and off of Cortes. They have seen their home prices go up by absurd percentages in the last 5 years, they all recognize it isn't right, they would not begrudge a market correction. Most people in my experience want everyone to live well and no one well-adjusted takes the "I got mine" attitude when it comes to housing. Meaning, a 20% drop in prices wouldn't cause them to lose their shit. Heck, they may even welcome it if it meant a thriving community. Money stuck in inflated property prices can't be invested in community, after all.
The Bulls, Broncs & Barrels event was held at the Coombs, BC, rodeo grounds the weekend of August 19-20, 2023. Great turnout and even better riders! My (amateur) photo album on flickr.
Sea of Thieves. Since day 1. Best Gamepass title. Easy to leave and return to.
Deaths Door is a minor masterpiece.
Tunic is a major masterpiece if you want something deceptively cerebral (looks like a kid-oriented Zelda-esque adventure. It is not, I assure you.)
Frost Punk is a very fun city builder with unique elements and design.
Loophero is a sort of tower defense but not? Strange game. Strangely addictive.
If you haven't played Jedi Fallen Order, get on it. Sequel is out and it slaps. Fallen Order itself has a better storyline than all the Disney sequels and Clone Wars (yeah, I said it) combined.
Not on Gamepass anymore, but bonus points for any former Gamepass title that was so damn good I ended up buying it when it left Gamepass. And that trophy goes to Crosscode. Maybe the 2nd best single player game I've played this decade.
Eby tells NDP convention he's 'nowhere near satisfied,' says much more to be done (bc.ctvnews.ca)
City of Vancouver to lowest paid workers: Let them eat cuts! (rabble.ca)
‘Victims Of Communism’ Monument Unveiling Postponed (www.readthemaple.com)
Season 10 Release Notes (2.9.0) (www.seaofthieves.com)
Here are our latest release notes!
Brace yourself for a bumper episode of Sea of Thieves News! (www.instagram.com)
Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island - The Lair of LeChuck Launch Trailer (youtu.be)
It's time to set a course for Monkey Island and 'The Lair of LeChuck'! Explore the verdant jungle and volcanic caves of the titular locale, solving puzzles a...
Sea Of Thieves Is 'Not Just PvE Or PvP', According To Creative Director (www.purexbox.com)
Sea of Thieves Season Ten Preview (www.youtube.com)
Season Ten begins on October 19th, and will deliver three headline features over three months! Watch the full preview video to hear about Guilds, the competi...
The latest episode of Sea of Thieves News is here with lots to show! Enjoy the excessive arm flailing and colourful crafts. (www.instagram.com)
seaofthievesgame on September 20, 2023
This website has the interactive Starfield maps that should've been in the game (www.gamesradar.com)
Almost half of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque as Tory support grows: poll (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Paywall Article
2.8.5 Release Notes (www.seaofthieves.com)
Here are the latest release notes!
Sea of Thieves - The Quest for Guybrush Launch Trailer (youtu.be)
From Insult Sword Fighting to pulley-based stunts, you'll need to fully explore Mêlée Island and prove your pirate prowess if you hope to free Guybrush.
Sea of Thieves News, August 25th 2023 (youtube.com)
Eyes up, the latest barrage of Sea of Thieves News is about to hit the deck!
Sea Of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island - Official Overview Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming expansion, Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island.
A remote Canadian island makes history in fight for affordable housing (www.nationalobserver.com)
B.C.’s Cortes Island is making housing history as the first community in the province to tax short-term holiday rentals and have the funds directed to affordable housing projects, said Mark Vonesch, the area’s Strathcona Regional District director.
Corporations hoarding homes thank Canadians for enthusiastically blaming immigration (www.thebeaverton.com)
Photos from Coombs Bulls, Broncs & Barrels (www.flickr.com)
The Bulls, Broncs & Barrels event was held at the Coombs, BC, rodeo grounds the weekend of August 19-20, 2023. Great turnout and even better riders! My (amateur) photo album on flickr.
What have you played on Gamepass last week? Any recommendations?
As per my other post, a weekly post to share what you’ve played on Gamepass would be cool....