EU has done some legislation on microtransactions, the most recent one being mandatory real-life currency price tags instead of the in-game currency ones.

It could be seen as a gambling issue rather than digital ownership, but it at least means they pay attention to video games.

I’d imagine Russians opposing the Ukraine war would especially be targets, maybe you misread the comment and the “bad take”? Trump would be eager to get rid of pro-Ukraine speakers for Putin.

(A source would be nice too)

You’re asking that question, but you probably won’t find many Trump voters here.

How much do they hear anyways? Do they actually know what people other than Trump say?

See, that’s the thing, that’s bad. Generally the best solution is negotiation, dialogue and compromise rather than wasting people and resources of both sides. Unless the other side refuses to negotiate (fairly), which Putin does.

Putin is a kid refusing to talk with anyone because they don’t give their toys to him, when he could suck it up and agree for both of the kids to share their toys.

How is “unwilingness to engage” a good trait?

Both of these sound like qualities of a coward. You could at least say he’s somewhat cunning, and yet you phrased it like that. He doesn’t even smile when hit, he didn’t seem particularly enthusiastic when Ukraine ruined his idea of the invasions, unless I misunderstood.

I just checked some other articles from MRonline, it’s claiming Ukraine started the war.

https://mronline.org/2025/02/26/yes-ukraine-started-the-war/

…and it’s saying that it’s because of the local small scale conflicts in Crimea, within Ukraine, which Russia then moved into?

Look, I’m not going to waste more time discussing here. Regardless of a few cases of bringing up by crappy parents, Russia has no right to kidnap children. Hey, even if Ukraine is taking soldiers by force, at least they give them basic training compared to Russia.

Russia? From Ukrainians? Is that what you mean?

Wait, you mean North Korean soldiers were bought by Russia?

Do they allow that there?

https://s.team/y24/prvtqnr?l=english

Can’t believe a quarter of my playtime was The Witcher 3. I don’t know if I would’ve even finished it if I played on PC, it’s so damn long. I don’t play much AAA though I guess, but JRPGs are long too.

Also, it just occured to me that I spent plenty of time emulating too though…

I specifically want turning the Deck rather than moving it left and right, and I only know of the latter, but I didn’t look around much.

Good to know, I figured that maybe it was such common knowledge that nobody mentions it online. (Or I phrased the search wrong)

This sale, only Sonic X Shadow Generations. I have a big payday in December though and will be buying a lot for Christmas.

Maybe Sonic is good again. I’d hope. I’ll buy Frontiers since I’ve tried to avoid spoilers for too long.

It says the oligarchs were losing power for the last decade, especially after the start of the war and some “anti-oligarch” laws…

How is Ukraine a corrupt oligarchy? Seems to be as much as every other country in the world, probably less than the USA and Russia

(Edit: Using the definition that it’s just a government controlled by a small group of people)

Well, sometimes load times matter. In Borderlands 3 going off SD card instead of disc drive caused a minute or more of loading time when launching the game.

It’s my main PC gaming device since my laptop is even struggling with TF2, and occasionally Ultrakill (which I only play there because I want M+K, and I might just start plugging those into my Deck), so it has been more than 95% of my PC playtime since I got it 1,5 years ago.

Which I’m fine with since I can’t bother with a desktop, and gaming laptops are too loud/hot, both from older experience and seeing others.

The average earnings in European countries, however, vary significantly. I think I remember checking years ago that here in Poland, games and consoles cost 2-4x of the % of minimal/average income compared to other Germany, though you could also look at spending power. And plenty of countries have it WORSE.

I know for a fact that when I went on a trip to London, I was kind of disturbed by how expensive food is if you only compare GBP to PLN via the exchange rate.

Edit: Also, OP could just be a student with a part-time job or something. I’m not saying being American makes you rich or anything, it just means that once you buy all the essentials (food, rent) which should roughly cost “the same” in most countries, you can do more with your remaining money.

ALSO, PSA: Some companies try to do regional pricing to make things actually affordable, like Netflix subscriptions. People then use VPNs to buy them for a cheaper price (sometimes 10-20x cheaper, if they earn in USD) and the the companies have to go back and sell them at close to a 1:1 currency exchange rate (saw it happen to Dead Cells too, the devs tried but they ended up losing money). If you meet anyone like that, tell them they are assholes.

It also plays pretty damn well in single player. I actually enjoyed it more than in the few co-op sessions I had, and 100% including rushing NG+, which I do less often in games now.

Are you American or something?

I think a lot of other countries would consider consoles expensive, as well as games and other imported/regionally priced things.

Prey, after a friend recommended it to me. Had mild nausea early but it must’ve been getting used to it, though Borderlands 3 wasn’t as bad I think. Besides that, I appreciate that there’s an official default control scheme for the Deck and in-game icons for the back buttons.

Also Binding of Isaac. This one benefits the least compared to PC, because I’m glued to my laptop or phone looking up info anyways.