Honestly, I’d be interested to see MachineGames do something with the IP after how they handled Indiana Jones.

It’s true that the PS5 has basically no exclusives, but the PS5 also has over double the market share of Xbox. Plus, porting to Xbox is a huge lift since the hardware differences between the Series X and S is like making two ports. It sounds like this studio would rather focus on a single good port to reach as many players as possible before moving to other platforms.

Also, Microsoft definitely has been losing favor recently after mass layoffs (even for studios that have been successful like Virtuos) and multiple game cancellations like Perfect Dark (shuttered the whole studio) and Everwild. Zenimax supposedly had a game in early dev that Phil Spencer could barely put down, but the game was cancelled a few months later.

Some folks are now wondering what the point of them buying up all these studios has been, if they’re just going to cancel their projects years later after giving a thumbs up the whole time. From what I’ve read, it seems like this has been more so Microsoft fucking over Xbox to divert resources towards investing in AI 🤮

Canned peach, maybe?

I’m a bit further north, but I noticed that egg prices at the local health foods co-ops that source eggs from smaller farms stayed pretty consistent while prices at bigger chain stores that source from mega farms doubled for a while. I assumed the difference was due to increased animal density requiring culling for the mega farms, price gouging, or both.

Wow, this reads like the mad ravings of an addict losing their fix. They really are terrified.

I’m in agreement with you, though I still think it’s a fair suggestion for people putting the world before themselves to find another line of work too. I’m not saying that’s the only reasonable suggestion. I’m all for trying to mitigate the risk of abuse and trauma in the first place. I took Optional’s comment as an intended show of support to folks that might be struggling with similar abuse in their life.

If your job is causing you enough mental anguish to go through with suicide, it’s reasonable to suggest you find another. That goes for any job.

A little late to reply, but thought I’d add my two cents.

Something that can be appreciated sooner: booties/mocs, mittens, and/or a trapper cap. These can all be lined with sheepskin or sherpa if they’re in a colder climate or flannel if they’re somewhere a little warmer.

Something that can be appreciated later: wet molded trays or bowls. These can also be tooled and painted if desired. Buckleguy sells premade molds, and Corter Leather has good guides on YouTube.

Something more for the parents: a tooled photo album cover.

We are on the exact same wavelength

Wow, it never occurred to me this is an option. Honestly seems more efficient than trying to pry out the cold strands while trying unsuccessfully to not break them.

People are likely willing to hear you out, but you haven’t exactly made a point to hear out.

What details do you find unclear? From what I’ve read, the judge notified ICE that they didn’t have a valid judicial warrant to arrest their target. After that, the judge allowed ICE’s target to leave the courthouse, presumably because the immigrant was not required to comply.

There’s a growing pattern of ICE attempting to take advantage of people’s lack of ability to identify a judicial warrant to pressure them into compliance and/or arrest. I think it’s reasonable to caution anyone that has to interact with any agency that’s known to be shady.

I doubt it. They probably just hang with the neo Nazis.

Does it really matter if he’s deliberately advancing a fascist agenda?