BreadstickNinja

Very cool teaser. The lightning-struck tower appears to have lifeblood polyps growing from it. There are a bunch of lore hints about what else we might learn in this area.

But what if we cram it full of AI bloat/spyware? Could we entice you then?

• Microsoft, probably

My immediate thought reading your comment was the original black and green box before 360. So I'm one worse off in the chronology than you.

Yeah, the Divinity trailer was the huge highlight for me.

I enjoyed E33 a lot and there were some very gracious moments, like Broche thanking Sakaguchi. I do wish the love had been spread around a bit more - Hades, Blue Prince, Silksong, The Alters were all fantastic. I also haven't played it yet, but I hear nothing but good things about KCD2.

Award shows are kind of a silly format in general. It was a wildly strong year for games, and picking a single winner in any category is subjective and arbitrary when there are so many great works.

This seems unlikely. Ahmed comes from the same root as Muhammad. His cousin was interviewed and named Mustapha, also an epithet of Muhammad. I don't know too much about Maronite Christian naming conventions, but these two names have a pretty explicit association with Muhammad in Arabic.

This is hilariously plausible. Someone SCUBA down to Gabe and give him the idea.

LG similarly uses Life's Good as a slogan/brand name in the West. It actually stands for Lucky Goldstar.

Wasn't it also just reported a few weeks ago that Samsung installs Israeli spyware on android devices sold in MENA?

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-appcloud-spyware-controversy-3616325/

NYT sucks and I canceled my subscription, but the third archive link on removepaywall.com still works to get around their robot messages and puzzles.

Great color on these. Lovely!

The U.S. doesn't recognize the ICC and sanctions its officials if they investigate war crimes by the U.S. or its allies.

We briefly ratified the Rome Statute in 2000 but pulled out shortly after invading Afghanistan and shortly before invading Iraq.