"Donald Duck-ing it."
I'm already never buying another Samsung phone - or any other Samsung device, for that matter. You don't need to keep convincing me.
I seem to remember reading about how he once torpedoed his own bill when he found out the Democrats were going to support it, because he valued denying the Democrats a bipartisan win more than he valued the effects of the bill itself.
I also remember reading about the time he blamed Obama for the unintended consequences of a piece of legislation. Obama had vetoed the initial passage, and Congress re-passed it with a veto-proof majority. But somehow, Obama was at fault because I guess he didn't warn the Congress-critters hard enough or something.
If true, neither of these would be the worst things he ever did, not even close. But they are emblematic of his desire to score purely partisan wins above most anything else.
Most is Slay the Spire, and I don't even think it's close. And I say that having bought it twice, once on Steam and once on mobile.
Least, I'm tempted to day League of Legends or Overwatch, both of which I bought extra cosmetic stuff for and neither of which I play anymore - and I'm not sure I even liked either of them much when I was playing.
But not knowing (and not wanting to know) how much money I've spent on either, I'll instead say either Imperator: Rome or Victoria III. I preordered both with extras, and ended up only putting around 40 hours into both before giving up. Compare that to other Paradox grand strategy games, where I can easily have 500+ hours played, and I really feel like I didn't get my money's worth.
The Ogre Battle series calls to you.
I'll go one further: I've never liked GTA.
Most of that is a mismatch of the series to my tastes in games. It just takes a lot for me to like open-world games, and GTA has never hit the mark.
The other small part is just my preteen self being resentful that GTA3 was the game that brought all my classmates into the hobby, instead of a game that I actually liked.
He got one way of doing Bond: the superhero in a tuxedo. I like that version when it really works (Live and Let Die), and I at least find it entertaining when it becomes too undignified (Octopussy). The worst I'll say about Moore is that he probably should have exited the series one movie earlier, if only for the ick factor of his age vs the female leads.
I think the other way of doing Bond properly is to make him a suave, devil-may-care sociopath, like Craig in Casino Royale. This is closer to the way he is in the books. But there's always the danger of losing all levity and veering into grimdark, and then you end up with something like the wounded dog Bond from No Time to Die.
My favourite Bond is actually Brosnan, whom I think had the best of both worlds: absolutely ludicrous plots and villains, but also a dangerous edge. He was the first Bond to actually look like he had been given more than cursory training with firearms.
I'll generally prefer silly James Bond over boring or depressing James Bond.
"The card says Moops"
I'm really hoping that legislation will be in place to curb this sort of thing by the time my kids are old enough to want to watch sports. I'm not thrilled at the prospect of those ads marinating in their young brains, and I don't relish the thought of trying to explain to a credulous 8-year-old that we can't win millions of dollars betting on hockey games.
Hoping is different than expecting, unfortunately.
I've read a good portion of it in English. It's a good read if you like historical dramas. It's about a Bosnian village called Višegrad. In the 16th century, the Ottoman Sultan has the titular bridge built there to connect two parts of his empire. The book follows the residents of the village as the construction and then continued operation of that bridge shapes their lives over the centuries, all the way up to the start of WW1.
It's not character-centric, because it covers such a huge time period, but it's still great if you have any interest in the history of that part of the world.
You can also visit the bridge itself if you have some time to spend in Bosnia. I've not been there yet, but I imagine it's more impressive than the street corner in Sarajevo where Franz Ferdinand was shot, which I have been to and can confirm is very underwhelming.
I feel like this has been going on for several versions now. My setting for Default sort for comments is Top, but when I open a post, the sorting method appears to be Hot instead. The image in the post shows what a typical post looks like for me when I open it.
I hesitate to call this a bug right now, as last time I had a problem like this it was user error, so I'm not discounting some conflicting setting that I've overlooked.
