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@austinwalker.bsky.social have you checked out Phantom Brigade since the 2.0 update at the end of last year? I slipped off the game at release, but I’ve found 2.0 to be a lot stickier with the additions and improvements. Gives me very Tactical Tuesdays vibes.

It was very difficult to immigrate to the United States. In 1924, the US Congress passed the Johnson-Reed Act in order to set limits on the maximum number of immigrant visas that could be issued per year to people born in each country. These quotas were designed to limit the immigration of people considered “racially undesirable,” including southern and eastern European Jews. After 1938, only 27,370 people born in Germany could immigrate to the United States each year. Potential immigrants to the United States had to collect many types of documents, including proof of identity, police certificates, medical clearances, tax documents, a ship ticket, and exit permits prior to obtaining a visa. Most also had to find an American financial sponsor who had the resources to guarantee they would never become a burden on the United States. The US government made no exceptions for refugees escaping persecution, and did not adjust the immigration laws in the 1930s or 1940s. The waiting lists for US immigrant visas grew as hundreds of thousands of Jews attempted to flee Europe.

The St. Louis On May 13, 1939, the German transatlantic liner MS St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, Germany, for Havana, Cuba, carrying 937 passengers, most of them German Jews. When the ship arrived in Havana, the passengers learned that the landing certificates they had purchased were invalid, and the Cuban government forced the St. Louis to leave its harbor. As the ship sailed toward Miami, passengers sent telegrams to loved ones and public officials in the United States pleading for assistance. But they did not have entry visas, and the US government did not allow the passengers to land. What Happened to the St. Louis Passengers? After the St. Louis passengers failed to find refuge in the Western Hemisphere, the ship sailed back to Europe. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee aid organization worked with the US State Department to persuade four countries—Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium—to admit the passengers. One year later, many of the refugees found themselves living under Nazi occupation again, after Germany invaded multiple western European countries. Of the 937 St. Louis passengers, 254 were murdered in the Holocaust.

In early 1943, US State Department officials blocked reports about the mass murder of Jews from reaching the United States. Some at the State Department wanted to avoid any increase in public pressure to aid Jews and thought that if the American people did not have information about the atrocities, they would not protest. In April, US and British representatives met in Bermuda to discuss the possibility of assisting European Jews. Neither country, however, intended to loosen its restrictive immigration policies or to actually take any decisive rescue action. Congressional Hearings In November 1943, a group of congressmen, influenced by activist Peter Bergson, introduced bipartisan resolutions in the House of Representatives and Senate calling for President Roosevelt to create a government commission to rescue Europe’s Jews. In secret testimony before Congress, Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long declared that the State Department already had admitted 580,000 refugees, a claim soon publicly proven false. Treasury Department Investigation At the same time, US Treasury Department staff investigated the State Department’s delays and obstruction in sending relief into Europe to aid Jewish refugees. They discovered that State Department officials had deliberately suppressed reports about the murder of Jews. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. agreed to present their findings to President Roosevelt.

The US Holocaust Museum currently has an exhibit called "Americans and the Holocaust" in which it repeatedly highlights how America failed to respond to the clear and obvious crisis that was happening to European Jews. And yet, to compare this to other historical events is "unacceptable"?

They had to hide her in the Phantom Zone because she activated too many gooners

abolish ice but also the entirety of DHS. They were founded in the xenophobia/kleptocracy patriot act spree of 2002 and never should have existed to begin with.

I feel like people forget that ICE is only 23 years old. They act like it’s been around forever, but there are Gen Z who are older than ICE. We did just fine before ICE, we’ll survive without it.

Did you have a favorite hitchhiker? I think the Idiot or the Sleeper are mine

@omn1media.bsky.social have you checked out “To Be Hero X”? It’s a Chinese animated superhero series that I think would be up your alley. The 24 episodes is made up of multi episode arcs covering different heroes who get their powers by the public’s trust in them, for better or worse

I haven’t played Pipistrello, but I’ve beaten the others. My biggest suggestion is trust your first impressions. None of those other 3 are “it gets good X hours in”. If after an hour it’s not your bag I don’t think any of them will change your mind like Silksong did. Have fun :)

Hope you do find the time to check out Citizen Sleep 2, great story and interesting gameplay

YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective

Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective

youtu.be/RRh3r_AhUw0

On the bright side GOTY lists often have strong recency biases, November means you’ll be closer to top of mind when that season begins in December.

The publisher doesn’t decide, the website does egmnow.com/i-gave-battl...

My argument is that game reviewers are just like every reviewer, biased by their own taste and experience. That doesn’t mean that they are untrustworthy, just that it’s best to find a reviewer who has similar taste

Metacritic interprets a 5 out of 5 as a 100, but the problem is if I tell you someone gave something a 5 out of 5 or a 100 out of 100 that has a big difference especially if they don’t do partial stars. Because if I feel a game is a 90 do I round it down to a 4 star or up to a 5 star?

But if John Smith is a fan than maybe he might be more biased in favor of the game? But if Jack Doe doesn’t understand the franchise or genre and is not in alignment of the people who will be playing then maybe they will be upset with our review?

Then when you are assigning that review, who do you give it to? Oh John Smith who is a big fan of Battlefield and can comment on the changes or Jack Doe who is more of an ARPG player who dabble sometimes in FPSs but can’t comment on how this changes from the series or others in the genre?

Instead of a conspiracy of reviewers being paid off could it not also be explained that review sites want their site to get traffic so they cover games with a lot of marketing because those are the ones that readers will likely know about and be searching for on launch?

If EA was going to spend money on pumping up review scores why just pay off EGM and not IGN or GameSpot?

They didn’t give it a 100 they gave it a 5 out of 5 in a system where I don’t believe half stars exist. Also they are an outlier and those will always exist because reviewing games is subjective not objective and if another reviewer had been given this game at EGM they may have given it a 3 or a 4

If publishers paid for game reviews Battlefield 2042, published by megarich EA, would have a better metacritic than a 68

Second, if a publisher has enough money to buy a full page ad then they probably have enough money to make a playable game. To get a one star doesn’t just mean your game is boring or lacking features, it means your game is buggy, frustrating, and overall doesn’t work

First how many games ever get 1 star reviews anymore? Too many games come out where no site/publication can review them all so why would they waste their time on games they think will be bad?

Yoko Kanno always slaps

1) they admitted they were unaware it was on the list, but having been made aware they are forced to make an active decision.

2) previous coverage for the last year could be legally sourced outside of Disney+, meanwhile Andor can only be viewed on the platform.

The boycott target is just on Disney+ not Disney as a whole

Andor Season 1 with Tony Gilroy LIVE | Season 2 Coming April 22 on Disney+ YouTube video by Lucasfilm

@morecivilized.bsky.social have y’all seen this? www.youtube.com/live/lGglb4S...

Satine's Lament Satine's Lament,[1] also known as Leia's blaster,[7] was a model of the Defender sporting blaster pistol produced by Drearian Defense Conglomerate. The blaster pistol model was named after the planet ...

@morecivilized.bsky.social @austinwalker.bsky.social The Duchess is not the only weapon in Star Wars to be named after Satine starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Satine%....

@robzacny.bsky.social have you checked out the neo-noir series Sugar on Apple TV from last year? Just finished it and seems like up your alley.

This is exactly why DEI programs are important. Not to higher less qualified token employees but because so many extremely qualified potential hires get overlooked because the name on their resume or picture on their profile. Infuriating that we are moving backwards.