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In Skyrim, Expert (I think?) seems to be the sweet spot most of the time for me, but sometimes it is a bit too easy. But Master is quite a jump up from that. The worst difficulty settings for me in any series are in Dragon Age. The difference between “Casual” and “Normal” is insane. I always think that the “true” settings are like … Casual, Hardcore, Nightmare, Rage-Quit.

In the latest VGR podcast (below), Matt Morgans and Jacob Smith discuss a bill which has just been introduced in an attempt to ban loot boxes and microtransactions. The idea is to protect kids from what can be considered a gambling-related product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmrlSCX1oh0 What does everyone here think about this issue? Should loot boxes and microtransactions be banned? @UleTheVee @DylanC @Matt Morgans @The Blackangel @LadyDay @skyfire @xXInfectedXx @SpaceExplorer @Executor Akamia

As Jacob and I discussed, we felt that lootboxes probably should be banned. Banning microtransactions, on the other hand, is probably unnecessary, but there should certainly be more regulation of predatory practices involving them. The problem with this bill in particular is really the framing of it and the approach that it's taking in confronting the issue; by framing it as protecting children rather than addressing specific practices it calls to mind the moral panics in the US during the late 80s and 90s around violence in video games and so on, and it suggests that the senator doesn't understand the issue well enough to make a reasoned argument (admittedly, a common problem in US politics when it comes to technology, the internet, and games). I suspect that the bill probably won't get enough attention to progress, but if it does, I think this angle of approach makes it easy for publishers to make some small concessions and put up a facade of making changes while not really changing anything fundamental. There needs to be a serious governmental debate around lootboxes and microtransactions, but I don't think that this bill is the right way to start it.

You’re crushing it guys - keep it up!

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Ugh, I fucking loathe microtransactions. I wish we could get full games

I agree with that, we need a continuation, I didn't saw the 3rd movie but if they do a remake they will have to explain the whole thing again and the story doesn't really make sense so that will be like wasting precious time of the movie. Its better to do a sequel and assume that everyone knows what the movie is about. And yeah I'm not seeing the movie if Keanu is not in it.