I would get a JCB card if they resumed business in the country, but JCB probably views it as too much regulatory hassle or insufficient revenue.
DLSite, which underwent a similar route (including exempting AmEx) in earlier months, has a partner site dl-pay.com to buy "points". Even though the only listed payment option is PayPal, it actually allows you to normally use a credit card without any noticeable markup (within ~4% of exchange rate). Process is dead simple: insert email, use emailed link, choose CC, enter data, and immediately get redemption code.
Large companies will find convenient ways to separate you from your hard earned money. U-NEXT audiences probably has access to JCB or other still accepted payment options, but if they don't, then U-NEXT will surely find an alternative for their valued customers.
In summation: fuck the mainstream international banking cartel, and all Western governments. Viva Japan.
Vimm's been around for 3 decades; I literally visited it within the last 2+ years to browse PS libraries after not touching the website for ~15-20 years, and was impressed that Nintendo ROMs were still up.
This is in no way comparable to Yuzu (modern system) nor the occasional fan initiative to remake an old title with modern graphics or similar creative liberties. Timing is definitely curious.
I have my doubts about the social media theory, but it's not impossible. More inclined to think it's something more mundane like:
- Cleanup is normally performed by 3rd party contractors and Nintendo switched to one that's more diligent about retro gaming, or
- Some executive reaction to newer data / interpretation about the profitability of their Nintendo Switch Online crap that bundles access to retro emulators and games, renewing anti-(retro) competition measures.
The Rock, Jericho, Mick Foley and whomever. WWF - then shortly, WWE - peaked with those characters in my era.
That's what my friends and I watched...and the T&A, of course, but we were especially retarded back then, didn't know about things like "implants" or the magic of "makeup", so our babe choices were not the best with hindsight.
Game player has been wall gardened for a really long time now in my experience. As in months to year or more.
For those who don't have a dedicated VPN, something like TunnelBear to run a game's launcher initially has generally sufficed to continue playing (but it might vary game to game).
I'll just list a few bands that I listen to constantly:
- Deftones
- Talk Talk
Talk Talk's lack of commercial success is criminal but appropriate considering human behavior. Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock encompass some of the best music of all time.
Especially Laughing Stock, which to me is the pinnacle of musical success -- the crystallization of musicians tirelessly honing their craft. I have yet to come across a better album.
Unfortunately, the mod logs mean fuck all thanks to Dom being such a massive faggot.
He writes up bullshit rules, conjures whatever bad-faith argument he wants to defend his position, guesses (wrongly) about what is happening in the absence of data, shallowly apologizes for any mistake that he can't talk out of while willfully repeating it the next time, and has the gall to question the definition of a community and whether the user base actually composes one.
Dom, you can go fuck yourself with a rusty knife.
Cowboys is a really good album, but I don't rate it as highly as you. Where as Vulgar is arguably among the best in its genre.
Then again, as I said, I'm not a metal head; I happen to dabble in it on-and-off, so I don't claim any particular expertise on this topic.
Not a metal head, but Vulgar Display of Power is hands down one of the best albums I've listened to across all genres...heard it when I was a teen and within the last year, it completely holds up.
(Also just posting to follow / go through recommendations. I've gotten more into metal in recent months as well, with Deftones being my favorite.)
Not really, but it amazes me that someone with so many skeletons in their closet would choose to prosecute a billionaire on such flimsy grounds. I feel like I'm living in an alternate reality.
Bonus, courtesy of ZeroHedge - https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/1758180907796598934
2020. Fani Willis is asked why the people of Fulton County should support her for District Attorney.
"Because they deserve a DA that won't have sex with his employees, because they deserve a DA that won't put money in their own pocket."
He's also an eco-terrorist among other things, which are part of the territory of "liberal nut wing".
I was simply crediting a few outlier excellent positions like the aforementioned vax and hard stance against some of the 3-letter agencies. There's probably a few others like border control.
I didn't watch the game, but even if the ad did "hurt" his family members, then good. Fuck them.
His siblings, etc., are human refuse who deep throat the vax, deep state, etc., and happily threw him under the bus by stating that his views didn't represent the Kennedy family / he was a black sheep / so on.
RFK Jr. is very much a liberal nut wing, but as far as a politician goes, he's as decent of a modern day Democrat you can reasonably expect.
They really love Attack on Titan so I got them the first volume omnibus and I’m told they absolutely love it.
Isn't this series supposed to have a completely abysmal ending? From the little I know about the plot concept and end, I hope for their sake that they have short attention spans.
Conversely DOA6's support of an ala carte model was actually more fan friendly than microtransaction practices of other games.
I mean, Koei Tecmo is greedy as fuck - see the hair color change DLC as prime example - but their issue is that they were ahead of their time.
Other franchises in fighting games are as equally predatory (ex: recent "coins" saga), but are able to do it with far less of a PR disaster.
he thought of the girls as his daughters and they were meant to be pretty and happy, not sad and damaged.
Wasn't that Itagaki? He left after DOA4 and DOAX2. Shimbori was a prominent part of DOA5 and the main lead for DOA6, which introduced the ultimates and "cool" gore. I wouldn't be surprised if Shimbori said it though, was a decent guy even if mislead by bad actors.
The unmentioned "core values" Evo controversy isn't even worth getting into. The scene acts so hypocritcal when it comes to DOA vs. other franchises.
Anyway, it's such a waste for the series to go down the drain; beautiful aesthetics and fun and fluid action, which moving forward may very well be solely delegated to far more profitable gacha (DOAX VV).
There have been some hospitals under Kaiser Permanente enforcing masking in recent months, same for some universities, rumor about it coming back to flights (hasn't happened yet), etc.
Next year is another election and ballot stuffing has never been easier than with mail-in votes as observed in 2018 and peaked in 2020; Lindell had a recent win in court, but since the S.C. didn't take it up in 2020/2021, you know justice will remain dead. Biden is even more unelectable than his 2020 run, so it's a must for our political overlords.
I 100% expect lockdowns in some forth to come back over the next calendar year, and will be pleasantly surprised if that DOESN'T happen.
You look at the NY ruling on isolation & quarantine procedures, and wonder if it isn't a coincidence. It could be, since they want that power no matter what, but you might as well expect the worst.
Somehow, my company did not enforce vax mandates last time. Over the next year, I expect some form of scamdemics to recur, and end up self-employed due to corporate policy changes. Assume the worst and financially prepare in case.
Even without testing it, I have complete confidence that anything that does actual real journalism (The Epoch Times), even if greatly editorialized at times (ZeroHedge....) is guaranteed to be on the list. Especially if they cover the CCP and Wuhan Flu, never mind the myriad of other topics like 'climate change'.
Wonder how it handles sites like Substack -- blanket ban, or by specific creators? I'm guessing they nuke the entire domain, since it poses too much threat.
Subnautica's sound director was fired for "hateful statements":
- https://archive.is/https://kotaku.com/subnautica-dev-fired-over-hateful-statements-1822746373
- Latest - https://archive.ph/stl0d
The tweets appear to have been discovered following the resurfacing of a 2016 poll made by game director Charlie Cleveland. The poll asked if players would rather have the ability to “play as a woman” or have developer Unknown Worlds “improve [the] core game.” Cleveland subsequently deleted the poll, to which Chylinski had responded in 2016, “we need a ‘diversity’ slider in the options. It will make the character progessively [sic] darker more feminie [sic] and less sexy.”
I have Subnautica 1 lying around from when I "bought" it, and the sound quality was excellent. Never played much of it, it's on the back burner, but it's not surprising that the sequel tanked given the firing.
There was also a recent court case by RFK Jr.'s founded organization Children’s Health Defense that was rejected. And one more, I want to say, along similar lines.
But don't worry, there will be some conveniently timed controversy around abortion upcoming - https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-inadvertently-releases-opinion
Meanwhile, for those who weren't looking, the U.S. Scrotum also broadened the usage of experts' testimonies - https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-broadens-use-expert-testimony-against-accused-criminals
MAGA...