I can't remember how often I've read "If you don't like it don't watch our movie/play our game." lately.
For some inexplicable and totally unrelated reason it's always followed up with "movie/game lost hundreds of millions".
Most mall stores make all the stores profit at Christmas.
How much can a store selling dollar costume jewelry really make in a month when they have to pay rent and wages all year?
Based on average US mall space rent ($29/ft²) I'd guess that's gotta be at least $10k per month for a tiny store (<300ft²) with 1-2 employees, utilities and whatever fees the mall tacks on on top of that.
There have been several court cases in Germany recently that showed that judges who have been appointed by politicians and who are members of their parties will do whatever the party wants.
They stacked the courts. The German supreme court in particular is stacked by leftists and headed by a party-friend and appointee of Merkel.
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tl;dr Syrian migrant sets two residential apartment houses on fire, rams a truck into two shops and tries to attack people with a machete. 30 people have been injured, 2 small children critically. Police of course have no idea what his motives are.
Maybe municipal elections are on a separate ballot? Otherwise the state would have to print combination ballots for every single municipality. That sounds needlessly complex. Or municipal elections are being held at a different time? Dunno, just guessing.
I have a hard time believing they'd go after one of their own for that "luxury" stuff if he had toed the line.
That said, the article is kind of weird. It goes on and on about a relatively small amount of luxury gifts that sound inflated. Then they casually mention "oh yea he also allegedly stole $10M in public funds" without ever elaborating.
granted local voting rights to non-citizens, including ... undocumented immigrants.
Imagine giving illegal aliens who break the law voting rights.
separate voting rolls for non-citizens
If Trump wins he should use those voting rolls to find illegals for deportation.
Germany still has you beat: https://x.com/TimKoffiziell/status/1836760807436091574 (NSFW)
Yes, that is in fact a member of parliament in Germany.
My guess is, stuff like that is why they're delaying the game. It's not that they want the game to be "the best it can be" "for the players". It's that there is currently so much negative sentiment towards the game that they cannot release it or they'd risk becoming another Concord. Delaying the game until things blow over might be their only choice.
Is there? I mean, look at Ubisoft. They go out of their way to antagonize Japan over their woke product. The broken torii gate being the latest fuckup, at least latest I've heard about. Given all their "historical experts" and "sensitivity readers" that sounds more intentional than accidental at this point.
Funny how a minority has the power to cause their games to flop. Apparently a minority not buying Concord or preordering Ass Creed completely ruins their profitability.