Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20191014210655

Somethings gotta happen between the three of them, especially with the up and coming economic superpowers. China has a decent grip on Africa at this point, so why not fortify your position with a more unified EU defense? We'll see what happens though. We might even reach a century without a major war. I'd rather take the colder summer, having to sleep when it's ~30-35 degrees isn't pretty with the humidity. Atleast with modern housing you can turn up the heat during winter. No AC in most houses here.

It might sound awfully cynical, but I believe that governments would rather see old people dead in general, non-active ones especially. They get supported (slightly and it's getting less) by the goverment, so them dying off would free up the budget. Pension funds would probably breath a sigh of relief as well. You won't see them admit that though, they'd almost seem inhuman. They'd probably be fine with the active elderly because they are likely to contribute in some way.

That's it. They even have an English page now, thought they just required a subscription but you also need to pay for games separately? Slightly worse than GOG in that regard, but I don't know how the Japanese handle licensing of old IPs. It's perfect for most when it comes to casual play if you don't mind it being digital, but most people play it digitally with emulators anyways. Would still be better if GOG expanded to older consoles and computers though, but licensing is a mess. I don't mind the non-gamers so much as their ignorance when it comes to the actual worth of the games. Ultimately the physicals will break down though, I only really lament the undumped cart/prototype hoarders. Was a case with a Japanese guy outbidding an archival team just to keep the "treasured cultural artifact" out of "pirate" hands. I'm glad for your wallet, €1300 for a PSX game (even the special edition looks bland) is just too much. Why the specific release? Better quality/uncensored/extras?

Seems to be a more German thing yeah, checked the dutch wiki article (hoorspel, I prefer audio drama). It apparently kind of died out in the mid 80's here, mainly because the core of voice actors for it stopped. No real new talent for something that "old fashioned" so broadcasters stopped trying. Apparently the people who like it are fanatics though. There's a dutch wiki list of them (1069) and all of them have articles. Weirdly enough I picked "De neger van de Narcissus" and that was aired in 1998 so probably some later ones out there. Imagine something with a title like that these days, even if it's based on an old book. I don't think they'll make a comeback here though, audiobooks have that "market" cornered. Creative otakus are nice though, just like our creative "nerds". They really aren't that different though, they act pretty much the same.

It's probably the cheapest I've ever had, other jewel cases tended to be atleast ~750-800. Not holding out much hope on the booklet being full of content.

It was already dumped, so that saved me a (probably painful) search. Using a search engine doesn't even show finished auctions. They said as much in the wiki yeah, scalpers man. Didn't even think Pastel Chime was that popular, but it got a good few games so I guess it makes sense.