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I see. For contrast the UK pronunciation of Claimant v Defendant is "Claimant and Defendant".

Lawyers vs Lawyers edition: Do you pronounce Roe v Wade as "Roe vee Wade"?

Uncharted: Lost Legacy. Really enjoyed it. Was good spending a decent amount of time with Chloe and Nadine. Helped flesh out their characters more. Combat is the same as ever (if you happen to be a hater), traversal and puzzling was on par with UC:4. Rayman Legends Played it through with the gf. We are going back and tidying up missing Lums and Teensies but we've "done" all the levels and seen the end credits now. Might try and get her to play Unravel 2 next.

I love that game. It's heaps of fun.

We're all on board with the concept that buying pre-made assets and reusing is ok though right? Because I really don't see an issue with that. It just makes making games more accessible for developers who don't have access to huge art teams, but have good ideas for games they otherwise wouldn't be able to make.

Alright so the big reveal of the woman at the end... Is that something I'm supposed to understand the significance of? Am I supposed to get any of this yet?

New things. Gambit looks like a fun take on PvPvE. [Obviously I'm a shill and biased, but still looks fun]

I'd be surprised if anyone here was super into it...

I'm predicting that at E3 they will announce a remaster of Skyrim for WearOS.

Dear B for Brian, please select an abadah. Grey floaty head man is shady looking. P.S. I admire your dedication to correctly capitalising FortNite. I do the same with PlayStation.

I'm not up on my Infinity Stone lore. Do they have passive effects or is it just active?

Something I don't entirely get.

I see, yeah, not being able to catch up the rest of your gear is annoying. Tried the new heroic, didn't find them too bad tbh. You should try Guided Games, it can take a while (couple of mins) to find one, but it works well. Crucible was always participation, you get ~15% for match completion plus extra % for kills etc. Didn't know about Clan Engrams, that's annoying.

Noted.

There's loads of "easy" ones! Flashpoint = tool around on the designated planet for a bit. Call to Arms = Play 5-8 crucible matches. No need to win, just completing a match gives you ~15% toward the milestone. Heroic Strikes = Complete 3 Heroic Strikes. You can easily solo queue these, matchmaking takes very little time and depending on your level, the strikes are pretty easy. Clan = Do all the above and you should have unlocked the clan engram. You don't even need to join an active clan, you can start one yourself. The only hard ones are: Nightfall = Do a hard strike, easy if you are in a clan, if not matchmaking is ok but can take ages to hook you up with a pair. Raid = Do the raid, again, you can matchmake, but it's not likely to be quick and the raid is challenging. Trials = Win a match in trials of the nine PvP. <- Probably the most hardcore of the lot. I normally have the first four + nightfall done in the first day or two of reset. Call to Arms is a chore, but the rest are achievable through playing for fun. By the end of a season I'm normally skipping on Call to Arms coz I don't like PvP. Edit: Unless they changed something in this season (I haven't played Warmind).

Just FYI that Tencent publish Fortnite in China too. I'll just leave this here...

Your move CSI!

Fair point, in any case...

My favourite thing about it is how they bludgeon you over the head with the meaning of the title. "You are your ghost, your body is your shell." About one hundred times. Really slowly. So that even the people dumb enough to not get that Star Wars is anti-facism get it.

Story speculation: I think the lack of bosses criticism is aimed at the lack of skyscraper sized bosses that are taken apart in gruesome fashion during QTEs. I assume they are keeping their powder dry for future games, you can always escalate. Running out of epic things to kill is a bigger problem.

Yeah, I'm not feeling that. Completely loses the concept of Predators being big-game hunters. Would have been up for say a Predator landing in Africa and bringing down crocodiles, lions, etc bare handed until some rangers, and probably a poacher team up to stop it. This just looks like the AVP film that was set in a small town.

Fair. As you say it's nigh impossible to determine if the patient is suffering and being moved may well have had zero impact on their well being. I don't agree that parents' wishes should be absolute though. Obviously in an ideal scenario parents and doctors would come to a mutual understanding. Where that doesn't happen, I guess the courts are the best place to settle things. A shame it came to that. I'm also completely with you on end of life choices as well as my distaste for right wing groups and the red top press dragging as much mileage out of a sick child as possible.

I don't agree that parents should be allowed to choose. If we agree that a child is a person, with their own rights, separate to the parents, then the parents' wishes are not really material, what is key is what is in the best interests of the sick person (see: Antivaxers). The parents can't be objective in deciding what is for the best for their child, their own emotions are too caught up in the situation. The doctors are able to make an objective assessment based on quality of life. In Alfie's case he would almost certainly never have regained consciousness and even if he did, he would not have been able to function. The doctors' assessment was that it was kinder to let him go and have a dignified death. If a patient, for whatever reason, can't say for themselves what treatment they want, or whether they want it to continue, then I think that I would rather that the final decision were made by a doctor, than by a loved one who is emotionally conflicted.

I liked Rise, but didn't love it. $20 is about right I think. It was very much more of the same from the reboot.

+1 God of War. What a game. Jesus. Can't wait for the next. Was a bit thrown by the ending Love that the side quests generally feel meaningful. I've got two last jobs to do in the game till I've done all the content, then it's just a matter of whether or not I want to upgrade everything... Which I maybe do...