Mrs. Nuclear Monster joined me to try out Diner Bros, a co-operative multiplayer game in the style of Diner Dash. We had fun.
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Ukrainian Government Calls for Video Game Sanctions on Russia & Belarus
The invasion of Ukraine has led to the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine & Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (that’s one person, Mykhailo Fedorov) requesting via Twitter that Microsoft’s Xbox division, and Sony’s PlayStation division, in addition to “all game development companies” and “esports platforms”, to temporarily block all games from accounts in Russia and Belarus and cancel esports events in Russia and Belarus:
There are a lot of strong and thoughtful arguments that sanctions are a bad idea, the rich are likely to be easily able to work around them so only the regular people may suffer. Without a democratically elected government how likely is it that further unrest in Russia will result in Vladimir Putin being deposed and this war ending? I don’t know, but I do want peace and it is good to sympathize with the Ukrainians and all victims of war. We will see if Sony, Microsoft, and the rest of the game industry join in on the wave of sanctions.
This isn’t the first request that the Ukrainian government has made via Twitter, they’ve also requested support from other countries, businesses and notably from the name-calling heir to a fortune from apartheid-era mining, Elon Musk. Who may have delivered some internet-providing Star Link satellite dishes but who knows if those worked or if the service can even be moved from one location to another which seems like it might be useful when you’re trying to avoid an invading military force.
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Learning German, Day 666!
666 days of learning felt like a pretty big achievement ?
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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Announced for “Late 2022”
The ninth generation Pokémon games Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet were announced today with the reveal trailer above during a Pokémon Presents that is embedded at the bottom of this post for more updates on other Pokémon games.
The reveal trailer for Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet starts with a guard patrolling Game Freak’s offices before showing some of the new open world and revealing the new starter Pokémon for Scarlet & Violet.
Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet are due out in “late 2022” on the Nintendo Switch.
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Part 2 of Elden Ring on Nuclear Monster Live
Lotta dying in this one!