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In this thread there's lots of people assuming every country has handled the virus as catastrophically as the US. Don't let your government make you think that.

In my country we've had no deaths for a month, only about 1% of all people tested actually have the virus (unlike certain us states where it's like 25%). We're actually below the average deaths overall for this time of year. The vast majority of public places and businesses are open with mask rules etc. It's not terribly dangerous to go the cinema here. I probably won't rush out to do it but only because I don't like cinemas that much anyway.

I wouldn't leave my house if I was in certain areas of the US!

In the UK physical games are much cheaper. Since you can trade in and lend them as well, Of course I still buy them

I find the comments here fairly OK, tbh, one of the least bothersome ccomment sections on the Internet if anything - certainly nothing that has ever got me annoyed or angry, but I don't read them all the time.

I suppose it means I miss out on some of the controversies sadly, I don't really know what happened with the USA stuff.

I think they have got better, look at something like the Witcher 3, or a lot of telltale's games (they have a good few stinkers of course).

David Cage is the Tommy Wiseau of games.

@sirpsychosexy: there is definitely a misconception out there that it's an open world game, which may be part of the reason for that. I have no idea where that came from - it's obviously in the mould of 'linear but with lots of exploration' stuff like Arkham Asylum and Rise of Tomb Raider. Which is a structure I greatly enjoy!

As for the combat, it doesn't fall exactly into the pattern of any other game I have played, (most similar to a soulsborne game but it's obviously a thousand times more arcadey). I can see some people not getting to grips with it as there's quite a lot of options and it can feel really fantastic if you 'get' it, but I get the impression that the full scope of the system passed a lot of people by.

Does nobody wear a jacket here?

Front right: wallet

Front left: phone

Left jacket pocket: work keys, random stuff

Right jacket pocket dog shit bags, house keys.

But I usually have a bag with me too, filled with my kindle, a little portable screwdriver/Allen key set, work phone, Bluetooth speaker, maybe my camera or something, and assorted stuff like that. It's annoying at times.

The game is quite buggy at the moment.

It's the best Far Cry since 2.

They're not as bad for it as some other podcasts but it is a strange virus. I find Steve Gaynor's podcast unlistenable because of it. He's a smart and thoughtful guy who can't just leave a gap when he's thinking what to say. I think that's what annoys me about it more than excessive repetition, you don't need to fill every second with sound when speaking. Is it born of trying to prevent interruptions or something?

It's mostly (not at all exclusively) an American thing in my experience, which makes it pretty jarring at times if you don't hear it in every day life as I assume some Americans/Californians must do?

Anyway the GB guys aren't too bad for it.

@retrometal: He murdered someone. BBC made a documentary about hate crimes in the US which covered it, complete with manipulative editing of the mailbag video. .

If you are in the UK you can watch the episode here https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05ty33h/love-and-hate-crime-series-1-3-killer-with-a-camera#