btw this is a Paul Verhoeven Appreciation Thread, do not reply to this comment unless you have something good to say about renowned Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, or one of his many critically acclaimed films, such as Total Recall, Starship Troopers, or Showgirls.
Right, the Communist militias in the Spanish Civil War were being influences by Soviet partisans or something. The Anarchist and Marxist militias, which Orwell served in, were of the people.
The One Flag For All Act ensures that the American Flag never gets sidelined for culture wars and political points
then:
Exemptions are made for: Prisoner of War (POW) flags
because obviously to virtue signal about the American military isn't about scoring political points
Did you know that in 2019 the National POW/MIA Flag Act was signed into law, requiring the POW/MIA flag to be flown on certain federal properties, including the U.S. Capitol Building, on all days the U.S. flag is flown?
"to make a low continuous noise that does not change its note"
I guess it isn't a particularly accurate term since the air boat's engine is more high pitched, but I use the term to evoke a sort of "perpetual rumbling" vibe, since when you're just driving it in straight lines for many maps its like riding on an airplane and (barring any noise cancelling devices) the noise of the engine is ever present.
honestly I think Route Kanal is my favorite because it scratches that itch of exploring old forgotten areas, climbing around cavernous drain pipes and stuff allows for more creative architecture.
A low FPS could maybe give you a kind of motion sickness or something? Plus the droning of the engine is kinda annoying, I never had that problem but I can totally see it.
I think it makes sense to write at length about how alone he (and you) is with his thoughts, and it gives you time to think about lore
That doesn't really make for a good game though, and personally I think the decompression levels are the ones like Black Mesa East where the story even kinda stops just so you can play with the new weapon in a zero-risk area for a couple minutes, after dumping some more lore for the player in Eli's lab.
Water Hazard though, that comes after Route Canal and the escape from City 17, both chapters that didn't have much direct storytelling, so by the time I get to the air boat, I'm already wanting for more than just combat encounters, but instead it's just a string of riding and stopping. I think I heard this analogy from Errant Signal, but it's like a book with the pages stuck together: you want to get to the next page but every time you have to stop and unstick them, it only gets in the way.
Saw the headline and thought "wtf those floods are still going? I haven't heard that in any of my news sources" before seeing that the article is from October 2022
Wow, what a large search area, I heard about the crash and rescue on my NPR news podcast, but I didn't think the rescue operation was this large.