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Today Trump turned himself in to be processed through the jail along with other co-conspirators who turned themselves in earlier in the week. Here's his mug shot! This is his fucking legacy!!! Here are more mug shots from his co-conspirators: Fulton County Jail Georgia: Sidney Powell, Ray Smith and Jenna Ellis Kenneth Chesebro, Cathleen Latham and David Shafer John Eastman and Scott Hall Mark Meadows Rudy Giuliani Harrison Floyd And more will turn themselves in on Friday. Kenneth Chesebro requested to fast track his trial date to October 2023 instead of the original court date in March. Prosecutor Fani Willis granted his request for all 18 co-conspirators plus Trump and today Trump has denied an October trial date for himself and is going with the March 2024 date. Just the other day Trump said he had documents to prove his innocence and wipe away all charges which he was gonna show outside the court and he punked out. You would think if Trump was innocent and had documents then he would go for a speedy trial in October and be done with it right? Well, he punked out. He wants to delay as long as possible. And this---denying an early trial date, should completely prove his hypocrisy and all republican's hypocrisy that this is election interference when Trump does NOT want an early trial date this October in 2023. So stick a stinking sock in your blabbering shit holes hypocritical traitor republicans.

Any entertainment medium can be used to shape our experiences beyond the screen, but gaming is even more engaging and leaves an acute personal connection. If games are independent of government control as it is now, then story telling allows us to have so much creative freedom and there really are no limits. If gaming was under government control like Russia's new gaming initiative, then it no doubt will be used as propaganda to influence minds for dangerous purposes. Or under religious control, your stories will get even more limited. Great story telling arises from creative freedom and that is what allows our imaginations run wild, intriguing us, exhilarating us, a story and fantasy for everyone from all walks of life instead of seclusion. That is the fundamentals of great story telling. Simply having that creative freedom. I recently got done playing Mortal Kombat 10 and 11 which is on the extreme end of story telling in games because it is narrative driven. I really enjoyed it; made me a fan. It helped me appreciate all the many characters, good and villain, and the setting, action, visuals, abilities of each character, lore. If MK wasn't narrative driven and was an open world with little story, would it have had as great an impact? Or better? I don't know!!!!! 😁 Just asking. I love it when games jump to a cut scene. That is what some open worlds tend to lack. One of the best open worlds I've played that is story driven and plenty of cut scenes is Cyberpunk 2077. I've never played anything quite like it in other open worlds. It's extremely immersive, great story including great side quests. It's blown my mind away. It reaches so much inside our very souls, our emotions...the way they put it all together is a standard that open worlds should try to match. Witcher 3 was another they had some excellent cut scenes and side quests. And would you look at that, both made by CD Projekt RED. I didn't even do that on purpose. GTA 5 was excellent too. That game is unique in itself being able to play as 3 different characters, and really appreciating each one of them, even though they were criminals. But the character development made you like them regardless. How can that be? How can you like a criminal? Well, we all did! 😎 Then you have The Last of Us series. It was a story that if not done right, would have looked like an ordinary apocalypse. But it was told in a brilliant way, capturing your emotions and drawing out tears if you got any. And that is why the game has had tremendous success. I feel like we may be drifting away from this kind of story telling do to developers putting more effort into trying to make every game have an online multiplayer, when instead they could concentrate on better stories. But that is another topic. That is basically taking your creative freedom for granted. How does story telling shape our experiences beyond the screen? I'm not sure. We get emotional and fantasy satisfaction of a great story. We get to engage in critical thought and ethical situations. I remember playing The Walking Dead by Telltale Games and that really had an impact on me. Such a dramatic story, and it made me really look at the depth of character in people and ask myself: what if I was stuck in an apocalypse with this person or that person? What would they be like? Even Detroit Become Human made me question: what if...What if AI became that advanced? Would I discriminate? Would I have a relationship with one? Would I be able to recognize their plea for equality? I mean, critical thinking like that is the same as: do animals have feelings when they go to the slaughterhouse to be tortured for food? Do all animals have a higher consciousness with feelings? Yes, of course they fucking do. But some people don't believe that or simply don't care. So the game Detroit Become Human I believe can enhance people's cognitive ability to develop sympathy. I believe this is important to be reminded of our abilities to sympathize, or else you get actual humans being broken apart and thrown into a heap of metal (or bodies).

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@Shortie I've merged these two topics together as I feel that the topics are similar enough that were is no need to have two separate threads for responses. People can easily say that they've played the new season of Fortnite and share thier thoughts on it within the same post. I've also move the thread to the "Video Games" sub-forum as this is about a specific game instead of gaming in a more general sense.

First off, welcome to VGR. The short answer is, it's pretty much essential. The storytelling elements of a video game are no less important than they are in a movie or TV these days. True, video game are more than that with gameplay elements such as tests of reflexes, strategy, teamwork and so on, but a poor storytelling experience can easily nullify all that. I'm temoted to say that because of that active element and direct connection you have through the gameplay, that games may have more potential than a movie or TV show. Of course there are game with no active storytelling elements like competitive online games, but very often even those have lore, characters and things to learn about the worlds they are set in. I'm not gonna say a game needs a good story to matter (Although I will say that about single player games), but exploring and discovering new worlds and following, or even role playing, the characters through those works is my favourite thing about games.

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I've never been good at building in Fortnite so I prefer to play zero build mode. I'm lucky I was able to at least get one victory. xD It's amazing to see how well some people can build though! It's much easier to do so on PC over console though, as long as you're not using a controller. I still suck at building even if I play it on my PC though.

That's a great list of video games! I do enjoy playing Minecraft, and Skyrim solo as both unlock my problem solving skillset and imagination whilst playing. I do get a buzz when achieving or completing something I've been meaning to complete, so that contributes to why I play solo games.

Since Zero Build Mode was released, my preference is playing on Zero Build. Why? There are too many younger kids aspiring to be the worlds best builder on Battle Royale, making it nearly impossible for the newer players to even get one kill. It also isn't realistic for a Battle Royale, to have excessive building ability, in my view.

Hardly ever do I play creative mode on Fortnite. The biggest problem with creative mode is that there is no element of competition, and for me my imagination doesn't run as far unlike my teenage years. I think the creative mode is ideal for younger people who want to explore their imagination and build amazing creations for the community.

I originally wanted a PS3 but they were sold out at every store I went to, so I settled for a 360. I ended up getting a 360 Elite model in 2010 so I didn't really worry too much about the RROD at the time. I'm guessing the motherboard inside was a Jasper but it could have been a Kronos board since later revisions of the Elite model used the Kronos board. I never had a issue with my old 360, I ended up selling it in 2016 since I needed money at the time.

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