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Also available on PS4/5 and Steam. I believe xbox as well. This game is really good! I highly recommend it.

I'm always a bit dubious of statements such as the leadership is exclusively male and white. While no doubt a true fact, given the experience required to get to executive level (which is what I'm presuming they mean by 'leadership') then I imagine you can struggle to find someone who isn't white and male as that's who has the requisite experience because that's how the company was hiring 30-40 years ago. However that aside as it's far from the biggest issue raised for Activision Blizzard in this report. The industry does seem to going from one negative to another recently (loot box gambling, crunches and working conditions and now this) I do wonder if it will require a company the size of Activision Blizzard folding to actually bring about a change in what, as times goes on, seems to be a more and more toxic industry to work in.

1st race this week was an absolute disaster for me which kind of started off as early as the practice. I had done about 5 laps the previous night to learn the circuit in GR3 and had got down very quickly into 39s which was promising and then come race day couldn’t get anywhere near that and was even struggling to break the 41sec barrier in quali. And then the race happened... After apparently walking under a ladder whilst smashing a mirror and crossing Luna my black cat, I got the mother load of bad luck and a reasonable start ended up with me getting knocked into the gravel at the first corner and then then unfortunately rear ended at high speed at the chicane, which left my race in tatters, especially on a track like Sardegna. Just one of those things unfortunately ☹️ 2nd race was a complete surprise considering my lack of pace at Monza but I think there’s a different BOP for ovals compared to normal circuits, but either way the beetles high cornering speed really helped overcome my limits in straight line speed. So overall a mixed result with the circuit I expected to do well in ending poorly and the oval I expected to struggle on I ended up doing well The joys of GT Sport!

I recently picked this up on my switch and fell in love with this game. It's a 2D metroidvania style action adventure kinda reminiscent of symphony of the night. You play as a little priestess named Lily and all your attacks and abilities are done through spirits you've purified during the game. There's hand to hand, swords, clubs etc, as well as magic ranged attacks. You also get permanent abilities like swimming underwater, double jump and such through the same spirits you acquire. Graphics are beautiful hand drawn sprites that move quite nicely. The gameplay is really spot on. There's some points where you'll be stuck in an animation and unable to dodge, but those are avoidable IMO. The music and sound is incredible as well. This is my kind of game so I may come off as a bit bias but if you're a fan of this style of game, you should dig it as well.

It's hard for me to engage in these discussions as this goes on in all industries and always has. Don't know why people are surprised, I really don't. It's always going to be like that when you have people with economic power over other people. Human beings can't handle power and so we see exploitation and abuse as a result. I'm sure we don't know half of what goes on.

I’ll be going to one of the London games although got a feeling they won’t actually happen. Washington fan , so hoping they can build on an improved season last year .

Now you mention it, I do vaguely recall something about a different BOP for ovals. It would certainly go some way to explain the speed of your Beetle. I fully expected the lead to be between myself and Phil (and anyone else that managed to keep the tow) as the Toyota and Nissan both have great top speeds while you would be nowhere. It's a shame you've had a couple of bad races as it's fun racing you though in your absence Mike has been keeping me company and it was a good race for the lead. The Supra is a pig to get off the line and left me chasing Mike for the lead and, while I could easily follow and I knew my ultimate pace was faster, around Sardegna is was tricky to find somewhere to pass and I only did when Mike made a mistake. A mistake from me almost let Mike back in it too but luckily for me it was as the hairpin so didn't leave any room for Mike to pass and ending up costing him time too. I then banged in the fastest lap of the race to open the gap but damn it if wasn't a close run thing for most of the race. I have to say, I don't like Mike having this ideas of grandeur of finishing higher than third, it's unnatural 😄 Regarding your times though Kiwi, did you enable BoP? The amount of times I've tested in time trial and been happy with my times to only realise I failed to enable BoP. Saying that though, there is some weird thing about different sessions or game modes giving different grip (or something else) as times can vary so much. I think it was the Gr2 race at Alsace last season, practising with Phil the night before and going great. But come practise before the race, I couldn't get within 2 seconds of my times of the night before. Qualifying starts and instantly match my practise times from the night before again.

Here is an excellent video from over a year ago outlining Blizzard’s controversies and overall decline prior to this. It’s actually quite astonishing to see it all laid out and how horrific their PR hasn’t been. If this case persists and is the allegations found against them, I don’t think they’ll ever recover.

Fair play rules are still in effect I think so with income down for most clubs, I think expenditure will be very minimal and any big signings will be done through new sponsorship deals or installments. Most teams will probably see how things are shaping up in January and then next summer it should be business as usual assuming there are no more Covid restrictions enforced. The wage cap has also been lifted in the football league and already a few League One sides are spending a decent amount of money which is very risky but it's also a great time to buy your way into the Championship.

This looks visually stunning, with a story I would love to dig into. Since it's on Switch and @TurboR56Mini and I are travelling soon, I think I'm going to download it for our travel. Thanks for highlighting it!