@sknight175216: We have a freshman philosophy major here. Hoping that Ubisoft will be taken over could be construed as hoping for the worst to happen to the company. Of course, "the worst" is subjective, but based on the reaction of the company, it can easily be assumed they view this take over as the current worst thing.
As such, you're basically using the semantics of paraphrasing to ignore the statement. Would you disagree that you want the worst for this company if the worst is defined, by the company at the time, as the take over? I would say yes.
There might be a slight uptick in sales. The vast majority of people I know who pirate games have the means to purchase them and just don't want to, these same people want every new game asap, so I doubt they'll wait long. Anecdotal yes, but if there's 2 there's likely thousands like that.
Asides from the points raised in this article, I belive children should enjoy the belief of magic. Moral absolutists will tell me I'm wrong for it, but what do they know? The world is harsh, and children have plenty of time to learn that. I see no benefit in denying young children the happiness of wonder.
I mean....I've always figured a day or two might be fun with a tent, grill, good friends, etc. Urban camping as it were, but 12 days? I've got a life and work and whatnot. You do you I guess.
@muppetbabymastr: You've never been to a small town if you think New Orleans is small. It's nothing compared to Boston, Chicago, New York, etc though.
New Orleans is much different from many places in the U.S. though. It has strong French and Spanish roots compared to the northeast's more English roots. It also has a strong history as a place of Voodoo and other occult phenomenon. As someone who's visited both New Orleans and Boston, I must say that New Orleans "feels" older than Boston even though its not. I think it and the surrounding areas, especially the swamps, would make for a good fallout game.
That said, I'd like one set across the pond in Europe.
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