I never could choose a favorite game. There are too many great ones.
However, I can choose a favorite (or handful of favorites) per platform.
This list will NOT cover all the consoles that I own. There are some
consoles where I don't have a favorite title because I have very few
games for the system. Or, I just don't play it much. Also, I am only
posting pictures of the box/logo/title screen and NOT offering any
explanations as to why I like these games so much. It will be rather
obvious for most of them. The others are merely games that I have spent a
LOT of time playing on that particular system. Anyway, without further
ado...
A British YouTuber named 'Sargon of Akkad', whom I find quite interesting, has a LOT of concerns about the American government. I don't blame him. I share those concerns. Here's the video where he expresses these concerns...
And my responses to his concerns...
1.) 'Mob rule' is what happens in a pure democracy, which is why we're a Constitutional Republic.
The Founders knew what kind of horrors that caused in Athens and Rome, which is why they decided on a Constitutional Republic instead.
2.) NO ONE should be taxed at all because taxation is theft.
Furthermore, the 16th Amendment, which made income taxes possible, should be repealed.
3.) Most police departments are being forced to take the military equipment, even when they don't want it... The Feds also make it difficult to send it back to the DOD as well.
4.) South Korea is not occupied by American forces. South Korea asked us to be there, just to make sue North Korea doesn't get too ambitious or stupid.
As a former Servicemember who served in South Korea, I can assure you that NONE of us actually want to be there. Chances are good we don't need to be, either. If they ask us to leave, we would. If China or North Korea started trouble, we would still have all our forces in Japan and various Pacific islands to stop them. As you pointed out, we do have enough military assets in EVERY region of the world to ensure that (at least on paper) no one can start very much trouble.
5.) The American people have no desire to take over the world.
I can't speak for the Shitbags that conned their way into office, though. There is no fathoming the heart of the Devil.
6.) Security clearances are common because you need them just to access a lot of government facilities, even if you're just a janitor. It does not necessarily mean that you have any kind of access to secret knowledge that can damage national security.
All that being said, what Manning and Snowden revealed was quite a surprise to anyone that wasn't paying attention. (i.e. Your average Joe.) The only part that surprised me was the item in the diplomatic cables that Manning released to Wikileaks concerning North Korea. Apparently, there were some communiques between the State Department and its opposite number in Beijing about North Korea's future. China apparently agreed in secret to let Pyongyang fall apart (as if anything can stop that now) and allow South Korea to absorb the North, allowing a Free World Constitutional Republic on its back door, if we increased our trade with them. I can't help but wonder how paranoid that made Kim Jong Il in his final days...
7.) We the American people are aware of these issues and are doing something about it right now. That's why the Libertarian party is gaining so much momentum.
8.) No true American Patriot would trust the government just because they said something is classified.
Personally, I wouldn't trust them if they told me the sky was blue. That attitude has only been reinforced by the things I bore witness to while I was in the Army. Their general incompetence is a lot more scary than any of their maliciousness, real or imagined. (I say 'imagined' because not every government employee is evil.)
9.) Who told you the government wouldn't massacre people? Ever heard of an American Indian?
Or Ruby Ridge? Or the Branch-Davidian complex in Waco, TX? They have massacred people rather frequently, and sometimes by accident.
10.) The Founders foresaw all of this too. That's why a right to bear arms was codified into law via the 2nd Amendment by President Washington and the 1st Congress.
If they get too far out of line, we the People start hunting down/shooting politicians. I'm actually surprised this doesn't happen much more often. Those bastards certainly do cause more than enough strife among the public. No, the military wouldn't necessarily protect those idiots in DC, either. Soldiers are citizens too. We are just as angry with our so-called Leaders as everyone else, if not much more. Speaking of which...
11.) I don't think you give American military personnel enough credit.
If some politician, member of the Joint Chiefs or General tried issuing illegal/immoral orders, those orders would be disobeyed. The politicians are only as strong as the number of men with guns willing to do their bidding and, it's not as many as you think. Even the Democrats I knew in the Army wouldn't blindly follow Obama's lead if he issued an illegal order, like deliberately attacking civilians.
12.) I think you are also giving too much credit to the Politicians and government employees of any kind.
As someone who worked for the federal agency that scares you the most, the Department of Defense, I can safely assure you that they will never conquer the world. Even if they tried, it would fail. The reason for this is because they are about as incompetent as you think they are malicious. Essentially, the one hand does not have any clue what the other 3 million are doing and they will screw up each other's plans and ambitions. I saw this virtually EVERY DAY that I was in the operational force.
I can even provide a good example: delivering mail. While I was in Korea, the mail office on my post was often closed, even during its stated regular business hours. And since internet access was so poor in that part of South Korea, I had no real way to keep in touch with the folks back home. That could've had a lot of truly dire consequences if my creditors didn't know that I was in the military.
Based on that experience (and a few others I would rather not discuss), I think many of the laws passed to protect soldiers from financial doom were passed simply to keep us from wanting to quit and move on to better jobs. It didn't work in my case. The financial headaches caused by the military lifestyle just made itself #14 on my list of 17 major reasons why I left the Army last year. If they can't even deliver mail promptly/accurately, then how are they going to handle the logistics in conquering/controlling the world?
I don't blame you for being worried, Sargon. We are all worried. And We the American People are on the case.
Since I'm not getting where I need/want to go in life, I am making a lot of changes. They include:
1.) Eventually starting my own business.
I want to stay in ONE place instead of constantly having to travel the world looking for a buck. Also, my current industry can get kinda boring at times. It doesn't leave me feeling too challenged or mentally engaged, either. The business plan is already in development and will be something unique in a relatively new type of industry.
Even if traveling makes more money than staying in one place, I don't care. I am more interested in being happy than fabulously rich. Money does not solve everything or buy genuine happiness. Putting down roots and establishing meaningful relationships does.
2.) Finding a way to get in better shape WITHOUT having to run.
Running just doesn't work for me. I have about 5 years of Army experience to verify this claim to me and probably a few APFT scorecards in storage somewhere if you want some kind of recorded proof.
3.) Getting a new social circle since most of my old friends have no time for me anymore.
They all have families to take care of and almost no spare time. That's not a surprise. I've seen it happen to my father too when I was a child. To this day, I have met very few of his friends from the time before he married my mother.
The elements of my old social circle that I have been spending time with as of late have often cancelled their plans with me in the last 2 or 3 months. That throws off my plans and wastes a lot of time and resources. That ends now. I'm not feeling valued or important to these people so, I will just go find a greener pasture. That doesn't mean that I won't talk to them anymore but, I am not going to chase them down to spend time with them, either. I shouldn't have to employ those kind of measures to maintain personal relationships of any kind.
And now, I think I'll go find something to watch on Netflix...
'Social Justice' = just a buzz word for an old andterrible idea that leftists cling to, despite History repeatedly showing that it doesn't work: Communism.
Don't let these 'useful idiots', as Uncle Joe would have called them, influence your thinking, folks. They don't give a damn about equality or justice. They are just trying to take power and rob you of your God-given rights as Free people.
1.) Birmingham, Alabama? That seems a bit random... Is that the location of the corporate HQ?
2.) You're doing a pilot program in those 2 cities and you still have 250 locations participating?! Maybe you have too many locations, guy...
3.) Good luck competing with the independent retro game stores. They are
firmly entrenched, take just about ANYTHING they can get and offer MUCH
better trade-in values than you ever did.
5.)
I won't buy from GameStop for ANY reason. What they sell used, I can
usually find at Wal-Mart BRAND NEW for less money. And since the only
GameStop I know of that's close to me is just a mere 200 yards away from
the local Wally World...
6.) I could swear they tried this before a few years ago with some online program from their website. It died quickly when they got retarded enough to try to sell loose cartridges of Super Mario Bros. on the NES for $50. (LOL @ those idjits for not even bothering to check what those carts are really worth...)
7.) And of course, there's the rest of my thoughts/opinions of those guys in meme form...
Seriously , though...
Fuck Gamestop. I will stick to Amazon & Play Raven. I have spoken!
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