RamRabbit

Then we wrap back around to the start.

Correct. Murdering a male should be just as illegal as murdering a female.

How is it sexist?

Murdering someone due to their sex is not illegal under this law, if the victim is a male. Murdering a male due to their sex should be no less illegal.

If someone murdered a male due to their sex, would you treat that any differently than someone murdering a female due to their sex?

If perpetrators happen to be of one sex more often, then it means the rates of being charged with the relevant crime will be higher for that sex.

A crime must be treated equally, regardless of sex. The law treating one differently based on their sex is itself sexist. As I stated before, this should have been something that applies to all: ‘murdering someone due to their sex is now a hate crime’.

Exactly. This should have been something that applies to all: 'murdering someone due to their sex is now a hate crime'.

Having the law give more consideration to one sex over another, particularly with something like murder, is quite sexist.

Jesus fuck, even 3-strikes would be absurd for this...

Steam recently announced the new Steam Machine. Would be worth checking out as well. They ship Q1, iirc.

This is only really appealing to console games as PC gamers have nothing to gain from buying one

I have a PC gamer friend who has an 8-year-old PC. He has said he is getting a Steam Machine.

What this offers PC gamers is a ready-made box. Some PC gamers don't want to build a PC, they want to just buy it. And this offers a very standard package to get.

I'm glad we are backing away from that retarded 'peace plan'.

I'm honestly amazed console gamers have accepted paying for multiplayer (though, I do note, PC gaming has expanded over time, I wonder why....). I had a PS2; I remember being excited about buying a PS4. It has a blu-ray player! The graphics are so much nicer! The previous gen even had free multiplayer!

I never bought a PS4, it had paid multiplayer. Fuck that.

Edit: I did briefly own a 360, the paid multiplayer was the reason I sold it fairly quickly. It felt like it was trying to milk me, and I would rather just be rid of it.

it could become the new standard for industry benchmarking/testing

Exactly. We are already seeing game companies specifically mention the Steam Deck in patch notes. This will give them a standard item to validate compatibility against. Any game company that wants to make sure their game works well will have a Steam Machine on-hand to QA with.

And I fully agree with you on benchmarking. It will be a very standardized system to point to in game reviews.

However, Steam offers numerous deals several times a year, so it will be worth the investment. In the long run, owning a Steam Machine or PC will pay for itself.

And you also don't have to pay monthly for multiplayer!