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• Iranian drones bombard Ukraine
• Ukraine watches warily as Russia gathers troops in Belarus
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Today's Headlines

• Iranian drones bombard Ukraine
• Ukraine watches warily as Russia gathers troops in Belarus
• Invest in a leader, change a community

Today's Headlines

• Iranian drones bombard Ukraine
• Ukraine watches warily as Russia gathers troops in Belarus
• Invest in a leader, change a community

It's hard to believe but Geoff Keihley now produces THREE huge gaming events every year! This week, we discuss the highlights (or lack thereof?) from 'Gamescom ONL' (Opening Night Live) including: Dune Awakening, Hogwart's Legacy, Tales from the Borderlands, The Expanse, Dead Island 2, and more! In the first segment though, Krispy discusses his enjoyment of the new "Saint's Row" despite middling reception from critics. Nick highlights the demo for 'Conscript' which channels classic Survival Horror by way of WW1 and shares his initial thoughts after finally trying 'Telling Lies.' Brad discusses an unfortunately named gemmie called 'Crystal Project.'

This is the story of a young Korean man, Yang Kyongjong, who was pressed into military service for the Japanese army to fight the Russians in Manchuria. Captured by the Russians, he had spent a year in a labor camp when the German invasion of Russia saw him pressed into a Russian army uniform facing off against the Wehrmacht. Captured again, he was sent to a German prison camp when, as fate would have it, he was conscripted into the German army and soon found himself standing against the allies as they landed in Normandy.

Notwithstanding the light-heartedness of this episode, the Japanese occupation was a dark period for the Korean people. The Japanese used Korea as a breadbasket, it stripped their land of trees to support Japanese industry, pressed their young women into prostitution, and their men into military service.

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Sam revisits the world of the dungeons and the dragons in Baldur's Gate 3, James strapped into his cockpit in Star Wars Squadrons and Paul is Dead.

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: I Am Dead, Fights in Tight Spaces, Finders Keepers, Strobophagia, Conscript, Of Bird and Cage, Super Mario 35, Hades,  Baldur’s Gate 3, Star Wars: Squadrons, No Man’s Sky, Chip’s Challenge, Crucible, Ghosts of Tsushima, Bugsnax

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(June 25, 2012) Dr J interviews Jim Morlino of Navis pictures on his most recent film The War of the Vendee. It chronicles the story of a town in revolutionary France who fought back against the government when it tried to conscript them and get rid of their priest, and the entire cast is composed of children.