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Wounded Bear

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14. Sad to hear it, but I support their decision to the max...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:10 PM

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Especially in the "would also give it more control over programming decisions" reason. That's pretty important to a true artist if they have any choice at all. Hitler forced his rather dry and political version of "art" on the Germans and it was pretty blah at best. Mostly it was just bad art.

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