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From former soviet union, I think I can answer that to an extent.

There were things which people do miss. Food was exceptionally cheap (when it was available: there were difficulties beyond basic bread, milk and horrible sausages); science was well funded (as long as it did not touch forbidden topics); media was less entertainment and more crunch (you might say, propaganda, but the tone mattes). There were no ads.

On the bad side people disappeared, were interrogated, spied upon, put into prison for wrong thoughts; Russia exported people without culture to the occupied areas and they added to crime and threw garbage on the streets. As an example: Post-war there was a house just across the road from my grandparents which was given to some russian who, during winter, used it up as firewood. Whole house up its chimney. Then probably got some apartment in some town and drank himself to death. There's some random russian guy buried between my grand-grandparents: someone just found room on the grave-stone... There was lots of corruption: basically everyone had to steal and bribe to survive. Cosmonauts of course did not see much of it: apart from all the relatives whom they could help; the buildings were in really bad shape; public transportation reeked of badly burnt gasoline...

But as a whole I think that crap always float to the top and crooks adapt with every regime: both capitalist and communist. The life of a simple person was easier, no doubt.

Look at dota2. This is the way. I'm always happy when I get myself the hats. All others make me feel incomplete and out-riched.

Considering the XNA(?) thing which practically defined the game for the first month I suspect that it won't happen until they re-do the engine for M2 if they decide to go that way.

Will you change engine for Magicka 2?

We had a LARP recently and it had a prison theme. The GM said: "and we have a safe word" "banana," I shouted. "...banana" he concluded.

I was delighted.

I bought the game due to the FF being constantly on -- it was so different. Then by playing I saw the decision to give the player everything initially and kind of learn the powers. It's so un-addictive and polite.