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I think the game was still running in the background (didn't exit properly for some reason). Apparently it's some sort of a bug that happens every once in a while!

How come? Any error messages?

No problem! When I saw it on sale I knew you'd be interested

You need to sign up to the site to be able to purchase and download it into your library (just an email address and password needed; no other personal details). You don't need to download anything else to run the games though and the games are also DRM free!

yep - a bundle of four games. Just go here: https://www.gog.com/game/anno_1404_gold_edition; scroll down and it should show you an option to buy the whole bundle (my website is in German so not sure what the exact wording in English is but I'm sure you'll figure it out!)

GOG.com are having a lunar new year sale now. Over 1500 titles; both older and new-ish games. Just bought an Anno games package (1602; 1503; 1701 and 1404 Gold Edition) for 10€... @Bluewolf

The colours of your new local club are more or less identical to those of Chelsea Coincidence? I don't think so...

Apparently the first case in Germany (a German man in his 30s) got infected in a company workshop by a Chinese speaker who came from Shanghai to lead a seminar for the company or something; she was completely asymptomatic too.

Did your colleague bring it back with him?

Latest official update from China: 4573 confirmed cases; 976 of them in critical/serious condition. 6973 suspected cases. 47833 close contacts tracked/44132 being observed. 106 deaths. 60 recoveries.

First case confirmed in Germany. https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/corona-virus-erster-fall-in-deutschland-bestaetigt-a-19843b8d-8694-451f-baf7-0189d3356f99?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph

Bangkok can be pretty bad at times but compared to Beijing it probably still feels like a lush forest with sweet smelling air I imagine haha.

Something like this? If yes then it's dust/particle masks with filters (n95); those are definitely better and do help to a certain degree. I used similar ones a few times on dusty roads on a motorbike or in a tuktuk. But they can get very uncomfortable when it's hot and you sweat; the inside gets all moisty despite the valve. Yuck. The majority of mask wearers (in my experience) tend to use those though: Usually a poor fit too.

Too bad they don't realise that those cheap surgical masks do not protect them from the pollution anyway... neither do they protect them from viruses for that matter haha. Pretty much useless.

whoa!

Haha. Typical UN.

Latest update: 2762 confirmed cases in China. 5794 suspected cases. 80 deaths. 51 recoveries. The number of confirmed/suspected cases and deaths is still growing exponentially. Outside of China:

Do it! Both games are lovely. As for EA, caution is understandable but to be fair to them, they did well with Jedi: Fallen Order.

Confirmed by Ontario labs but not by national labs yet.

Latest official update: 2049 confirmed cases in China. 56 deaths, 49 recoveries. Transmission channels: not fully grasped, human-to-human transmission, medical staff infection, and community transmission in a certain range Susceptible population: temporarily unknown, the virus may be mutated Incubation period: 1 to 14 days, average 10 days, contagious during incubation period

At least 17 Chinese cities on a lockdown with around 30 provinces having issued the highest emergency response ranking possible, which enables measures including quarantines; affecting over 50 million people. Many popular tourist spots including parts of the Great Wall and the Disneyland closed for public; as well as cinemas and many restaurants. Beijing has suspended all inter-province travel. Hong Kong also raised their response from "serious" to "emergency" and closed the schools (extended the holidays for another two weeks). US are temporary closing its consulate and chartering a flight to evacuate its citizens and diplomats from Wuhan. China's president publicly warned of the "grave public health situation" saying the virus was accelerating its speed. More than 10 other countries outside China are affected now with 4 first cases confirmed in Australia and 3 first cases in Malaysia last night. New cases in Thailand.

Prefabricated building elements + manpower. Those buildings aren't meant to stand forever. They built a similar one during the SARS outbreak and then demolished it a few years later.

KOTOR remake/sequel is rumoured to be in development! https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-remake-rumored-to-be-in-development-at-ea?sf116454041=1

Latest official update: 1287 confirmed cases in China. 41 fatalities. 38 recoveries. The first international human-to-human transmission has been recorded in Vietnam. First cases (3 confirmed now) in Europe (France). In total 20 cases outside of China (at least 8 countries) confirmed as of now. Work on a vaccine is starting.