Finally, a personal request: I've been bedridden for the last year with medical issues, and I'm just now finally getting set up with a surgeon to get them fixed. I'm not able to work in this condition, so if you can spare a few dollars, that'd really help.

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lol did they pay him or did he pay them for this?

Oh, wow! I like it when this happens with more recent games, cause it has become pretty rare!

Seeing the MERCS portion reminded me that I saw this tweet recently... as it turns out the merchant was in fact traced: it was sourced from the cover to a Victor/JVC catalogue from the period (model isn't named)

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Here's another interesting video game one

Neat, apparently that's Saki Takaoka, according to some online auctions.

Ultimately, when people with power say "violence is unacceptable" - they mean "violence against us is unacceptable", nothing more, nothing less. It foregoes that violence for those with power tends to come from greed, and violence against them tends to come from need.