How many of those were actually used in WW2? Not much, I suppose?

Finns used them as pillboxes in Winter War, don't know about others... and there is this famous Mk.IV(?) tank used during Battle of Berlin.

Alright, that's enough. Lock.

I've had enough of these suicide posts and threads. I, or nobody truly don't want anyone to kill themselves, but these kinds of posts just annoy people. Go seek professional help, if you have thoughts of making a suicide. Next time I see this shit again, I ban you, Damaso, permanently.

Biiviz and Ts4EVER can also next time think clearer when posting something, even though the poster is a some sort of troll.

Volunteers from Finland and Scandinavia to fight in the (Second) Boer War (Boer side), 1901

Politics aren't much about ideologies, aye.. In Finland we have both (former) commies (Left Alliance) and most-capitalist party National Coalition in our government.. not to forget social democrats, greens, christian democrats (not like in germany, but actual religious party) and liberal swedish people's party.

Opposition: "Centre" party (agricultural party mainly..) and The Finns/True Finns, the feared centre-leftist anti-EU party.

Centre is in opposition because they lost so many seats in last election and dropped to 4th biggest party from former biggest. Now in latest poll they are biggest party again. Basically this government was made to keep True Finns out of the government, so that we can continue being good conscientious EU members like we have been so far.

Yeah.. say hello to Islamic "Republic" of Syria.

I find we have need for a thread like this.

In this thread, post news from game industry, researches related to gaming and so on. If news are about particular game title, you should share it in that title's thread or make one, if it doesn't exist.

- News articles must contain link to source.
- Discussion about news is allowed in this thread
- When posting a new article, type headline with BIG BLUE TEXT to make it stand out from other discussion.
- If articles are in different language than English, please, provide a translation.

God my English is horrible.

I shall begin.

Video games should be made less addictive, say experts

Video games are too addictive. That's according to researchers who think game-makers should make games less compelling, before the government is forced to step in and tackle addiction.

Around one in ten gamers are "pathological" players. In extreme cases, gamers are bashing buttons in sessions lasting 90 hours.

New research from experts at Cardiff, Derby and Nottingham Trent universities, published in the Addiction Research and Theory journal, identifies massively multiplayer online roleplaying games (MMORPGs) as being more conducive to addiction in players.

The problem with online role playing games like World of Warcraft is that they're open-ended and ongoing, as opposed to console and PC games that follow a story to an actual ending.

Many MMORPGs show messages warning players not to over-do it, but the researchers believe game developers and publishers need to go further and adjust "the structural features of the game design" to prevent players from getting so deeply absorbed.

Elements that could be changed include "the character development, rapid absorption rate and multi-player features, which could make them addictive and or problematic for some gamers."

The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) says there are measures in place to make sure players enjoy games safely, but admits that, "like anything enjoyable in life, some people play games excessively."

The researchers warn that if the problem is not tackled, the government could be forced to follow the example of China, where a time limit is imposed on games.

Nice animations.. I hope that sound is placeholder, sounds like a BB gun.