Pappy Gunn

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I read this book as a kid and re-read it (the 2000 version) recently. An absolute masterpiece. If you read or collect WW2 books, this is one you should have along with Baa Baa Black Sheep, or Wing Leader or any of the great classics. He doesn't pull any punches about some or the horrors of war, but also the camaraderie. There is a bit of an anti-American tinge to some of comments he makes. There is some bad blood there, not sure if it is due to his stay in the US prior to the war. He references accidents where US bombers dropped on French towns, or an Allied report where potential French casualties were numbered for a plan to isolate the Normandy region prior to D Day. As if an assessment of French casualties was not a necessary step for Allied Commanders to determine if the plan was feasible. He was a senior officer at the time, he should know better. Oh well, still an awesome book, very well worth the time and money. RIP, Pierre.

Le Grand Cirque 2000

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I played the PS4 version, one of the best game I have ever played on any platform and I have been playing games for decades. But the PC version release was botched. It's a mess, barely playable. I have a top of the line rig and for over one week now I have suffered constant crashes, stuttering, the game running my CPU at 100% but my GPU at 1%. I have never experienced such trouble with any game. Wait until they fix it before you buy it. Update: They finally fixed the game (for my computer configuration anyways). I am still going to duck one star from the review because of the grief and loss time it caused me. So I go back to what I said above for the console version: This is an incredible game, one of the best I've ever played in decades of computer gaming. Cowboys may not be a thing for everybody, granted. The game is gorgeous visually, you will have plenty on WOW moments. There are tons of things to do, side quests of every type. Or you can just ride along doing your thing, whether that is exploring or robbing trains. The main story is fantastic. A few annoyances, you might accidentally commit crimes and get a bounty on your head, but that's AI driven and it's hard to get that right (similar to GTA 5) or bounty hunters may sometimes appear out of the blues, but that's nitpicking. Buy it when it's completely fixed.

Red Dead Redemption 2

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