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My Landlord Finally Allowed Me To Install AC (I Live In Europe)

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Gamedev Hardware

3 months ago 9,205,721 views 0 shares

My Landlord Finally Allowed Me To Install AC (I Live In Europe)

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So you thought AC meant air conditioning? Cute. In Europe, where landlords treat property modifications like nuclear launch codes, this developer finally got permission to install something that actually matters: Assassin's Creed.

The setup is pristine - RGB lighting strips flanking the monitor like they're cooling the room (spoiler: they're not), a controller in hand, and what appears to be a gaming shrine that would make any European landlord immediately reconsider their life choices. Who needs climate control when you've got purple ambient lighting and a historical parkour simulator?

The real joke here is that getting landlord approval for actual air conditioning in Europe is about as likely as getting a bug-free production deploy on a Friday afternoon. But a gaming rig that generates enough heat to rival a small data center? That's apparently fine.

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