Not only is he a landlord, he kicked tenants out to convert their apartments into Airbnbs (this contributes to higher rent and a decrease in available housing) and then joked abut it on tv, and he promoted a landlord advocacy group (which helps landlords get away with rent hikes and evictions), and he spoke out…

It’s true. You would have to completely redesign the game for use with a controller.

This is very thoughtful, with much more to offer than a regular ol’ “Best Of” list.

I would LOVE to read something about indie games of the 2010's. This decade was packed with thoughtful games, some of which were huge phenomena (Undertale) while others were lesser-known but vital (Papers, Please). Storytelling games,…

That first one looks like a castle and I’m here for it.

This kind of mimicry is basically standard in the world of soundtracks. Lifting riffs and putting them into another context, with a vastly different sound palette, is not such a bad thing to do. The only difference between these video game soundtrack composers and any of the big time Hollywood soundtrack guys (i.e. Wil…

Remember how True Detective did this without any digital de-aging? That was cool.

Scientists don’t even use “alpha-male” to describe wolves anymore. It’s just not based in reality. Talking about physiognomy like it’s science is a new low for this website.

I don’t see why astronauts should be seen as egotistical. They didn’t know they would be on TV walking on the moon some day when they signed up for the job. It is not a character flaw to want to excel at something.

If anyone knows where the start of this trope is I’d like to hear about it. It definitely goes way back before Evangelion, though. I’m a fan of the classic glowy-shit-mindfuck ending in anime because often the alternative is taking a property full of puzzles and intrigue and flattening it in order to force some kind…

The Cincinnati Zoo, name-checked in the article for the death of Harambe, is in that list of accredited zoos. I think people tend to frame the incident as being an example of a horrible zoo but in reality it was a more of a “this is the only way to guarantee the gorilla does not kill a human child right here and now”…

I gotta be honest, I miss memory cards. Being able to take your saved game with you to a friend’s house with no hassle was pretty cool. It’s real annoying to try to do that in later console generations.

By this standard, every console game released before this generation looks like dog shit. Somehow, by the grace of God, we managed to play those games and enjoy them regardless.

Taking a game that looks good and making it look bad is enough alone to make it mediocre. Better to just port the game as it was than half-ass an “update” and make it ugly.

On the flip side, the Valve Index’s price point is insulting to the majority of people. There’s no two ways about it, the time for VR that is both good and affordable just hasn’t come yet.

I don’t think enough people are bothered by that stuff for it to make a difference. For Japanese people living abroad poor representation and whitewashing are very harmful, but Japanese citizens see themselves represented in their own media plenty so they tend to shrug at controversies like this (e.g. the Ghost in the…

I just don’t see that. There’s a lot of good will for Warren among Bernie fans. Not so much for moderates like Biden or Klobuchar, for obvious policy reasons.

When I said “more Sanders primary supporters voted for Clinton in the election than Clinton primary supporters voted for Barack Obama in 2008" that was a fact, not an opinion. The moderate voters Clinton built her campaign around are far more fickle than voters on the left. They are the people who flip-flop between Rep…

The rampant plastic pollution in Southeast Asia is coming from plastic products manufactured by Western companies. Massive corporations knowingly sell single-use plastic products in droves to poor people in places where there is no adequate waste disposal infrastructure without making any effort to grapple with the…

This is a two-way street. More Sanders primary supporters voted for Clinton in the election than Clinton primary supporters voted for Barack Obama in 2008. You can bet that if Sanders is the nominee there will be red-baiting centrists and diehard Clinton supporters who oppose him.

It is mentioned by some character in the show that the war has brought an end to several Great Houses (I believe it was in reference to the Tyrells and the Baratheons). In the show there isn’t even an illegitimate Mormont who could be legitimized, so I’d say they’re toast as far as the show is concerned - however I’d…