Just as that [Marine] cannot second-guess the choices by the policymakers,

but I cannot BELIEVE that at no point someone at Epic didn’t say “wow going after a literal child in court for cheating in a video game is a bad look for us.”

The unrest of the ’60s was sustained, organized, and direct, and groups like the Black Panthers, with their commitment to solidarity and mutual aid [and communism], posed a tangible threat to white supremacy in this country

It’s the source of Dril’s display picture on Twitter

Well, that’s super sad. This site was more or less my home page for the better part of the 2010's (better like 8-9 years of it). You hosted a fantastic and insanely talented group of people during your tenure. I wouldn’t want to say there’s a “vision” behind Kotaku, but besides the abundance of quality writers there…

I don’t think that’s entirely fair after Evan Rachel Wood’s statement, maybe it’s accurate to say someone groomed and abused isn’t normal or sane but it’s not a charitable register

Love the concern trolls out worried about the poors losing their money. I’m sure the same people really passionately oppose the lottery and advocate abolishing casinos and it isn’t just dripping condescension for investing in the ‘wrong’ way. 

One more time, for emphasis: Ohanian is worth approximately $70 million. Williams, his wife, is worth approximately $200 million, significantly more than he is.

That I can and do agree with 

I’m in my 20s and I have a pension and a four-digit amount in investment funds

And it’s real because it’s a lot of people’s savings, pensions, and retirement plans being spent around willy-billy and being driven by a few stocks being massively overvalued.

Sorry, i was trying to say that the “regulation” on the stock market currently is completely stupid already, it's impossible for Tesla to be worth that much and then help support that 

The issue that it’s become so deregulated a bunch of kids on a message forum calling each other “retarded” and “autistic” can massively distort it which is very worrying.

I have been a lifelong and intense coffee drinker, often alongside high amounts of Coke Zero and occasional energy drinks. Hell, caffeine in the evening wouldn’t affect my sleep significantly (it was always late). I would always fall asleep later and later if left to my own devices, and only keep up regular waking…

I remember somewhere in the book King writing that scientists, engineers, etc., would gravitate towards Flagg because they crave order. That never made much sense to me as a description of how math/science people view the world, but more importantly for the story it doesn’t seem consistent with Flagg attracting…

and less Nazis

I am very firmly a Yoshi but I am a Toad a close second.

While Hollywood rushes to buy up the rights to video game movies, the gaming industry now seems poised to lean ever more into Hollywood’s established blockbuster franchises. These aren’t the market synergies I was looking for.

Feel the anxiety, but from what I've seen that kind of interaction is not unusual, XIV community is super nice. I started recently to social distance hang with an old friend and it's been a good distraction 

I have a feeling that 13 Sentinels will land highly on my list when I start, just have to wrap up 2077