I had to point out to someone today that your name, address and phone number are already in the phone book.

When these women sign up for themselves and their families, just to even see what their options are you have to give them your email address, you have to activate and you have to give them three security codes.

/Looks at picture.

It's either that or pull out my salad to eat/laugh at.

The saddest part is that my first thought was "at least 'how to turn a no into a yes' wasn't creepily in the boys category.

Guys, listen to me very carefully. If I where in front of you, I would gently cradle that delecate head of yours and hold you close so that you can never loose eye contact with me and could read my lips in case any of these sounds I'm making go in one ear and out the other. Are you ready? Paying attention? okay,…

Well, sure, but video games are (at least in theory) works of art, so it's fair to judge them by the same standard we would any other artistic product.

To fall back on an old example: it's not necessarily a problem if a game has a black character who's a violent, ignorant criminal.

If every black character in games were…

When she said "no such trope", wasn't she referring specifically to the "damsel in distress" thing?

I think she's correct in that there's not really a tradition of "guy in distress" in fiction, where he has to be rescued by a woman.

That doesn't, however, mean that there aren't other stereotypes about men in fiction…

Yeah, while it's nice to see PBS talking about it, it's kind of a no-brainer.

Of course those stereotypes can also be harmful to men. I mean, the crappy (and insidious) thing about gender stereotyping is that it effectively limits the range of "acceptable" ways of being. People are expected to conform to a very narrow,…

Took you long enough, kotaku.

The SUV driver ran over a member of a mob, that was threatening his family after trying to illegally shut down a highway, in an attempt to escape said violent mob. Make sense now?

Why do pro-gun people always assume they have the only gun in a situation like this?

Bookmarking this comment for annual evaluations.

Only an idiot would fire a superb writer. I'm not an idiot. I bet that for every Patricia article you dislike there are others you have or would like. Not every writer's work is going to appeal to all writers. Hell, I know there are people who don't like my work, and I'm not about to fire myself.

Way harsh Tai.

In all seriousness (and if you don't take dried pasta seriously, WHO ARE YOU!?!?!) if you aren't eating DeCecco, you are doing it wrong. Yes it costs more, but it is sooooo soooo worth it. God I hope they aren't bizarrely concerned with their consumers sexual preference.

GOD APPLE WHY CAN'T YOU JUST PARENT MY KID FOR ME UGGGGGGH.

It is. And I'll tell you why.

Don't give them any ideas.

I'm just surprised we don't have to pay for bullets in Call of Duty yet.