Price seems kinda high compared to a similarly kitted out Alienware laptop - $200 more for virtually the same specs. Minimally better processor, and only a 128G SSD for all programs vs. a fast caching drive/combo setup with Alienware. If you've got to turn to external HDs for storage purposes, that's another…

We like to talk about how the Wii U is severely under-powered compared to its competitors, and how it won't be able to play third-party next-gen games like The Witcher 3 and Thief, but really, Nintendo was never in that fight, and that war for AAA shooters and bloated budgets and studio closures isn't even worth…

So, 95-99% of your sources said that the sharing plan was going to be a particular way... but you thought it was worth writing an article about a rumor that's arisen from a completely anonymous, unverifiable Pastebin dump, and a guy who wrote a 7-character post with zero context about said Pastebin.

Playing games regularly and being good at games are two separate things.

Um, no, publishers should get precisely zero say in how used games are handled. I don't have to get Chrysler's permission or pay them fees if I want to sell my PT Cruiser. I don't have to look up Dell's stance on reselling computers if I want to trade my laptop in. Wizards of the Coast doesn't get a cut of whatever…

Um, most of the complaints around the film are based heavily on the fact that there really ISN'T a geo-political view anymore. Every review I've seen says the movie basically globe-trots for scenic value, not for any particular insight on politics or culture.

It's not -free-. It's an added benefit to a paid service that happens to stack up poorly to the comparable benefit of their competitor's paid service.

Every hobby is stupid. Embrace that basic premise, and you'll be on your way to understanding what people get out of it. And I do mean every hobby - from football fans, to skydivers, to stamp collectors, to video gamers, to writers, to artists, to cooks, to LARPers... none of these hobbies/leisure activities result…

You ban him. It may not seem like much, but it may drive the point home. If not, the hassle of making multiple accounts may simply drive the person elsewhere, or to stop commenting - both of which would be considered wins.

Why shouldn't it be? Women like to play games, and there are some serious problems in the community with male players dealing with that. It makes sense for a site dedicated to covering all aspects of the gaming world to write about the issue as long as it's relevant/newsworthy.

Banning sends a message, small though it might be, that the behavior is unacceptable. Maybe that person leaves, maybe that person shuts up. The more that common courtesy becomes the expected norm on the Internet, the less likely we are to see comments like those. If that expected courtesy spreads only one site at a…

Men can make videos, take pictures, play games, and generally do just about anything online without receiving a barrage of "show us ur junk!!1!"

God forbid we deny rights to this child killing scumbag.

Fair enough. However, I would argue the outlawing gun motifs bit. The threshold is whether the speech creates a disruptive environment or situation, promotes a message counter to the school's basic mission, or is offensive to prevailing community standards. It's hard to argue that a gun motif, on its own, violates…

The First Amendment does not discriminate between tasteful and distasteful speech, for better or worse.

As a public school, they DON'T have an unlimited right to that, actually. The school has the ability to prohibit disruptive attire, but the students still have First Amendment rights. Most schools interpret their ability to prohibit "disruptive" attire rather broadly, and tend to infringe upon viewpoint-based…

You don't get to advocate violence with your clothing. Wearing a t-shirt with a gun on it does exactly that, even if that's not the "message" he's trying to convey.

A round screen is helpful when the only function is that of a watch. A round screen creates significant quantities of unusable screen real estate when using virtually any other application. Images will be cut off or shrunk to the smallest size that will fit inside the entire circle, text will be rounded off, in-app…

That link's fairly misleading.

The 60-odd person choir with her singing "Jesus Loves the Little Children" makes me think there was at least some outside influence involved. So does the women that were accompanying the child and speaking up anytime Campfield contested what was being said. And honestly, it's a bit of a double standard - when…