I'll take a group of scruffy, middle-aged men over a group of whiny, melodramatic teenagers any day. At least we'd be able to kick back in a bar after our adventure and have a few drinks, without someone getting a spontaneous nosebleed or having a huge sweatdrop pop out of their forehead every time a cute girl walked…

I think *part* of the reason you encounter so much resistance to discussions like this, in the context of geek culture, is that you are dealing to a large degree with guys who have been made to feel explicitly un-manly for a good portion of their lives, specifically for being geeks. And therefore they have a very hard…

I'm wondering how the business side of this works out. There's no fee for the service, you only pay per game. So I'm guessing developers are only getting money when their game gets played (minus the chunk I assume OnLive takes for providing the service). And it's much cheaper than actually buying the game. So,…

I tried online dating briefly, and from my perspective I think it's pretty rude to just ignore someone. If they follow up on the date, and you aren't interested, I think the bare minimum of courtesy calls for a "No thanks, good luck out there!" reply. Of course, if they keep contacting you after that, demanding…

I feel very sorry for this guy. He obviously has some serious issues. Whether they're based on some kind of developmental condition or simple social awkwardness/shitty personality, I have a feeling he's going to have a very, very hard time ever finding a fulfilling romantic relationship.

Do they bite or sting? I assume that if it's capable of eating a carrot then it must have some mighty jaws.

Intelligence often just makes people more capable of rationalizing awful decisions and behavior.

If anyone ever tries to tell you that we're sophisticated creatures who are better than animals, and have overcome our baser instincts with logic, reason and self-reflection, just show them a few black friday shopping riot videos.

Heh, yes, I have fond memories of the mission where you're supposed to convince snobby apartment dwellers to allow mutants to move into the building. I managed to convince all but one...lucky for me, she died in her sleep. Violently.

Well let's see...killing villagers, farmers, the elderly, mothers, fathers, all permissable, right? Can you kill blind people? The homeless? The mentally ill? I'm guessing yes, as long as they're adults. Exactly how old does someone have to be before killing them changes from a moral abomination to a non-event? 16?…

I generally agree that political action is more important that public demonstrations. But the question remains, who do you vote for if every candidate on the ballot is part of the problem? Look at Obama...lots and lots of people voted for change, and in many ways just got more of the same.

Well, you're right, it's very subjective. That's why I say the actual debate is about whether particular actions qualify as greedy or not.

Greed is bad by definition. It's the /excessive/ desire to possess wealth, goods, etc. Like, to the point where you will do shit like hurt other people and crash economies to get it. If no harm is being done, then it's not greed.

Saw/heard her for the first time this past summer. Had no idea who she was, she just happened to be opening for another band I went out to see. She and her band totally blew me away. High-energy, great style, and damn can she dance.

It's an interesting observation. Of course, sexual assault against both boys and girls is swept under the rug all the time, but when the cases break in the media, you never see the males being openly and widely accused of things like dressing slutty or "asking for it".

At this point we can safely ignore anyone trying to talk about how games are not art. Seriously, don't even bother debating them about it. It's simply the prejudice that every new medium and art movement encounters. Rock and Roll wasn't art. Neither were "moving pictures". Every movement you learned about in art…

If you want a disturbing horror movie involving kids, check out The Children. SUPER creepy.

This new look is surprisingly awesome! Of course it's also very stylized, and very different from the previous DMCs, so I'm sure plenty of hardcore fans will hate it.

Seems to me the point is that the company publicly took responsibility, and is obviously not treating the matter lightly or as something that's funny. If ever there was an example of "The Industry" taking women seriously, this seems to be it.

The company publicly acknowledged it, took responsibility, apologized, denounced it as something they don't endorse and promised to punish the programmer who inserted the bit of code. They obviously don't consider the situation funny at all. So what exactly is the problem here? That some nerdy programmers have sexist…