I agree, I don't think this film was nearly as progressive as people seem to be giving it credit for. Don't fall in love with the first guy you meet (because he might explicitly be a villain?), fall in the love with the *second* one.

I think it's fucking weird that King thinks "Saga" is integral to their brand. I have never heard a single person refer to it as "Candy Crush Saga". And I don't see how 'saga' is even remotely relevant to the mechanics or themes of their game.

Fuck King, and everyone who works there who had a hand in this. It's not just about patent trolling. It's not just that they're going after a studio that looks like it's crafting seriously beautiful and compelling games. It's this mindset that certain corporate entities have that they're entitled to stake sole…

Taking the randomness out of Spelunky?

Totally awesome. Shit like this always makes me feel like I need to get out of 3D, and into some trade or craft where I can actually be building physical things with my hands.

That's a great point. The price cut is only one aspect of a Steam sale. The other is the publicity of popping up on Steam's front page. I hear people talk about and recommend a lot of indie games, but I still discover TONS of games that I never knew existed until they pop up when I open Steam.

He gets to the real heart of his argument when he says he thinks rampant sales might decrease overall dev profit. That's what he's really worried about, here. I think he doesn't like that his profits are spread out over periodic sales, and would prefer more of that income focused at the release of the game. Which is…

Not until someone releases the Hot Coffee mod...

I believe statistically speaking we should be more worried about family friends, neighbors, babysitters, etc. since most child molesters are known by the family and trusted by the child. Next most likely abuser is a member of the family itself.

Modern horror needs more skeletons.

Yeah, my thinking is similar. I have no problem with it, in concept. I don't think it's morally wrong, or inherently harmful, or anything. The key is making sure that everyone involved in such an arrangment receives equal rights, responsibilities and protections under the law.

There's not really much that's impressive about this. Looks nice enough, assuming any of it is actually representative of the real-time, in-game visuals. Also considering it's a pretty bland environment - super high-res stone and graffiti textures on blocks of geometry. Is any of it destructible? How's the cloth sim?…

I use my credit card for everything. I pay the balance off weekly, so I never pay interest and it's easy to keep track of how much I spend (online banking makes this as simple as it's possible to be). Plus I earn reward points that typically amount to a free $700 flight each year, which I use for my summer vacation.…

I'm still hoping for cybernetic hacker dolphins.

It's not something that PC gaming *can't* offer. It's something PC gaming has not offered in the past, because of the choices that PC game devs tended to make, i.e. to constantly push performance to the limit and chase the latest hardware.

That has GOT to be their tagline.

It's not slut shaming to point out that someone who's trying to use their butt to promote their fitness actually had butt implants.

This article doesn't come across as indulgent at all. It comes across as pretty mocking and judgemental.

Happy trails, Hans. Happy trails everyone!