No, you’re not far off. The company I work for did something similar, to prevent bad press, and then pressed the advantage into a nice little tax deductible gesture while they were at it. A commercial grade park bench is around 750 bucks, a cast bronze plaque is around 200 bucks for a fairly large one, and it might…

They’re a multinational oil company used to tons bad press and being the bad guy. I’m guessing they could have very easily said “fuck it”. Instead, they chose otherwise. And yes, this does net them goodwill. Doing a good thing even when it’s in your benefit is still a good thing.

No, see... I bought it digitally. And with digital content, Xbox won’t let you play it unless you’re signed in and online, so they confirm it’s you, or whatever.

And in other news, XBL is down and I can’t play Mass Effect on the day I specifically called off to play Mass Effect.

Also thanks for abandoning Obama in 2010, when you didn’t get everything you wanted ASAP.

Well yeah, fuck POC for trying to have a legitimate discussion on things that affect their everyday lives.

“Who in the hell is this Democrat-come-lately to scold Democrats on all they’ve done wrong?”

We started from the bottom and now we’re here ... on Kinja.

There are studies that show a potential for gaming to help with symptoms of dementia or Alzheimer’s — i dunno how far along they are or what the results were but it makes sense to me.

I’ve often thought MMOs are a good choice for elderly people. Meet lots of people, strategize, read interesting lore, hang out, be social. Beats dozing in a recliner while “Price Is Right is on”.

:(

They really did make the divison a lot more fun, I am happy they stuck with it.

*sees “No Mans Sky” at the top*

Jesus, man, tell us how you really feel, in 3000 words or more.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You are joking right?

Not really. He hit the social media lottery. There’s nothing remarkable or talented about him, but for some reason the planets alligned and tons of 5-12 year olds latched on to him. His content isn’t impressive in the slightest.

If the end result is less shrill shrieking on the internet, good.

Clash of Clans and Clash of Kings? Really? Ok then.

I don’t like politics in my video games!

And yet your comment is here. And out of the grays. Crazy, huh?