Lack of transparency IS one of the ugliest trends in game development. What you call "business, bro" is a toxic practice that is ultimately detrimental for both game developers and game players.

All I can is I sympathise. The only people who ever say "man up" or "it's the internet" are the people who don't see the private hate mail.

GTA actually has objectives; most people just choose to ignore them.

That's why I liked Earth 2140 & 2150 when they came out, pretty much all units and turrets you could customize with any of the tech you had available at the time.

Stuck:

Welcome to the problems of being raised in Beta culture.

The Nice Guy schtick that you're pulling for - and the fact that you fell for the wiles hook, line, and sinker, provided your labor to offspring that wasn't yours, and supported the return, room, and board of a competing suitor, tells me you tend to let her…

A flaw in most shooters, where people diluted down to the most basic mode. Titanfall needs an Unreal assault mode.

If finishing games takes this level of thought, organization, and commitment, is it really even worth it? The amount of regimentation here turns the fun of gaming into a chore, IMO. Man, play games for fun. If you need a sense of accomplishment and completion go help Habitat for Humanity build a house or something.

I think you made the right choice, and controversy is always a difficult thing to deal with. My opinion Kotaku's editorial leadership and the way this situation is being dealt with just changed significantly., for the better.

I made things overly complicated by archiving the original piece in a separate spot and have taken your and others' feedback about that to heart. As a result, I've now restored the original article and all of its comments. A note atop the original piece invites people to read this revised one.

The mouse and keyboard votes were hijacked by Razers PR team on Facebook as well as on /v/ and /g/. It's how they had 3-7x as many votes.

Some people have suggested that individuals who falsely accuse others of rape should be put on the sex offender registry, and I'm inclined to agree. If Temkin is in the right here, then threatening someone who is attempting to completely ruin your life is totally warranted.

Thats what i took away from it and honestly i think that was his only mistake. I see a lot of talk about his 'non-apology' in the article and it really comes down to.. why is he apologising for anything?

You didn't say it was unreasonable, but you did describe it as "not cool", "kind of gross", and all around portrayed it as if he is doing something wrong or unreasonable, with one of your paragraphs coming close to mocking him as if he is indeed doing something unreasonable. I will quote:

Without picking sides, why should the onus be on Max to start a public discussion about consent and rape culture? He publicly addressed the situation and his accuser in a similar forum that was used to accuse him. He professed his innocence. I'm not a lawyer, but I think that it would be unwise for him to open the…

"For us as the public, that's the only useful thing he could have done."

Amen. Such a scrub.

Waiting for November and those sexy new cards.

Shameless self-promotion:

Mean while millions of programmers are still waiting for the PC dev kit. Come on PC get it together.