Basically nobody checks anything anymore or It's in the internet it must be true!

If EA banked enough goodwill it could. Problem is EA is pretty much negative in that department, while Valve has history and is in a lot of gamers good graces.

QUOTE | "We are asking the ITC to block shipments of Samsung Galaxy mobile phones and tablets containing Qualcomm's Adreno, ARM's Mali or Imagination's PowerVR graphics architectures." - Post on Nvidia's website, referencing the patent infringement lawsuit Nvidia has filed against Samsung and Qualcomm.

I'd just rather not see the term I clung to for most of my adolescence (and young adulthood) come to mean, "foul-mouthed, racist, homophobic bigot," as it seems to be doing.

You are a saint among men.

Great posts! I also identify myself as a gamer, started on the 2600, making me about the same age as you.

Don't remind me!

Nokia already did a hexagonal snake game. Played it on my old Nokia N70.

What! No King of Fighters!?!?

I wish the xl also had the replaceable covers and the superfamicom button colors. Would really cinch it for me in getting a new 3ds xl. Right now I'm torn about it.

I love purple yams!

Occulus rift or better yet castAR support please.

The problem with the gif is that yeah, you killed him first, but your opponent could have easily hit you back. But you won because you hit first, nevermind that the momentum of the opponents sword could have easily given you a serious injury.

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I bought that 3ds grip and the act of putting it on and off the 3ds made scratch marks on the back. So either keep it on, which makes it bulky or keep it off which cramps my hand or deal with the scratches which toys with my OCD something fierce.

You should. And its not only Kotaku but other people, casual players, those who could be full fledged gamers. But then they will not call themselves that. They will just be people playing games.

Again correct. Its not your job to change other people's opinion.

Its like gaming as a medium is going through the teenage years. Wanting to be taken seriously but violently opposing criticism or just good advice.

You are correct. But there are people out there giving gamers a bad rap and the general public is starting to think that these gamers are what gaming is all about.

To all of those saying that death threats in the internet should just be ignored: They can be ignored but it's very hard to do so. Because they know that even though it's mostly hot air and posturing, it only takes 1 person, 1 nut that doesn't realize that the bluster isn't real to follow through with it. It may be 1…