It would be a start if the gaming industry could simply avoid using male viewpoints to address the issue. Who says women even WANT to see characters designed based on male definitions of "fantasy"?

The question here is: who gets to determine the aesthetic and the context of women and their needs? Those industries may claim to simply provide elements women desire, but market pressures demand that they dictate what those elements are and how women should use/consume them. The end result is a mixed bag of…

Nice try, but while the author made reference to the Sorceress being drawn by a 14-year-old boy, your quote is misplaced. The difference between that quote and the implications made by the author? C.S. Lewis was speaking of the juvenile in terms of the wonder and innocence inherent in the experiences of childhood. The…

Colossus throwing Wolverine. :)

*wallows in pleasant childhood memories*

Walk the plank, ya scurvy dog! ;)

It is specifically because I'm an African American that I would be ashamed to turn my back on doing my part to make sure our laws and the Constitution apply to ALL people EQUALLY. Standing up for the rights of others does not equal an endorsement of who they are or what they believe; it is simply exercising the…

Personnel isn't the only thing going on in the ebb and flow of a match. Tactics change, formations change, and opportunities open up. With Belgium's substitution of Origi for Lukaku in the 91st minute and the required change in formation and tactics, they were committing to the win. Lukaku is great offensively, but…

Lovely sentiment, Arturo! Right up there with rape jokes and n*gger jokes! Always funniest among those with no cultural stake in an issue!

*facepalm*

Yeah...and adults are SO superior in their every thought, word and deed.

Your cat was a hero and a gunslinger, son. All she did was walk off into the sunset so you wouldn't have to remember her as a cat whose dog-shredding day were long gone.

Yeah....no surprise here:

I spent a summer living in Waterbury back in the late 80s. Good God, does that state SUCK. My condolences for your continued residency there. :(

*rolls eyes*

Okay, since no one else seem to be able to say it...

Holy crap, dude can BALL. 6' 2"? 6' 2"?! And doing that in-game? Who gave this guy a cheat code?

"Friend zoning, is, in broader terms, something bad that a guy who is not getting laid decides that the woman won't fuck him is doing."

That is SO much BS, a conclusion jumped to based on a complete inability to recognize that the males of the species are capable of desiring a relationship beyond the sexual. And do I…

I have the same issue as the author of this thread: I prefer complex, more adult-oriented (no, NOT sex-based) themes in anime. I like it mostly serious, gritty, and reaching for answers to universal themes and questions in unique ways. This is why Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop remain the standards I measure all…

People who really don't give a shit about soccer wouldn't read or post about it. Amiright?

I've heard quite a lot about how strange it is to see Switzerland ranked so high by FIFA. Personally, it really doesn't surprise me. In my opinion, people are constantly sleeping on the quality of Swiss football. Remember the previous World Cup when they beat eventual champions Spain in the qualifying round? Or the…

Oh, that myth again. The Greek runner who ran the distance was named Pheidippides. Look him up. He not only lived, he was also not the only one to return to Athens from Marathon that day; just the first. There is also an account from the primary source of the Greco-Persian wars of this same person running from Athens…

Ah, the myth of the modern African American athlete. You see, there is the perception of professional athletes, and then there is the reality so many people refuse to see.

I assume you are referring to the link between aseptic necrosis, Bo's medical complaication, and a similar complication experienced by patients with similar hip injuries who are prescribed gluco-cortico-steroids.

Not all steroids are the exact same thing, and from what I understand, anabolic steroids do not have the…