I came here hoping that Drake had somehow gotten dissed by a bowling ball and am leaving disappointed.

I just discovered “Critical Role” on Geek & Sundry’s Twitch stream (archived episodes are on Youtube if you just search for Critical Role). It’s a group of D&D lovers that happen to be professional voice actors that decided to broadcast their weekly game. I’ll just say this: It’s excellent.

Thanks so much for this comment, tho it’s fucking depressing. My niece is 12, loves gaming and has been interested in coding for a couple of years, but is interested in tons of other stuff too. Honestly, knowing what you know now, would you encourage her to go into coding/gaming? No one wants to send a kid into a…

Wow I really appreciate your reply, but Im heading home`from work now and I will read this tomorrow morning, promise!

Fuck this response and everything it represents.

Jumping in to stress, if there are those who wish to argue it, that this is not “criticism.” Criticism is measured and well considered. Criticism makes an argument. Criticism makes a case. Criticism comes from a position of good faith and respect.

Not only is this despicable, it’s testament to how ignorant and stupid these cretins are. Bad animation can be the result of slow tools, unfriendly tech, limited staff resources, and countless other factors (including but not limited to the fact that getting human faces to feel “human” is really friggin’ hard). That’s…

Gita, thank you for this--and particularly for taking the time to collect opinions from the broader fanbase.

I personally find what Jontron had to say during the “debate” (if such it can be called with a straight face) absolutely repugnant, on both a (personal) moral level, and as someone who is reasonably well-versed…

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to drop a no true Scotsman fallacy and the term SJW. Thanks for giving me a 2 for 1. You can keep your head in the sand, it doesn’t change the fact that gaming has a massive, overwhelming problem with sexism, misogyny and sexual violence. I know the excuse for…

Feel free to contact me when you’ve done anything impressive.

“Cheating” always strikes me as the wrong, way-too-loaded word. What is almost always the actual issue is breaking trust. There are rational ways we can think of where someone who breaks trust can build it again. At least, I choose to believe that people deserve more than a single chance before being written-off (in…

So a dude with more money than most people see in their lives chose to take advantage of economically-disadvantaged individuals for the sake of some anti-Semitic “humor,” and is now surprised that there are consequences that go with that kind of behavior.

Got it.

Having read some of the comments on the previous article…

Let’s clarify something here real quick for the folks crying “but mah Free Speech!”

The First Amendment only indemnifies you from government retribution for speech that does not cross into criminal territory (inciting a riot, shouting “fire” in a crowded theater, etc). In other words, you can say, “Government…

Thank you for reading it!

Honestly, I think it’s fun too, as long as you recognize that it’s completely unscientific cockamamie. :) Also, re: quartz- IRK?!

I am not a comcast customer, but several people I help are. They actually have an “escalate to level 2--her tech knows her stuff” note in several of those folks’ files. A Brighthouse supervisor actually sent me one of their tech support manuals, as he “appreciated not having to send someone out” to fix bad set-ups. :)…

They really need to add a geolocator or map of some sorts (unless that’s something you can research?) because when you’re traveling out from your base it’s far too easy to get lost. Even if they just added a compass or something.

Yeah, I don’t know why they had such a hard on to get rid of him, he’s a really popular character (maybe that’s why?). I’m glad with Rebirth he’s back in Bludhaven, the DC Universe is starting to feel right again.

How can you do a Zatanna statue and not give her fishnets!!!! Now she she just looks like an Emma Frost wannabe who forgot to put her pants on.