Why not try to change the world? It is unacceptable, so stand up to it.

Yes, trolls can hurt you. There's enough evidence of that, thank you very much.

Who would get offended? Anyone with basic human empathy. My #1 rule when I'm online is 'don't be a dick'. I don't use language online I'd use with my friends. I try to be polite, I try to be empathetic, and I'm willing to dig in my heels and stand my ground on the idea of basic human decency. So yes, I get…

The best one I heard was in Vancouver - it played Musicbox Dancer. Our local one does Turkey in the Straw, though.. or did last year. This year, I think it's playing classical music.

When I saw the pale gray pony with the red scar over one eye and the beard, trying to tame a cerberus, I was sure they had Kratos from God of War in the show - but the voice didn't fit. :(

Seriously, the complaints I'm seeing in your article about religion seems to point specifically at the "Faiths of the Book" - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and so forth. As one of your friends said - there are a lot of good lessons in some religions on how to be a good person. Some people feel a spiritual call -…

When I played Alpha Centauri, I went with Deidre Skye (Gaia's Stepdaughters), and tried for the most peaceful route I could with my faction. The thing is, I teamed up with Santiago time and time again, and essentially would go 'here, I'll give you my military technology as I develop it, and throw you at my enemies'. …

Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 both do it, and ArenaNet's doing incredibly well. Shadowrun Online will also offer either F2P or B2P, at the choice of the player, for the game - so that makes B2P an option there as well.

How do you feel about B2P? You pay for the game once, and do not need to purchase a single thing ever again afterwards? The shop will have cosmetic benefits, but are not necessary for playing the game at all?

Yep. Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, right there. :) Buy to Play is my preferred model. I've tried the odd F2P games, and I don't like the fact that they offer perks you buy in the store, or that they could be grind fests. And I refuse to even look at a subscription-based game.

The thing is, it makes sense for there to be inanimate Pokemon. If it is inspired by the creatures of Japan, that should include awakened objects.

I notice one thing hasn't changed. Dragon Age is still a bleak, miserable, cesspit of a world. There's no colour. Everything looks so bloody muted.

Homeworld is perhaps one of the greatest space combat games to ever hit the PC outside of an MMO. It was originally going to be a Battlestar Galactica RTS, but something went awry, and they did their own thing. And perhaps it was for the best, because the story, the art, the music, and the game play were all…

Nope. Not interested. Won't be until I can play single player or group play without having to log into BlizzardNet. Though hey, if people are enjoying themselves, more power to them. :) I won't yuck their yum.

I'm straight (leaning bi), and even I know that people care, and it is a big deal. Simply put, when marginalized people get the chance to be treated like "normal" (read, mainstream) people and are just a part of the community, that'll be the final victory. Until then, anything that pushes them to the edges of…

I am so glad we can ignore this in Guild Wars 2. Levelling isn't a grind there. Any time you enter a zone lower than you, you dip down to that level range to play. There's a few items which give you a level (and a rare item which gets you to level 20), but overall, the level thing isn't a chore - it's a side effect.

I'm really looking forward to this. I have one thing to say however - as did my wife - the portraits really need to allow for more PoC. There were a craptonne of white people there, and a small smattering of other flavours, but there really wasn't a fair spread of ethnicities to play. Sure, you could colour your…

I don't have an 'Murica card. I'm Canadian. ;) Safe!

The philosophy I go with is pretty simple. There's no point getting angry about what has happened in the past. Learn from it, but don't waste emotional energy on it. There's no point getting angry in the present, unless somehow that emotion is going to help change what's happening. So, there's no point getting…

I don't think a Pokemon MMO would be anything like that. Basically, I'd propose something closer to Guild Wars 2.