I don't think they do though. The emotional feedback loops these games use are the same that online gambling uses. It preys on people with addictive personalities and weak impulse control. They're not typically rich, but they might be. The key is that they're not forward-thinking so they're willing to mire themselves…

I have trouble believing the type of person who lacks the impulse control to resist spending on overpriced digital baubles is going to have very much money. More likely they're in debt up to their eyeballs.

The PS4 is coming out in a few months. I'd be happy to get a cheap PS3 just to play some of the exclusives before diving into the next-gen. Especially since the 4 isn't backwards compatible.

$200 is a bananas price though. I can get a game bundle for $260-$270. If they're going to sell a gimped system they should…

"In short, their customer service is pretty shit in this respect,"

I'm not sure what to make of the snarky tone of this article. For the most part I avoid shit targeted at women not because it makes me insecure, but because I interpret over-the-top feminized marketing as just being a lot of pink packaging and cloying sweetness (if it's food) or fragrance (if it's a body product)…

Vote: SteelSeries Kinzu.

It's $50. It feels nice, it's responsive, and it has a simple design that is free of the loud branding and garish frippery that's common with gaming peripherals.

MOBAs also kind of scratch the itch D2 used to, only in a more competitive and instant-gratificationy way.

Did you read the rest of the comment? I didn't talk about finding out when events are going on. I talked about finding time where two busy people both just happen to be free AND it happens to coincide with the timings for a free event that both of them are likely to be interested in.

I'm pretty big on safe-sex so I wouldn't actually stop using condoms until everyone's been tested and we're monogamous. By that point, we're not really worrying about who is paying for what anyway. The issue with who pays on a first date, or early in a relationship is more about how much investment people should be…

Feeling guilty and for doing what you know to be right isn't at all weird. It's something people don't think it right, but society/culture tells them it's something they have to do. So they dislike it and feel guilty for disliking it. Anyone raised Catholic, Jewish, or from a large ethnic family will understand.

This is usually how it shakes out with girls I date. But that is because these days I tend to date feminists (not on purpose, it just turns out that way) who are pretty thoughtful about things like this. 50/50 the first date and then alternate.

It only perpetuates essentialist notions of the differences between men and woman which persist perhaps most starkly in the context of heterosexual dating.

Seriously. My naive ass decided to forego income to work at a poverty reduction NGO for peanuts and even if I went on a dates with lawyers or girls in top-5…

Condoms aren't exactly cheap. . .and usually it's men who buy them. Also, early on in a relationship everyone should be using them. For safety.

For the most part I just like going out and doing fun things with fun people. If I've not known you for more than a few hours then you're not on my radar as someone I want to "treat." I don't know you. You're not on my radar as someone I want to invite into my house. Once again, I don't know you. That's the point of a…

Very well. I'll relegate myself to only dating during the 4 months of the year where one can have picnics.

Dates exist to get to know people. You "care" about folks too easily which suggests it's a pretty superficial level of "caring."

Cooking involves coming over to my house. If it's a first date and I don't know you well I don't want you to come over to my house. That's my personal space. Plus few people would feel safe going to the home of a strange man they only talked to for a few hours at a party.

Plus, a man needs to go on just as many first…

It's a first date. How have you decided whether you care about them yet or not?

The vast (and I mean VAST) majority of women will stand around and wait to be asked out. They'll drop hint after hint that they want you to ask them out without ever putting their foot forward to do so themselves. Every girl who does this is eager to point out that they've asked men out before, but it's probably like,…

Piracy isn't the issue. Having your console plugged in gives them a platform for delivering advertising and to make money through their content partnerships. They probably get kickbacks from some apps to be on the XBox Marketplace. They also want you plugged in so you'll see and buy new digital games and DLC and other…