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From now until 10am PDT Thursday, you can play Civilization V for free. If you've somehow never picked it up, now's your chance.

Not really though. I posted this on the Week in Business article that Kotaku just deleted with the title "War on Women", but I guess I'll just repeat it here. Everyone has been getting death threats but Kotaku only writes about it when an anti-GG person gets the threats.

My only thought is this: examining violence in games, and how we react to it and why is important, but it's hard for me to muster that effort when there's something about this game feels fundamentally dishonest. I realize that may sound absurd, but... it screams marketing gimmick, and not a very good one at that—I…

You've generously over-estimated the IQ of many World of Warcraft players with that line.

So... this was really awkward to watch.

I wouldn't call hand-keyed animation "old-fashioned", that sort of implies it's outdated. It's still the normal way to do animation for most things, mocap is only used in a small group of content production scenarios where realistic movement, instead of artistic, is needed; or where costs are trying to be cut.

Welcome to MMOs?

I had one of the newer HTC Ones for awhile, and those front-facing Beats speakers spoiled the hell out of me.

Don't you just hate it when Jezebel invades io9?

Because she's hot and a lot of guys that are going through puberty play these games. Looking at her half naked body gives them pleasure.

At least they left it out of the fridge, so it rubbed in smoothly and easily.

I disagree with the OP, but hold up. You honestly want to say that this is okay, after justifiably rallying to get the rape gifs to stop?

They were only suggesting "Robin', which wouldn't be that out of place.

NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SHALL TOP THE KING OF ALL CGI, ALL HAIL THE WRATH OF THE LICH KING CINEMATIC TRAILER

Oh my god, it's hideous.

Nanomachines.

Still?

Hi yes hello? Hyperbole police? I've got a dude here passing himself off as nobility that says that there are no benefits whatsoever to always-online gaming.