“This is the country we live in, and it won’t change.”

2nd gear: The bargain made with patents works in both directions: exclusive rights to use the IP for the patent holder, on the condition that they disclose the information so that it is public information and can be improved upon. So, it takes a BIT of digging on someone’s part, but clarity for consumers is still…

The shoe that came flying off of Madden's foot went into the audience on the opposite side of the teams' benches, so it wasn't the same shoe that was thrown onto the court (which seemed to have originated from the Arkansas bench).

You sort of answered your own question with your second sentence there (though with a touch of hyperbole).

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Yeah but have you smelled a freshly popped can of tennis balls? Oh my god.

The story above doesn't mention it. But just some rough math:

Sharing my most recent black bear encounter because it matches with Wes's description of them.

I don't think any of us know what we're talking about, really, because this is a conversation that hasn't taken shape in video game culture until very recently.

I don't think anything needs to be "rewritten." A male or female character can exist in a story and it can be just as (or more) interesting to the right audience. But why not give players that choice?

I saw her trying to draw clear lines all throughout her NYU talk, and I could sense what a fraught endeavor that was. As easy as she had suggested some of the changes in gaming could be, so much of this is likely to be controversial—and not just because someone might be sexist. How do you balance creators' freedom…

Are there situations or "themes" in which having a playable female character is less appropriate than a male one? I can't think of any.

I feel like The Douche by himself is better than with Crazy Ira since it lets the incongruity of his character come through a lot stronger. That said, I'd put him just ahead of Orin.

"coincidentally"

Nacho cheese doritos are an atrocity and should have lost to ACTUAL CHEESE long ago.

Nacho cheese doritos are horrible and dumb, and should have lost to ACTUAL CHEESE

Nacho Cheese Doritos aren't very good. This poll is bad.

They know little of the real world and its gravity.

One of Charlie Weis' Super Bowl rings, hidden somewhere on Weis' body.

Spartan here too, and as someone who got to watch Draymond from the Izzone for 3 years, I can tell you that he was just as much a shit talker then as he is now - he's just more aggressive/animated with it nowadays.