I think gamers in general have their own preferences that greatly influence their personal value of Switch. For me, I find handheld gaming terrible and do it as little as humanly possible. But it’s nice that (with a third party adapter) you can easily take a TV-based console with you on a trip.

The definition of manslaughter requires an absence of malice, yet your example is entirely one of malice. In fact, provocation that results in a death is among the most common cases of manslaughter.

Everything you describe here fits the definition of manslaughter to a T. Which last time I checked, is still a crime you go to jail for.

That is indeed a very interesting point! Though I’d probably argue that thin and tall was what was considered attractive in the mid-20th century... Long legs have always been a desirable female feature.

Nope, neither. There’s the message I think something sends, and then what I personally think the reality is. Which, in this case, are two different things.

The fact that they replaced the pose with an actual pinup pose shows that Blizzard was internally quite facetious about their “agreement” with said point. What was once seeming sexuality that was actually innocuous became explicit sexuality that was seemingly innocuous.

No, I am not making that argument. People have a tendency to want to read things in a way they disagree with, I guess.

It was a completely innocuous pose that Blizzard did nothing with. That’s just what Tracer looks like from behind. But some people took issue with it because butt=sex and cute women aren’t “supposed” to be sexy or something? Both of those things are bad takes, and Blizzard acquiescing sends the message that they…

Even if you believed there was inherent value to decentralized financial records, the blockchain is not the means to do it with. Torrenting is decentralized with little to no environmental impact, for example. By contrast, blockchains are quite specifically setup for speculative profit. They all use a cost-based…

In many ways, I feel like the removal of Tracer’s “Over the Shoulder” pose was the wrong move, effectively communicating an unhealthy message about sexuality: Only classically feminine bodies are allowed to be wanted. Smaller women, less curvy women, they are “non-sexual” and shame on you if you find that kind of body…

I think the fact that these two games are designed inherently differently is a good thing. We already have Sea of Thieves, why would we need another one? Especially when there are plenty of players who don’t enjoy Sea of Thieves for exactly the things you listed.

Or, you know, wear a facemask?

Problem is, you can easily flip the script here: What about people who suffer from chronic migraines? They get fewer “free” sick days because they need to take, say, two days a month off to deal with their debilitating pain. How is that fair? A non-menstruating sufferer of migraines gets less leave despite requiring mo…

If you want a pet that will be happy being left alone most of the time, get a cat.

Are you attempting to say that Mega Man Legends is a bad game??

Stand Your Ground laws beg to differ.

Busy work is essentially the definition of an open-world game. It hinges entirely on how much you enjoy the busy work and the rewards. For my part, the combat in GoT was enjoyable enough for me to not mind doing a base raid for the umpteenth time, and all the rewards were satisfying to me. Though I am partial to…

I feel like XCOM 2 is better than the original in every way, so I’m curious what you liked better about the first one?

Neat, this was posted the same day I actually did the ladder climb in MGS3!

As much as I personally think Epic does some great things (Unreal, Megagrants, etc), their going all-in on the metaverse is off-putting to say the least.