Sweet-Cthulhu-on-a-pogo-stick, thank you. Seriously.

I think the person that called me "Mr Straw Feminist" did :)

Hey Skip, thanks for more insights into the article. It's nice to connect with writers and learn more about their articles from a more personal context. This site does get a bad rap for posting incendiary articles from guest writers, intentional or not, and equally incendiary responses from the community.

Hahahaha

This is true, but the term "gamer" has gotten really murky in the past few years with the advent of Facebook and mobile games. I think the original commenter's talking about core gamers and people who use dedicated gaming consoles, which is also what the videos are focusing on.

I loved that story arc, too. The problem is, many women, feminists or not, are extremely turned off beta males who exhibit emotions that are predominantly associated with "feminine" culture. Call it societal conditioning, or call it a primal instinct to reject a potential partner that cannot protect you from…

I just watched "Tropes vs Women in Video Games" last night and I now contend that the notion that a female protagonist can just be "[given] away to someone she barely knew" is highly offensive, and it's disturbing how this mindset has become so lieu commun.

I shudder to think what your definition of "not flat" is

Yes

I don't see what all the rage is about.

No :)

By people, do you mean "people who only game on consoles?"

Disable tessellation and exclusive fullscreen. After you've done this, enable Tomb Raider for offline play and you're good to go.

I'm curious as to what the editorial process is like here, because I've noticed that so many titles of submitted Kotaku articles read like Alcoholics Anonymous or Dear Abby letters, yet they often seem incongruous with the writer-ly and more subtle aspirations of the actual article.

Who's standing up to what now? I'm a coward in the same sense a person being dragged to their spouse's best friend's baby shower has to pretend to like kids. In a social context, why does religion suddenly get some kind of special treatment as a topic?

I'm still myself, as religion already has zero influence on my life and relationships to begin with. The fact of the matter is, atheist or agnostic, I honestly don't care how I label myself. As long as I can give the diplomatic answer and maintain (at the very least) cordial relationships with other people in my…

That's understandable. I just didn't see the point of your comment at first, but after reading your response, I can sympathize with your reasoning and I apologize if I came across as overly hostile or snarky (or both).

Yeah, I know. I mostly wanted to comment on how pointless his comment was in the context of Peter Moore publicly denying the news. "Ah, I have a secret... but I can't tell you" means nothing if you can't prove it and, on top of that, your statement adds nothing to the conversation. It's annoying when those kinds of…

That's a really good way to put it, definitely. I'm not really a fan of labels to begin with (I know, edgy) and that's a label that often engenders negativity in others. I don't really have an agenda, nor do I want a soapbox to stand on. My personal beliefs are just that.

In the past, a lot of devout co-workers I've hung out with got uneasy whenever the mention of God or religion came up when other non-religious co-workers (such as myself) were around. From what I've seen, agnosticism is perceived as a stance of undecided skepticism instead of that militant "I HATE ALL RELIGION"…