Should’ve given him a toothpick.

AND IT WAS SOMEHOW THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, or at least according to how gamers normally react to superficial immaterial shit like this

Well, movies/television do affect the standard of evidence jurors expect from a trial (see CSI effect) and how people view/treat different sea creatures (see Jaws effect), so, no, seeing a single character smoke a cigar isn’t going to turn you into a smoking addict overnight, but a bunch of smoking characters in a…

Lowest common denominator in this case being...children?

It’s funny ‘cause it’s true.

I mean, something like this

~IF YOU LIKE PIÑA COLADA,

They need a third playlist called, “No really, this one is casual, promise.”

I agree with this but only cos my miqo’te dude would Rock the fishnets.

I knew someone would say that.

Don’t be a fool. Most of the games we played as kids were written in Japanese and then translated to English. Others learned English from the US/UK versions simply because they had no other choice.

“Pampered”.Yes, because wanting to understand a game that is coming out in your country is a totally unreasonable request.

Seriously. This kid has had his own iPad since he was 4, and it from the original article it sounds like he didn’t much moderation until this point. I ended up getting “game days” from my parents from a very early start and it helped teach me some seld-moderation.

My 2C on the original article: Kid’s had an iPad for 3 years. He’s 7. He’s been using the iPad since he was four years old. The father is surprised that the kid gets enraged when he finally decides to take it from him?

All the same, at least he resolved the issue in a sensible manner.

No, it really isn’t. It’s teaching the kid to blame a game for his desire to not be removed from it rather than recognizing that he shouldn’t get mad because it’s time to stop playing the game.

I look forward to having moral choice systems for everyday tasks:

ETA on Kojima’s own Metal Gear Kickstarter that raises like $5,000,000 in 36 hours? IGA, Kojima... Who’s next? Yeah, just keep flushing that money, Konami...you idiots. Watch all your talent go indie.

Hang on Greg, I’ll have a witty retort but I am still powering up.

I once won a trivia question at a con regarding Bleach because the question was “What powers does Ichigo have at this point in Bleach?” and they accepted “All of them.” as a response after I listed off what I meant by that. I don’t even watch the show, it’s THAT known how power bloated he is. :P

Here’s another Nerf Now! that I thought was pretty good this week.