It's not exactly uncommon to keep your tower on top of your desk. And, either way, a lot of things can happen to a tower while sitting on the ground, up to and including food spills, overactive pets, curious children, your hot water heater bursting... the list goes on.

What if someone knocks yr tower over?

You know, I've said this a fair few times on Kotaku, but I'll say it again: I always think, "Wow, that's the worst comment I'm ever going to read on this site, nothing will ever top that."

So I'd like to know, when's our turn, if there's a lot more going on right now? What level of activity do we need to drop down to before I am represented as a human being, rather than a caricature, in video games?

Yeah, I had hoped that this was going to be a story about Sony showing out for some guy who was a megafan, but instead it's just one (albeit dedicated) weirdo who decided that he needed to give himself a trophy.

This is actually kinda beautiful. It's like a weird comment on the permanence of gaming. I'd talk more about that, but I'll refrain.

I dunno, my first time was pretty good. True to form, it was all downhill from there.

So you see my point. Maybe, if you acted like a mature person, maybe people wouldn't think you were a dick?

To be fair, a good 10 million people worldwide took part in this, either by playing or by watching. I don't know where you're from, but where I'm from, that's a lot of fucking people. Even if the game itself isn't of interest, it should be of interest to you that so many people got together over a two week period to…

And you call yourself an English teacher. I doubt you're even qualified to teach gym, you baby.

I'm cool, slick. You just continue being a little bit of a twat because you don't enjoy a thing that affects you not at all. And I'll just be here letting you know how ridiculous you sound by being so over-the-top.

I didn't say anything about how much time it took. I said that you went out of your way to do it. Try reading what I wrote, instead of being a needless jerk.

Do you promote via your own personal FB, or do you have a dedicated page? Because, believe it or not, the latter works a lot differently, and a lot better, a lot of the time. I know none of this is groundbreaking knowledge, but it really does help a lot.

There's a hierarchy to the usefulness of social media. Facebook and Twitter are must-haves, if you want to promote. Facebook doesn't HAVE to enter into it, but starting and maintaining a page is really easy, and is a great way to start a groundswell movement around your product, whatever it is. Instagram comes just…

If you want to see the character limit in action, follow any really good comedian. They'll all tell you that 140 characters isn't a limit as much as it is a constraint, where if you can't make it work in 140 characters, it doesn't work at all. If you'd like to see a really great use for it, here's Patton Oswalt…

I like Twitter a lot. It's a wonderful constraint for joke writing. Social media isn't the devil, lots of people dig it.

Merritt Kopas | Designer of provocative games like Consensual Torture Simulator, frequent tweeter of odd marginalia, unafraid to shut fools down.

I promise, not all Atheists are like this, I swear.