To this day, I still can't hear that commercial without feeling a spike of anger. They really were geniuses to make that campaign.

Well, I'll give you a hint:

Not sure if serious, because the internet, but if you've never had to do that kind of on-the-fly translation before, he's right on the money with that remark: you can spend all the time in the world prepping yourself, but someone will always toss you a curve ball. And for this guy, basically the future of his company…

Kalinske could hardly believe what he was seeing. These people didn't just disagree with what he had said; his suggestions had actually provoked them to abandon rationality and reply with fury. Somehow he had struck a nerve. And while it is never a good idea to aim at the Achilles' heel of someone you're doing…

Huh. I apparently replied to you instead of the guy above you. Smartphone fail... maybe? This is embarrassing, and completely fruitless. Apologies for wasting both of our times, and for confusing you!

Fun fact: this is only an issue because the people who oppose it make it one. If governments, politicians, and religious leaders would leave the GLBT community alone, you'd basically never hear about it as much as you currently do. So, really, if you think about it, fighting for this cause would actually be a faster…

Looks like you could use a DANSLATION! (LOLOLOLOLLOLOOLLOLOLOLL!!!1!1)

I'm seeing a lot of people here angry that anyone would demand Nintendo change its product to be more inclusive; that it would compromise Nintendo's "artistic vision," or, laughably, violate their first-amendment rights. This is elementary civics and economics, people: you are only protected by the constitution from…

A guy once came into a store I worked in, and casually explained to me that he was a time-traveler who could dodge bullets like the characters in The Matrix. He said he also had a publishing deal for his story, in the form of a comic book called "Captain Time," complete with movie and video game tie-ins. He was…

Good for them!

The answer is simple, folks: institutionalized sexism. The studios don't think you'll pay unless straight, white men are the leads.

I've lived here a long time, too, and the sense I've gotten was the exact opposite.

"Gay people aren't necessarily hated or frowned upon in Japan"

I appreciate that, Steve.

I haven't been great in anything gaming related, and I'd sure love to participate in a well-written sketch about games.

You're not dumb for not wanting to see politics in your games. You're dumb for classifying sexual orientation and gender as politics.

Gender and sexual orientation are not political beliefs, nor are they opinions: they're a small part of the large tapestry of traits that makes an individual up. And in a world that often chooses to arbitrarily oppress and demean people based on those traits, it makes perfect sense that they would want to stand up and…

Right. We're in agreement there. I only suggested that they draw the connection to the terrible NES game as a way of pacifying the bleating yahoos of the internet who denounce Kotaku whenever they post anything that isn't directly connected to gaming. That was, I think, why they bothered to highlight the equally…

Haha, but isn't it better to have been the star of a great movie that inspired a terrible game, than have been the star of a terrible movie inspired by a great game? I think, for the purposes of this article, it's the more dignified choice.

There was a (terrible) Roger Rabbit NES game, too; so they'd have had their cover against the usual onslaught of "WHY SI THESE ARTCLES ON KOTAKU A GAMEING SIGHT!1!?" comments.