Yes, it happens but Ben Affleck will get another nomination in the near future. Ava Duvernay might as well but there are a lot more Ben Afflecks on the horizon than Ava Duvernays.

"I got mines. Fuck all y'all."

I'm confused. Shouldn't we boycott glitchy, imcomplete, unplayable games (and their equally shit DLC, "free" or otherwise) on general principle? If consumers tolerate broken product and look the other way when the stuff they give to make up for the broken product is also broken what incentive do developers have to…

Would bang. Sorry! Sorry! Inapprops.

It's not "fair" to the defense for a team to rush around then snap the ball the second their offense is set but that happens. What's the difference between this legerdemain and a "hurry up" "no-huddle" offense?

"everyone that wants to works, works. You know why? Because they all have to go through an apprentice program first and by the end they know what they are doing.Sure there are a few that are screw ups but they don't get the calls."

No. That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. It's entry level. What portfolio is magically "better" than every other person who happens not to be white? Why would you assume that all the women and people of color who attempt to get hired as directors automatically have horrible interviews just…

What union are you in where 1/3 of the set professionals are people or color much less women? You and everyone like you hires their friends/people they've worked with before which means, statistically speaking, mostly white people.

Why are you acting like we're talking about digging a swimming pool or building a dog house or something that has definitive, quantifiable parameters? The DGA study and reports like them just determine trends. The reality is white people prefer to hire other white people and that's a problem in terms of representation…

Everyone stop. You're disputing an argument that proceeds from an invalid premise; besides which no matter what you say there will always be some other criteria to adhere to. That's the point of white supremacy to keep you jumping to cover the next patch of exposed ground.

Just a sec... and goal posts moved. Okay, what was the question?

But why bother pre-ordering at all? Do you live in the Australian outback and get a monthly supply drop? Just go down to Wal-Mart and pick up a copy. They won't be sold out, trust me.

Meh, I loved Arkham Asylum and Arkham City but I heard Origins was a buggy mess so I didn't buy it. The end. They can make all the crappy games they want eventually we'll be dead and a new crop of idiots can get their pre-orders in.

I would have thought that would have been big news... huh.

Great, great piece. So much of this:

Will someone buy this woman a sandwich, please?

You're using words like "blame" and "onus" and "fault". You're being defensive for no reason. You're not being attacked. As I said it's not about "solving" racism.

No one is accusing you of being a bad person. It's merely a false choice to suggest the question is between giving your child a good education and having them go to school with black people.

Indeed, that is the question: what do you value more? An classically trained automaton or an empathetic citizen of a vibrant, diverse community?