Weirdly, several of the Total Divas don’t currently feature significantly in-ring. The Bella’s do, and they’ve done really solid work recently, now that the main roster is giving them something vaguely resembling time to work. Natalya has been out, injured I believe, but should be back soon. Paige is fun to watch, and…

It has advanced a tad from snacktime to sideshow, I guess. I don’t watch Total Divas, but the current crop of women on the main roster is really impressive, generally speaking, and fairly diverse, which makes the fact that they still often try to book matches like they’re catfights rather than grudge matches really…

The knowledge that Total Divas is still somewhat fun despite the inherent awfulness of reality TV as a genre highlights how tragically underutilized those women are by the WWE’s wrestling shows. I could go on and on about that. Also, calling them Divas (and by extension having the Divas Championship) is fucking awful.

“To be honest, I’m not satisfied with Epic Games response to all of this,” said Khan. “ [...] I also believe that further transparency of the relationship between the government and gaming companies needs to be disclosed. This whole situation for me is jarring and now I’m curious to know what other companies are…

Okay, fine, I’ll fucking play Undertale, because this all sounds like some seriously next-level shit.

The message of the film is diametrically opposed to that of the book, I honestly don't think they're comparable.

It’s way too unironically gung ho about how great the Roman style citizenship crap works for it to be satire, in my opinion.

Looking at that response I can see how I might have sounded like I possess no aesthetic sensibilities. For my part, I generally lean toward a more minimalist aesthetic for cases, but I guess my main issue is that it's a mini-ITX case that occupies the footprint of a Micro-ATX case, with an interesting shape, but one…

Well, aesthetically Alienware has made some gorgeous machines. I also think iBuyPower and CyberPower exist with the stigma of being the Kia/Hyundai to their competitors’ Mercedes/BMW/etc.

NZXT Phantom 240, I believe.

Why is this case so needlessly big? Why buy a Mini-ITX rig, with it’s attendant limitations, and then have a case occupies that kind of footprint? Just buy a good Micro-ATX case, there’s like a million of the damn things.

Would this really be worth $200-300 to you? Because I’m just seeing a lot of plastic and wasted space.

Who said I was in a blinding rage?

And nowhere in that statement (which was provided directly to Kotaku, not as a press release or announcement via Steam) do they indicate they are going to provide further information.

Bullshit. I love Steam, I basically don’t buy games anywhere else, but Valve’s customer service in general, and their handling of this issue in particular, has been fucking abysmal. The notion that Valve is warranted in not providing a basic statement because “some” of its users would have found that “annoying” is…

I recommend filing a complaint with your consumer protection agency. In the US that would be the FTC. While others have rightly pointed out that the extent of the “leaks” and specific persons whose information was shown are likely unknown even to Valve, that’s no excuse for a near-total lack of communication.

Based on anecdote that may seem true, but I doubt the data supports your statement. Suppose that you have the opposite controversy, the game is released and Fox News or whoever gets hold of Nintendo’s new game having a pubescent girl with a micro-bikini costume. That’s not a good look to begin with, and then you’re…

Nintendo of America doesn’t give a damn if you can 13 year-olds in bikinis, they think that putting 13 year-olds in bikinis in their US localization of this game will cost them sales.

To be fair, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was based on the author’s time working in a mental health facility in the 1950s, so while I don’t think the author would ever insist the events of the novel literally occurred, they are certainly born from the actual events seen in those institutions.

Kayfabe actually isn’t a bad analogy, assuming you’re the kind of person who believes it’s really important to enjoying pro wrestling. I don’t think there’s any question that Wreden wants players to feel discomfort and uncertainty when playing The Beginner’s Guide, a feeling which is only enhanced by ambiguity around…