Its not that they don’t have a right, but having the right to do something doesn’t make doing it ethically sound. A frequent excuse for aggressive policing of fan events or content is the necessity of protecting IP, but game mods don’t generally threaten IP. Project+ certainly doesn’t appear to, given that it is…

This is a bad take. Other mods have had tournament scenes, some even with dev/publisher support (original DOTA, for example). There is no inherent danger to Nintendo’s IP or trademark, the mod isn’t being sold and it doesn’t allow for piracy of the base game. This tournament is not remotely comparable to a “ROM…

Great points. I really don’t understand why anyone would draw parallels to Daniel Bryan’s early time in WWE as though it were a positive example. Neither Daniel Bryan nor Bianca Belair should be required to overcome deliberate sabotage by their own employer.

100%. This is the confluence of two of Vince McMahon’s besetting sins: a preference for the big “moment” over coherent storytelling, and pure, un-cut racism. The irony is that in his rush to have her come back at a “big” PPV, Vince undercut a well-booked match with a great story, the winner of which would have been an…

Is there actual data one way or another on the “congestion” issue?  Because I could imagine that it hasn’t resulted in notably shorter travel times in some already traffic-prone areas, but has resulted in a net reduction in cars on the road in the congestion charge area.  Which would be a win, even if the bottlenecks…

Honestly, good to know, because the game intrigues me but even just the description of the soul cannon in this article makes me want to cry.  Jesus.

And I responded to the wrong post, whoops.

For clarity, 2.0 is the main storyline of the original “A Realm Reborn,” 2.X are the post-launch storylines included in patches between the original release and 3.0, which was Heavensward.

I think there’s more to enjoy in the 2.0 MSQ than a lot of people appreciate, but people tend to hear “Yeah, 2.0 sucks, but wait till later,” which colors their impression of the story, encouraging them not to engage with or enjoy it on its own terms, often attempting to rush through it, which given its length is…

As someone who played vanilla-ass WoW, I disagree. WoW was easily that dull, and had fewer instances, no cutscenes, and essentially no story to alleviate the grim slog from 1-60.

Welcome back! Take your time, the original 2.X story is a worthwhile journey, and the base for all that comes after. At times it can bog down, but there’s a ton of other stuff to do if it feels like you’re burning out on it.

I think it’s ethically sound to withhold your business from shitty companies. That said, the way you wrote this implies that consumers are responsible for forcing change at the corporate level.

I hope whoever dictated those words gets hit by a train.

Free speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences. If someone advocates for the subjugation of minorities, there should be a line of people waiting to punch that motherfucker in the face.  I don’t know why coddling fascists has come back into vogue, but it’s getting old.

As others have mentioned, the reason why is likely shitty, controlling corporate leadership. Unfortunately, I doubt remote work was a big concern for most folks when the union negotiated their contract pre-COVID, but I bet it will be when negotiations come back around.

Someone else really put it together for me when they pointed out that virtually every other “historical” character in the movie comes off really well, almost inhumanly so given what we know about Roman fucking Polanski. Tarantino even went to the trouble of getting Sharon Tate’s family to sign off on his portrayal of…

I don’t think this article conflates those two concepts, though. The article, aside from its headline (which is perfect, in my opinion) is almost entirely a factual description of fan disappointment and the reasoning behind it. Maybe this is just my reading, but I don’t think the tone is judgmental towards Nintendo,…

Sixt is pretty ubiquitous here in Germany, and I’ve had universally good experiences with them from a customer service perspective. I don’t rent cars often enough to say if they’re the best value for money, but at least they were pleasant to deal with and never screwed me over.

Exciting to see someone else is also pleased with Tesla’s innovation in the field of transportation. Who could have guessed that Musk would figure out a way to avoid surface traffic, moving all those people via semi-autonomous vehicles in restricted subterranean routes. All he has to do now is scale up the concept.…

A ”feature” of late stage capitalism seems to be encouraging fandom or alliance to corporations, and a conflation of what you consume with who you are. For example, during Gamergate, so many people were enraged to have the term “gamer” be besmirched. But the reality is that label has always been reductive and kinda…