Good piece. Always glad to see more journalism on Kotaku that simply acknowledges gaming’s misogyny problem, not to mention covering it. The closer my son gets to the age when some boys go all-in on gaming culture, the more magical thinking I indulge in about that culture overcoming its gamergate elements someday soon.…

What about when the best person you (don’t actually) know makes a bad point? I know this article comes from a very good place, and the argument fits right in with current cultural politics. But: not every pain-adjacent term is the N-word. Some metaphors and allusions draw on painful realities without trivializing…

I think this list short-changes Sekiro. I loved Natalie Degraffinried’s balanced review and have no complaints about the fact that it wasn’t an unqualified rave. But (a) all games have flaws; (b) some of the issues Natalie raised are classic From Software quirks; (c) Souls games have nevertheless consistently made Kota…

Yes.

Thank you Salties. It’s a major relief to be able to sit here in quiet, focused, paralyzed contemplation of the original $278+20% baseline cost of this dinner, without having to run a whole side-program about the tip thing.

Well, I’m the OP and, I mean, you’re dumb. Dummy.

You clearly haven’t been to as many “no gifts needed!” birthday parties as I have. Gifts turn out to be welcome and abundant about half the time. Just beyond “required” and “expected” lies “hoped for anyway.” It’s all contextual - the average guest at a $278/person prix fixe place is very wealthy. If enough of those…

If they see you stealing the soap, you’re an amateur cheapskate.

I don’t understand Deadspin’s lighthearted approach to JW. Or Ben Roethlisberger. Etc. It seems like the writers share the misunderstanding held by many of the dimmer members of the readership, that lack of a legal conviction is the same as total uncertainty about these guys’ histories of sexual assault. No, Jameis…

You were right all along. Regrets and apologies. I have to tune up my shitty-person detector (But it’ll be pinging nonstop and I have so much to do....).

            Canada!

I question the viability of going beyond BLTs. BLTS are the apogee, the maximum, the optimum, the vertex. Approaching the BLT is an event horizon that draws you inexorably to the BLT. Once you arrive at the BLT, you’ve reached the end.

Not just sloppy. Irresponsible. Irresponsible at best.

This question is as valid as asking how anyone stays allied with us, post-Trump. Israel is a flawed Democracy whose current leadership is deeply corrupt. Within and outside their borders, some powerful Israeli entities have committed egregious acts at both local and global levels. They also have a free press that…

Thanks for addressing this. Makes sense that you’re following the lead of orgs like NYT and Time. Even major outlets do sometimes err on the side of overusing “alleged/allegedly” for legal claims that are not subject to any reasonable dispute:

It wouldn’t be “because we like Sarah.” It would be because we’re grownups who can tell (and explain) the difference between someone who has made a thoughtful change and someone who hasn’t. You say “if you’re about redemption....” If we can’t make the call that someone has atoned for their mistakes, and learned from…

You mean like this dangerous mofo?

“Exactly,” Nicholson snorted, while willfully ignoring his subconscious desire to eat babies.

Right? I mean:

Some Mexican physicists are beautiful people, I’m sure. But Mexico would never send us this guy. They send us all the old blurry-lens guys who come here to blur our lenses.