Define “Assault Weapons”? Big, scary, BLACK guns? Take your average “assault” weapon and put wood furniture on it, and it’s a hunting rifle. AGAIN, the problem is NOT the guns, but the PEOPLE who use them!

and there’s Starfox Zero coming for Wii U, too...

This is a well-written, thought-provoking article.

The IRS will accept this as the reason my taxes are screwy, right?
“I jumped on a cloud when I should have stomped on the koopa. But otherwise they’re totally right! When can I expect my mushroom to be deposited into my account?”

Ah, now I wanna see Bowser steal it, and run amok.

Finally, an explanation

That’s not true. We cover plenty of successfully Kickstarted games on Kotaku - we just cover them as GAMES, not Kickstarter projects. When we talk about games like Undertale or Shovel Knight or Pillars of Eternity, the fact that they were Kickstarted is just a footnote.

They stole nothing. They asked the public to invest in their idea and people did. How do people still not understand that Kickstarter is NOT a store to buy stuff. It’s a place to invest in ideas. If the idea comes to fruition, then you will get something for that investment. If not, oh well.

Wow. Having backed a few Kickstarters in the past, news like this makes me terrified to ever consider one ever again. I realize you can’t judge them all the same but these failure stories are becoming way too common.

This latest video from Buzzfeed Blue isn’t that different from similar videos we’ve seen in the past .

I can understand the first point, however I personally know too many people that don’t convert over to paying once they’ve torrented. It takes a special person to pay for what they already “own”.

Piracy is not complicated. It’s theft.

Piracy isn't complicated at all. It's theft. I don't give a s**t if you can't afford it. Games are cheaper than they've ever been and if you can't afford them without stealing, find a new hobby.

I know pirates try to justify their actions, but pretty much all the reasons I’ve heard for why people pirate aren’t really good reasons. Even for things like benchmarking or making sure the game is any good before buying, there are plenty of other resources out there to help form an opinion without pirating. The only…

It’s not really complicated - piracy is driven by greed. To counter your own points:

Piracy is simple.

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