I think in situations like that, I'd let it slide. Like, in the Yakuza titles - it's the criminal underworld of Japan, so the team showed you the drinking, the violence, the underground fighting, the gambling, and of course, the strip clubs - that's part of that given experience. Hell, you even see men dressed as…

THIS. This is really the core issue.

While some of it will never go away - especially in games that are open world and aim to show a wide variety of experiences - the situations where it's just lobbed in there (ie: the Assassin's Creed slave ship) will probably be switched out for something that's a lot less of a cop…

On Sarkeesian herself: she does roll in pretty heavy when she goes into her discussions, but I sort of classify her almost as a pundit. I generally agree with what she has to say, but she's got a way of leaping to the worst and making it hard to have a discussion.

I do agree with you though, there are other ways for…

Sarkeesian makes pretty good points. Writers and directors should do better than what they've been doing. However, I'm reluctant to say that violence against any single group of people should be removed from creative work since that has the potential to shut down a vein of narrative. I mean sure, "imagine better…

Pshh, couch-coop, who do you think we want to connect you to, your real life friends? That's not what multiplayer is about! It's about forcing you to play games you don't want to play alongside people you don't want to meet!

That's where the "boredom" part comes in. It's hard to account for why rich folks get high/drunk aside from not having anything else better to do with their time, hubris, or being shitty. Poor folks have boredom and desperation. Rich folks, it's boredom and hubris.

You can't really kill hubris by stabilizing the…

Beating drugs is like beating any crime - minimizing the factors that contribute to crime being committed. Most of those factors are related to socio-economic conditions. If folks are employed, happy, and have enough money to spend on themselves and on others, they're less likely to engage in risky behavior due to…

It's not even about rights of the unborn, it's about pushing religious doctrine into law.

BUT MUH PERSONAL FREEDOMS, AMIRITE?

Seriously, there is so much wrong with all of this.

Try 06-09s. I've got an '09 model and aside from being underpowered, it's a good drive especially once you've left pavement behind.

It's not quite as bad as it used to be, but it's still there. And if it's not racism out-and-out, it's a product of, or it's a tool of racism.

I can abide some racial prejudice, I think we all carry a bit of that no matter who we are. I cannot abide racism since that isn't just about judgement before interaction, it's about judgement at all phases on all persons of a given group no matter the interaction. Worse yet, it's dehumanizing of a group as a means by…

DSS: Change nothing. Don't dumb yourself down. Think of it like this: you're filtering out guys who you don't really want to have around anyways. Anyone who goes running for the hills probably has some insecurity issues to tackle.

Also, if this doesn't spook you, can I quote you, or at least attribute this to you somehow? This is really good information, and it's a show of what SOPs/best practices should be among law enforcement.

It really confuses me that the people under more serious, larger scale threats approach riots with intent to contain, prevent and de-escalate whereas police who have a far more limited scale of threats seem content to reach for the most extreme measures.

But maybe it has something to do with their mentality? I've seen…

Because folks in the military know if they did this in a foreign country, not only might it kick off serious, immediate violence, but it could also kick off serious long-term consequences of the scale of international incident.

Safety gear. Every. Climb. No exceptions. Not one single exception. No matter how many times you've done a run, no matter if it's your first or last climb that day, put the goddamned harness on, rope up, and be safe.

It's tragic, but I think this was avoidable. I mean, I'm positively wowed by free soloists, but a climb…

Good christ, I want to beat this woman to death with the dismembered leg of one of her children. She's making what's almost an impossible leap of logic, and while there are child rapists who are transgendered, that's not at all representative of their entire population.

I don't see her on a robocall about white males…

SEGA: Not giving people games they want, and giving us more Sonic that no one asked for since pretty much, ever.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/i… This is just some partner abusing tool.