This story is missing the really cool context: this episode all began with one Deviantart image by a Simpsons fan.

I’M JUST HERE TO SAY YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT NIC CAGE.

I’m still going to play this game and I’m probably going to have a grand old time fighting Mothman and freako frogs with my pals. I just think this nuke this is a bit weird. Like somewhere along the line, Bethesda forgot Fallout was also a satirical series.

Makes sense. when I’m depressed and crying in front of the mirror the thing I want most is to be erased from existence.

Just the latest reminder that microtransactions aren’t separate from the game. They can be central to the game itself, in mechanics designed to trigger further purchases.

I wish friendship were a real mechanic in this game. You can only kill, shame, or enslave your orc pals.

So, you fight all orcs no matter what you want to do with them. If you want to recruit, you get them to low health and then you “dominate” them. You can’t dominate any orc beyond your level, so you end up having to kill some. Sometimes, you accidentally kill them. If you want them to become stronger, you can send them…

“and some never want to be credentialed.”

yeah but you are in public - shouldn’t there be a minimum decorum level? if I dressed in gym clothes I would be embarrassed in this setting...and in turn I find all the slobs dressed like this to be embarrassing and gross. just my opinion but I can’t help it.

So it’s a singleplayer game with MMO style padding and nonsense that you can get around by paying even though the game is already AAA full priced? Yeah.... hard pass.

I was really excited for this game before. Now, I sorta want to avoid it so as to not promote this business practice. If you’re going to make me pay full price for a (single player!) game, don’t expect me to put up with microtransactions that are pay to win. :/

Nothing screams confidence in your gameplay like advertising a product to skip it all.

I’ll just add this photo of the original piece’s author:

They have different reasons for doing it -- after all teenagers are major followers. However according to my 13 year old step daughter, she doesn’t want facial recognition apps automatically tagging her on social media. She wants to choose where her pictures goes. Somehow I think it’s just the ‘cool thing to do’ for a…

Making the cute girl character kissing another girl is the easy and safe route.

Evergreen: what if I fall down these steps and break all my teeth out of my face

I started D&D on the first edition when I was twelve. I happen to be female. It was our habit to draw a representation of our characters and use them as screens so that other players couldn’t see your notes / character sheets. Myself and the other female player always drew our characters (not well) in the usual half…

I’ve spent the greater majority of the last two days wondering how best to reply to this comment. Because I do believe that it is important that I offer a response.