I am scared to lookup “Rule 34 Clippy” but I am sure there is less of there than what Samsung’s Sam got in less than 2 days.

i really disagree with this assertion

This. The fear that predatory monetisation practices will take over the market isn’t unwarranted, because the big publishers have proven time and again that they will push as far as they can, and only pushback will stop them.

I think this whole take comes off as defensive for no reason. I don’t believe this is a ‘mobile gamer vs traditional gamer’ discussion- that seems like a distraction from the actual issue.

We SHOULD be against any game that expects you to effectively gamble and pushes it on you so hard. Half of your stance is just…

i’m not sure mobile gaming is really the problem at this point—clearly the issue is the F2P, overly-monetized grind. Mobile wasn’t the first platform to feature free games loaded with microtransactions—that would be the PC with its army of F2P MMORPGs.

The intended audience doesn’t change that these games are predatory. You make it sound like criticism regarding the exploitation of whales is somehow platform dependent.

There are enough whales to keep games like this going strong and making the developers a lot of money. The better known companies, like Blizzard, just have to endure the negative press long enough for people to stop reporting about it. These kind of games aren’t new at all but they do seem to be new to developers of…

I mean, it looks better, as it should but I can't imagine paying $80cad for a game I've already played and finished just a few years ago. It doesn't help that it's being split in two, either...

Damn, we’re not even giving time for nostalgia to hit before we try to cash in now.

So just say African-American then, instead of being a white person on the Internet trying to tell people who does and doesn’t count as black.  I promise that’s never going to end well. 

This is the wrongest take I’ve ever seen on this site, goodness.

You’re not helping yourself. Just update the article to say “African American” instead of “black”. Unless you want the controversy. Controversy of this nature though.... is probably not the type you want as it’ll probably be stigmatizing.

Hey, Ian. I know you mean well, but this is a really bad take that you are not qualified to make.

So Deejay, Sean, Birdie and Dudley aren’t black because they are Jamaican, Brazilian and British then?

Elena and Laura can CERTAINLY be referred to as Black. The term African American has been passé for some time, outside of corporate circles. One can be from Kenya and be Black. One can be from Brazil and be Black. Blackness transcends one’s nationality, and just as Black Americans have a connection to slavery, so too…

I have to interject my opinion here. Black does not mean African American. It encompasses all of the diaspora. Black American would be more fitting, but limiting Black to one segment is a bad look. Signed, a Black person from Belgium. 

Black =/= African American. If she’s the first African-American or the Black American say that. By your own admission she is in fact not the first black female character and what you apparently are excited for is her the American-ness, represented by her braids and walkman. So to leave that out and then to try to…

Perhaps in the future you should say African American when that’s what youre referring too. Even the link you posted seems to suggest that Black is not only limited to African Americans...

GTF outta here with that! “It’s different” my ass.  If you meant black, say “black”. If you meant African-American, say “African-American”. Words are important, right?

Good thing you wrote that specifically and not just “first playable black woman” to confuse everyone.