"When my sister was six years old, she was attacked, by three Muggle boys. They'd seen her practicing magic, spying through the back garden hedge: She was a kid, she couldn't control it, no witch or wizard can at that age. What they saw, scared them, I expect. They forced their way through the hedge, and when she…

It's interesting what he says about not being able to go too dark in a kid's story. I'm looking back at kids' stories I've read and about how themes and implications that struck me as a kid take on a new meeting when they're revisited, or how I've noticed when an author implies or nods to something that are horrific.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks her body looks amazing.

My favorite subtextual reading is the one where Ender is Hitler.

Warm enough to sustain Earth life, right? i.e. Warm enough to sustain life we would immediately recognize as life because it is similar to life here?

All of the other responses are absolutely right...but the really important reason no one calls them buggers anymore is because of what "bugger" means in British slang.

Ever read "Many Waters" by Madeline L'Engle? It's not exactly what you're talking about, but I think it'd be up your alley as fuck.

The top image is a short-eared elephant shrew. The adult image is a black-and-rufous elephant shrew.

As long as you unlock all the lightsaber wielding characters and only use them, Masters of Teras Kasi could look and be pretty fun.

No one turned the headline into a Prometheus joke? God, io9, it's like I don't even know you anymore.

Wait, what's this about gay people not being able to whistle?

I agree. As I said elsewhere, it's not that I think the developers are bad people that should feel bad, it's that the defense doesn't, ultimately, matter. You can't please everyone, and you don't have to - but you don't have to go out of your way to tell the ones you don't please why they're wrong. They're not. They…

"Besides, you'll never please everyone. So take the informative and eye opening stuff to heart without downplaying the pride one is right to take in their efforts. [...] We can dictate what is and is not important in a video game, but we have no right to dictate what developers can or can not take stock and pride in."

Actually I got that point of view from working in the arts - dismissing criticism is problematic when you're creating work that's supposedly for the critics' enjoyment.

No. As I stated, I hate that. To quote myself, I think the right course of action is to "[e]xplain why you made a decision, but do not INSIST that your decision was the right one and that the critic is wrong."

"What dod you want them to say

I hate when people do this. Explain why you made a decision, but do not INSIST that your decision was the right one and that the critic is wrong. Take the criticism - you're receiving it because you made a decision the consumer disagrees with.

My hopes:

I think the point of the article is that the creators knew that and made a concerted effort to be darker in tone and look.

That would be awesome.