The choices here aren't "Date only white guys" or "Date only Indian guys." I think the problematic "White people are the highest model of desirability for all the world" thing is pretty well established and we could maybe have Mindy, I dunno, date a Nicaraguan dude.

Right. So it has a pass.

Well sure, and the penis is a pixelized representation of limestone representation of a penis. But in-game, it's a statue, and in-game it's a character's sexualized buttocks.

It's a piece of art in-game, not a character's body. To invoke Magritte, it's not a penis, it's a piece of limestone.

I think making things more difficult traditionally acts as a deterrent and reduces instances. This is why we have laws at all. By the way, this goes for both purchasing and selling - it's not just about people having second thoughts about buying guns, but having second thoughts about who they're selling them to and…

Well no - a person can *try," but I'd rather a psychopath walk into a school or a movie theater with a hammer than a hand grenade any day. No one is claiming that the problem isn't dangerous people - the problem is that there are things we can do to keep certain tools away from dangerous people and we're not doing…

I find it interesting that the presence of a baptism was a blasphemy he considers tantamount to asking a Muslim to "spit on the face of Allah," as opposed to asking a Muslim to, y'know, recite the shehada.

A little late for Easter, but there you have it.

They didn't wear less into battle.

"Metal Gear Solid 3 had an arsenal of deadly weapons, and I only ever used a tranquilizer gun because I didn't feel comfortable playing a psychopath."

Which seems to be the point the author is making.

No.

That's not true.

That's impossible.

"...and just casting an angelic black actress in a popular role is enough to send white people into racist fits."

It's fairly obvious she's wearing makeup designed to make her skin and features appear darker, specifically so that you can tell what they're going for even though it's black and white. Her hair is made darker, parted in the middle, and cascades down her front in two long thick braids.

It's wordplay that was also convenient because Christ called himself a Fisher of Men.

Sounds familiar.

Kyle Katarn tie in with Episode VII plot, Plz.

That's great, but I wish it weren't framed as embracing "flaws."

"Diversity, in my opinion, will always net gains, in that it makes content creators more aware of when they are being exclusionary. I don't believe this is intentional, but people have a tendency to not look outside of their own demographic. When you are the one creating content, you will seek to add yourself, if only…

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I'm troubled by the assertion here that having more minority/female characters will somehow make video games appeal to a larger audience. Minorities and females already consume most media by identifying with protagonists that don't look like them - I'm skeptical that more people will play video games specifically…