Why is that surprising? The industry has historically been run predominantly by men and consumed by boys/men. Over the years, the consumer dynamic has shifted dramatically, leading to different demands for different audiences and expectations that a lot of these guys either refuse to acknowledge, or at the very least,…

So, I’m willing to bet that the pavilion was pitched by and put together by some third party agency. I say that because I work at one of those agencies.

By and large, I think the mentality that would think a stripper pole is a good idea thankfully being forced to die but there are still a lot of troglodytes that are…

A prominent local tech TV columnist and interviewer once confided that a very high percentage of decision-making people in the gaming industry actively sexualize and market their games around that sexualization. I don’t remember the rest of the conversation as it has been 10 years or so, but this bit stuck with me as…

I was working as a contractor at Microsoft Game Studios several years ago, when some game studio (I can’t remember which one) made headlines by setting up a pavilion outside the Expo that included a stripper pole. I said something about that being not at all cool, and some of my (male) coworkers spoke up in defense of…

In the video she asks the question, people in the crowd cheer and the men on the panel looks chastened. Then men in the audience start booing loudly and you can see the panel become emboldened to start openly making fun of her. There is a lessen here about the fact that the misogyny in the game industry is reinforced…

“I couldn’t see her reaction, so I didn’t know I was hurting her,” says man who employed a sneering, hurtful tone, and dismissed a perfectly valid question with a weak joke.

So basically they’ve finally integrated seriously the joke mission from the main game with the “not Scientology” cult where you had to walk in the desert for a certain amount of steps.

Bath sheets since the 1970's.  I think they dry faster, because the same amount of water is spread over a larger towel area. 

Even if the required amount of fuel is in the car...it seems like they have failed to have an appropriate procedure for sampling, at least in this race (possibly due to a failed lift pump as mentioned).

This is a great take, and it’s the part that bothers me about this.

heavily disagree. The american concept is about pushing frontiers and boundaries, about doing things better than before, about being exceptional. WE are losing that, and it’s things like regular old cars and gas and oil holding us back. People are clinging to them and we are just going to have to tear ourselves away…

My commute (pre-pandemic) was 30 miles each way. A bit above average. The “normal” range of my 3-year-old Tesla Model 3 is 282 miles (313 on a ‘full’ range charge). I can make it home in the summer with 220 miles “in the tank”. In the winter, it’s more like 200.

If I’m taking a long road trip, say, to my daughters who…

I will always remember the girl who did a one-woman medley of Chris Farley skits at my high school talent show.

Don’t read it for Fraction, read it for Aja. The sleekest, most artistically satisfying superhero comic I’ve ever read by a country mile.

Bro.

It’s cribbed from the best Hawkeye run in the character’s history, which you 100% should read. The premise is essentially “what does Hawkeye do when he’s not saving the world?” so we focus on the day-to-day of a deaf dude who’s really good at archery (I can’t believe they removed his hearing issues from the movies).…

Pretty sure it’s Hawk Guy.  

No, we should be selling modern trucks to ISIS and AQ; with all the spyware loaded onto their electronics needed to make the damn things run, we should have a complete map for drone strikes within a couple of days.

Affleck was in “Shakespeare in Love” and Damon was in the remake of True Grit.