If you think that game sites should publish stories based on what developers want them to publish, I recommend you visit one of the many sites that does just that. On the other hand, if you want an independent games press that covers stories we think are interesting and/or important — even if developers and publishers…

It’s also possible it’s one of the games DE’s helping to publish, not develop. (they are partnering with N-Space to help them publish Sword Coast Legends).

And this is how you subvert even the best technological location security measures.
Once you’re in, it’s assumed you belong there, so nobody questions your presence.

We call this the “Tootsie Pop” security model here at work. Hard candy shell, nice soft insides.

Pro tip: If you blend in and act like you belong somewhere, most people wont think twice. This is true “almost” everywhere.

That’s kinda... morally wrong. This guy sounds like he’s kind of a jerk. Seriously, who just does that? In any industry?

Weird, I wonder where the dog/roman candle story came from...

I use the $20 during every single hotel stay. I’ve had about a 90% success rate. Once I even got a penthouse suite. It actually works to the hotel’s advantage. Instead of having a room unoccupied all weekend they fill it and free up a standard room — and those are more likely to be reserved last minute.

At most hotels this is within the realm of something employees are able & allowed to do and they permitted to collect tips (and patrons encouraged to give them). It’s more just a question of actually asking for it and getting it. I would hardly call it stealing or bribery when it’s built in to the business model. Most…

If I’m at a busy bar with a group of people and I’m hosting them (meaning I’ll be placing the orders), I’ll approach the bartender, put a $20 on the counter, and say “Hi I’m tipping you up front bec I can tell you’re busy. We’re sitting over here but I’ll order all our drinks.” Then I place my order. If the bill is…

That’s probably true for a little motel but the bigger hotels can do an awful lot for people they like. i.e. At my current hotel the breakfast is not complimentary. It’s a full-service hot breakfast restaurant and is definitely worth a godawful lot more than $20 but those coupons are literally given out to a handful…

I did it at the Flamingo in Las Vegas some years ago. Handed the desk clerk my ID, credit card, and a $20 bill, and said “If you’ve got a nicer room available, I’d sure appreciate it.”

I’ve never *tried* the $20 Upgrade but, as a hotel clerk, I can verify that I’ve absolutely given said off-the-record upgrades. City-view rooms magically become Lake-view rooms, free breakfast coupons appear under the door overnight, or Junior Suites become Jacuzzi suites. And I’ll always try to do as much as possible…

Careful though, you might end up paying the desk agent more than the face value of the upgrade. If you’re in my hotel for a night and slip a $20 to the desk and get concierge access, you just paid double for the amenity. Free breakfast? Overpaid. Any personalized amenity? Overpaid. Free internet? Overpaid. Hell, if…

I’ve nervously but successfully done it a the Cosmopolitan and Bellagio in Vegas. Worked both times without a hitch, probably because the sheer volume of rooms available in that city. I wouldn’t try to anywhere else.

I’ve always been of the “red or death” opinion for F40s, and then THIS happened.

I didn’t think this car could get any prettier... And then it did.

That is all.

Stef went to Baylor. She’s not part of your burnt orange media conspiracy.

You and PG were already gone. I don’t know who the third ex-DT Jalop is, but if it’s Stef, I don’t think she was there when I was, so I wouldn’t have known her.

There are three ex-Texan staff writing for Jalopnik and I’m sure any of us would have jumped at the opportunity.