The notion that entire, sentient races are naturally predisposed to certain levels of intelligence, or moral alignments, is baked into the game. That’s not the same as talking about “good and bad sides”.

I’m already seeing the comments, so let’s be clear about something here:

“Cancel Culture” did not kill Alec Holowka. We don’t yet have the full picture of how he died, but it sounds as if he died by suicide, and had been suffering from a host of psychological and personal difficulties prior to that final, tragic act.

No…

Gotta agree: the handling on this particular segment was terrible, and as much as I’m certain the hosts intended it to be a step forward for women working in the sex industry, the fact that they tried to shut Yuzuki down on several occasions (and “you sure talk a lot” is just the polite way of saying “women are…

Borderlands 2 is a game I constantly go back to that I don’t mind creating new characters for. There’s a lot about it that I really enjoyed from the art style, the characters, the jokes, to picking up a random gun and spending a few minutes debating whether or not it was an upgrade or something to sell to a vendor.…

I’m probably one of the few people who has yet to play Borderlands, so this might get me to see what all the fuzz is about. Something to tide me over until Super Mario Maker 2.

Someone needs to explain to people - particularly the rich and powerful - that holding yourself accountable for breaking the law isn’t posting an apology on the internet. It’s going to jail and/or paying fines to the victims of their crimes.

Honestly, the whole notion of unions needs to be applied on a *national* scale (and a global one, if I’m being honest). The balance of power between employers and employees is WILDLY skewed, and that is at the root or near the core of SO many problems.

let’s not mince words: it’s a men’s issue.

Damn that was an incredible article.

Honestly, probably something from Ghosts N’ Goblins. I’m old enough that I played (and beat) both Battletoads and the first NES TMNT (water level included) without a GameGenie—but I kinda think that both hindsight and personal pride might be convincing me that those things were easier than they were.

I was, what—eight…

fyi the controls are improved in the PS4 remake. I had the same problem with the PS2/PS3 version.

Nazis gonna nazi... And get upset when you call them nazis.

This is really where I am sitting with the whole thing. He can clarify all he wants, but the fact is he demonstrated a lot of racist ideas. You can try and soften their impact but that is him just talking around what he said. He blatently said black people are more criminal across socioeconomic levels and when…

He is one. The KKK also claim to not be racist. But he uses racial slurs, gives interviews to a website known for being a mouth piece for white supremacist, claims whites are the real victims of racism, and tries to pretend that racism against minorities doesn’t exist while cherry picking statistics to paint other…

Jon’s views aren’t based on real statistics, but from Breitbart bullshit. He argued that the most well off black person is still more violent and more likely to commit crimes than the worst off whites. Please don’t let him half-assedly backpedal from such a blatantly racist (and factually incorrect) statement.

“that’s why adults can’t consent if they’ve been drinking. Real feminists know sexual consent happens between sober adults.”

I fixed it for you, Honey. No charge.

Whenever I gamed with a group, I made a point of “accidentally” destroying male characters who hit on my female character in game, which was always a lame attempt IRL. It was never a purposeful kill of an ally, it was more of a “in character, she simply did not care that he got caught within range of her attack.”

I’m trans and started in 1981 when I was about 8. As I gamed into my teens, I was in a similar boat. I was playing about half male and half female characters. My earlier female characters were definitely of that trope, but as I realized what I was, I realized I wasn’t happy playing either “the sexy girl” or “the…

Yes yes yes! When I role-played, I usually picked a charisma-based class so I could annihilate all the bluff/persuasion/flirtation checks, because in reality I was socially awkward and extremely self-conscious about my looks. My sorcerer/bard would only have like 8 hp, but he always left a beautiful corpse.

I started D&D on the first edition when I was twelve. I happen to be female. It was our habit to draw a representation of our characters and use them as screens so that other players couldn’t see your notes / character sheets. Myself and the other female player always drew our characters (not well) in the usual half…