I can understand that reaction - one of my distant relatives (cousin thrice removed) was a highly placed SS officer, and no matter how much time or distance separates that side of the family from me it still bothers me. Really though, neither of those words on their own carries the weight of what they have when used…

Yeah, when I saw that they were literally chanting blood and soil (auf Deutsch Blut und Boden), I almost choked on my toothbrush. Literally pretending to be members of the Sturmabteilung is about as fascist as you get before you become SS.

I’m a UT alumnus, so your comment has put this whole article into perspective for me. Thanks!

I’m so glad to see Jezebel reacting somewhat negatively to this article, because you hit the nail on the head. I wish them well, but I wouldn’t be putting any money on this marriage going the distance.

Honestly Arnheim, that’s the problem this argument is dealing with across the board - it’s not just your phrasing. To many people in the industry, VA’s saying “we need residuals” is a slap in the face. Video Game development is one of the most brutal environments for its employees, who are almost all underpaid and…

While I understand your hesitancy around creatives changing their work due to public outcry, I feel there is a difference between that and just making changes based on feedback, and that difference is almost always in the execution. Having played Dishonored 2, it never felt like Emily was being shoehorned in to check…

Remember FYAD? GBS was better in the day but still.  This stuff has always been around, I think - the attitude that the joke that breaks the most social mores is the funniest. It’s just that lately it’s congealed through social media into something less isolated. It was always just a small but outspoken part of…

This. Sanskrit and English are related languages, but both of them came from a common ancestor. It’s the linguistic equivalent of “humans evolved from chimps” - no, we both came from a common ancestor.

Ethan, I think the uncertainty of the ending of Till the End of Time was the point. The main characters think they saved the day, but then they find out that no, the command to delete it was sent. So why is it still there? The player has been given multiple possibilities. Did the back-up kick in? Was the universe…

I totally agree with the Dr. about SoS, but since it’s super difficult to face a decision like this, especially when the problem seems to just be the lack of sex and everything else is so compatible, I’d like to recommend a thought experiment. SoS, if you read this, and if you’re having trouble determining whether…

Thanks, and I can totally understand being leery of it, though I don’t think that’s necessarily solid grounds to argue for changes as drastic as in your initial post. Sadly, all religions are ultimately made of humans, and we are anxious social apes at the best of times, so it’s unsurprising that despite all of that…

Well first off, many churches DO run 501c3 charities. For instance, check out Catholic Charities USA, which is one of the largest 501c3's in the country, but there are a ton more. Second, (good) churches don’t make money except through donations, and while (again, good) churches usually try to minimize operating…

That’s exactly what I noticed, and this is coming from someone who has had self-esteem problems his entire life, so I recognize myself in him, from when I was his age. All that self-deprecation in the first few paragraphs, he explains all of that because those are core parts of his self-identity, there’s no other…

I’m not black, and I’m not an expert on race theory, so if someone more connected to the literature knows better please correct me if I have this wrong, but I believe the idea is to emphasize that this is being done to them simply because they have a “black body.” I think it is also intended to emphasize the…

The difference is one of stress - that is to say, where the emphasis is placed within the word, which is often marked by increased volume and vowel length, sometimes by a change in pitch as well. While some languages following a regular stress pattern (where the stress falls in the same place in almost every…

It’s not just their attitude either - these people are genuinely screwing up our economy when it comes to real estate prices. They sell their $1M 1000 sqft condo, move here, and then blow up prices because they’re willing to pay $500k for a 3000 sqft house that’s only worth $300k. Or they decide they want to live…

Correction: In the second to last paragraph, it begins with “That Furado,” which should be “That Furtado”.

I can definitely understand it not being your cup of tea, but I would encourage you to do at least one of the game’s dungeons before you quit. Sure the primary gameplay loop may be incompatible with your schedule, and you may not like the dungeon at all either (I clearly don’t share your tastes so I can’t say), but…

In fairness, people don’t want that, not really. When all of the gay romance options were bi characters, that didn’t satisfy a lot of people, so it’s not easy as just saying “everyone is bi, everyone can be romanced by anyone.” People want characters that are gay, other characters who are straight, and others who…

I think what everyone in this thread keeps forgetting is that this criticism really only stands for the very first, earliest chunk of the game, so we don’t need some vast overhaul of the system. For me, after getting off of the plateau, I went to Kakariko and then Haetano, then I wandered east from kakariko until I…