There is so much manufactured social outrage on the internet these days that’s it’s hard to tell when a real problem arises. It’s challenging finding plain old news and information, too, because the outrage machine is such a click/cash cow.

This article’s headline: snarky

I remember when io9 was a site that was capable of writing articles like this with nuance and maturity rather than knee jerk pearl clutching. Whilst this might well be considered a topic worthy of discussion, if you’re starting from a point of dictating where and when an individual of minority descent gets to use a…

Ok, let’s stop right there, that’s totally a non-issue. It’s clear that Orci used the term in the context of acknowledging the prejudice he - and Spock, as a fictional character - suffered.

People can’t make ethnic slurs about their own ethnicities anymore? That is come cracker bullshit right there.

Oh come on now. Orci is half-Mexican and he was born in Mexico. It’s more culturally insensitive of you guys to tell him that he can’t say “Spic” than for him to actually say it.

why does Gizmodo entertain this pseudo-scientific rubbish?

Oh Jason. You can’t reasonably expect an internet commenter to read an entire article before attempting to correct it.

Folks work hard on games, often in shit conditions. We should always strive to celebrate their work. Especially the little things.

Whoever came up with the code for those cross-hairs is living the dream right now because you wrote this.

Yeah, also came here to make a comment about RNA jackhammering.

Don’t be ashamed as pretty much EVERYONE that read this piece went there as well.

I am ashamed that that was the first thing I thought of when I read that sentence, too.

Pretty sure RNA jackhammering is EXACTLY how we got in this mess.

I think the biggest part for me is that with the Dual-Shock layout, the left thumbstick which is almost always used as your primary movement, is in the secondary position. When I hold the controller, may thumb naturally falls where the D-pad is, whereas on all other dual-analog pads, it falls on the stick. So I have…

Science.

Finally, someone makes a PS4 controller with the thumbsticks where God intended them to be, but it’s a corded pro pad that will likely cost north of $100.

Agreed. The premiere worked for me for two reasons:

Counterpoint : if you don’t read the comics, avoided the chatter and conjecture all summer and just watched the show last night, like I did, it was totally worth it.

Or you could just stop showing up. That’s also an option