No. It is not.

Teenagers speak with their own slang and nomenclature. They don't talk about wanting to watch Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within on Tasty Plasmas. That's a line written by a grown man.

Honestly, the hellas aren’t even the things I cringed the most at. It was the other stuff. Refering to a flatscreen tv as a “tasty plasma.” “Now you’re stuck in the retro zone... Sad face...” “I just vaped some dank og bud” "Hang out with the other kool kidz"

The thing that bothered me was that there was so much…

Does the DA pay for transportation to and from court appointments, the money lost from missing work, and potential income lost from having your face all over the internet as the person suing for sexual assault? There's more at stake here.

Now you too can enjoy a fun adventure game while actively trying to ignore the hella cringeworthy dialogue.

hella double post. hella ignore.

Quintupled the Polygon Count? What? Apart from being completely untrue, how's it relavent?

What the heck are ya talkin about

:/ I don’t really see the comparison, or, at least, I see the similarity, but I disagree heavily that it’s the same thing.

Like, don’t get me wrong. Piracy is inherently wrong because you’re taking something that you haven’t paid for. I’m not going to pull out the whole ‘dictionary definition’ argument cause it really…

You know, you're not wrong, and I'm honestly quite surprised! Seriously, go back into any previous piracy-related Kotaku article. The tide is typically vastly anti-piracy and pro-drm.

This might be of use to you. If you were able to play The Witcher 2, this SHOULD allow you to play The Witcher 3, though it'll naturally not look the prettiest. Good luck!

Well it DOES hurt the industry, in a sense. But it specifically hurts the PRESENT state of the industry. It IS wrong. You have no argument from me there. But I’m talking about the act itself as being something treatable through action on the side of the industry itself.

If the industry is mistreating its audience— or,…

Well that’s just it! CDPR is a wonderful developer who I can not foresee a justifiable reason to pirate something from. They’ve proven time and time again to be trustworthy, open, and honest with their consumers,a nd have gained an incredibly loyal following because of it.

The same can't be said about every developer…

Dude you realize that pressing charges isn’t a simple thing, right? You need time, money, and the means to go back and forth from hearings. It would also mean involving all the other people in the room when it happened, many of whom probably don’t want to be interviewed by the police.

No, I wouldn’t say the same of shoplifters. Shoplifting is a tangible crime that has a direct negative impact on the creator of the good, the seller of the good, and whatever unrelated employee might be working at the store that sells the goods.

See, I won’t deny that pirating is tantamount to taking something without…

I think anyone trying to proactively convince others of the justification for actions which would otherwise be completely private are already fighting a losing battle, in a sense. That being said though, your handwaving of reason B is something I’d disagree with, since I definitely know plenty of people who do just…

Any time there’s a story about “Why people pirate games,” there’s always a comment section full of 800 judgemental people talking about why pirates should feel bad.

I haven’t really pirated anything since I was a kid like fifteen years ago in high school, but I’d never look down on someone for it. They ain’t doing…

Well, you’re right. If we’re going to go down this route, the reason why it brings a sexual connotation is because of rampent misogyny and the sexualization of a group of people for the benefit of primarily straight males.

Not trying to get all Debbie Downer over here. But if hearing the word “lesbian” immediately…

Like I’m not getting hostile or anything, but I CAN deny it, because I’m not sure where you grew up, but at least where I grew up in the eastern United States, lesbian just means a women who love women.

I mean... There’s lesbian pornography. But the pornography didn’t invent the word.

My guess about the difference…

Your intentions might be good, but you never want to be the person who walks up to a minority group and tells them that they’re classifying themselves wrong.

Also, I'm REALLY not sure why you think "lesbian" carries a sexual connotation. Cause uh.... That... That sounds like a personal problem.

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The World Is Quiet Here.

Yeah, a mocap stunt actress for the game mentioned it recently and they've filed paperwork for it in the UK.