Gee, that’s funny . . . I thought that by responding to your specific criticisms and giving my own perspective I *was* participating in a discussion on the issue. If you really think a few calm and polite responses on a blog post constitute someone being “immensely upset,” though, you’re probably right that it’s best…

You should only train gyms with pokemon that are lower than at least one of the first two or three in the gym . . . that way you’ll get a minimum of 500 prestige for each victory. If the first guy is really puny, you use one that’s just under the CP and a good type match for #2, but generally you only need to focus on…

But don’t you understand!?!! You’re having fun *wrong*!

“Interacting with “the real world” has nothing to do with implementing the actual game mechanics and features they’re missing”

They’re in the same game, they’re part of the same program, and if one of them breaks then nothing works. There’s no doubt that it would have been better if the game had gone live with more…

Yeah, the person in that photo isn’t technically breaking any rules, but he is *definitely* closer than is appropriate to that oil painting. At that distance, you’re full on getting your gross, moist breath all over the painting, and the risk of a slight stumble leading to actual contact is enormous. Stay at least a…

More than $200 million in the first month? Maybe, but I doubt it.

This game can be played in a “hardcore” fashion because there are always going to be min-maxers who figure out the best and fastest ways to do things, but it really just isn’t that kind of game. It’s more like a casual game and social engineering platform combined, and the developers are just as focused on encouraging…

So then the fact that even its current somewhat-borked, under-featured state it’s been the top grossing iPhone app in the App Store for a month straight might be relevant, yes?

So by “(Image: Emma Christensen)“ you really mean, “I’m just going to cut and paste a big chunk of an article by Emma Christensen here?”

“50 million unique users visited the PokeVision web site” and “PokeVision was used by 50 million out of 80 million game players,” are two very different statements. The fact that the first is true does not mean that the second is also true.

Your definition of “invisible” does not appear to match up with mine. Or with the meaning of the word “invisible.”

Lighten up, Francis.

No, and I don’t think that this item “doesn’t count,” since obviously Rowling is deeply involved. But I think that what people loved about the Harry Potter books was a combination of Rowling’s writing, the type of presentation (long, but easy reads), and the story and characters. This book doesn’t contain Rowling’s…

I’m frankly astonished at the reception this printed script is getting, because SHE DIDN’T WRITE THE DARN THING! She just collaborated on the “story” but the script is by someone else completely. You really and truly are paying full price for (author-approved) fan-fiction if you buy this book.

Regular Cheerwine tastes disturbingly like cough syrup soda. Moved to North Carolina six years ago, and I keep *trying* to like it, but it’s just not good.

What boggles me about this whole thing is that JK Rowling DIDN’T EVEN WRITE THE SCRIPT. The credits on the cover clearly say that the *story* is by Rowling and two others, and then the actual script is by one of the others. Something tells me there are going to be a lot of people disappointed with this purchase . . .

There’s no way this includes earbuds, right? I’m willing to believe that more over-the-ear wireless headphones are being sold than wired ones, but there’s no way Bluetooth earbuds are outselling wired earbuds.

Gas station bathrooms, no matter how they’re set up, are not covered by the bathroom bits of HB2, so you broke no laws at all. The transgender bathroom usage portion of the bill only applies to “gang” (multi-user) bathrooms in public/government facilities, like schools and stadiums and government buildings. It’s also…

The real irony of the Ta-Nehisi Coates comment is that the student’s incorrect “phonetic” spelling almost definitely means that the smarty pants teacher has been pronouncing his name wrong repeatedly in front of his/her students. As Coates himself has repeatedly made clear, the third syllable is pronounced with an…

I’m sort of amazed at how nostalgic people are over the original Pete’s Dragon, since it’s a complete and total hot mess. The acting is terrible, the songs are terrible, the “special effects” are terrible, the animation is terrible . . . why do people seem to remember it so fondly?