As someone who has been called a nigger to my face—hard "r" and all—by the real-life equivalent of one of these YouTube commenters, my response is: Sure...why not?

Its sad but its out there. I live in the south and its a constant issue. The other day i heard sombody say. " i love star trek! Except that show with the nigger in it. Put him back in the fields!"

I can't wait to shoot all the faggot nigger deer in this game.

The funny part is that they have shown restraint. This article would have received way more hits if they had led with it. I actually can't remember the last time I made a comment about those coveted clicks.

Didn't you see what a random YouTuber said? Or are you a different PC?

Oh get over yourself.

And please stop saying "the n- word" it's not friggen Voldemort.

I'd try and explain by n-word should be just as offensive as nigger, but I'll let louis try.

No better way to show ignorance that I can think of. Who cares if he displays 'the n-word'?

Why do you write the "n-word"?

Is there anything wrong with? I don't see how quoting an idiot who used the word can be offensive to anyone since it's not being quoted in a racist manner. Context is everything.

Maybe, but it shows that that guy is an idiot.

Smart gamers are just a minority. I like to think Kotaku is a club.

Unlike the rest of the internet, where you will never find an offensive comment.

Pizza IS life. Also Pizza is an American food.

You are not a cancer; no more than anyone else who has been mistaken in this industry.

Why the hell do people hate on FtP games so much? They give poorer gamers a chance to play something, reduce the amount of time you stress on deciding to spend your money, and honestly there are plenty of great FtP games out there. As an example, I've been playing Blacklight Retribution a lot lately. It's FtP, and a…

............"he'll be modded in" Who? Niko? Yeah because people "mod in" characters to use in online play all the time. I don't think you quite understand.

So you don't want us to point out fun little things we notice here and there? I don't understand where all of this anger is coming from on io9. Sometimes a fun thing is just a fun thing. You could say so what to almost all of the internet. What happened to fun?