I can say for myself, my comment production has dropped off drastically ever since this system was put in place. This past ??year?? ( I can't recall how long it's been since the new system was put in place) - I've gotten out of the gray - twice maybe?

Semi-nazi? ... ^.- ... sign, it's not great but it's probably one of the best commenting systems out there, and I've seen a lot. The only one better is Reddit, simply because it goes full democracy (and you can collapse threads for readability).

It may seem insignificant here, but I think it worth pointing out that this news originated from the glorious PC Master Race subreddit.

Expensive? Have you been to Australia? The legal official pricing of games in Australia in akin to daylight robbery...

Yes, for going to extreme measures to protect the Vita from being hacked. Just one of which being jacking up the prices of their proprietary Memory Cards.

Clearly yes. Any company can setup their own payment system in a a matter of hours. They just have to not bend over to governments. Too bad all the current big players do.

If the game isn't going to be up for sale in Australia than the dev have nothing really to lose by letting people pirating their games. People will most likely still buy other games.

Except Steam just implemented a whole bunch of region locking that keeps people from gifting across regions. All signs point to the ecosystem becoming even more locked down, not less.

A better questions is whether it's still considered piracy when permission is granted to download it without paying.

Kind of nice that the developers just say "Eh, just pirate the damn thing if you can't legally buy it in Australia", but maybe the devs should set up a tip jar so that Australians (and other pirates with a guilty conscience) can give them money even if they pirated the game.

I prefer honesty instead of hypocrisy.

So, after reading the first description from the ACB, i was 100% against the ban (as when you have an AO rating, just let people make their own decisions), but also thought it sounded pretty gross and was bummed that with how much I'd liked HM1, they had stooped to the laze and gross level of using rape as a narrative…

Simple cheat sheet for how controversial media should be approached:

Well, to be fair, we often do forget that we as gamers have a responsibility on our end to vote with our wallets. Though it may be harder to convince younger generations of gamers who are not used to the way games used to be.

"There are some things that you should and should not sell. Games are about making effort enjoyable. When you accomplish difficult tasks using your mind and body, your brain rewards you by releasing chemicals. The exhilaration after exercising, the proud feeling after being complimented, being moved to tears... These…

They work at a car dealership. I'm pretty sure lowlife shit-slab is a prerequisite.

By the Elder Gods! Kung Lao was my favorite MK9 kombatant, and his return is.. He looks.. Well, let's just say I have a new favorite gif.

Breastech has gone a long way.

Of course they gave her the mask back. They must have finally realized that their modelers can't make female faces and just given up.

"So, Mr. Liefeld, we brought you to Japan to draw a romantic comedy. Sure you can do that?"