Sorry...slapstick? Sure you can create just about anything, from serious multi-stage rockets to joke robots that catch a rocket cigar and smoke it, but the game isn’t so much ‘slapstick’ as ‘welp, guess THAT design needs some rethink’. Can you put a writer who’s actually familiar with the game on it? Even if it’s just …

Excellently written. One thing to add. When vulture capitalists bought into Toys R Us, they immediately debt-loaded the company with huge loans against assets, paid themselves off using the loan money, and left TRU with staggering debt.

See I tried that without the science fiction part.  I just got out...

Burn ALL of them into the ground.  Mobile ‘gaming’ is a cesspit.

Basically, it’s incredibly hard to ever collect against these companies. China does not really recognize IP nor copyright law, and they almost always side with their own nationals, and will not enforce these suits.

I hear ya. I’m still in a mad place about politics and corporate money. I at this point will never ascribe good intention to a corp’s actions, no matter how seemingly noble the action. Always look at what a corp has been up to, and situate any single action into a greater web of action and reaction. That’s why this…

Speak like a shill, get called on it.

Hi. Incredibly rude response for you. Don’t read it. Here goes:

Quiveringly rapt attention, and maybe a bit too much enthusiasm here.

What you said, and also your screen name, earned you this star.

I would say that while that is not UNtrue, that gaming is a subset of the culture at large, and there are narratives at work to disenfranchise anything that is not how the world used to be. There is a very strong pushback against progressive values that says ‘let people live their lives, and seek their fullest…

As others have said, Mass Effect was hugely inspired by Syd Mead.  The look of the Normandy, the citadel, the tall tower blocks on various planets.  His influence is everywhere.

The amount of people missing your sarcasm.  Well done.  Here’s your star.

I was wondering why all the hate. I don’t much follow pro gaming, and hadn’t heard of her before. The article doesn’t mention she’s trans, but that clarifies all the hate and vitriol. Small people WILL be scared of things being outside their comfort zones.

I don’t even know what planet I’m on these days. A woman gamer died and that’s worthy of screaming vitriol?

It is illegal to change lanes through an intersection for this very reason.  Most places that I know, at least.

O_O  Hi friend.  I live in Ypsilanti.  The rent is lower and the traffic is..less of a nightmare.  I used to drive cabs in A2 back before Uber/Lyft destroyed a half-decent working class job, and all I can say is, EVERYONE needs an intense refresher on road rules in that town.  I can only imagine it’s gotten worse in…

The term common sense should be banned.  PRACTICAL sense, now that’s a real thing, that can be taught.

And overpriced at that point, as well.

So I’ll give this a shot. I played that stupid beautiful game for 9 and a bit years.