One of the few times I hope a videogame fails miserably sales-wise. The economy is absolutely terrible for a full-priced 60$ release. If this were half-price, I would understand. But 40 hours to unlock each of the single most iconic characters in the game? That’s ludicrous. It’s obvious that the in-game economy is…

Skins in Overwatch are literally only cosmetic, though, i.e., they don’t give anyone any advantages, like collecting hats IRL.

Okay, some further editorial.

Loot crates have always been a moral issue that the industry (publishers, devs, journalists, influencers, and whoever else) has mostly ignore or dismissed and that’s incredibly screwed up. Even cosmetic focused crates, which don’t affect gameplay, use specific audio/visual cues and…

And that is how you know a scene is GOOD.

I would like an explanation for the significance of ham please.

I wish I could agree, but after playing runescape casually the past couple years I can tell you that not a lot of teens play the game. It’s older, 20-30 somethings saying this shit. They have no excuses. They should know better.

I would assume Jagex does considering they run the game.

Because they are racist assholes. Some of them call them Pablo for goodness sake.

Woooh what? This is incredibly insulting to PoC who like geeky things. Keegan Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Vin Diesel for example... all hardcore Dungeons and Dragons players who proudly discuss it any chance they get.

Who do you hire? Bill from Kansas isn’t going to be able to really inform me about Sub-Sahran African culture no matter his skin color.

Sure! I’ve been posting on the Gawk... er, Gizmodo network for a long time so I have a long post history. I’m not sure you will like everything you read, though. I’m a bad combination of “very liberal” and “very honest” when posting to political articles.

Can I read more from you? I’m loving getting your perception on this as well.

Disclaimer: I’m Caribbean black, not African black.

Throughout history, there have been INNUMERABLE distinct African cultures. Even if you only count African cultures that are still in existence, you still have hundreds if not thousands of distinct cultures.

Bingo. If you’re that hell bent on ruining your meat, just microwave it like normal people.

Nah. Pre-cooked ground beef has already given up whatever renderable fat is has. Not only is that fat useful for keeping your dishes from being dry, it also has a tremendous amount of flavor. You’re tossing that down the drain for the sake of not having to think of defrosting, which a) is not hard to remember and b)…

PSP!

To be fair, “better game than Monopoly” is a low bar to clear.

I’ve started transcribing chunks of Splitscreen and will hopefully continue to do so because I know you guys appreciate that, but transcribing an entire hour-long podcast every week is just not practical!

“Oh hi Homer. You were expecting a JoJo reference, but it’s just Dee-diddly-o me, Ned.”

Stupid Flanders.