The reason the subjects are "decapitated" is likely that the photographer is not certain they are HIV positive, and using them to illustrate a story about HIV might falsely suggest that they are, so not identifying them is better. Even if they are HIV positive, it's possible that obscuring their faces protects them…

What? David Gaider has been working for Bioware for 15 years, and his only published novels are Dragon Age tie-ins. Where are you getting that he writes erotic fiction?

Who? The developers? I think the subset of fans that cares really hard about the 'shipping is overrepresented at the conferences where they give these talks.

The game is not a dating simulator, and the romance isn't the key feature or gameplay system. It's a subplot.

Doing something early in a game that forecloses a possibility later on sucks.

In this case, the police. Did not press charges, and the school could not find the guys guilty, even under the insanely low evidentiary standard of guilt used in university disciplinary hearings. So the NYT's outrage is questionable. Either nobody gives a shit about rape at these schools, or there's more to the story…

People use statistics about false rape accusations in a really misleading way.

Because the accusation is public?

Is there a study about how many rape accusations anonymously posted to Facebook are false?

I thought the reasons for Abramson's firing had been publicized already in the New Yorker and other publications.

People always say this. In most cases, these incidents are also reported to police, but prosecutors do not result in charges, due to lack of evidence. Every element of a criminal charge must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to secure a conviction, and none of the campus rape accusations that have hit media recently…

She got a boob job, teeth whitening, and very expensive hair extensions. The $30k includes money she spent on clothes, makeup and spray-tanning.

Yes. The children of women who smoked crack while pregnant are now respected business leaders, cutting-edge scientists, and renowned artists.

Smoking crank while pregnant isn't a moral failing? Are you fucking serious?

Dragonite's multiscale ability essentially guarantees him a Dragon Dance, unless he gets hit by an entry hazard. If you have an Adamant Dragonite with 31 ivs in speed and a full EV investment in speed, he will outrun a speed-natured Greninja.

Retail takes a big chunk out of the $60. Developers could sell games cheaper and still make more money by cutting retailers out of the deal.

Jobs will be lost because outlets that employ a lot of retail clerks and store managers will replaced by online storefronts that employ far fewer people.

Why should anyone give you $5 weeks or months in advance to reserve a product that will not be scarce on release day? Why should I make trip to your store to reserve the game and a second trip to pick it up when I can just buy it via PSN and download it, or reserve it on Amazon, knowing that I get guaranteed release…

Valve is not benevolent. They killed PC retail and drank the milkshake. All Sony and Microsoft need to do is start viewing Gamestop as a competitor rather than a partner. The only thing keeping retail alive is the artificial insistence on charging the same price for downloads that they charge for packaged games. But…

Every ps4/Xbone is equipped with a big hard drive, and most of those consoles are hooked up to the Internet. All developers have to do is start charging $49 instead of $59 for launch-day games and GameStop is dead.