USA Today needs to get their shit straight. They label LDL Cholesterol as “bad” and that it’s a cause of heart disease. This is false (partially). Small particle sized LDL is pro inflammatory and can lead to cardio vascular issues, yes. But, saturated fats such Coconut Oil are excellent and promote large particle…

Shooting yourself in the foot is continuing to work a job that isn’t providing the pay/benefits you need.

What really gets me is that he tries to claim that he “Didn’t realize the magnitude of the tragedy”. The start of his joke is “MULTIPLE CONFIRMED FATALITIES at Manchester Arena”.

You seem triggered.

If the creative people with whom Anita Sarkeesian meets have so little conviction in their work that they wilt to her whims the moment she talks about what she values in the depiction of women in games, that’s on them, no?

I’m all for people criticizing video games. what I don’t like is when those critics are going into dev studios and telling them to change stuff in their games. effectively telling the developer to self censor anything that they don’t approve of.

Sarkeesian’s project, if nothing else, helped propel a lot of discussion about women and games, about what matters and what doesn’t. And she got it all done before Valve could even release Half-Life 3.

As a fan of two-finger salute to online tropes as well as satire AND a diehard fan of bubbly saccharine pop, I am in favor of this. The music is actually pretty catchy as well.

The process of changing a detailed model to a 2d texture can be called LOD’ing, or Level of Detail. All games use this to a degree, but open world games take this to the extreme since so much can be seen at once to the player.

The New York legal community is in shock. Colleagues of mine who have argued before her said that she was an excellent judge.

Successful people commit suicide. Black people commit suicide. Muslim people commit suicide. The police obviously need to rule out every possibility of foul play. But based on this post we know nothing about her personal life, if she was suffering from depression, having financial problems, found out she had incurable…

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 I don’t believe it’s a suicide. She was a successful black Muslim woman in a position of authority. That will poss off both racists and sexists.

I would like to provide another friendly reminder to everyone here that major brands pulling their ads off Youtube are not a violation of any YouTubers’ free speech. This is because only the government is prevented from restricting free speech. To say that businesses are violating the free speech of bigots by pulling…

Run. fast.

Ireland does not consider itself part of the British Isles. The correct term would be British and Irish Isles, as the Islands of Britain and Ireland.

I’ve been running nerd events in Ireland for nearly 20 years including being director for both of Ireland’s biggest anime cons and to me this whole thing seems like its going to be a huge blow the con scene in Ireland. They’ve been all over the media talking about how they were the country’s first gaming con, despite…

Did they at least get extra time in the plastic ball pit?

I see absolutely nothing to “defend”. Why anyone would need to justify the way they play a game, especially a single-player title, is beyond me. To me, the developer’s original design is always nothing more than a suggestion and a gaming experience is what you make of it.

Save “scumming” was how I got through many games. Only recently did I learn there was a sneery condescending putdown for “saving often and reloading when things go badly.”