I was thinking the same.

...shhh. Those of us who advocate for the continued presence of physical media (and the delay of always-online systems) are quickly tarred and feathered by forward-thinking folk.

But by all means, let's hurry up and make everything online only. Not to mention cloud based sstreaming services...

I played these silly games from day one. I learned rhythm, timing and finger dexterity. I learned how to drum and upgraded to an actual electronic kit. I also learned how to sing in front of other people, especially difficult given how shy I typically am. Since Rock Band 3 and Rocksmith, I've learned how to play…

Why is this something to be proud of...? If it's not your jam, that's cool, but there's no need to game-shame other people for things they enjoy. :P

Every single time I see the title for this show/these games, I immediately find my brain infected with the earworm of "Sonic Boom" from Sonic CD. So... y'know... thanks for that.

Not according to the chick from Total Recall.

If you're not saying this sarcastically, then very true. If you ARE, then I'd say your sarcasm isn't worth it. There's a really simple thing people can do to avoid the 'Not all X' response is to actually clarify that it ISN'T all x in their original goddamned response instead of afterward when everyone calls them on…

Yay, extreme generalization that leads to discrimination. Just what the world needs more of.

The unnecessary application of "conservative"—as if it has some bearing on the validity of her claims—bothered me immensely too.

Glad you prefaced this with "conservative", just like Polygon did. Nice attempt to shape the narrative right off the bat, especially considering folks reading this site are more likely to be socially liberal and therefor have a huge set of preconceived notions about her from the conservative label. Especially…

Christina Hoff Sommers is very much a moderate liberal, but those who disagree with her have been branding her conservative as a way to dismiss her opinions without actually trying to refute her points.

She's not a conservative. Saw a tweet of hers show up in my twitter feed earlier today that linked to a video where she talked about this. She seems like a pretty reasonable person, based on some other videos of hers some friends linked to me. Oh, and apparently that article of hers is also a book.

Nope, not even going to give my opinion on this subject, I have in the past and tried to be fair to both arguments( and have been a bit of a moron in some of my opinions) but I always get hate comments flooding my inbox no matter what I say, I just don't care at this point, I just want to play Video games

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We're trying to reach everyone, but it was hard without some sort of "validation" from the media. Most developers never replied, or just went "who the hell are you?". I hope that changes now.

Good idea! Jeff Vogel's got strong opinions stated well. I'd read a review by him even if I disagreed with it. An interview as part of the article on Exile would be excellent.

Yep. You know what games desensitize me to? Games. Games are not life. News desensitizes me to life, because thats what it is.