why would you quote Rex Reed? he’s a horrible person and hardly the voice of “most critics”.

I didn’t like mother, though I respect your opinion. I do find it odd that Jezebel said most critics hated mother! in another article, yet it sits at a 74 on Metacritic and 68% on RT which basically tells me most professional critics actually liked it or at least thought it was passable. They also quoted one of the…

Will I regret replying again? I don’t know, but here I am sending another reply to you in spite of what I said earlier. My reason here is because I think what you’re doing there by saying that is very regressive.

I think it’s best to end our conversation right here. I mean, you can have the last word, but I’m no longer going to engage with you.

Yes. Because that is exactly what I said. You’re welcome.

lol I only read this deep into the thread because he’s responding to me. Solidarity, my friend.

Oh I am not debating anything. I said that the debate over a couple of words is silly. I don’t *think* I said anything about wanting to debate you? I could be wrong. I’m too lazy to scroll up.

But see, you misunderstood me. I don’t think there’s a minimum age requirement to get mad at kids on your lawn. 28 is fine.

I go directly to the comments each time there’s an article about esports and it never disappoints. Lol We’re actually debating what practice and training are? Seriously guys. It’s not an either or. When you practice something, you are effectively training.

i can watch this gif all day and not get bored

Aside from your armchair analysis on how game budgets work, do you work in the video game industry? If you did, you’d probably understand more fully why even if sales have risen be through the years, those figures are subject to so much more influence than they were in, say, the 80s. So much more goes not only into…

No.

I truly believe that you didn’t consider that Mario Odyssey could have the same kind of moments that you described in your Mario RPG example. I mean, I’m not a mind reader, but I’m like around 80% sure you didn’t consider that. Or wait, did you play through Mario Odyssey? Did you watch a Let’s Play? If you did, well,…

that’s hilarious.

Did you read my comment? The plot is not what we’re talking about. There are moments in game that are definitely fun to discover on your own, and no I am not talking about a tree. As Ethan stated in his article, there’s a difference between a screenshot of a tree and an actual fun moment that is best experienced…

there’s more that you can spoil about a game than just its plot. We all know the plot. I can say that I’m pleasantly surprised at some of the twists and turns the game takes that feel super cool, especially if you’ve played Mario games before. Those things are what we’re talking about here.

would you say that sexism, racism and homophobia in Overwatch don’t exist? Because if you would say that, I think you may be a part of the problem.

I think this is a good and important point. We as the community need to take responsibility for what we say to other people. Blizzard can only do so much (as they should).

Agreed 100%. Rich doesn’t represent all gay cisgender white men. I know he certainly doesn’t represent me, but I also am not about to slam him for that. If he wants to go to a sex party and participate in an 8 hour orgy, that’s up to him. If he finds that fun and a productive way to spend a Wednesday morning at 2…

I just don’t know how people can think she’s guilty with the preponderance of evidence available, but I do find it interesting. I just read a UK article on this same subject, and the comments directed at Amanda are extremely harsh. It’s interesting but in a way it’s also disturbing. These people let the media…