Remember the movie Shaft, starring Shaquille O’Neal as a vigilante? What about Shazam, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a 1960s black nationalist?

We’re just reading between the lines.

Mulder’s head superimposed on a child’s body was perfect and unexpected. It set the stage for the episode’s tone. I’ve never laughed so hard.

When other developers say you can be a bad guy, what they really mean is you can say some mean things to NPCs without any real consequences and continue marching forward on the good guy path.

The Empire are the good guys though.

You don’t have a friend who works at Obsidian because someone who works at Obsidian would not share that information with someone who would post it all over the web.

The suit alleged that claims of "increased performance, concentration and reaction speed" were misleading. Red Bull settled, which is not the same as losing. If the cost of a settlement is less than the cost of a protracted legal engagement, settlement is the preferable course of action. Civil law is about…

Carmack wasn't a "lone wolf" though. Legally, he was an employee of ZeniMax. Oculus VR clearly derived benefits from a relationship with a ZeniMax employee. Everything hinges on what's behind that NDA.

It's not *your* data. It's data *about you* that you voluntarily submitted to Facebook in order to take full advantage of their free social networking service. Contrary to popular belief, access to Facebook is not a public right.

Carmack was a ZeniMax employee when the NDA was signed and undoubtedly headed the effort to implement Oculus VR support for Doom 3 BFG. Also, NDAs remain in effect until they are not. Some are time-limited; others are perpetual.

I just... don't know what you took away from what I wrote.

Oculus VR can claim that *now* because whatever ZeniMax contributed, as part of "cancelled VR support for DOOM 3 BFG," is covered by an NDA.

I think the NDA concerned ZeniMax's prior involvement with Oculus VR ("canceled VR support for Doom 3 BFG") and not Oculus VR's hiring of Carmack.

I don't know what you're referencing but everyone signs NDAs.

You're just making stuff up now.

You're pissed at a commercial enterprise for using user-submitted data as part of its business model?

Have you read Kickstarter's Terms of Use? Oculus VR didn't violate a single term.

Look up the phrase "assignment of inventions."

I wasn't aware that Facebook was still considered "the little guy."

It's neither an investment nor a donation. An investment entitles you to a piece of the action. A donation is a usually tax-deductible gift. Backing a project on Kickstarter is prepurchasing a product and receiving promotional incentives with the caveat that you're charged only when there's enough buyers.