I’ve had Win10 since 2016 and have had nothing go wrong with it whatsoever for the record? I used the Free Upgrade Period to upgrade to it directly from Windows 7 (which I had also had no issues at all with).

I do agree that their support options are garbage though.

I actually just don't play free-to - play mobile games cause I dislike the monetization model. Of the games you've mentioned, the only one I've gotten into is Overwatch. When it launched, I vowed I'll never spend a penny on the microtransactions and I'm happy to say that over three years later I've kept that promise.…

I think that’s unfair, given that it’s remarkably easy to get the cosmetics you want just by playing. I think most people with a couple hundred hours on the game are essentially sitting on mounds of gold, ready to buy whatever cosmetic they care about next.

My own kids get game cards for things, but I sure as shit have not and will not tie my credit cards to any of the online things they access. That’s just parental common sense.

I miss when twitch was only about games.

I’m afraid that’s too oversimplified to be useful.

Not exactly. Most mass-produced and marketed good are not priced at the highest price that the “the market will bear.” Individual or small-batch goods CAN BE priced at the highest price that the market will bear because they only need one or a small number of purchasers. However, mass produced goods are typically…

I don’t think juries should be deciding whether Roundup is a carcinogen. And what am I supposed to conclude from the fact that a lawyer won’t drink Roundup?

OK, tickling isn’t rape.  I think asking a kid if its OK to tickle is oddly creepy.  Just like I don’t think you need to ask explicit permission before you kiss anyone.  You need to read the situation.  And if you discover you misread the situation you need to stop immediately and apologize and not make it the other…

AFAIK, Windows 10 was never offered on anything other than a flash drive.  Rufus is unnecessary; everything you need to install the ISO to the flash drive is in Media Creation Tool.

Thanks for the guide, just ordered a new mobo & cpu so I’ll be doing this over the weekend.

A major thing people seem to misunderstand is that Price is not speaking in an official capacity for the company while on Twitter. That’s a space where she is speaking as a private citizen. The idea that developers should on perpetual call to endure the various nitpicks and armchair design of enthusiasts and rabid…

Yeah! It’s a bit of a balancing act and the definition of what “happy” means can shift from genre to genre. When I say happy, I don’t ask that queer characters get nothing but to walk into the sunset. Genre conventions and narrative concerns also are a factor. Often, stories demand a character die. And I’m alright…

You say this as if I’m asking for queer folks to never be touched or suffer harm in games. That the kid gloves should remain on and our stories be precious fluff. I hear variations of this argument a lot, like when I wrote about David Cage’s treatment of woman. That’s certainly not the case; many of the stories I’ve…

I don’t ask those questions because, unless they give me a reason to think otherwise, I presume people have good intentions.

I don’t see why this is a problem. I primarily own a PS4 for its exclusives; isn’t that what moves consoles? And ports are fine for people who don’t own the original system (the PS4 has tons of PS3 ports/remasters). The Switch is doing what everyone else does.

What if I simply allow camping to happen around me while I enjoy my switch outdoors?

So, first party game and 3rd party multiconsole games. Sound like any other console.

Switch Exclusives (most, but not all, made by Nintendo)

Yeah, it is somewhat unfortunate that despite all of the great games on the Switch, that it really is a supplemental console. But I feel that Nintendo doesn’t particularly care about E3 as they regularly do their Directs which cover the same ground, which they can do whenever they want and it becomes an ‘event’.