I’m a big fan of Jim Sterling’s takes on Nintendo- chiefly that Nintendo behaves as a toy company does, not as a tech company does. Nintendo doesn’t concern itself with the interests of the tech community when it comes to networking, operating systems, and backwards compatibility. Nintendo simply releases their toys…

Or you could just stop telling people to kill themselves over a fucking game. But go on, tell us how the person being shit on for just playing a game is the one in the wrong.

I mean, i’m not intentionally choosing counter intuitive characters. I want to win.

Yeah, she’s really fun to play but I don’t think most people know how to take advantage of her abilities.

I mean sure, I guess you can feel this way. Meanwhile, as long as my comp teams are composed of people who fill a spot well (in this case, flanking and dps) and help dominate, they can pick whoever the fuck they’re good at. Besides, Sombra’s hacks can come in clutch when it comes to pushes into heavily fortified…

The actual meta of every competitive game: characters, classes, or builds you’re great at >>>>> people playing whatever the masses say is good, no matter how much they may personally suck at it.

Anything that is not cookiecutter is auto fail to those players. 

how about smushing your face against the microphone while telling a story about the family dog peeing on the rug?

You know, I’d rather have uncoordinated people having fun, instead of people trying too hard and having a bad time.

Oh god. It looks like the election night probability chart all over again.

All the political shit turned this into more than a football game. As if a Falcons win was going to suddenly put Hillary in the White House.

He did his job as a chorus of boos rained down from the stands, louder and more penetrating than we’re used to seeing in the NFL, which packs its championship game with uninterested corporate sponsors, celebraties, and anyone but actual fans. It was a sight to behold.

For Kyle Shanahan, which of these is worse?

Like the Seahawks, the Falcons do what they do, no adjustments, no changes.

And, just to recap:

About ten years ago, I went to a talk given by a former US intel officer, and he said that despite the ever-increasing quality and proliferation of video, that much of his type of clandestine work is still done by still photography as it captures moments. (former DC policy wonk, sorry. I’m better now) These photos are…

“That’s nothing compared to what he caught from me.”

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Certain Deadspin staff decided to turn this game into an allegory for the current political reality, and it blew up in their face. Again.