I think your preface is pretty flawed, since I can't fathom anyone (besides an exclusively single-player player of a decidedly multiplayer game) who doesn't play Smash competitively. The fun is in the competition.

Is it wrong that the part about this that made me a little swoony was the honest frank and light hearted characterization of "the weird stuff we emblazon on ourselves"?

Lotta good advice in this article and one REALLY BAD GLARING MISREPRESENTATION: Yes, some of the finest collectable antique cast iron can go for hundreds of dollars on ebay and at antique stores. But much of it goes for little to nothing, particularly if you're willing to put the work in to restore and reseason your…

I think you need to review the Crossfire assassination video if you think Jon Stewart is unequipped to handle politicos hurling accusations at him. That was ten years ago; he's more seasoned and polished than ever. And I wouldn't dismiss the fact that it's rare for one of the smartest guys in the room to also be the…

I'm no comics expert, but does Daredevil—absent the obvious need to keep a disguise—ever use a goddamn CAMERA?!

That's fine, but how do I solve the "I'm not going to use a whole damn can of anchovies before they go bad and stink up my fridge" problem? Anchovy paste? I saw your response to the other commentator's suggestion. Is anchovy paste better than no anchovies? Gah. Who knew there would be all these deep philosophical…

Hmm.

This is, sadly, the one thing I continue to be depressed about with Foodspin, which is otherwise one of my favorite features in my many year history of Deadspin readership. Aside from not being particularly fond of anchovies (or fish flavors in general), they seem like the kind of thing that I have to open a whole…

Honestly, my Future-RBG-Dreams hat is hanging on the hope that she'll actually drop the Notorious RBG moniker in an opinion. Preferably in the signature line of a concurrence.

The irony is delicious, and there had better be some kind of horse-lord fan service in that movie

Khal Drogo is Aquaman now... I think there's hope for the Mountain.

It seems patently obvious to me; I LOVE the availability of free/cheap games that monetize cosmetic microtransactions that I absolutely refuse to participate in. So long as we're dealing with cosmetic, non-gameplay altering items (and not, as basically exist in a lot of other games, premium items that are effectively…

The reservation is still relevant though. Antitrust, being entirely a creation of statute and not a Constitutional rule, is subject to absolute revision by Congress. If the courts find an antitrust rule in the statute, such as with the Federal Baseball Club case, Congress can reverse that decision—even a decision of…

You're right that proving the chicken or the egg question is difficult, but I think the fact that religion grossly predates the modern higher education system is a factor that needs to be considered. I suspect the link you suggest is backwards. Many of the best universities in the world are religious in nature;…

Higher education is great and all, but there's a fundamental issue with many religions that explains and creates apathy to the now: absolution. How many times have you heard the phrase "only God can judge me"? How many times have you heard people decry research and science as "playing God"? How many times have you…

There is surprisingly passable legal analysis in this chain of replies, which is incredibly unusual for internet comments, so I'll leave it to those who have already parsed the previous case law and the statute.

Trolling on Deadspin?!? UNTHINKABLE

This is an absolutely thrilling preview to me. I am currently living overseas for a year and bought a bunch of archive RPGS/action RPGs that I hadn't played yet, the Witcher 2 among them. It's been far and away my favorite game of the pile—so much so that it's actually ruined some of the ones I tried later; I didn't…

Which is fine, but it being the backbone of the entire American legal system, without understanding the workings of the Constitution you might as well be speaking pig latin to a martian for all the sense you're making. Which is, I suppose, why I answered your question, because you have no basis for knowledge on this…

Or Fox, having absolutely locked down its base (which has nowhere to go for the nonsense they want) has finally decided to try airing something that will appeal to other parts of the viewership. It's smart business, frankly.