Thank god. Maybe he can just kill Roman Reigns now and this whole kerfuffle can have something resembling a solid ending...

Just once, I'd love to see an article here address the fundamental conflict of interest in these negotiations. The NBAPA, and its parallels in the other leagues, represent the interest of current (and, to some extent, retired) players, but negotiate the rights of future players. That's insane. It is inexcusable…

Still can't understand. Nick Foles appeared to be a perfectly fine quarterback in Chip Kelly's system. Sam Bradford hasn't appeared to be a perfectly fine quarterback in ANY system that didn't involve beating up on inferior Big-12 teams to pad his stats.

Netflix and Binge Watching getting two number one seeds is like giving one team in the tournament an extra life when everyone else has to play fair.

That last clause is even more important than the first one. The 2-3 documented concussions are bad; the very nature of life as an NFL player is much worse. Every NFL player is facing this risk regardless of their concussion track record, and it's worse for guys in the trenches. The science is almost indisputable at…

I'm almost hoping the deny this request because I want to see the shitstorm that ensues under the headline "University of Tennessee says enlisted servicemen are 'no longer citizens of Tennessee.'"

And many of us love you for it, because this was the by far the biggest laugh of my day.

The point of having a list of 10 different ways to generate gold isn't to have "free lunches." The point is to help people find 1-2 sources that they like (or at least don't hate) to make the game more enjoyable for them. There's nothing free, this is gameplay work, but if you don't like playing the game, you…

It's a beautiful balance. It works for someone like you who hates the gold acquisition part of the game, and for someone like me who loves it (the auction house has become, without question, my favorite non-raiding part of WoW), I no longer have to worry about subscription fees. It lets players customize how they…

If that ("it's worth drawing some line") was actually your point, then it's an enormously far cry from what you said ("for the last time, men cannot be feminists") even if we left it at that.

You seem overly, and some might believe ridiculously, focused on what people claim and not what people actually believe and do.

While gold won't be leaving the economy, its purchasing power will increase. Used to be X gold only got you a certain set of consumables, maybe a certain piece of gear, etc. Now there's an additional option: it can buy you cash. Because some buyers are going to substitute over to spending their gold on game tokens,…

A basic understanding of economies, particularly economies of varying sizes, suggests this is absolutely the only way it could work without royally flipping the wow economy on its ass. Each realm cluster has an entirely different economy based on its population; the value of gold relative to different in game…

I'd usually be on board with something like this, but not this time. Several issues:

There's an obvious practical reason someone might have a problem with them: if they thought, correctly or incorrectly, that it was going to affect their bottom line. Part of the reason it's so difficult to push media outlets away from exploitation of female sexuality (a subject not even close to unique to gaming) is…

You're suggesting that after that World Series performance, he somehow LOST his calling? Where did it go? .... is it on the book shelf next to his MVP trophy? Perhaps under the bed where the dog took the championship hat? Maybe if he hires a housekeeper they'll find his calling for him again, because he sure seemed to…

"It's also completely exonerated the Patriots." .... on Deadspin?

There's no "for whatever reason" about it anymore. The "whatever reason" is patently clear, even if the why of it isn't necessarily: every one of Apple's major successes, unless you're considering the iTunes Music Store (where Jobs effectively threatened and browbeat the music industry into "partnering" under his…

I think you missed the point: I agree with you that balance is a big deal and a problem. I disagreed that it's only a problem on the competitive scene, and was addressing how even "just for fun" players can be adversely affected by bad balance.

I'm always torn on this kind of topic. On the one hand, given how man people use few to no interface mods (and given the proposition, which I agree with, that the unmodded game should be as good as they can make it), Blizzard is right to constantly be marching forward.