Well, there seems to be this neo-80s style thing going on right now in pop culture. If you look at some of the newer bands that are out there like Arcade Fire, CHVRCHES, etc, for instance, the music and fashion looks straight out of the 80s, but these are new young bands. I get the impression that Maisie Williams…
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I didn't even pay attention to the dates. If I had known this was from almost 2 years ago I wouldn't have bothered. Somehow this article wound up in my recommended article list, and I clicked on it because I thought it was a new article. I'm guessing a bunch of other people did as well. There must be a new…
In the US, most states have what we call "at-will employment". This means that as an employee, you are free to quit at anytime for any reason, and as an employer you are free to terminate an employee at any time for any reason. The employment is at the will of both parties.
The problem is that the Starcraft IP became the RTS cash cow and the Warcraft IP became the MMORPG cash cow. Blizzard is operating at a much higher level than they were in the pre-WoW days, meaning that their cost to produce a game is so high now that they have to sell a bagillian copies to turn a profit.
The moment I truly decided this show was a lost cause was when Sarah Newlin kissed Governor Burrell's severed head. I mean, there were plenty of goofy parts before that, but that was the pinnacle of the show's OOT stupidity. Nobody that finds their loved one's severed head is going to give the severed head a goodbye…
The problem with achievements is that they make gaming more like a job than a hobby. "I'm tired of this game and ready to play something else, BUT I HAVE TO COMPLETE THE ACHIEVEMENTS!" is a really bad mentality to get into because it can cause you to burn out of gaming entirely.
I found out the hard way that talking to this guy is a huge waste of time. I finally managed to get him to explain his position in plain English. It turns out that he makes this bizarre distinction between criticizing what someone says and criticizing the fact that it was said. In other words, he's not criticizing…
That's your prerogative. I was not arguing in bad faith. I was being completely honest about what I thought you meant. I'm not sure why you are hung up on this difference between criticizing someone for saying something versus criticizing that someone said something. That's hair splitting as far as I'm concerned. …
I can assure you that I'm not trolling you. I'm legitimately trying to understand.
So, if I understand your point of view correctly:
In the case you just mentioned, criticizing someone as homophobic for saying "Mussolini was a faggot!" implies that you support the LGBT community and feel the need to defend it. In this case, criticizing gamers for being pissed off about company policies implies that you support those company policies.
Yeah, he's either an elaborate troll or he's somebody that just enjoys debating for the sake of debating, even though he really has no personal stake in the matter.
If you criticize X, and I criticize you for criticizing X, then the implication is that I support X and feel the need to defend it from criticism. Otherwise, why would I bother?
I'm not saying anybody is entitled to anything. I'm not sure why you are hung up on that word.
Where did I say we were morally or ethically entitled to something? I said we are allowed to be morally outraged even if we aren't entitled to anything. Are you arguing just for the sake of arguing at this point?
I think the disconnect here is that you are speaking purely from a legal point of view, and everyone else is taking morality and ethics into consideration. You're simply asking, "Are you legally entitled to this or not." That's a fair question in it's own right, and you have a fair point.
To answer your question about Aliens: Colonial Marines. http://kotaku.com/5984024/the-al…
I saw some scans from a 90s Sears catalog the other day. The games were anywhere from $60-75 each for the latest "hot" games. Adjusted for inflation that's like $95+ today. The fact that games really haven't increased in price the past 25 years means that developers are actually making less money per copy than they…
I think that whether or not a person grew up believing that expansion packs were common depends on whether or not that person grew up playing PC games or console games. It's always been common for PC games to have expansion packs, so the idea of extra content being adding on after release is something PC gamers are…