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I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate the idea of “Hero from one culture moves on to murder the gods of a different culture”. Even though it will probably avoid excessive scrutiny because the Greek and Nordic people are in some sense white, it’s just a bad idea for a game.

It’s really illuminating seeing how many responses are “but she defended child pornography” or similar such lines, as though these lies are not debunked IN THE ARTICLE ABOVE.

This story is not new. Reactionary hate mobs in games have attacked outspoken women for years now. The shameful and disgusting aspect of this story is that never before has a company failed one of its employees that was the target of a harassment mob to this degree. Ubisoft didn’t fire Jade Raymond when she came under

I think a lot of folks said their goodbyes to the Escapist when they threw their lot behind a certain reactionary mob in this hobby. Still, I remember a time when they were great but I don’t know if their state today is any more lamentable than their state last week.

Two things:

There’s a time and a place for everything, and an industry networking event is probably not an appropriate place for sexy dancers (regardless of gender) no matter how “chill” the industry is. If nothing else, but because “people on tables gyrating” doesn’t really contribute towards networking in any shape, way, or

I would be really concerned about trying on a VR headset display unit when I don’t know who has had that in close proximity to their face before I did. I guess Target and Wal-Mart sell antibacterial wipes so they could just have a box of those near the display unit.

It really seems that by now the playbook for this should be perfectly clear.

I have a clear notion of a circumstance that caused me to actively dislike FPS games.

This is why I’ve always felt that railing against microtransactions in $60 games is missing the point. The thing about options is that they’re optional, so offering it for the people who want it is entirely reasonable business practice.

It really seems that if people really want the pure unadulterated Japanese version... they should learn Japanese.

I really wish they could separate out “combat is super lethal and enemies have tons of HP” from “you have to eat/drink/sleep” and “the compass doesn’t automatically tell you where everything is” etc.

Let’s not forget that this was a 7-2 decision, so fully 77% of the court could have written it. Moreover, the basis of Scalia’s argument was essentially “video games are puerile garbage that none but the most childish would take seriously” so it’s not exactly like the man was a fan.

Cancer is terrible, and though I’ve basically never agreed with Mr. Bain on anything or enjoyed his work, this is still sad and I wish him the best. Stepping off of social media is almost certainly for the best, considering how polarizing he can be.

I think perhaps the most damning indictment of the culture that orbits video games is that “hey, this scene where you drug one of your friends without her knowledge is in poor taste” somehow became controversial.

Fallout: New Vegas is far and away my favorite game of the last decade or so, so definitely count me in among those who would love to see another Obsidian Fallout game. I’m not counting on it happening, because Obsidian is smaller than they were and they’re also fairly busy now.

Since Dunkelzahn heroically sacrificed himself (thus removing him from continuity) a while back, I’ll have to go with-

I really wanted to like Dragon’s Dogma, but I feel like I must have been playing it the wrong way since it just felt like a slog. I mean, to traverse the world you end up fighting the same enemies over and over again (e.g. Wolves, which hunt in packs) and though they pose no threat to you beyond a certain level but

I think the real problem with the YES/NO system modeling casual recommendations is that when you recommend a game to a friend, you have some idea about what they like (since you’ve probably discussed games before). So if “Shootmans 4: The Man Shoots” comes out and your friend asks if they should get it, you’re going

Brooke Lynne’s Sticks and Cones was so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.