This is probably the dumbest shit I've read on Kotaku in a while.

And winner of the "Best Cooking Mama" game goes to:

You're confusing virtual killing with an actual goal in mind (military games) with murder and torture in games like this and DayZ simply because it is "fun" to do.

True hazing is nothing more than a form of control. Psychologically, it has absolutely nothing to do with comradery.

Because it often takes a fairly large amount of effort to collect items that allow you to be borderline competitive.

That raises another question. Is it worth segregating an online userbase? That sort of thing already impacts other online games.

I typically don't look directly at the keyboard. However, I also don't have my visual field completely consumed by a conflicting virtual environment.

Very cool if implemented well. However, it brings me back to my first point then, particularly on the issue of buy-in cost for all of this equipment. Rift itself isn't going to be cheap. Include dedicated peripherals and the entire setup might be entirely prohibitive to some people.

By comparison, Hawken is an arcade mech shooter, and it still requires more input than an xbox controller or a joystick afford.

As excited as I am for Rift support, and I can't help ignore to glaring issues with its implementation. Everyone is so wrapped up in what this could deliver in terms of immersion that they are ignoring two key problems.

Anyone else extremely annoyed by the fact that the bass line of the music played was frequently out of sync with the actual foot steps? My inner DJ was screaming at me to beatmatch it until it was correct. Literally had to stop watching it with audio.

Unbelievable, and truly epic that man can accomplish such a feat.

Thought it needed to be added that the image of the pink stuff above probably isn't even meat, and that the "pink slime" that was being used in foodstuffs was both leaner than regular ground beef and held to much cleaner food standards than a lot of ground beef.

Really wish they'd revisit the clans in that universe. Wolf clan was the original BA.

Long story short, it's not. Even the chemical preservatives have been deemed safe by medical reviews.

You can't be serious. Until you can actually show that they used McD's nuggets, you can't go around pretending that they did simply to support your earlier viewpoint.

It's entirely possible, seeing as there are so many chains that make chicken nuggets. Until you can verify that, you look foolish for saying so.

Firstly, that article doesn't even say which food chains were tested. And in looking for the abstract, it's not there either. So unless you can access a full text version that confirms that McD's was one of the two chains tested, you can't really use the article in support of your argument.

It's really not sketchy at all. It's simple processing.

The problem here is that Nintendo as an entity isn't releasing enough on the WiiU to make people have to have the system. It's the gaps between their games that would be bolstered by increased 3rd party support, which they haven't managed to truly deliver in a long time. This problem is compounded by the power deficit…