They don’t compete as directly as, say, Sony and MS do, so it stands to reason they’ll have an easier time having dealing with each other in a civil way.

I was so hoping this’d be followed in the direct by like, a Rare Replay announcement, or even just Nuts and Bolts/Viva Pinata. 

Good shit, man. It's probably nothing, but I'd like to see MS and Nintendo collab more often, since they're both great at things the other is kind of bad at.

Now he’s been banned from Twitch sans explanation.

Yeah, but just remember, once the eSports crash comes he’ll be out of a job and still a loaded teenager able to decide where his life goes from th- well, fuck.

Honestly all I took from this is that there is an 11 or 12 year old making way more money then I am. I made the wrong life choices.

For a moment there I thought that was some amazing hyperbole, before “It’s a build number dude” caught up with me.

Do not establish a relationship with an employer on the basis of you, the worker, paying your boss for anything.

That’s a terrible idea. You definitely shouldn’t send bribes to people, they usually don’t appreciate it.

My college career counselor recommended the inclusion of a $5 Starbucks gift card in addition to the thank you note. I feel like this stuff is getting out of hand. Do I show up to the interview with brunch?

Nah dude. If I’m your dream candidate and you would have hired me but for lack of a thank you note, I don’t want to work for you or your company. Probably means insufficient asskissing is penalized as a matter of course.

Imagine this happening in any other sport. LeBron stepped off court because the fans kept yelling SHOOOOT!

Agreed. That calls for disqualification, as far as I would be concerned.

He got up and walked away. He wasn’t entitled to a do-over. Simple as that.

The War Stories series by Ars is absolutely fantastic. They even got one with Richard Garriott.

I don’t work in game development, but elsewhere in the software world.

I don’t remember, but I certainly agree.  It boggles my mind that we continue to let unions be weakened.  Collective bargaining is the right approach.  My union brothers and sisters benefit from all of us looking out.

Remember Wednesday when I said everyone should join a union?

As a woman who works in finance (also male dominated) the problem with what you say is that in some areas every company is going to have “traditional values”* to one extent or another.

This is why i shake my head at those who say streamers “have no real job” or “have it easy.” Streaming can be, and usually is, incredibly mentally and emotionally draining. In most cases, say goodbye to your social life, any hobbies outside of it, and physical health. You stream for 8-10 hours a day, and there’s a…