I mean, the people who are protesting drinking and driving laws are horribly misguided, because their opinions are crap. The people who protest cannabis laws are not, however, because their opinions are justified. There really isn't much of a comparison, here.

Right, there are reasons for cannabis's illegality; they're just incredibly bad.

"Psychological addiction" is incredibly flimsy ground to argue on; you can make the case that "playing video games are bad because they can potentially be psychologically addicting" just as validly as you can make the case that "smoking pot is bad because it can potentially be psychologically addicting." This is the…

You probably should drink coffee every morning. It's one of the most antioxidant-rich substances on the planet, it increases metabolism, and it decreases hunger. It's the world's healthiest beverage, save for water.

No, it isn't. There are proven physical and psychological benefits to moderate/occasional recreational cannabis use. Furthermore, psychedelics are excellent tools for spiritual and psychological growth and healing. No one has ever died due only to direct, responsible use of these substances. As a fact, they are only…

The "easy" solution isn't the appropriate or ethical solution. That solution would be to decriminalize and legalize harmless recreational substances such as cannabis and permanently commit cultural puritanism to its grave.

Cannabis isn't an addictive drug.

This con didn't really even go wrong, though. I think Kotaku and Reddit are misrepresenting how the majority of VGU went, and not highlighting the right things about the convention; for what it was, it was successful. I do agree that there are plenty of people who try to put on conventions who don't really know what…

I mean, it isn't reasonable to expect more than VGU's 7k-ish attendees for a small, first-time video game convention. It's a healthy number, and—again, this is anecdotal, but you can check out IGDA DC's Facebook page or some of the Twitter photos for a better idea of the con's turnout—as someone who was there, I can…

I saw the image and was immediately confused. I thought the term for poultry-based sandwiches was "chicken sandwich," not "chicken burger" (The exception, of course, being the turkey burger, but that's usually closer to the ground beef burger than the breaded chicken filet; if it was a non-breaded ground chicken…

Either it really only looked like this in the early mornings/evenings, or all of the traffic was on the exhibitor booth side that this photo didn't catch. I was able to get plenty of great comments at my booth, so I was happy with it.

I was an exhibitor at VGU, and I can vouch for it as having had a healthy turnout for a small, first-time convention. The point of smaller conventions isn't to rival media sensations such as E3, but to highlight the local gaming and game development community, so there is nothing for gamers to be "burned out" on. Were…

Nope. When there are numerous smaller, local conventions, local game developers have more opportunities to show off their products to and get feedback from gamers; small/local conventions also foster community growth. When you only have E3 and GDC, only the massive developers and publishers can afford to show off…

I can verify that, as I was an exhibitor at a local indies' booth. It had a healthy turnout.

It wasn't that bad. It had quite a few people during its peaks; it was a healthy turnout for a first-time convention.

I disagree. This was either from very early or very late in the day. I was there showing off an early pre-alpha of my game, and I was able to get a fair amount of great feedback and criticism from a variety of attendees. Will definitely return next year.

Indie games have been better than publisher-funded games for years.

Squidward, Plankton and Sandy look decent. Aside from his clothes and palette, Patrick looks more like what a human Larry the Lobster would look like. Not a fan of this Mr. Krabs, either; far too young, handsome and fashionable. Spongebob himself is my least favourite; I'm not really getting the incredibly optimistic…

The classic Sonic games were fantastic because they were an affordable, home-based evolution of pinball. Sonic isn't about speed, but about watching the motion of the game carefully and predicting the outcome of the game's physics; it's a game of pinball where the bumper and the ball are one. Comparing the games to…

As I've mentioned elsewhere, Sonic is essentially what happens when you cross platforming with pinball; essentially, the ball and bumper are one. Pinball is fun precisely because you don't always have direct control over everything; instead, the skill is in watching carefully and predicting the outcome of the game's…