Those pesky plumbers better watch out!

Final Fantasy VII really does have the most polished and thematically rich narrative in the series. I know it’s always that someone needs to jump into a conversation about VII and scream “VI WAS BETTER,” but I think people like that are driven by nostalgia just as much as they criticize VII fans for being so. VI was…

I don’t think the question is whether or not we “can” divorce personality from political viewpoints, but whether or not we “should.”

I won’t go into what I like and/or dislike about President Obama or what crazy right-wingers say about him, but I will say that views affect people, especially when those views are held…

That’s like saying “it’s too bad that you denigrate this hypothetical white supremacist KKK member’s ‘actual’ personality by the views they hold; they’re a very friendly person who you can chill out and have a beer with.” I’ve met people who are complete jackasses in terms of personality but have morally sound…

Bomb threats are deplorable regardless of how awful the individuals they target are. No one deserves to be the victim of senseless violence, and no one should wish such senseless violence on other individuals.

I’m confused; maybe I misread the article, but wasn’t male pregnancy via abduction already a feature in the series since the Sims 2?

It’s HTML5. It’s far more impressive than a really big animated .gif.

He also vaguely resembles Dr. Sivana.

“Its vision is augmented.”

While making fun of/downplaying the seriousness of child abuse is certainly reprehensible, that’s not what the Binding of Isaac is doing. The entire game is built upon a foundation of fridge horror; while its exterior is all juvenile poop jokes and so forth, there’s a really sad, tragic story about abuse and how awful…

Expansion confirmed for finally managing to devour the last remaining traces of this addict’s soul. However:

I’m sorry you feel that way, because that’s not how you win the battle against racists (or bullies in general, for that matter) at all.

You win the battle against bigots by finding a strong moral center in yourself and fighting for what you believe in.

You’re absolutely right; it is beyond any and all reasonable doubt that Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, and all of the other greatest civil rights leaders who had the most effective impact on race relations in the country that fathered blackface fought racism simply by ignoring it. It couldn’t possibly…

“Someone’s expressing frustration due to the sins of the ruling class! I’m entitled to you paying attention to me instead of the systemic injustice that makes blackface so much worse because my feelings have a boo-boo!”

Except no, Japan is well-aware of what blackface is and how inexcusable it is (If you read the article, there was clear example of something being pulled in the past for that precise reason). Your argument becomes even shakier when this is from an overseas branch of an American company promoting an American movie.…

“These things are more recognized and widely acknowledged and have more of an immediate material effect, so they get more ‘racism’ points. This thing is still offending a lot of people due to its willful ignorance of historical context and thus contributing to systemic injustice, but since it isn’t as obvious I’m…

Thank you, O High Unwavering Authority on What Is and Isn’t Racism and What Is and Isn’t Offensive and Insensitive to Everyone.

I’m glad we have you here to arbitrate what is and isn’t “real” racism.

I’ll gladly consider any strong example of blackface that has beyond any reasonable doubt not offended any individual of an oppressed, privileged, or marginalized group if you can provide it.

No it isn’t. A KKK splinter group could suddenly break off and proclaim that they “no longer support” racism and that they now exist to “help non-white individuals out,” and they could be totally honest and sincere, but it wouldn’t mean anything at all if they still called themselves the KKK and used KKK imagery.…