What I would give to be a fly on the wall of Popeye’s marketing department. Clapping each other’s backs while internally screaming over the hell they hath wrought.

I wouldn’t even give them credit for the “sorry” part. They said they’re “sorry” they moved “too hastily,” “failed to bring people together” and failed to live up to unspecified standards. Crucially, they did not say the most important part: that were actually WRONG to punish Blitzchung for voicing a political opinion…

Perhaps they vastly overestimated the value of announcing Al Bhagdadi (sp?) thing?

It’s something of a trap question, to be honest.

You have a serious misunderstanding of US copyright laws as they pertain to nude photographs. I encourage you to read up on it before you publish your collection of creepshots and revenge porn.

If it makes you feel any better, my understanding is that people like this don’t survive particularly long in prison.

Absolutely interesting! Will there be a more formal review of this game on Kotaku soon?

Well, you know what Jesus said: “Totally judge everyone (except yourself), and don’t forget to turn your cheek so it rests comfortably on your rifle stock.”

Probably? One can’t help a glance or two at what you used to wipe your ass with. I mean, gotta make sure you got everything, right?

Not disagreeing per se, but do you have something specific in Bliz’s history that suggests that they would act any different? I’m sure the internal work culture was excellent, but how did it translate into external business decisions (particularly in sensitive political ones)?

Frankly, it sounds like its working as intended. Those elected officials are doing *exactly* what the people who voted for them want them to do. That’s the nature (and failing) of an adversarial system.

Three instances where I considered parking as close as possible:

The fact they’re developing hypersonic weapons probably has something to do with wanting a higher rpm from ship defense weapons. It might ultimately be pointless, but development was probably going on in parallel with other hypersonic programs so the designers of the 11-barrel weren’t entirely sure what hypersonic…

I believe the plan is to send the message that cops that kill black people is not something society considers less offensive than a non-violent drug crime. It’s laudable to demand less needlessly harsh penalties in general but you’re forgetting that justice is not just about the appropriate severity of punishment, but…

I’m fine with allowing the Castle Doctrine through but instructions should have been given to the jury that the burden of proof should rest on the *defense* to prove she had taken reasonable steps to ascertain she was home. 

If you want to die, put a plastic bag over your head. Jumping into a zoo enclosure this will probably get the poor lion shot.

Now that you mention it, it sounds great. Like we have a president with extra lives. We can have him do stupidly dangerous but endearing PR stunts to recover some goodwill for the Presidency.

Very Concerned Question:

To borrow from the infinite eloquence of the internet,

Ha! I think you mentioned in another article that you had something of a weakness for flawed games that manage to punch well above their weight. Convenient, because I do too. Will give this a shot.