I think it gets complicated by the company’s context of botching so much of social media and some of the rumblings from the show floor about how this latest demo was handling race. That’s a problem with the genre as a whole, but it doesn’t sound like 2077 is approaching that sort of thing with the greatest sense of…

They have a point. You’re here, and that equals ad dollars. You think you’re being critical, but you’re the mark. Your choice to engage with the content out of spite is the point. You got played, and all because they know you’re too smug to just walk on by something you don’t like without whining about it.

im in. i know this sounds goofy, but i miss mystery in my media, these days films/games/comics get soo much pre-release footage it kinda ruins the experience of that first experience. this is so convoluted and cryptic to the point of parody and pretentiousness, but it feels amazing going into a big budget piece of art…

Persona 3 and 4 both had enhanced remakes within three years of their initial release, just like this one, and for those games the remakes are largely considered the definitive versions. Persona 4 Golden especially is widely praised as a far better game than its base incarnation. It’s a tradition for this franchise,…

I totally agree with everything you’re saying, but the sad thing is that it’s not even what’s pissing these people off. At least from what I’ve seen.

There is nothing in the goddamned world like the absolute fragility of folks who occupy majority (race/ethnicity/sex/sexual orientation/religious affiliation) status feeling like they might have to share the pie they’ve previously had 99% of.

Think about this for just a moment: Every time someone screams about “SJWs,”…

Was just speaking to my friends about this supposed outrage, and man, how far have we fallen to take offense in having a black character going back in time to prevent slavery. It's not only outrageous, it's sad . . .

That’s how colloquialisms work. They tend to be regional in nature (dialectic), and often exist within closed groups.

Take, for example, “Like trying to herd cats.” This colloquialism refers directly to a task that is perceived to be incredibly difficult—if not impossible. It’s also generally not used outside of…

That’s...not at all an inaccurate phrase for communicating the idea of sleeping in fits and starts. “Chunks” here refers to “chunks of time,” as in sleeping for fifteen minutes, waking up, and then drifting off again.

I’m not certain where you picked up your understanding of English composition (to say nothing of…

As someone that works in journalism, the story presented is so overly simplified, asinine and contrived it’s insulting.

I never thought that Minecraft being bought out by a multi-billion dollar corporation would end up being a good thing.

“Meanwhile, The Daily Star’s story continues to be up on the paper’s site; the organization has been sued for (and settled over) libel charges a number of times over the years, but it’s still baffling that they thought they could get away with allegedly straight-up inventing an interview with one of Earth’s most…

TV exec texts: “He calls us fake news all the time, but needs access to airwaves… If we give him the time, he’ll deliver a fact-free screed without rebuttal. And if we don’t give him the time, he’ll call every network partisan. So we are damned if we do and damned if we don’t.”

Now listen up, you troglodytes. You’re going to come at me about how this totally erases the OBVIOUS RAMPANT SEXISM. As if the sexism that Ellie faced was un-sexism because it was a guy all along. And as if it wasn’t still wholly indicative of the experience that women face trying to enter esports.

“People involved aside, this ‘stunt’ will have lasting ramifications for ANY woman/[non-binary] person trying to get into Contenders. They will ALL now be subject to ‘lol are you real??’ harassment.”

“Geguri is cheating”
“MagicAmy is actually two people”
etc etc etc
Blame enough women for being fake/bad/cheating enough times, eventually that broken clock will be right.

The only winning move is to never play their “prove it!/Debate me!” game. block them, mute them, silence them, kick them out, and never give them what they want.

It’s crazy to me that video games have somehow become merged in the mind of the average neckbeard as an activity representing “manliness.” You might shoot terrorists in a game, you might ride a horse or chop wood or save princesses or smack prostitues, these acts all fall under the ugly umbrella of perceived masculine…

Esports is not a meritocracy; it’s a male-dominated scene in which gender essentialism runs rampant, and in which women are often made to feel unwelcome.

Guess it’s just another one of those days that I’m embarrassed of the culture surrounding my primary hobby. What is wrong with people?