“Man takes principled stance to support his revenue stream”

That’s true. You can also get them used that way at most stores. 

Why are they making such a point to say that the loot boxes “are fun and enjoyable for people”? It’s not like that was ever part of this legal discussion. When I was in court for *allegedly* selling crack to 12 year olds I wasn’t all “but you know your honor, the kids really enjoy crack, it makes em feel good.”

“Let’s build expectation during 8 seasons and kill a demi-god with a knife wound, not giving any kind of satisfactory ending for the biggest plotline of the show! Also, nobody that actually matter dies!”

That’s been one of my biggest issues with this season so far, the cinematography has been just horrible this year compared to previous seasons. I mean that was the one thing you could always count on even as the quality started to dip was that at least the world was still amazing to look at. Now everything is way too…

If you really want the “Heather isn’t fucking around version,” here it is:

Loot boxes are, ignoring the hair splitting of insufferable pedants like yourself, gambling. They are crafted, from probabilities to visual to their contents, to condition individuals and encourage repeated purchase and use. People with…

Worker and consumer rights are absolutely moral issues, largely because compensation for labor and the cost of goods (at least under capitalism) is fundamentally exploitative in execution. Usually, we roll with it and that’s fine. For instance, I don’t have a problem giving my guy at the bodega a buck for a soda even…

Okay, some further editorial.

Loot crates have always been a moral issue that the industry (publishers, devs, journalists, influencers, and whoever else) has mostly ignore or dismissed and that’s incredibly screwed up. Even cosmetic focused crates, which don’t affect gameplay, use specific audio/visual cues and…

Amazing. Let’s rub our gay hands over all forms of media until they’re huddled in the corner watching Duck Dynasty on a small black & white CRT, sobbing.

Gita, thank you for this--and particularly for taking the time to collect opinions from the broader fanbase.

I personally find what Jontron had to say during the “debate” (if such it can be called with a straight face) absolutely repugnant, on both a (personal) moral level, and as someone who is reasonably well-versed…

I’m going to try this with Hearthstone.

He’d probably still call them “Sandpeople.”

Coruscant, now that’s a great planet. 5,000 levels. We’re gonna have even more levels, the best levels. And then we’re gonna build a wall, and the Tusken Raiders are gonna pay.

Trump: You know, Luke was a terrible Jedi. That’s true. He didn’t complete his training with Yoda and got his hand chopped off by his dad. Sad. I’d never get my hand chopped off, and that has nothing to do with the size of my hands. My hands are actually huge. They’re luxurious. They’re the best hands.

Meanwhile us Symmetra mains are waiting for them to actually GIVES us n event skin that isn’t just a reskin at all.

I think I liked the idea of this article way more than the execution. I’d be way more into criticism of the design, instead of everyone trying to hard for good one-liners.

“I suppose you could go all Judgy McJudgerson on TaZzeRK for doing nothing but play a video game for six months,”

Hopefully all cheaters will be...Underwatch.

While I’d love to be platinum (High of 2471... so close!), I’m more concerned about having more balanced play; wherever that lands me.