Fine, ship. It’s your choice. But don’t petition the CREATORS of the fiction to make your ‘ship’ (god, I hate that word) canon, and then get pissed off when they don’t.

I think Earth Defense Force 5 came out last month in Japan, incidentally.

I rewatched all of TNG a few years back and was surprised how much I enjoyed Troi. They didn’t always give her much to do (and why is there a therapist on the bridge of a starship?) but she’s such a warm presence on the show. And when she did get a chance to do something deeper, like Dark Page, she delivered on it.

I was not—in any way—equating the impact, pervasiveness, historical record or severity of homophobia or transphobia with what Furries are faced with.

I was pointing out that the thought process (that one human being is superior to another because of some perceived difference between them) is the same; hate proceeds…

Seems to me to be more of a kink (when it’s sexual in nature)—and the last time I checked, pretty much everyone has a kink somewhere in their head. I mean, yeah, folks kink-shame each other (often to draw attention away from their own proclivities), but it still seems hypocritical and stupid.

I have to be honest here: picking on Furries seems like the last (at least marginally) socially-acceptable redoubt of the same impulses that drive homophobia and transphobia.

My personal experience with Furries has been limited; I know and am friends with two folks who identify with the fandom, and I’ve interacted with…

When you see people complaining about “bad” game journalism, they really should be talking about things like this, but instead, they rage about sites like Kotaku or Polygon giving a game from BELOVED FRANCHISE #2928 a “bad” review until their brains explode.

So ridiculous. I listened to the podcast yesterday and I could tell that there were lines in there that other sites would misinterpret. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the context from that Splitscreen interview. I feel like all these other games journalists are just purposefully misinterpreting in order to…

Even if you haven’t played Persona 5, it’s pretty clear through context that the joke is that the guy doesn’t remember how he’s supposed to feel about a character because he’s taken a long break from the game, something most gamers can relate to.

I mean, it isn’t exactly hard to figure out what’s going on there if you’ve ever had any exposure to games with relationship dynamics...

We literally talk about how we don’t care that Peach is kidnapped in this podcast and how a large part of this issue comes down to tradition. Altho, I think you’re being unfair in saying only opinion writers care about this when the question of whether or not Zelda can be a fighting hero is *literally the story of the…

This definitely solves a debate. Not the one about Super Saiyans, but the one about whether Toriyama is completely out of ideas and just making up nonsense or not.

I took a quick glance at the photo and got super excited thinking it was new Guyver. Man what I would do for some more Guyver.

Exactly. People that maybe aren’t into politics need to focus more on the policies of each party and not necessarily the personalities. This administration is a disaster for the average working person and the less fortunate. And the devastating affects will be felt for many decades.

If it’s wrong and hurts the majority of humans beings you can make sure Trump and his administration support it. That’s a given. You have to be sick in the head to vote for Trump.

Who knew that voting for the Republicans who have been so transparent about not caring about taking away our freedoms and raising our taxes and cutting our access to education and health care would end up destroying the internet?

“Dear Dr. Nerdlove ... I’m thinking about breaking up with my boyfriend because he’s distant and seems uninterested in me. The way I see it, I’ve got two options: 1. sit down with him and have an open, face-to-face conversation. 2. Write him a note, use google to translate it to Filipino, and then hand-convert that to…

PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE NOTE WRITING - SKILL LEVEL 100

A great deal of Life in Aggro’s material seems to center around FF XIV (at least the stuff we get here in the Sunday Comics roundup). As a longtime FF XIV player, it’s consistently funny to me, because the jokes riff on common problems and foibles within the game.

I suppose if you don’t play it, it’s fairly easy to see…

Cecilia, I just want to say how much I appreciate your role as Kotaku’s resident Weird Shit People Do on the Internet reporter.