There’s also the fact that direct purchases undeniably mean better content for everyone. When you’ve got loot boxes you can get away with having 1 great skin and a dozen crappy ones because people will disregard the crappier ones in an attempt to get to the good one, which has lower odds. But with a cosmetics store,…

Credit to Van for responding, in the moment and in the face a huge celebrity and icon and not backing down and still delivering some really real shit to Kanye’s face.

I remember reading an article (probably here) about how torrenting could also be attributed to an uptick in sales. The idea being that a large portion of that pirate community tend to buy the media after they’ve watched it, even though they originally weren’t even interested. For example: Jane has no interest in the…

As much as I love it, I’m actually waiting for the 3-movie complete John Wick series before I buy it. Did the same with Harry Potter. Been burned too many times for that garbage.

Serious question: How does one accurately measure the impact of torrenting on sales? There are a good number of people who would never buy it no matter how cheap/easy it is to access, so they can’t really be counted in the “lost sales” number. Also, there are people that don’t want to wait for the release date who…

That would be an excellent idea. Like the old 80's and 90's flicks where two action heroes pair up, like Tango & Cash.

Fuck that. If men can do it, why can’t we? I feel like women get better as we age. Give us the same chances as you give men.

If you imagine an America where only black people were allowed to vote and an America where only white people voted, I think it’s pretty clear which one of those two Americas would be better governed, more successful and more respected in the world. White people know this at least subconsciously - and loathe it,…

I’m going to assume Loki has the Tesseract and that’s going to both be his bargaining chip and the reason Thanos was able to find them.

“The crowd has boo’ed you, your players’ stats will be drained slightly to start the first two drives.”

“Press X to protest America’s societal injustices and police misconduct.”

Sounds like a good pairing. Short fiction has been killing it for years when it comes to Black Mirror-style storytelling. And those are solid authors to start out with. I could go on about folks that could run with some cool things using this prompt (Seanan McGuire, Victor LaValle, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ramez Naam,…

DeadStar looks interesting, Nuclear Throne as well, and I’ll prolly pick up Guns Up because I have a buddy working on it.

I like John Malkovich, but that made me laugh.

If you have an Xbone and don’t have Sunset Overdrive... WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!? Seriously, go get it for $20. It’s like Saints Row IV and Ratchet and Clank had a baby (only Ratchet and Clank also briefly cheated on Saints Row with Jet Set Radio).

If you have an Xbone and don’t have Sunset Overdrive... WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!? Seriously, go get it for…

Target’s buy 2 get 1 free video game deal works on both Fallout 4 and Tomb Raider :)

Target’s buy 2 get 1 free video game deal works on both Fallout 4 and Tomb Raider :)

“OMG!!! There’s a Vehicle Stopped On Shoulder ahead!!! Take evasive action now!”

As a programmer, I can confirm that being able to write clearly is a big deal in this industry. It’s amazing how many decent programmers are hard to work with because they simply cannot communicate clearly.