You know what I feel like doing? I'm going to start a new game of Mass Effect 2. At character creation, I'm going to click on "Male," but then act like it's just a very masculine-looking and sounding female Shepard. Any reference to masculinity by teammates and enemies will just be affectionate jokes or insults. And…

That doesn't stop you. Make your game with a female. Then watch it fail. Bask in the warm fuzzies of having added a female game protagonist to the pantheon, even though you went bankrupt doing so.

That should be the middle square: "Because we didn't want to lose all our money."

No, but your audience doesn't either. No one's going to complain that "orcs don't think like that," but plenty could complain that "women don't think like that."

"No one's saying a developer cannot ever have a male lead without a female player option. BUT—and this is important—the developer had better come up with a legitimate reason as to why they think their story can't be told just as well if a woman were the main character."

Can we reverse-vote or anti-vote? Because I hate Critical Miss. Barely even tries to be funny and spends way too much time up its own ass talking about web cartooning as if it's some sacred profession.

I'm straight, I'm not homophobic, but I prefer not to see two guys kissing.

For those who want to know, this is a denomination of Christianity called Pentecostalism. The falling down is called being "slain in the Spirit." The idea is that the preacher transmits the power of the Holy Spirit of God into the recipient such that it overwhelms them and makes them lose control of their bodies. This…

Is that Command and Conquer bundle only on Origin? Do you need to be Internet connected to play anything (that's what it looks like)? Can I choose to only download a few of the games? Thanks!

Is that Command and Conquer bundle only on Origin? Do you need to be Internet connected to play anything (that's what it looks like)? Can I choose to only download a few of the games? Thanks!

Fair enough ;)

Well it's not like they're going to stop making the stabby-shooty game you and me like, is it? ;)

I love Saints Row 3. For the game, of course, but also for the fact that I decided to buy it because I saw that "Hey Ash Whacha Playin" where she argues that it should be game of the year. She made creating a fat black female PC (everything I'm not, cept for a few pounds) look so fun. Then I actually started the game…

Wow. He didn't say video games were for children or idiots. He didn't say it's a sin to play video games. He said it can cut off your connection to God. That's it.

Right, but the abjuration against homosexuality is redoubled in the New Testament, whereas blended fabric isn't. In other words, blended fabric is a part of the ceremonial Mosaic law and no longer applicable (just like circumcision, and you can see Paul arguing heavity against it in Galatians), while homosexuality…

Didn't think I'd be the first one to say this, but...

So is it white knighting for Adam Savage and Wil Wheaton and other guys to be in this video? And I'm seriously asking, because I'm tired of being sometimes told, "Men can end discrimination/harassment/violence against women" and also told "Go away and stop trying to score points with us, we're adults and can sort it…

Agreed. At a certain point, I just want to say, "Yeah, people are mean, especially if you're different from them. It's life. Surely you were introduced to this in high school?"

Most of my brain is glad that people are taking initiative and saying, "It's stupid of you to resent or demean us," but a little voice in the…

They weren't. They weren't using the word "fag" in their signs, which is strongly attached to the WBC marketing campaign (it's in their website URL).

It's the worst, isn't it? After every single line, like geeks are the funniest people on earth. I heard a guy put it best when he said the show was a nerd minstrel show.

Oh, you're new to it too? I much prefer it to Deus Ex, and that's another one I missed in its own time.