Ah yes. Blizzard reading the (green) tea leaves once again .

First, yes, I do expect an American company to choose human rights over profit. That’s actually not an unreasonable expectation, and I affirm it by taking my business elsewhere. Also, the notion that company’s must primarily act in their shareholder’s interests above all else is actually quite recent (mid-20th…

Kotaku’s coverage of sexuality is incredibly limited in scope, as well as oblivious to the outlet’s near-complete lack of concern over violent imagery. I don’t find either form of expression problematic, and wish Kotaku could more frequently cover sex as art, rather than politics, and with the same openness as it does…

Really sounds like they’re going to replicate the business model of local mom-and-pop game stores, who hold local tournaments and so on to sell copies of board games, only in this case there’s be more of a video gaming angle. I’d say it’s not the worst idea, except local game stores themselves are struggling and…

We need to be honest that open broadcasting platforms are double-edged swords. Yes, good that we get fresh, non-traditional voices and content. But you also get everything from scumbags to racists directly marketing at tweens. Not advocating censorship, but I’m not going to pretend Dr. Disrespect and his ilk have any…

As an MMA fan, I’d say you’re right on calling Rousey out on the Sandy Hook garbage (though understand MMA is a wasteland of fringe libertarian politics ... kinda comes with the territory). However, while her remarks on Fox competing were worded tastelessly -- a fair point -- on the substance she’s not wrong. That is,…

Well said. It’s a completely regressive regulation that’s ignorant of the harm overzealous copy protections have inflicted on other industries. It’s gotten to the point in film where you have to be careful what FURNITURE you stick in a shot because you might owe the creator royalties.

The interview with Kotaku was telling. When pressed on whether this would be another Google fad product, Phil Harrison essentially said this is part of a much broader cloud computing initiative. My sense is that games are about the most difficult form of digital entertainment to stream, and if they can nail that they…