Right? It shows that pricing of the time seems to be much more based on perceived value of the title rather than an arbitrary flat cost. What I wonder is whether this kind of model would actually outperform the current microtransaction format. Would EA make more money if everybody payed $160 for Battlefront 2, but got…

I actually went digging to find some old SNES adverts from back in the day just to see for myself what kind of pricing they had, and lo and behold that swing was significant.

Oh, yeah. When it comes to terrible treatment of female characters, both major companies have some really gross errors of judgement in their past.

Yes. Hal Jordan has never made any mistakes. Hal Jordan cannot make any mistakes. It was all the plottings of a giant yellow space bug.

As an old man of 36, my memories of the SNES era are that prices weren’t standardized. Some games cost around $50, some double that. I remember paying something like $100 for Final Fantasy VI on SNES. Well... I remember my parents complaining about the price as an excuse for why I couldn’t get it for Christmas, that…

This disgusting trope isn’t unique to Japanese comics. We have our share in American books. Let’s talk a little bit about the Green Lantern Arisia:

*cue Yakkity Sax*

I mean, sure. Obviously. At the same time, though... liberty? Freedom? Uh... ‘Merica? I dunno. I just want the option for created characters in RPGs without looking at my guy and seeing Space Hitler. But that... is never gonna happen. He ruined that mustache forever. For all people, for all time. Y’know, when you get…

Chaplin pre-dates Hitler’s prominence, nobody’s giving Jordan shit for anything but his ball game, and no matter how the music world was rocked by A Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing, it ain’t called the “Mael-Stache.” 

But, hey— victory for the guys who actually want to wear that style of mustache. They might not take the heat for it they would literally everywhere else in the world.

...Worse than Comic Sans?

When life gives you Hitler sans stache...

My favorite gaming “world” is a galaxy - Mass Effect. I felt like that series brought together the best parts of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Battlestar Gallactica into one perfect dish.

I play competitive FOR those points so you’re stance is, in effect, trying to dictate MY fun and since I’m playing a team game as a team player, why should I subscribe to your interpretation of the game?

Can you prove that’s what’s happening? Or is it just sour grapes because you aren’t getting the wins you want? There are an awful lot of times where somebody falls into sore loser territory and starts looking for people to blame for their loss, as if they were owed a win. If somebody is a legitimate bad actor, fine,…

If you can’t prove they’re throwing, then that’s just the risk you take. You know going in that you could be paired with anybody; their skill of play or style of play should not be a reportable offense.

“Hello? Yes, Fun Police? Hi, there’s somebody on my game who isn’t having fun the way I think they should - could you make them play the right way? Thanks!”

Fantastic article! Really interesting insights all around.

My favorite is a quote I’ll paraphrase from Al Franken - Patriots love their country like a parent loves a child, while Nationalists love their country like a child loves their mommy.

Sure, sure, sure... of course, these characters are actual soldiers and law enforcement agents, not people appropriating those symbols ironically, so it’s not at all the same thing...