Byes (and double byes).

Don’t know if you were seeking real answers or not, but certain things are guaranteed in the NC constitution, while others aren’t. The requirement for a vote to be held (motion brought during a legislative session, seconded by 20% of the congress, and with >50% of the congress present) is part of the constitution. They…

You can defend the rights of the accused without calling the accusation a “money grab” and attempting to belittle, dehumanize, and defame the accuser.

Tradition in Japan has actually been circle to confirm, X to cancel. Even on the XMB menus and stuff on Japanese PS4s, circle is used to confirm. There are several games today that came out of Japan that get default buttons swapped when they get localized to NA (e.g., Final Fantasy VII). But there are several other…

Linda Tripp got indicted for this, though she was in the two-party consent state, while Lewinsky was in the one-party consent state.  Believe the charges were later dropped, though.

Someone employed by a video game company and who fought to defend that video game company in the court of law is now the deputy executive director as well as general counsel of an organization that has a history of demonizing video games. Seems relevant.

Not sure about this particular case, but many states have laws that say if someone does as a result of you committing a felony, you can be charged with murder (or manslaughter, depending on the state), even if you didn’t actually kill them. E.g., if you rob a bank, and someone dies as a result of the stampede of…

One of my favorite games this generation has been The Witness. No tutorials, no directions, no popup help menus, no tooltips. The game is designed specifically to NOT need (or want) them, and seeking out a YouTube tutorial would completely ruin the experience. Sometimes it feels like games are designed nowadays…

Copyrights and patents are NOT “defend-it-or-lose-it” in the USA. Trademarks are. Very important difference. There’s no trademark being protected here.

Every listing is cited, so I’m sure if you follow the citations, then yes, you could find that information.

Cervelli hadn’t played major league baseball in over 3 months before yesterday because of the latest concussion.  I think he’s taking it pretty seriously.

People get convicted all the time. Wikipedia has a list of over 100 instances where people either got convicted or disciplined for match-fixing or attempted match-fixing.

Haven’t read it all yet, but if you think only 25 players play in a typical NFL game, you’re very mistaken. I’m willing to bet that number is probably around 40, if not higher (out of 46 active players per game, not 53). Also MLB rosters after Sept 1 are 40-man rosters, not 25 man, so there’s a whole lot more players…

I mean, technically it was 9AM on Monday morning in local time when this story got posted ;)

Do you have any actual evidence to back up any of these claims and/or your statement of “by FAR”? Because 20% of MLB careers last one year or less. And 5% last exactly ONE GAME.

The average NFL career is 3.3 years. That’s significantly lower than NBA (4.8), NHL (5.5), and MLB (5.6). Obviously, there are factors other than “desire to play” (e.g., injuries), but I’m guessing that means there are a significant amount of players walking away in their prime, particularly given the fact that the…

Eh, revenue sharing is fairly tame compared to other professional sports leagues. MLB revenues were a little over $10 billion last year. Divide that out over 30 teams, and you’d get about $337 million per team on average. Compared to that, $118 million isn’t really all that much.

Nah, you can do Draconian options from the get-go on PS4. I’ve been playing with stronger monsters on since the beginning.  You can’t enable it midway through a playthrough, though--has to be on from the beginning.

Not saying the job is a bad one, but wages aren’t great. From what my quick research can find, the Royals pay $8/hr. The Braves pay $9/hr. Blue Jays pay minimum wage (which granted, Ontario minimum wage is like $10.50/hr USD). Now, as you say, the perks are probably pretty good, and particularly if they’re getting…

Because it’s a $10 comfort given to an employee making $8/hour by an organization worth $2 billion? Let the boy have his damn chair.