You could argue either way from that article. Nimblebit sounds definitely involved even if they didn't cover the labor costs, whereas Epic wouldn't necessarily be offering similar services to those who license its engine. Without paying extra for the privilege, at least.

Not saying it was 50/50, obviously. Nimblebit is…

Your impression appears mostly incorrect.

Also, one can license the Unreal engine without paying royalties for what that's worth- the Unreal royalty structure is just a means of reducing up-front developer costs, as game dev costs significantly more than people seem to think. But it's not really comparable here in…

As pointed out, the "people" may as well be robots in context.

On a side note, please don't assume that "most" like online competition against others in stuff like this. Considering its pretty decent sales, it's evident from the article that it may not be anything resembling a supermajority or regular majority in this…

How is it unfair? Because Google isn't providing enough a cut of the ad revenue? Because they took the time to build a brand and a following and you haven't? Because they've found success in doing what they love and you haven't? Because...?

More importantly, if you yourself were making money off of Youtube, would you…

Historically speaking, your points and conclusions can sometimes be lost in your often meandering approach to explanation. This seems to be happening here, as in re-reading your post I stand by my assertion that you're justifying/minimizing and thus reinforcing the status quo, and that's partially because you're also…

If only we could harvest the raw power of people making gross assumptions about other people on the internet into some sort of usable fuel. Our ongoing worldwide energy crisis would easily end in a day.

It's definitely not Wayne's World. But it's better than #2.

Lesser movie? It's honestly aged incredibly well, speaking as someone who didn't really care for it when it was both contemporary and aimed pretty squarely at my demographic.

A very Swiss take on the matter. Viva status quo.

Sexy vs skanky. Conventional hot vs porn star hot. Exploitive vs empowering.

What else should people not spend money on? Your judgment is extremely important to me.

Neat. Now if only Nintendo would make a similar Zelda title and call it Ocarina of Crime.

Yep. Just like any kind of social progress, any generation who didn't grow up with something being a normal interest/activity/skin color/race/social norm/orientation/etc will have to mostly die out before any real progress can be made towards universal legitimizing. It's awful, but it's reality as validated over and…

I cannot stand this attitude. While I'm sure it's true sometimes, yes, it isn't true often enough to make this blanket statement in 2014. It's an argument that doesn't even pass Occam's razor except in posterboy boogeyman examples that were generally critically and commercially panned.

Are Vikings the next zombies? I feel like we're already roughly 65-70% of the way there.

The Call of Duty: Valhalla Warfare expansion can't come soon enough.

Have you been taking a poll? I'd love to see this quantified, just in case your post isn't actually dripping with irony.

Although it doesn't apply to him since he's a public figure, as many have already mentioned, one of the concepts you're looking for is called "Right of Publicity."

One who douches.

Considering there's really only so much you can do with an Akira Toriyama character generator without getting off-model, anything else would seem silly. Assuming the assets are quality, of course.

As covered in my previous post, you are part of a niche audience. You are the anecdotal exception, not the rule.