I voted, genius. There were important local elections and measures that were on the ballot. I just didn’t vote for the nutjob or the criminal that everyone said I had to choose between for the presidential election - I voted for someone else. And I did it specifically so that people like you couldn’t tell me it was my…

Then respond to my points, not my race or my class, conveniently lampshaded as “privilege.”

Did I say that I wanted to run things? Did I demand that everyone bow to me? No. The editor of the site called for a discussion, and I engaged. I didn’t insist that everyone else conform to the prevailing sentiment - that appears to be your job. Disagree with me if you want, that’s why it’s called a discussion. But…

“In Overwatch’s rock-paper-scissor mechanic, Pharah is a pickaxe. It’s like, oh, this one is a good counter towards heNO SHE’S NOT. PHARAH IS COUNTER.”

Yeah, now you’re acting like a child. When you’re ready to come back to this discussion like a grown-up, I’ll still be here. As a reminder, the subject is political discourse in non-political theaters and demarcation of subjects, not making yourself feel superior about a lost election by building a straw man.  

I didn’t ask for neutrality, I asked for focus. I’m aware that the writers on Kotaku have a liberal slant - they’ve never tried to hide or deny it. Ditto for io9. It’s when the site becomes about games and politics, not the politics of games, that focus is lost and we might as well just argue about the news.

Maybe, just maybe, the idea that I’m so privileged that I’m almost literally blind to the issues is a position that you should examine a little yourself. Did I say anything to invalidate or dismiss the suffering of black people, of women, of Muslims, in my post? (Hint: no I didn’t.) You assumed that I don’t care about…

Yes, I’m a white guy, so my opinion is immediately invalid. Or at least it’s invalid as soon as it differs from yours. That attitude helped all those underprivileged people so much in the last few months, didn’t it?

There’s an intersection between games and politics, to be certain. I gave a couple of examples in my original comment. But this article is purely about politics, an open invitation to one more place to commiserate without any kind of tie to the industry or gamers. It might as well be about global warming or human…

I don’t deny that it took courage. I don’t even deny any of the specific points in the article. As someone who refused to vote for either Clinton or Trump, I think I’m fairly neutral in this particular discussion. I just think this isn’t the place for it.

I write about phones and tablets all day. 95% of the things I publish are obsolete within a year, sometimes less. Believe me, I know a thing or two about transitory news coverage, and video games definitely qualify. The fleeting - and ultimately, yes, unimportant - nature of my chosen subject is part of the reason I…

io9 used to be about science fiction, with political posts only creeping in when they were actually relevant to the discussion. Now it’s a shell of its former self, Gizmodo Lite where pretty much anything goes, and you sometimes have to actively hunt for the news and reviews you come to the site for. Kotaku could end…

Yes, I thought I’d get the “don’t like it, don’t click on it” argument pretty quickly. And I do skip things on Kotaku that I dislike or don’t care about - cosplay and snack posts, for example. I don’t click on them because I don’t care about them.

When the first sentence of the article calls for discussion among writers and readers, “don’t click on it” ceases to be a valid argument. I don’t click on cosplay or snack stories because I don’t care. I clicked on this one because Stephen asked for a discussion, and my point of view is a valid one.

I had hoped to have at least one place I could go to and escape from endless debates, finger-pointing, and rhetoric over the next few weeks and months. A place where I could just engage in my hobby, and only see election or political stories if they actually affected video games. Maybe someone would make a good game…

Why does D.Va have two ice cream cones (TWO) while Tracer and Dad 76 have none? What’s going on here? Why would this situation play out that way? I NEED SOCIAL CONTEXT FOR MY THROWAWAY JOKES

Agreed. The repetitive, redundant, repetitive sentences in the first part of the article made me skip around until I could actually find the story.

It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Only a few weeks ago we learned about a nationwide embezzlement ring that required college degrees, background checks, and drug screenings to enter. Maybe you heard about it - they go by the handle Wells Fargo.

“It’s” is a contraction of “it is.” “Its” is the possessive pronoun you’re looking for when you write “its ultimate ability.”

I guess Sony Pictures hasn’t had enough of ill-considered franchise flops just yet. Please sir, I want some more.