I wasn’t talking about the physical aspect of theft, because that wasn’t in your argument... I’m saying using the “the original creators don’t see a penny” or the “I can’t buy this today anyway”, arguments are silly hills to die on, because that’s true of massive amounts of things in a capitalist/consumer culture that…

I wasn’t talking about the physical aspect of theft, because that wasn’t in your argument... I’m saying using the…

You realize that virtually everything in your argument could be said about a used car...

You realize that virtually everything in your argument could be said about a used car...

Yeah, I did get the free-time, and I set it up as a kids profile and activated all the parental control stuff, but that doesn’t actually remove any options, it just password protects them. So, he can still drag the system menu down from the top and change some settings, or log out and return to the main lock screen.…

I just replaced my son’s Samsung Galaxy Kids tablet with a Kid’s Fire this weekend and I couldn’t agree more... It’s not even just that the carousel is confusing and chaotic, it’s the whole UI in general that pretty much sucks.

The Galaxy Kids requires you to add each app you want in their dashboard yourself, and it…

Was just discussing that invention recently with some other Jetsophiles... I’ve come to the conclusion that it makes absolutely zero sense to use it the way it is shown. (Well, for George & Astro anyway.)

Nobody could debate that George is most certainly an extremely lazy man. There is simply no way he would willingly…

See, I’ve always felt exactly the opposite about him... That he is not meant to be taken as a man at all, and is (as hinted at more than once in the dialogue) an unstoppable and inexplicable force of nature. Pure evil incarnate, and not a person in any capacity.

That is my problem with the sequels (and even moreover…

It disturbs me how many recommends there are on this comment, as it perfectly illustrates what a massive disconnect there is between reality and gamer perception...

Companies aren’t “forcing loot boxes and microtransactions”, they are doing what they need to keep their doors open in the face of exponentially…

I’m sure there’s racism everywhere, and I’m sure it’s way more noticeable if you’re a member of an oppressed or disenfranchised race/group that I am not, but Albany has always seemed rather progressive to me, and I’ve lived all over NY.

Hell, pretty sure Albany (and the greater Capital District) is only like 60- some…

I don’t take a hard stance on used game sales myself, as while it’s true that devs don’t benefit from the second sale, they are still able to sell add-ons for it, and it’s really no different than buying a used car. Chevy doesn’t get a penny when you buy a Corvette off some guy on the street, and we aren’t flaming…

Haha, well, you’re not alone in this thinking man... The problem is, places like Kotaku should be informing people of this divide between reality and perception, and they are not. They are peddling the same anti-DLC, anti-microtrans shit just as hard here as everywhere else.

I’ve never been employed by a AAA game…

Ex-actly. I don’t think most people realize that in most big dev situations, the actual developers aren’t getting your $60, and generally aren’t making a profit on the sales themselves. Or at least, not enough to justify the risk/expense. The publisher generally gets about $25 on the sale of a AAA game... Now divide…

Yeah man, but that’s the colossal rift in understanding that people already have about this industry... DLC/Micros aren’t padding profits, they ARE the profits. It’s not that the DLC requires “no extra work”, it’s that it was the focus of the whole project to begin with. This was the work... Games are no longer the…

I’ll defend micotrans all day as they are the only way developers can even hope to profit on titles this expensive to create, but that said... why would you feel compelled to buy any loot boxes in this game anyway? I’m probably like 6 hours into the game and I already feel like I’m way too overpowered to fight the…

Again, you’re conflating emulation with piracy... You clearly know they are different things, so why even make the comparison?

Not one word of this article is in any way suggesting or encouraging piracy. Emulators don’t pirate software, pirates use pirated software on emulators.

Again, you’re conflating emulation with piracy... You clearly know they are different things, so why even make the…

Fun bit of trivia... It’s not “Chhh chhh chhh ahhh ahhh ahhhh”, it is actually “Ki, k,i ki; ma, ma, ma.” It is meant to resemble Jason’s voice saying “Kill, kill, kill; mom, mom, mom.”

- Says the guy who composed it anyway. (Harry Manfredini)

Not really. There are perfectly legal roms, and you always have the option of dumping your own, which is also legal. Of course that is not what most people are going to do with this, but the option exists, making giving directions on how to go about it totally fine.

It would be no different than saying, “here’s how…

Not really. There are perfectly legal roms, and you always have the option of dumping your own, which is also legal.…

Wowza. This comment is virtually the perfect encapsulation of everything wrong with gamer culture... Kudos to you sir for so poignantly expressing every ugly, entitled, nonsensical argument ever uttered on the interwebs in regards to not getting something you think is owed you simply for being a consumer... who is…

I am as well, not really sure how that’s relevant.. The implication of your original message was that since no physical goods have changed hands, nothing has been lost or stolen, I’m saying that’s a silly thing to claim. You don’t need hard goods for there to be costs involved in a product or service.

You do realize the money you pay those services it’s just some arbitrary number they’ve decided on for funsies... Servers cost money, bandwidth costs money, customer service and technicians required to keep that service going all cost money, licensing the free games costs money, and on and on...

Just like any other…

Not really... It would be kind of unsafe to have you sprinting around your house blindfolded. You’re still moving around, ducking, leaning, turning 90° (each way) to look, taking a step or two in a direction, etc.. They just don’t often make you literally turn around and walk behind you.