@BakerCB: that gave me cancer.

Well, I don't see the difference.

That's the graphics... on a portable... NINTENDO... system.

@jonathanmiami: Freedom of speech is a right exercised and used for the press to report to report on subjects without official reprisal except in matters of libel, or criminal neglect, inciting a riot, or in information deemed life-endangering. It doesn't let you be an asshole anonymously online. In fact, since you…

Good. And Amen, and any other utterance that is grateful or hopeful that may stir a man's soul into more than wishing or vindiction.

@DangerousDac175: I do know a vague spoiler about the game that I heard firsthand from someone important in Halo canon, and it makes my theory slightly more plausible. Since I wasn't recording nor did I get the exact quote, I didn't report it. Wierdly, neither did anyone else in the room...

Some part of my brain says that it's Masterchief.

@IntestinalChaos: If Full Throttle was never released, and I have a copy on my desk, then who was phone?

@Edot Achmejedidad: i CANNOT unsee that.

No lie, I'd cry if true. Her voice was one part of what made a wonderful children's character.

If my company's containment cap wasn't working, I'd probably try and install a new one too. Especially if the oil contained by the new cap would offset the oil lost on a daily basis during the replacement period, and they had the data now to do it right.

@nowayman: Here, KIDS. Sigh.

Here, dids. Run into town and get Swamp Bender more of this from your parent's liquor cabinet. Then you'll get THREE wishes.

Sadly, I agree that this is what is wrong with science fiction/any genre are the people who treat it like a religion. It ends up blinding their judgement and interactions.

@Square101: For me, it's because 1. I did Kotaku before the Facebook integration. 2. Nicknames are cool. 3. Personal preference.

@Cloud_Hiro: Unfortunately, the same could be true of having a FB page that listed video games, or showed you wearing a Red Sox hat (if your boss is a Yankees fan). In all, it all comes down to what you care to expose. As this is not retroactive and not at all compulsory towards the actual game of WoW, I don't see…

@Monstercloud: Unfortunately, Blizzard and most news sites are finding that the state of mind that comes with anonymity isn't worth the trouble.

@Muskrat 42: I'll be honest with you, if someone who enjoys World of Warcraft to the point of multiple forum posts being Google-able (or otherwise searchable) is not promotable material, then the person in question shouldn't be doing it. It's not fair to those who don't spend hours a day on the internet saying…

@packetloss: This is all I see, all the time, every day, each time I see an anonymous posting whose douchiness is directly correlated with the amount of anonymity supplied.