The perspective in that painting is actually fine; the painting is set in a real room that actually exists, and the mirror she’s standing in front of is angled in such a way that it produces that effect. A few years back some art historians decided to prove it, so they went there and took photos of people standing in…

That time was a fantasy. Gambling and match fixing are as old as sports.

I am a committed leftist. This isn’t what it looks like when we eat our own. This is just children in the sandbox throwing toys at each other.

I’m not trying to police women’s costumes, or how they choose to make money. I’m laughing at how attempts to apply feminist principles to cosplay invariably end in an incoherent mess. This guy is actually buying into the entire idea of “rah! rah! owning my sexuality doing sexy cosplay and celebrating these characters…

He was referring specifically to the models who work all sorts of events at convention centers, like boat shows and car shows. I’ve known one, she was a very nice young woman from a small town who understood that she was well paid to stand there, look pretty and withstand varying degrees of sexual harassment. She quit…

AND. PARK. IN. NON-EXISTENT. AUSTIN. PARKING. SPOTS. ALSO. DRINK. AND. DRIVE.

That's an incredibly juvenile attitude and it betrays an ignorance of trademark law. Disliking a company does not justify piracy or theft. You're just using that as an excuse to get things for free because you're greedy.

The guys behind Wasteland 2 are trapped by US IP law. I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding is that if they don’t actively defend their trademarks then from the perspective of the court they’re establishing a precedent that could be used against them in a trademark case where they genuinely care. It’s silly and…

Nah, their hands are tied. US trademark law requires them to aggressively protect their trademarks or they can actually lose them.

I can’t believe everyone here is thinking that South Korea is now king of Dota 2 after one LAN and a fourth place in the Shanghai Major.

So you’re saying that folks - with free Windows phones - that only play f2p games - on free wi-fi networks - and that aren’t likely accessible from home, represent a substantial enough portion of the population that Valve should give a flying fuck about them?

I do feel, though, that Valve could’ve been more considerate of folks who don’t have iOS/Android smart phones or any phones at all, especially due to low income or what have you.

So I just watched all of the relevant panel discussions and read his entire response. It’s a rambling mess with sentences that just trail off without ending. But here’s what gets me:

He is not “esports” he is a manchild with humor stylings best served amongst the junior high school demographics.

This just reads to me as a big manchild trying to justify his shitty behavior. Which could be unfair, but really.

I believe pretty strongly in giving proper spoiler warnings for, say, details of a story, but we’re talking about the names of video games here.

Yup. I agree, create more female heroes but retroactively changing a piece of art that isn’t yours just teaches a child that the world should be changed to suit them all the time, which sets a *really* dangerous precedence.

I don’t think VR would have changed anything. As soon as that one player started firing the entire team’s focus shifted that direction. No one covered the elevator which hadn’t been cleared. This is what happens.