I am totally with you on all points, including the respects to Mr Toom. I think I could really enjoy Overwatch, but, man, the community really creeps me out.

First I feel the need to preface this with an RIP to Mr Toom. I hope his family and friends find peace. With that being said...

I thought that’s what Overwatch already is.

This misses the point in EXACTLY the way that they’re trying to avoid. The Red Cross is NOT about “medicine.” While they certainly provide medical aid, they provide food, supplies, deliver mail, etc., and the biggest part is that they are non-partisan, non-combatants. For instance, it is a war crime to shoot a person…

“Fuck off Red Cross”

Whaaaaaa I won’t support a foundation that helps thousands of people in times of crisis every week because my video game health packs look different....

Trivial obsession over fictional characters and who they’re fucking is incredibly weird.

I’d rather none of the Overwatch heroes have official in-canon relationships with each other outside of the obvious explicit ones (Ana and Farah’s mother daughter relationship). Also I’m not big on the devs pandering to one specific portion of the fanbase.

‘Shippers, aka, people with too much time on their hands and a severe lack of social skills.

they have written 10 overwatch articles in the last week.

Imagine all the other stories we could get if Kotaku could limit themselves to one Overwatch article a week

Is it fair to say that ESEA valued $100K more than it valued the faith of its user base?

Patricia also writes a lot of very level-headed articles on the subject.

Dedicating this much time to a piece trying desperately to convince the world that Mario isn’t “family friendly” or diminishes female roles is the very definition of privilege.

The greatest gift you can ever give your child is a name they themselves can feel connected to, rather than a name from their parents favorite video game/movie/comic book. Remember: it’s not Your name or Your interests, it’s the child’s name.

They never even had a chance.

Giving your kid the name of a Final Fantasy character is a way to establish tradition, and legitimize a video game as a very real, crucial thing in a personal history.