Actually, it’s not, because the VBucks you buy are not ecosystem-independent. They are locked to the platform of purchase. For the TOS argument to hold weight, they’d have to make VBucks freely transferrable across devices.

There’s only one thing to say. “Long live the king!”

Yeah, the whole thing about being a sentient species is that you aren’t ruled by your biology, and can control your thoughts. Your constant denial of this fact speaks worlds about you. Good day.

A character portrayed as underage isn’t sexually mature, any more than any awkward young girl who physically matured quickly is. Fantasizing about underage girls, real or imagined, is still pedophilia, just as fantasizing about fucking someone who can’t consent, real or imagined, is still a rape fantasy. If you have…

Nah, they were most fun for doodling on with pencils, while weaving the side strips together for S&Gs.

So's a swastika.

No, it’s no tangent. If capability to give consent isn’t part of your attraction calculus, you are, as ColonelHotdog stated, a creep. Have fun with your rape fantasies.

So, your stance is that portrayed physical maturity is more important than mental maturity.

(and FFXI was notorious for it)

It’s entirely due to being strapped to any kind of finite progression system. As long as there is a “best,” that becomes everybody’s goal. Best gear, best level, best stats. And as long as all of those are capped (because, let’s face it, developers are mortal and can’t develop content faster than players can grind…

Its already sold out and it only works with original cartridges, not files, which means that it’s limited on what it runs and limited to what you can find unless you manage to shell out even more than it’s already high base price.

Pretty much what mfusion said, poker involves skills that are important in a negotiation. Poker is about negotiation, bluffing, sharing and hiding information to gain a perceived advantage in spite of what is visible. The stakes may be manufactured, but those skills, of quickly analyzing probabilities, gauging…

This... actually makes them somewhat useful. It’d be nice if they weren’t offered as a replacement for actual useful health insurance, but it certainly makes them much more attractive than some other not-quite-insurance options.

Consider me moderately amused at your anonymity. Lovely article as always.

Good thing nobody mentioned the level squish and option to level up in any single expansion you want from 10 to 50, so a new character could level through content you haven’t touched yet and keep the experience fresh...

3D printing isn’t there yet. PLA and resin printers can’t make parts that are both as durable and as detailed as injection molding yet, so the decision would be to make a toy that looks exponentially worse or breaks much more easily than existing ones. Until the tech catches up, it’s just not feasible.

Just wanted to say that I appreciate your name. Great book, and great character.

They do. It would have taken you ten seconds of googling to figure this out.

She’s allowed her opinion. Other people are allowed to not want to give her money because of her opinions. They are allowed to share their opinion. And yes, you are allowed to tell someone that you disagree with their beliefs, and act accordingly. By the same token, people are allowed to tell you that they disagree…

Azure Bonds itself actually has a somewhat decent McGuffin to drive things, with the titular bonds, and was part of the whole “Pools of Radiance” series. In fact, the main character of Azure Bonds winds up taking over the series. The Heroes of Phlan series opens up with Pool of Radiance, which was technically the…