you seem very knowledgeable about this, or so i assume. please dont use your knowledge to deflect from how bad this situation is, though

there really isn’t a comparison between “working with... a chinese company” and working directly with us military in the first place. 

i do that all the time

im tired of them shoving this stuff in our faces. i mean, come on, another british character? uninstalled

this is due to massive failure

the profit motive is what leads to this though

i was seriously so disturbed when i read that line.

many people would not be comfortable making tens of millions of dollars a year due to the exploitation involved in making that kind of money

i really enjoyed your comments here. i personally think it’s difficult to take the step into saying that individual orgs running indoor events are ‘irresponsible.’ maybe it is a reasonable statement, but for me it’s tough. i do think it’s important to make it clear that this virus would, should, and could be handled…

superstitious? ok

i almost imagine each kotaku writer is like ‘its my turn to get bullied. give me the next diablo article’

you are awesome!

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-06-17-diablo-immortal-amasses-more-than-usd24-million-in-revenue-two-weeks-after-launching

What you’re saying is true and important, but it’s not the point I’m making in this instance. I’m making a more general point about the nature of ‘individual’ problems. Basically I’m saying that they don’t really exist.

another related thing to consider regarding the “vote for democrats no matter what” strategy:

an individual affliction still affects everyone.

one thing that bothers me about this is that there are legitimately younger people who think the predatory lootbox stuff is not that big of a deal. it would have been nice if kotaku had been a place where they could learn more about what makes them harmful. instead it’s just the opposite, with the writers spending…

yeah i think it’s so so important to be clear that it’s not about ‘hating kotaku’ or anything. i generally like kotaku, but this is yet another article that spends time praising an extremely predatory game. it’s just very strange to not take a stand on this imo, especially when they’re so enthusiastic about tearing…

“Yes, because no progress or stalled progress is (to quote myself) “infinitely preferable to regression.””

so let’s say we all agree to vote for democrats even if they do literally nothing. would you agree that this could have the unintended effect of encouraging democrats to in fact do nothing, or as little as…