Yesterday, NPR published an article titled “Right-Wing Hate Groups Are Recruiting Video Gamers.” It’s the latest, most exaggerated version of a gaming-flavored narrative woven by elite media orgs in an apparent attempt to explain the rise of right-wing extremism in America.

As pointed out by others:

So this is the rich white guy the culture has decided to line up behind, is it?

I’m just so disappointed that this article didn’t begin “Avril Lavigne isn’t dead--she’s born again.” It was RIGHT THERE! 

I have a D&D game on Sunday. So far I’ve been the only one in my party to have a character die as well as the only one to have both of them die twice in a row. My last character, a Paladin, was technically killed by a rug.

Uh, have you seen the AV Club? Lately it’s all bitching about how they now have a website one click away from Jezebel. I mean, Jezebel is the most toothless liberal feminism I can think of. And the owners of that site, like this site, are men peddling the most basic choice feminism possible.

Ka.

I don’t rightly know how many commenters are still, er, A.V. Club commenters.  I’ve already forgotten the face of my old username.

Smart move for Rockstar to bring back Smuggler’s Run in a clever way, without releasing an unnecessary standalone game :)

The PS2 version got Heitchi Mishima from Tekken instead (And it was AWESOME!!

Saints Row 4 is the best Crackdown game I’ve ever played.

Mutha Trucking Mass Effect Trilogy. Best way to get hyped for the new adventure!

Donald Trump delivered a speech in which he inadvertently coined a new word, “sequesture.” What does it mean?!

Maybe if kids like the character we’ll get a Skylanders spin-off. Spyro: A Skylanders Adventure