I would have avoided posting this altogether. Embarrassing.

Why? Do you have issues with your sexuality or something?

If campfire banter a la Grandia (or Dragon Age Origins?) is also implemented, then I'm in for this.

The people of Charlie Hebdo definitely didn't deserve what happened, but this isn't an issue of free speech, its an issue of actions have consequences. Far too often people will talk out of line, say something or do something that reflects poorly on them, and then they try to use "free speech" as a Get Out of Trouble…

It's is much ado about nothing, which is his whole point. This writer is trying to make him look petulant and awful, but really he's being quite reasonable (and snarky, but who doesn't love a bit of deserved snark?).

Exactly. There's way crazier stuff demanded by people with half his fame level. Quite reasonable. And while he comes across like a tit sometime, I run some events in my city and he played at a festival last summer - heard nothing but great stuff about him and his band from the people running that show.

I actually looked at the rider. He was asking for things like having a clean, dry dressing room in close proximity to the stage, couches to sit on, really simple food and beverages for his crew. I've been at some back stage thingies, and the ones I have been to have been pretty simple as well. He's asking for…

I really don't think this would look anywhere near as bad without the crowbarred wisecracks telling me what I'm supposed to think between every paragraph. I'm struggling to find anything wrong with this, and I'm not even a Jack White fan.

Not to mention it's a pretty touchy subject with plenty of amazing, powerful WoC. Feminism is awesome and is moving towards increased recognition of intersections but it's still a tough label for a lot of marginalized women. She's damned if she does or doesn't, and the label can be important but isn't everything. …

I'm no fan of her (I'm old, most of the music I like to listen to is from the 90s... I've become my parents), but the way she talks about feminism, it appears she's put some thought into it and what it means in her life, and I have to give her props for that.

While not the same magnitude of racial insensitivity, wouldn't a good parallel be American depiction of the Japanese as ultraviolent samurai and slutty geisha girls? I mean, in the sense of "and they're still doing it today"

I just hope they can pull them off without blackface. I am not optimistic.

I'd kind of been avoiding this show because of the whole Terrence Howard being a disgusting human being thing. But Cookie seems so bad ass I might reconsider. Critics also seem confounded that women enjoy watching other women who are awesome.

I didn't think there were words to describe how hyped I am for this game till I saw this. I REALLY want this game! I just hope the NA release isn't too far after the JP release.

Somewhat ironically, one of the most common anime and manga protagonist type is the "reclusive wanker". Talk about knowing their audience...

"Just plays video games and masturbates" eh?

Get out of my head!

Indeed. The guy who killed George Tiller has schizophrenia. Does that make him not a terrorist? Heck no - it makes him a mentally ill terrorist.

Protip: Don't read through the comments on Gawker's version of this. Since it's a white guy committing this crimes, someone making the *totally unexpected* claim that American's crumbling mental healthcare is to blame here.