Books can get pretty long, too, you know, and many of the greats are neither “fun” to read nor leave you feeling particularly good, but we still read them. There’s more to be gained from a media experience than simple enjoyment.

And yet trans people have been a part of our military for as long as there has been a military, it’s just not until now that they can speak out without immediate, often deadly repercussions. It’s a disservice to both our soldiers and the trans community to pretend like that isn’t the case. Any bans on individuals for…

I’d dispute that it’s hard to argue for that, because all public service employees with medical benefits—which soldiers still are—have good benefits. It’s part of why people are often willing to work government jobs of any kind even though they tend to pay a little less, but no one seems to be throwing a fit over the…

Even if it’s just a hit box shape, and their engine allows for a relatively simple conversion from one to another, doing so would require testing that new hit box against every interaction in the game—everything that deals damage, that Crash stands on, bounces off of, can run up against, hit his head on, etc. Any…

Well, it proved they can get a rocket across the Pacific. Shrinking a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on an ICBM is a whole undertaking on its own. I’m sure they’ll figure it out eventually, since that appears to be the only thing they care about, but they’re not there, yet.

Because all their other missile tests have implied accuracy hasn’t been their primary concern with these public missile tests. North Korea tends to show off their new weapons as soon as they’ve got a little extra range, but only have a few examples of weapons that can actually hit their desired target. It’s easy to…

I love Monster Hunter, but it’s never had the same selling power in the West as it does in Japan. I still remember when the PSP ones were out, sold like mad in Japan, and remained completely unknown but to a handful of people over here.

Having lived in both New England and Japan, it really isn’t the same. In Massachusetts you can find buildings that date back one or two-hundred years from time to time, and they’re usually marked. I once visited a small shrine on a hill on the outskirts of the Tokyo area that was estimated to be around 1000 years old…

I dunno, luring monsters into traditional Monster Hunter traps or into more advantageous positions has always been a part of the game. You’ve always been able to trick Diablos into getting stuck in certain walls, use dung bombs to keep monsters out of difficult-to-fight-in zones, or just try to pull aggro away from…

XX is coming out on Switch and 3DS with cross-play, which is great. A big part of Monster Hunter’s success has been local multiplayer, so it’s likely they’ll keep the main series titles to Nintendo’s more portable, couch-co-op-friendly systems for the foreseeable future, but a title taking advantage of the PS4's…

3 million more people voted for Clinton than Trump. Always remember that.

Perhaps not Russia, but you could conceivably sue the body responsible for counting votes and maintaining voting machines for failing to do both properly.

In some parts of the country, clover takes over lawn space without even needing human help, and makes a perfectly respectable lawn space for outdoor playing. Also, most playgrounds have pebble beds, so that option seems pretty kid-friendly, too.

It’s been a long while, but I have a vague memory that The City megastructure is supposed to be about as big around as Jupiter’s orbit.

To point 3, you do recall that the current congress raised the federal debt limit explicitly for this one particular bill, right? Preventative care obtainable through insured medicine is significantly cheaper than emergency room care that most medical professionals expect to spike once the insured numbers start…

They say lashing out against others and crying are just different interpretations of the same emotion, the former often being the go-to choice for the emotionally immature.

Maybe you should talk to someone about it. I recommend a professional.

I’ve sunk more than a dozen hours into this title already, it’s a lot of fun. It’s a chill sort of management game, and I look forward to it’s final release version, especially. The first time I played it felt pretty unfinished, but the current version is great.

Going through the beginning again, I like the implication that all the suspicious late night phone calls Sojiro gets are from Futaba.

Well, that’s a pretty good question for the courts to work out, honestly. In most cases regarding the breaking of laws, at least, intention isn’t all that important once it’s put in front of a judge—you don’t get out of a theft charge if you didn’t know you were stealing—and the president has the power to declassify…

Stability is the fact that the Koreas don’t have daily, large-scale military clashes despite, or more likely because of, the existence of the DMZ.