And many of them have talents and skills that are beneficial to us as a whole to be put to use

more scared to make even the smallest missteps in fear of losing their income.

it if we could get to a point where you can just be an asshole and everyone universally acknowledges that you’re an asshole and treats you as such, but that didn’t have to mean you’d basically have to lose your career over it.

All trolls want attention. That’s it.

I just wish they were smart enough to realize that being a well rounded, educated individual, with decent takes can make you pretty likable.

Racist people are exactly know for the ability to control their racist outbursts.

Is it really so damn hard to simply not do shit like this. You literally don’t have to do anything and yet some gobshites can’t resist.

I’m not saying this in support or opposition to any specific terms here, but I’m always confused by the guys who try to use etymology as a reason to keep using a word. Language changes, always and forever. Terms can develop new meanings, lose old ones, or change in a million other ways. Just that fact that you have to…

I looked at those mugshots for too long, and am now hopelessly addicted to meth.

“As I told Mr. McCray, if I were faced with similar circumstances, I would have probably done the same thing,” the Sheriff said in a statement. “I have apologized to Mr. McCray, and I appreciate his patience as I have worked through these matters.”

Let the record show that I will be purchasing this game, and nobody can stop me.

Some cool stuff but all in all I’m somewhat unimpressed. Hard to see how what we saw here is any different from what Microsoft showed, though I’m sure many people will claim otherwise. Mostly not gameplay, mostly just stuff that is prettier versions of games that could totally have been launched on current gen.

The stock market is not the economy.

It’s Oxenfree for $5 and 733 bonus games!

I was thinking this too. How I wish I could jump into these worlds for an afternoon. It makes me wonder why there isn’t more VR that attempts to recreate these painterly aesthetics.

apparently not.

Good on you for posting this knowing well there will be lots of people screeching about “I come to Kotaku for games journalism, not social justice”.  Everyone needs to pay attention, all ages, all races, all religions.  Only when people are paying attention will they actually comprehend what is going on around them.

i dont care about the likes, seeing cities burn down makes me feel out of it you piece of shit. the fact you come here spitting hate at the root just because i, as a gamer, am ok with them delaying some game news says everything about ur pitiful existence. fuck you for ur own virtue signaling by replying to shit i…

A lot of police, across the country, woke up yesterday and thought “Give me a reason.” For so many, their attitude wasn’t to protect life or property or maintain decorum, but to confront and put down protesters challenging their authority. That, along with the obvious racial component, is why these protests are…

On the flipside, the internet as we know it couldn’t exist is companies were held responsible for the actions of private individuals using their services.