Well the plus side to that is that those people who use VR porn would probably be to busy with VR porn to go out in public and objectify women that way.

How many kids played Mortal Kombat and Doom back in the 90's and they didn't end up violent sociopaths? The reality is that the "tests" that showed violent games increased "aggressive" behavior included things like temporarily raised voices as indicators of aggressive behavior. The scary reality is that there's a…

I'm so sick of our old puritanical bullshit that has infested both the conservatives, and in a different way of thinking to the liberals in the form of feminism. Sexuality is bad to conservatives because sex is shameful because of old religious thinking. Sexuality is bad to liberals because any sort of sexual display…

We see Luce Bree, but where is Nuck Chorris?

Well, apart from DOTA 2, valve hasn't released a platform exclusive product in a long time. They've also been adamant about making sure that the platform is entirely open, and that options are available to everyone. While they are producing their own headset, I doubt they'd make it Vive VR exclusive, as that would go…

Well, they still employ a ton of game developers, programmers, artists, and animators.

Well I think demand from developers will probably force the hand of VR creators to unify under a single control API for VR headsets. Kind of like how most video games operate under DirectX, even if they use their own graphics engine. Also, while the video looks good, watching it, and playing it yourself are vastly…

Valve is pretty adamant about open platforms. They are big advocates for Linux and OpenGL. I don't see why they would start changing their business model now. We will probably see an API come out with special tools for VR in a few years that all VR sets will probably set their standard around.

Did I miss something? Wasn't Sim City a financial success?!?!

The touch pads would work better for games that require mouse like movements like strategy games, since you can click and drag. The way they work would depend on the game. So for a strategy game you can put your finger on the bottom left of the pad, and drag to the top right, and it would be like using a touch pad on…

How the hell did Haruko from FLCL not make the list?!?! She's one of the most insane badass female characters in anime.

I think part of it is how the industry has changed from letting players unlock stuff and turned it into absurd amounts of pay for DLC. Want that costume you use to unlock by beating the game on the hardest difficulty with a certain character? That costume would be a badge of honor and pride that you beat the game on…

I really don't see how we can be having this discussion in a free society. If we don't have the freedom to offend than we don't have free speech. Plain and simple. In a truly free society we cannot have exceptions because that is the slippery slope. To give in to this violence is to accept imposed theocracy. In a way…

Well I guarantee they already have those lawyers on retainer so it's actually not costing them anything to file the suit unless they get counter sued and lose. But trying to prove that a suit is frivolous is extremely difficult in the US.

I thought Jupiter Ascending's plot and acting were universally bad. However that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the movie. Normally I'm opposed to over the top CG, but I felt that this movie handled it well. The action sequences were amazing, and the overall pacing of the movie was fun and exciting enough that, while it…

Here's a kid who got 2 and a half years for his swatting prank. Hopefully this kid gets more. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Ira…

Spending 2 1/2 years in federal prison (since the call was made from another state it was a federal crime) should be a good wake up call. Now that this is becoming more of an issue…

This has a lot to do with constitutional rights and reasonable searches and seizures. If any anonymous tip crank call can be considered reasonable suspicion, then we have absolutely 0 privacy and the amendment which protects us from searches and seizures is powerless. Think of it this way. Let's say cops suspect you…

While 5 Centimeters and Voices of a Distant star were both stunningly beautiful, I felt their stories were, not necessarily lacking, but certainly nothing groundbreaking. I certainly would be open to seeing more of Shinkai's films.

For Mamoru Hossoda, I thought The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was severely overrated,…

Am I the only one who is getting burnt out on CG? I miss the traditional animation of the late 80's and early 90's. The illustrations in Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and Memories, still beat out the barrage of CG we are hit with today. The anime now days all looks the same. There's very little visual distinction anymore…

You're an adult, and your choice is to play a difficult game with punishing consequences for failure, or play another game that coddles you and holds your hand as you go through it. If you're an adult you remember the days when games were relentless and a single death meant starting the entire game over. Saves weren't…