This is our daily reminder that this shutdown was brought to us by President Donald Trump, who “proudly” shut down portions of the federal government in order to gain “border security” through funding for a physical barrier that will do approximately fuck and all to prevent undocumented immigration.

The wall is just a…

The only caution I’d offer here is that violence-against-women-as-motivation is an incredibly overused trope in entertainment in general—and particularly in gaming (not so much the rape angle, but still).

It could work, but in a game that’s already about apocalyptic trauma, adding that extra layer of hell might feel a…

I’ve not seen the films. There’s not much in the games (aside from the backstory for 2) to suggest he’s a non-functioning alcoholic (a high-functioning alcoholic is a distinct possibility, as those folks have little issue putting the booze down when circumstances demand sobriety, but they’re right back in the bottle…

Agreed. If you’re on-call you don’t go in because no one has called you. You only go in because they call you. I don’t go into work on the weekends simply because my boss’s boss hasn’t called to complain about his email.

Were you not aware?  Signing on to a police department includes delivery of your very own patrol car directly to your address of record; it works sort of like those old Enterprise commercials, though most departments lack the funding to wrap the car in brown parcel paper prior to sending it along.

Honestly, the, “relationship ended, dude/dudette didn’t handle it well, got shitfaced, was responsible enough to at least do so at a hotel/motel, woke up hungover as fuck and late for first day of work at new job” background is much, much more relatable than some dude sitting around his house waiting on orders and…

With how most of these stores work with the store credit everyone always has like a penny or more left after a purchase. This is actually kinda smart....

Every time I see Toys R Us mentioned, I think about the absurd amoral behavior of equity firms.

Speaking as someone who holds a few copyrights at this point: Mortal Dictata absolutely has the right of it. Copyright is created the moment the IP is created; so long as there’s a record of “hey, I did/published/composed/performed this thing first,” you’re the copyright holder, full stop.

You can make your life easier…

Two possibilities:

It’s not about using the dance. It’s about SELLING the dance as add-on content without giving proper credit and compensation.

I hate to say it but, that not actually true, since the 1970s. You just copyright it as choreography.

I’m not sure that’s what’s actually going on here. Most games these days have a “day one patch,” which is both an unfortunate and natural outgrowth of our “always online” culture.

The ending and epilogue may still be being tweaked, meaning they’d be part of a patch that wouldn’t interfere with players reaching that…

Jesus Christ. People are glad now that Developers don’t release a complete game and has to add in shit after launch???

Touching people’s testicals  is sexual harassment. Repeatedly touching them is repeated sexual harassment. Farting on people is like, beyond sexual harassment. I can’t think of any job on the fucking planet where these things wouldn’t constitute grounds for immediate termination, and especially when you’re one of the…

I love the idea that you can get away with anything as long as you stop once you’ve been called out for it.

So what you’re saying is he recognizes the business aspect he has and is doing what he needs to maintain and maximize profit for him and his business partners. ... idk, sounds like someone maturing to me.

It’s a riff on a WWI bond poster

I don’t think making good games is a valid prerequisite for being an effective storefront.

Or it’s the fact Epic launching their own service and games pulling out of Steam is big news, and this is a games site whose job is to review and preview games...