I started frequenting Io9 because they covered science fiction/fantasy and comic books. Over the course of the last couple years the entire Gawker media collective has taken on a very obvious “progressive” political agenda. I enjoy articles such as these which open our eyes to issues we might not be fully aware of,…

Ghosts doing weird crab-crawls are so fucking tired. It was freaky in The Exorcist. Now that we’ve seen it 5000 times? Not so much.

The third Exorcist film was actually really good, and wisely ignored the second. I’ve always considered it a direct sequel. Does that play into this at all?

This guy can literally do no wrong.

RIP, sir. Looks like I’ve got some reading to do in his honor.

Don’t forget Gawker affiliated websites...

Others here are saying the sexualization isn’t from the belly shirt but the pose. You’re saying this is better. I’m confused. Specifically, what is sexualized about these images?

Those look like dolls not teenagers.

IDW did an anthology series a few years back showcasing women comic book creators. This of course was advertised on the flip side of a page prominently displaying the newest pinup issue of Danger Girl, another Campbell monstrosity. The editor I wrote to responded to my WTF?!?! email with a seemingly sincere apology,…

Forget it Jack, it’s Jezebel.

If you don’t want to be patronized don’t act like a child?

They’re making a statement alright. SMGDH

I agree 100%

Just in time to be gang raped and indiscriminately killed off after 30 seconds of air-time. Whew!

That you make this statement in the comment section of a Gawker Media blog post is kind of funny.

I understand perfectly fine, asshole.

If you don’t care why’d you lead with it?

My evidence, taken from analysis of hundreds of hours of play, is that you will have a pro genji on your team who gets out dpsed by the tank approximately 97% of the time. I used a slide ruler. It’s fuckin science.

Why do game designers bother to add variety and customization to their content? If people smarter than I are going to crunch the numbers and publish an objectively inarguable list of who is best then why provide choice at all?

Agree. However, I feel that far too often people are basing these ideas of what’s viable and what’s not strictly by the numbers. If a precision AI is playing the character sure you can min/max and get close to the theoretical possibilities. Most players, hell most human beings, are nowhere near that level.