Indeed. I remember wishing I’d win one of those 10 minute shopping sprees. I’d clean up just by going down one aisle.

Hopefully she hasn’t kneecapped her Oscar chances by admitting this.

Marc Maron in GLOW changed my opinion about him and gave his podcast a second chance.

I’m not sure I follow the thought process here. Earthworm Jim is a failed experiment because the levels are difficult to navigate and the princess is flattened by a cow? I mean, by treating her as pointless, killing her with a cow, and calling her Whats-Her-Name, it seems Earthworm Jim is satirizing how other games do…

Gonna be real here, and I don’t say this lightly, but I’d rather there were no voice chat option at all than whatever this *makes obnoxious double open hand point toward a jumble of wires* is.

Yeah these situations in games are often not going to be so easily resolved. Not that we shouldn’t keep trying anyway. But when someone has spoken up they immediately get, “Oh here’s the white knight” and “Bro she’s not gonna fuck you” etc. So often people just stay quiet to avoid it going further. The best thing I…

The problem is that, to the abused, it can feel like those around them agree with the harasser. For instance, let’s say I’m playing really poorly one day. I know it, my team knows it and this one asshole in the game is making it his mission this game to ensure that I know it. If no one speaks up, his frustration and…

There’s this and there’s also another issue. I play CS:GO a lot and occasionally I end up on a Russian server. This happened a few weeks ago and I heard someone call another player the “n” word... Now, I usually keep out of arguments on public servers for exactly the reasons you listed above. This however, made my…

Commenting on the first part of your statement. I know League of Legends for awhile would rather you just be silent and report harassment. (This was a few years back, it may have changed) You and others could tell the bully to tone it down or what not, but sometimes, depending on tone and whoever was reviewing it,…

It definitely matters how people chime in, that’s for sure. I hate conflict so if someone’s sticking up for me in a way that seems like it’s designed to provoke a fight, I get nervous. But then again, I feel *worse* when no one says anything.

Yeah, I totally agree, even if you’re not changing minds of the harassers, I think it helps the people who are being harassed to hear someone sticking up for them, for sure. But beyond that, I actually think that speaking out can produce positive change, even if you’re not changing a harasser’s mind. Two things are…

every time ive ever spomen up against harrassment its been met with an escalation of toxicity. now i just report and move on. its not worth the grief, to me.

Having an ally to either tank, heal, or DPS those toxic comments is incredibly helpful.

Sure, they may keep mouthing off, but being willing to

Protip: if you have ever written or said the following phrases or something similar in regards to online harassment:

As far as I can tell there has never been an official answer, so I am extremely thrilled to be able to provide one, 19 years later.

Not all content is made equal. I felt that DAI disrespected my time with filler stuff that didn’t really make an impact or even represent what the game was ‘about.’ I’m playing dozens of hours of Zelda, but the game is packed with mysteries / charm, so it doesn’t feel like a waste of my time - I am still discovering…

Bullshit.