The idea is that you can report people who are purposefully throwing matches by playing badly and/or picking bad characters but yeah what it comes down to ultimately is that you can report someone for being bad. That said, at the level this guy is playing at it’s unlikely there are any bad players in the conventional…

I don’t think I’ll ever really understand this sport.

Right, but it seems to me in this case that the fandom may have led them to a particular conclusion about how they could change this up and make some more money off of it. It’s like in the other example I gave: Disney came up with their princess line of costumes and eventually toys and everything else after an…

I mean, I know that’s true and the don’t NEED a reason to come up with a new toy line, especially with something like this which crosses demographics in a really unusual way. It just seemed to me when they first came up with this in the form of a movie that it was a direct response to the bronie phenomenon. Maybe I’m…

The short answer is that bronies demanded it. I honestly don’t think they were having trouble moving merchandise before they came up with this.

I mean, I kind of think the fact that it’s unsettling is sort of the point? Like if you consider fantasy and you consider things like the history of mythology, what do you see more often? Fully anthropomorphic animals or something that’s a mix of animal and human? I’m thinking of centaurs, satyrs, etc. So in that way…

Yeah I’m in uncanny valley territory myself. Started right around the time I realized they still had four legs on the ground.

Trent Dilfer was more like getting caught in a very successful bear trap. he didn’t mean to do it and nobody else wanted him to either cause they were hunting a bear, not Trent Dilfer.

Cool Runnings 2: Cooler Runnings

Then what are you doing jumping down other writers’ throats? Just watch highlight reel.

I believe that you believe that.

Yeah, it’s pretty dumb, but I’m not sure Kotaku is deserving of your ire about it.

Just for the record I think you’re being needlessly harsh. That was just the first picture I found of Cole being absurdly violent without any context

Seems odd that they’re having such trouble wit this. I mean the idea behind doubt is that you’re not necessarily accusing them of lying, but you’re pressing for a more detailed answer because they’re not giving you the whole truth. The Phoenix Wright games gave you the option to “Press” and dive deeper into a…

Never trust comedians is proving to be a pretty good general life lesson

Always wondered about this since I kinda knew it was a thing, but was never really in the orbit of black people who were into the show enough to ask about it. Thanks for this.

Well you might get one.

I use dad voice sometimes, but I have a toddler so her grip on what I’m actually saying is limited right now. What I find works better is dad glare, where I basically have a staring contest with her, eyes slightly wide (not quite crazy eyes but on that spectrum). When she looks away I know the message has gotten…

That’s true. All this Avatar stuff does kind of feel like a parent threatening you with violence. Like in my case I know my mom wouldn’t actually hit me but the threat still carries some weight, just like I know those movies are never getting made.