one word: dopamine

That’s not what happened. The screws were not “overlooked” or “allowed to slide”

Yeah and I’m not happy about it. How else am I supposed to let the world know I identify with Mac’s mom?

Depends on the OEM, group and location. In a bigger metro for a good OEM you could make $200k as a salesperson. But you are working A LOT. I would say in a decade most salespeople would average $80k or so if you worked in a decent market for a decent OEM and group. There are so many variables to that job it is hard to…

His greatest role was as the sleazy villain in Wayne’s World where his real-life reputation at the time really made the role believable.

You don’t own a game, full stop, digital or otherwise. You have a license, and that's it. 

Shipping culture and waifu culture are two sides of the same profoundly toxic coin.

Even funnier with the last line:

Let’s not lose perspective, we’re talking about luxury entertainment here. Piracy isn’t your only option, your main option is to just not play the game if you don’t like its price or monetisation. I’m saying this both as a former game developer and as someone who pirated a lot in my past: you’re not entitled to take…

“Got comfortable” and “Begrudgingly accepted the lack of alternatives” are two very different things.

Future? Digital has been a thing for almost twenty years at this point and PC has been all-digital for well over a decade. It’s been pretty great, actually. The PC game market has never been stronger and there are a ton of games that simply wouldn’t exist if games were still chained to retail.

The movie and game rental market in the US has been thriving and "a thing" for decades. We don't need to get used to the idea of "not owning a game".

Clearly people are ok with not owning their games or media and this is not new - renting was obviously massively popular pre-streaming.

Just speculating, but maybe it uses AI as a way to try and determine a game’s cheats, or find a way around a patch designed to remove exploits?

I think you meant to post this on Gizmodo, this is Kotaku, a site for people that actually play video games.

In the real world, hiring for diversity gets you just as much merit, plus a breadth of background and perspective you wouldn’t otherwise get.

Most people forget that intelligence can be bought - to a degree. For example, you can hire private tutors for SAT preparation, and even though the tutoring will be SAT-focused, the analytical and reasoning skills stay with you. Also, if you have more time to read (even if it’s just for school/SAT) because your…

Spotted the 800 SAT-scoring loser.

There’s a group of people that are trying to uphold a decent society and progress, and generally try to use things like “civility, logic, fair arguments, data”.

My kingdom for some democrat to get up there and say with a straight face that the intent here is to hinder the movement of migrants.