You personally do that. I have photos that prove it.

Maybe the MLS is intrinsically better, but soccer in general? We're talking about sport where fans routinely jeer/toss bananas/etc at brown players. Not exactly a grand culture of tolerance and acceptance at work.

It's "unfortunate" because it pisses you off when we say it's "unfortunate."

So, what you're saying is that you didn't watch Sarkeesian's video? Because she prominently displayed an example of a game that approached sensitive issues (alcoholism and child abuse) in a responsible, enlightening manner. I'll let you watch the video and find out for yourself (kind of doubt that'll be happening, but…

Have you ever imagined that the people who agree with Sarkeesian are not a monolithic entity, either? If, when you criticized Sarkeesian's points, someone lumped you into the wrong category, then that person was wrong, not representative of the only response that you could possibly have received from a person agreeing…

He's angry that people will rebut his criticisms, that he won't automatically "win" the argument and bring everyone over to his side, so for him, that equals "I'm not allowed to speak."

I had kind of the opposite experience, where early on I felt like the big productions (Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Miyazaki films) were the definitive thing called Anime, and that the shows I'd seen on American TV as a kid (Sailor Moon or Dragonball here and there) were sort of this trashy, TV-ized bastardization of…

Probably my favorite anime of all time, Touch, is a baseball anime. Well, it's got comedy, romance, drama, school life, and slice of life elements to it as well, but it tends to be categorized most commonly in the sports genre.

Very true. I tried Hearthstone a little bit, but couldn't get into it. I think what I always liked about CCGs was playing with a tight-knit group of friends. There just isn't the same vibe when you're playing against some random person online.

Don't get me wrong, there's something mesmerizing about watching people play TCGs. I just find them—especially modern incarnations of them—to be feature-heavy, and increasingly arcane as a result. I used to play M:TG when I was in middle school (early-t0-mid-90s), and after trying again several years ago, I was…

After watching this feed for 10 minutes, I realized that I still hadn't learned anything about how the Pokemon TGC actually works.

And the vast majority of cops will side with bad cops when it comes down to it, so the idea people have of most cops being "good apples" is flawed.

My mom found cigarettes in my backpack when I was a sophomore in high school. She wasn't pleased, but to my surprise, she didn't actually try to argue the point with me. She said that she didn't want me to smoke, but basically admitted right there on the spot that she knew there was nothing she'd be able to do to make…

That's not why cops are militarized. They're militarized because, post-9/11, they been showered with all sorts of equipment and federal cash, which they either have to accept or it just vanishes. So of course they take these things, and now that they've got a bunch of military goodies, purportedly to defend us from…

But if they take a critical look, a bunch of morons will be like "I don't want politics in my game!" ... as though politics isn't already there to begin with.

You're welcome!

It is a cash-grab. That is all.

Well one joke is better, because one has clear, rational antecedents and points of reference, while the other is completely reliant on the user having a random, connectionless sense of irony. It's the difference between a stand-up comedy routine and an internet meme, basically.

Looking at a bunch of people who say they will pay for something stupid that you'd otherwise have left on the cutting-room floor as a sad joke, making it for them, and charging money because you know they'll buy it, is pretty much the definition of a cash-grab.

Nope. The difference is that Surgeon Simulator tries to fit into the larger tradition of video games, whereas Goat Simulator is just an empty bit of twice-removed irony. The joke is on anybody who paid a dime for it.