so they re-invented thimbles?

they’re called Gamer Thimbles.

And it’s fucking terrifying that a group of strangers online can get you fired just because they can get it trending...

It amazes me that Valve can sit on a mountain of player metrics but be unable to fix this. 

I think they don't actually know how to enjoy games anymore so the only metric they have for judging games is looking at technical details and getting mad when they aren't as good as the technical details for other games

actually they may not have been easily recycled. there’s not enough services out their, the parts likely can’t be reused, the percentage you get back out is far less then what went in

...okay, this is legitimately goddamn funny. And it just goes to show how dangerous discussion forums bullshit can be; some people will go to any lengths to win an argument on the internet. 😂

The irony with your comment is that the main character is actually part of the actual cast of one of the most renowned pre-World cast AND one of the few characters to play a role in more than a single game.

Mod author here. In this comment section are the words of multiple people who have never labored, in their free time, without pay, to create something. They have no idea how much time, effort, and personal sacrifice goes into creating mods. Every minute, every hour spent working on a mod is time not spent with…

My first thought as a trans: It’s impossible to exist online without your identity being weaponized. You’ll have a bad time. It’s not fair.

I would personally like to invite those people to go play in rush-hour traffic! I guarantee if those people were in the same position they’d be absolutely 100% milking every bit of clout they have to bring attention to this issue. Some people just NEED to sow misery and drama from everything.

A few things (I’m an attorney that dabbles in some defamation cases in the greater LA area). The complaint itself is pretty terribly written and seems to be written for the purposes of media consumption (the identifying of someone as a “then girlfriend” while going to great lengths to explain they were not in fact his…

Alright, two observations about that Masters of the Universe trailer:

You’re creating a false equivalence between people offended by words that disrupt the conservative status quo, and people critical of words that reinforce the harms of the conservative status quo.

Microsoft, the corporation, is considered ‘liberal’? Or are you suggesting that whoever crafted this list was liberal?

Comment talking about how this site has been garbage ever since [insert former Gawker-era writer’s name here] left.

Weirdly horny comment about a fictional character. 

Comment accusing Kotaku of being paid by publisher for coverage.

I make a seemingly good comment and anticipate lots of likes. Realize a day later when I have no likes that I came upon an article seven months old and it was just randomly retweeted into my timeline. 

Comment laced with toxicity and venom promoted by the CMS that will encourage other users to click reply, improving engagement with the article (but only marginally).