I think you and I would get along just fine. Thanks for a thoughtful response. I absolutely understood every word.

My comments were mostly about the guy in this article getting fired, not about Sterling, but you raise a few interesting points. I'm not sure Sterlings income is of much consequence, considering that he's paying these guys to play a game. So they're making money off him as much as he's making money off them. This goes…

This is probably the best response I've seen to this. So thanks for that.

Might need to inject some Logic 101 too. Your strawman of "a rat learning martial arts by watching his owner is far from the craziest thing to happen in a comic". I never said it was crazy, certainly not the craziest thing to happen in a comic. You say "by your definition" but you never even reference my definition…

I"m talking about Turtle Rock guy.

It has nothing to do with a joke or two. That's just icing on the cake. A rat learning martial arts by watching (and presumably a spoken language) and teaching it to talking turtles is inherently silly. Maybe even patently absurd. It's unavoidable. It's the core defining attribute of the entire comic, so yes, inherent…

I just don't get any of this on either side. I recently read some comments from Kareem Abdul Jabbar on this and I think he pretty much nailed it. This Sterling is a turd. But he's been a turd for decades. He should be rolled out for real reasons. What exactly is the right to privacy and what can we say and not say…

"Who are you!? Ninja!?"

I've never seen the cartoon. Only ever read the 80s comics.

Not just to the concept, but to pretty much every angle. The "straightfacedness" as you call it is a huge part of that. This straightfacedness is not to be confused with attempts at realistic depictions of anything, badassery included. Even the badassery is inherently silly, which is a big part of the parody. This…

I own almost all of the issues printed in the 80s. Thank you very much.

That's because they shouldn't try to make them look "badass" at all. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtes are inherently silly. They're completely bending the genre into some monstrosity. Realism and Mutant Ninja Turtles do not mix. Never the twain should meet.

Yes, but specifically, the first Borderlands, back when it was awesome.

The stat I saw was that they required 1 (or maybe it was 2) game sales to profit. I think they were initially losing something like $9-$30 per console before game sales.

The MS and Sony publicly available financials. They release them quarterly. Takes a bit of looking over and some rough estimates based on what other product lines occupy the numbers, but the point is that MS/Sony pursue a different strategy, enabled by their diversified portfolios of products and services. Nintendo…

Because making such a console requires an upfront expenditure of 1-2Billion in R&D and initial losses on hardware. This is an ok strategy for a company that has billions in income from other industries and product lines (MS has office and Windows, Sony has their movies, music and TV business). Nintendo only has video…

Not really in the same price range. For $330, you're getting a console, a (likely) great game with potentially great online multiplayer and multiple controllers for local multiplayer gaming. For something similar on PS4, you'd need to spend $225 more at least.

"users can get paid based on the views and shares they get on articles there.In other words, if you go viral, you get paid"

I have this problem all the time! Some game goes on ridiculous sale and I already own it! But in this case, I totally lucked out. I kept not getting around to grabbing Pikmin 3 because I was gonna wait and really get into it and I've been super busy. Now I can grab it, woot!

Thanks for the tip. Based on your handle, I'll assume you know what you're talking about. :)