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yes, this article was written by an advertising person, not a gamer.. a VPN would make any online game unplayable.

I mean, I’m not sure what the long-term solution to this is. Even seemingly well-meaning governments often slap together a couple token “affordable housing” projects that only yield a few properties that end up overwhelmed by demand, but by that point, everyone loses interest after the initial press conference is over.

The pr*sident, even if he said anything at all to the Chinese, had NOTHING to do with those guys being released. This had everything to do with trade (i.e. Americans buying Chinese-produced goods) and not creating negative feelings in any Americans regarding said trade.

See, I agree with the Star Trek approach on things like this. When you’re on another world (in another country), you operate within ITS laws, not YOUR laws. The appropriate penalty for teens stealing things IN THE UNITED STATES is fear and embarrassment. The appropriate penalty for teens stealing things IN CHINA is…

Thank you so much! In turn, I very much appreciate and support the people who do weird shit on the internet.

Cecilia, I just want to say how much I appreciate your role as Kotaku’s resident Weird Shit People Do on the Internet reporter.

A friend of mine actually makes video games and applications specific to the gambling industry (for casinos and whatnot). I asked him what he thought about loot boxes when we went out to watch Your Name with our anime club. He was asking me how it was even legal for the video game industry to dip into the gambling…

How is this different than the Apollo Launch Escape System? Aside from scale, it seems like pretty much the exact same thing ... and probably no more or less horrifying ...

The difference here is that your Zune would still happily play music and do all sorts of things that didn’t require the defunct online store.

Okay, let me make sure I’m unpacking this correctly as a Canadian.

Of course, but that doesn’t mean you wouldn’t have those same issues in a more budget minded gaming laptop either. Generally speaking, CPU/RAM bottle necks are a thing, but not much of a thing these days. The CPU doesn’t do much in most games, and DDR4 ram is already super fast. With an i5 and say..8GB of RAM, you…

Hah. Normally when I buy stuff I build it out overboard so it lasts me 5-6 years. Hell, my first gen i7 PC I built back in 2011 is still kicking right along with a couple video card upgrades over the years. (though, I’d like to at least reinstall it with an SSD one of these days)

One side benefit I could see to this kind of setup, is it’s pulling one of the main contributors of heat out of the laptop enclosure. That would likely extend the life of the system, since gaming laptops are extremely prone to heat issues.

In another couple years though, this tech will be nice for an easy upgrade path for current laptops. They’re just a bit ahead of the game.

Pennsylvania city! It was a Pennsylvania city. Scranton actually, which the Office(US) was set in.

Agreed. At this point, any semi-intelligent person should be completely aghast at what the GOP and Trump are doing to this country, and that’s not even a slam on Republicans, who should rightly be pissed at what’s happening in their party now. Of course John Oliver, a really smart dude, hates Trump. His bits about…

He loves his comparisons. Also his puppets. I think John Oliver has been enjoying access to Sesame Street staff and such.

It’s gotten to the point that anyone could write his diatribes.

His deep dives into lesser known sketchy issues are the appeal for me. When he goes after Trump with fruit so low hanging they scrape the ground, it just feels pointless.