Right, but people outside of comic fandom know exactly who Superman and Batman are. Do the characters of AC share that same brand recognition and built-in marketability? I doubt it.

You don't go after your biggest fans over a stupid party. They're doing more damage to their image by attacking those that love them the most than any party ever could have.

Yeah, this is what was throwing me off. I associate Brett yeast and the barnyard flavor with Belgian styles in general, not so much specifically sours.

Barnyard flavors? Brettanomyces? Is it just me or does this article seem to be referring more to Belgian styles than sours? The sours I've had weren't yeasty or farm-like. They were....sour.

He (co-)created a system which allowed for the abolishment of slavery through the democratic process and which was (more or less) stable enough to survive till that point and beyond. Transcendence achieved?

They look like a beer-league softball team.

I would argue that your work can not "transcend your racism" if you are still a slave owner.

Here’s a thought: would Lovecraft have been such a master of horror if he wasn't such a racist? His entire body of work is a study in "fear of the other" taken to terrifying extremes. If he hadn't been so obsessed with his fear of "the other," would he have ever created the "cosmic horror" genre? Would he have been…

It’s pretty easy to reconcile one you realize a person can be a genius and an asshole at the same time.

If you didn’t already know this, you aren’t trained well enough to defend yourself anyway.

The Witcher 1 was a PC only game and the combat was basically a mouse-clicking rhythm game. I don't see what consoles have to do with it.

“Custom" Dreamcast is very dirty.

I hope Link is smart enough to know that Lando is cheating.

None of which supports your claim that its success has "nothing to do with the game."

No, they're a fruit. Or maybe a vegetable. I can never remember.

Killer Shrews.

Because it's incredibly uncomfortable.

Those headphones don't look very comfortable.

Probably has something to do with the interactive nature of games and the fact that they're still viewed by some portions of the population as toys.

That only works so well, depending on the length of the cord.