I'm excited about Scorpio (and the new PS4) largely because they have the potential to bring VR into the mainstream. As a Vive owner, I'm literally invested in the success of VR at this point, so any inroads they can make into people's living rooms is good news for me. The bigger the install base, the more new…

A big part of the appeal of the book is how the story in the 50s and the story in the 80s are intertwined and told at the same time, each one revealing a bit more about the other, and showing how the cycle repeats, and has to be stopped. Telling the entire 50s story, and then following it up with the entire 80s story…

Oh I know. That’s why I respect that Harris is willing to give people the hard truth sometimes. Maybe it's just what some of them need to convince them to get out.

I really respect that you're willing to tell people to just get the hell out sometimes. So may "relationship blogs" are about finding a way to fix even the most broken relationships, and aren't willing to acknowledge that some relationships aren't worth saving. I much prefer your more realistic perspective.

I’ll tell you this: I’ve had a Vive for just under a month now, and I’ve shown it to about 20 people, gamers and non-gamers alike. At least 5 of them have already decided they’re getting one, even after I told them the price of admission. The rest of them keep asking to come over and play again. This thing is the real…

Are you interested in VR at all? Because you've basically got the perfect rig for it right now.

I don't know. I ran the first episode nearly maxed on PC, and I had the same thought. The textures and lighting just look really flat and the animations and controls seem stiff. I wanted to like it, but those things just made it really hard to get into it.

Literally every aspect of the game (with the possible exception of the menu mechanics) is superior to every other story-driven single-player game ever created. The writing is mature, nuanced, and deep (and not mature as in “look, boobs,” but as in the actual definition of maturity). The characters all have arcs and…

Yes it is.

What exactly do you think she's guilty of?

Show us a case of someone being banned unfairly, otherwise your entire argument is based on a fiction.

Buying an online-only game is like joining a gym. You’re paying to be part of a community, and you must then follow the rules of that community. If you went to your gym and started harassing the other members or pissing on the equipment, you’d get banned from the gym. Do you think they’d refund your membership fee?…

In an online competitive game you’re paying to be a part of the community. If you start fucking that community up, then you get kicked out of the community. Don’t cheat and you’ve got nothing to worry about.

4 times its production budget, maybe, but they spent nearly half a billion dollars marketing it. It's got a ways to go before it makes all that back.

Then, once again, you have either not been paying attention, or you hate fun. The Witcher 3 is the best single-player video game I’ve ever played. No other story-driven game experience even begins to come close. It’s your loss if you don’t bother playing it.

I’m not saying you have to work at a company to understand how companies and marketing work. You absolutely could know what you're talking about, but you just don't. Working for a publisher isn't necessary, but it certainly offers some additional perspective....perspective you’re clearly lacking.

In order to give a counterpoint you would have to have made a valid point worth countering.

Says the guy who has never worked for a video game publisher to the guy who has. When you talk out of your ass, all I hear is fart noises.

No I don’t think anyone has run any numbers. lol These decisions are made by board members or ceos.

Then you aren't paying attention.