Hot take: the PS2 library, despite containing some true gems from the era, was largely trash. It had far more games in its library compared to its contemporaries, but I always found that I had to wade through mountains of garbage to find the gems.

If you don’t want spoilers to a game that came out a year ago, maybe don’t click on articles about that game. Especially ones where it says right in the title that the DLC in question answers story questions.

Why is it your job to pick someone you dont want? Play the way thats the most fun for you.

You’re a terrible analogy.

If your team needs a power cleanup, and you instead choose a middling contact hitter with a history of being a douchebag, then yeah, you’re kind of being an asshole.

It sucks that the game is designed in such a way that you can be forced to play in a way that’s not fun for you in order to be effective.

Alternate take: he got banned from a team game for being a shitty team player and diminishing the experience for everyone. When you play on a team you can’t just consider how you want to play. You have to consider what’s best for the team. That’s how teams work. If you don’t want to do that, then don’t play team…

Oh sure, he can adapt and learn. I’m not disputing that. I’m just saying that expecting him to get up to speed in time for the playoffs is a tall order. I think even if you sign him you start Foles for the time being until Kap gets his feet back under him. You’d better do it now, though, if you want him in decent…

Hey, no argument from me on that point.

Yes, but that’s in the context of the larger ongoing discussion of video game monetization schemes that amount to gambling. Loot boxes is just one of those schemes.

Can you point to a study done that equates gambling to loot boxes?

I’d expand this to all theme parties.

Sure, and underage kids will always find a way to get their hands on alcohol and cigarettes, but that doesn’t mean we should stop regulating those things.

The difference is that we, as a society, have found it prudent to legally limit childrens’ exposure and access to tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. We have also done the same with most types of gambling. Loot boxes, however, are largely uncharged legal territory, and it’s important that they be classified as gambling so…

Are we headed towards a near-future of $80 price tags AND microstransactions/$40 season passes?

I don’t want to hear about celebrity gossip or crappy food ideas.

you have to be able to test properly to determine if said goods are actually addictive or not and what the impact of that addiction is.

Kap is definitely being whiteballed, but bringing on a QB that hasn’t played in 2 years and doesn’t know your offense just a few weeks before the playoffs isn’t much better than running with Foles, to be honest.

The fact that the two types of addictions work differently physiologically is irrelevant to my point: that industries that sell addictive goods/services should be regulated heavily and not allowed to market them to children.

And, by the way, some would say loot boxes aren’t gambling because no matter what you do get something in return.