The disconnect between Nintendo’s legal team and reality, and the amount of money they have to throw at nonsense, continues to be baffling and scary.

The whole problem with this trend, which started with Amazon’s buy-now, is that you’re supposed to be able to patent the *how*, not the *what*. For example, if you invent a new drug that, say, cures a specific form of cancer, that doesn’t disallow other drug makers from making drugs to treat that particular form of…

I think there’s something to be said about the amount of influence corporations have on government policies that should negate the idea of freedom of speech not being squashed because just because it’s on an electronic platform

A reminder to always, always ignore the number that a company is suing for. That’s basically meaningless, its really just there to scare people and get headlines. The actual reality of the damages would get assessed during the actual trial, if it goes to one.

With that attitude you should probably check yourself into rehab.

This is some weird defensive bullshit. I like to get fucked up but like, no one was attacking that. Let the guy be proud of his kid for being sober. 

It’s cute that they think the only two other options could be cannabis or sobriety. 

Blame the consumer for not supporting overprice capitalism. good on gen z for not blowing their money on overpriced poison.

How about concerts are too expensive and people who go to them don’t want to spend money on overpriced refreshments?

The earliest dates that are used to define Gen Z are 1995-2012. Half of this generation aren’t of legal age but hey, damn those 13 years old who are killing the booze industry, right?

Went to a concert a few weekends ago. One 16oz white claw was 17 dollars. Beer was no better at 18-19 dollars for one 16oz. That can’t be the reason though.

The thing about soft science (as opposed to hard science) is that you can prove anything you want as long as you have the right angle and cherry-picked data or study. As your title say “determined to prove”, she just have to formulate that proof, not find it.

But her point is that valuable learning experiences happen in all sorts of games that are not primarily marketed as educational, and these are not used in schools.

“Though games aren’t widely used in schools as a teaching method (outside of things like Math Blaster”

Good for her! I like to study psychology as well, and as a lifelong gamer, I have been able to gain numerous perspectives and learn how to be a better writer with my obsession of story-based games or RPGs as a kid. I feel psychology majors don’t see the good in gaming when in moderation probably because it has been so…

That’s cool about SIMS 4. Always good to see it being more inclusive.

Just an example of how futile and stupid this culture war conservatives insist on fighting is. This game has already sold tens of millions of copies.

I suspect that people get mad at you because you’re an asshole.

You are born with a combination of chromosomes. You can’t deny the science.