I can understand why some might disagree with the idea behind pre-orders, or even think they're somehow damaging to gamers or the industry, but to go as far as to call it manipulation is an exaggeration. People that buy into pre-orders know what they're doing, and do it by choice- and you're talking about people who…

Nobody is being hostile about wanting women in the gaming industry. I'm sure that we want more women in the industry.

There are fewer women in the gaming industry because fewer women have an interest in being in the gaming industry. To call it anything other than that is to push an agenda.

The question isn't why, it's why not? Having the *option* to use 4k doesn't prevent high poly, heavy spec, triple-a games from sticking to whatever resolution they want.

What won't happen, but I'd like to see as an answer to both the used game question and why we haven't seen the actual console yet:

Read title- was expecting to be amazed....

You've made two assumptions that are wrong:

You feel that people dislike you for it because they DO dislike you for it. People don't generally like to be reminded of being at a disadvantage. I'm not saying that makes their point of view any more valid than your own, but there's no denying that some people are uncomfortable with those that have a lot more…

Aspergers aside, there are tons of reasons, outside of just 'being a loser', that someone might have some difficulty complimenting people. What about cases where one of the two people in a relationship is much more attractive than the other, making it an awkward subject? What about cases where people are…

Honestly, at this point, the word 'pretty' has as much meaning as 'nice' or 'good'. It's too vague to carry any weight.

I've always made the assumption that women often have gay friends because it sort of fits the commonly assumed view that if your friends are of the same gender, you're just friends, and if you're friends with the opposite gender, it's because you're attracted to them- the twist being that a gay man (in the eyes of any…

But is not a game like Gears of War all about the whole macho GRRRR LOOK AT ME I'M TOUGH AND I SHOOT THINGS regardless of gender?

Kinda related:

That's fair.

There's no need to be defensive or aggressive here, this is nothing more than a conversation. Also, you didn't 'coin' the term assailant. That word existed before you used it.

I don't disagree with you on most of your points, but without knowing any more about the situation, I do think that the home could have still been defended either without shooting, shooting less shots, or by aiming to disable instead of kill.

I would argue that "leaning the other way" is not the extreme- shooting someone is extreme. I read the article you provided, and at no point did it suggest that the lady was actually attacked, just that her home was unlawfully entered. Nobody bothered to question what he was trying to get from the house. Nobody…

I don't really disagree with the individual points you've made, but I still think the overall purpose of what I said was missed. The goal doesn't have to be incapacitation, but rather a deterrent.

I have no idea what "Krav Maga" is. You've also notably defaulted to the term "assailant", where I never explicitly said that the crime being committed involved attacking anyone.

I had a long response to this, but I'm not going to bother, since I've said all of it before, and don't feel like going over it again.