the plot consists of many big, “epic” reveals and twists, though sketched very delicately, mostly through character interaction. it unfurls like a vintage anime. if that sounds like your thing, this game might be totally your thing.

I’m a bit afraid to express this opinion, but upon reading the story, the first thing that came to mind was to wonder if Bourdain found out about this? He had been a very vocal supporter of her case. While we might be disappointed to learn about the allegations, a partner might feel lied to or betrayed. If there are…

I’m in a weird spot. I abhor the behaviours I’m reading about here, sure, and I totally support the idea that things HAVE to change. Equality or bust, equal treatment or bust, equal pay for equal work or GTFO.

I’m not really sure what other racial or gender defined group you could put in this tweet that wouldn’t have everyone horrified. I’m firmly in the “old white men have caused and continue to cause the world many many problems with their power” camp, but this is just blind. How does behaving in an extremely hateful way…

Seriously, any Republican running in this midterm should send the NYT a thank you note for standing by this writer.

I’ve been saying this for a while.  “Good for me, but not for thee” is a losing argument. There is no amount of pseudo-intellectual bullshit that can make this anything else. We reap what we sow. And we’ve sown a massive outrage grievance nursing culture and now it’s coming back to get us. We have to be the change we…

but you can’t keep trying to put an end to racism from some white folk if you are alienating more and more of them by allowing this nonsense.

I agree with some of what you’re saying, but, to push back a bit, I’ve had several friends that I legitimately thought I knew very well who then turned out to be terrible, terrible people. Not like, rapist bad, but still, sociopath-level bad. I was very surprised when I found out the extent they were lying to me. Did…

“Obviously, though, this serves as yet another head-rattling knock against Valve’s decision to open Steam’s floodgates wider than ever.” On the contrary, the flood of reviews warning users about the potential malware and the resulting articles show that valve is right to let users identify these issues and make…

Excellent. Uwin.

I recently went to see my favorite baseball team play (as the away team) in Baltimore with a friend who also cheers for the team I enjoy. He pulled a Sharpie out of his bag and a ball and said he was going to go try to get some players to sign. I honestly thought he was joking, but he was not. 

The real story here is that idiots will spend multiple thousands of dollars to get a t-shirt signed by a football person. 

Imagine being an adult and being mad that you didn’t get an Ezekiel Elliot autograph at a fantasy football convention.

“...he only signed his own merchandise—which included shirts that were on sale for $25”

If you’re really trying to do better, the headline for the same article in the Kotaku UK site was better than the one here:

This is not true for a vast majority of the people that work in the games industry. I hire plenty of game engineers and I could give one shit about their social profile. And it’s the same for art. No one ever in the history of game making has said, “That guy can’t draw, but he’s got 500,000 twitter followers!”…

Social media raises profiles and in an industry like game development, having people be aware of your name gets you jobs. There tends to be a lot of turn-over in the industry, so developers can spend a lot of time looking for jobs. Game developer friends of mine who have the most successful careers are the ones who…

Disclaimer: I am just talking about Jessica Price here, the other episodes of harassment are shitty and unacceptable and I am NOT pro-gamergate here.

Thank you for posting this, gives a lot more context than most of this article. It’s a shame that Gamergate is so sadly loitering about, waiting to try and take credit for this sort of thing but wow, I’ve got to agree with ArenaNet on this one. That sort of childish rant is embarrassing, from both Price and Fries (who…

Read the original messages and judge for yourself. Were these appropriate responses to customers? Or was she an innocent victim?