That’s what I meant when I said the implementation was odd. I agree that they could potentially have found a better way to call back to ASCII art, I just think that the direct reference to it still is meant to be a pretty obvious (and effective) way of letting your potential players know that you care about the…

Rogue likes for years dating back to the original rogue limited themselves to ASCII characters even after it was no longer necessary from a programming standpoint. The style is a direct callback to that, and a way of telling rogue like fans who feel the genre has drifted away from its roots too much that the…

So I have to preface this by saying it’s not my story, but rather that of a wise old nerd I once knew. That said, it’s the standard I judge all other DnD stories by.

For what it’s worth you also see some rather hilarious trans specific things when you use fb like me. My favorite has got to be the mid 40s trans woman who just started hormones randomly putting as her status update “WHAT THE HELL IS THIS WHITE LIQUID COMING FROM MY BOOBS?” of course plenty of folks quickly chimed in…

If I remember correctly the first murder of a trans individual this year was some time around January 3. Unfortunately it’s so common that it’s just not newsworthy. I only think I heard because that’s the type of depressing stuff you see on your Facebook feed when you only use it to keep in contact with your local…

I was waiting until my lunch break to respond so that I would have time to gather my thoughts and make sure I was saying what I actually wanted to. First, I find it rather amusing that you think a lack of knowledge of Catherine Hepburn and Shakespeare would negatively affect my child’s ability to interact with their…

Not as a young child, no. Honestly I have never understood the notion that just because something is a classic it’s child appropriate. Shakespeare is full of things I would not want to expose my child to until they were old enough to understand that just because things had been done one way in the past does not mean…

Agreed. This piece made me physically nausious I found it so disturbing. I can’t help but think of how my mother (who was not alive during most of this but still considers it the golden age of Hollywood) glorifies these people and their movies so much. My first little one is on the way in about half a year, and…

It’s not really fair to ask what just about any ingredient tastes like. I dare anyone to tell me what flour tastes like without using the words “flour, wheat, or grain.” For what it’s worth I use ground bay rather than bay leafs, and it has a much more pronounced flavor.

This is where I’m looking more at trends as I see them. First off, for the record in the past I’ve been in camp “wait for the Game of the Year edition” when it comes to Bethesda games, under the logic that you’ll get all the DLC for much cheaper and you’ll skip the most buggy stage of the game (not to mention you’ll…

This is where I’m looking more at trends as I see them. First off, for the record in the past I’ve been in camp…

You’re not wrong, but I still picked it up, and I’ll tell you why: as a PC gamer who enjoys mods for Bethesda products I’ve seen enough to know that regardless of how questionable the quality of the DLC is, almost all major mods will be requiring it within a few months of its release. It’s happened to every Bethesda…

You’re not wrong, but I still picked it up, and I’ll tell you why: as a PC gamer who enjoys mods for Bethesda…

Yes, this means she can appeal. The case will almost definitely be going to an appellate court next, and then I would not be surprised if it went to New York’s court of last resort after that regardless of who wins in the mid level trial. At that point depending on how things went an appeal could potentially be made…

I understand why you would say that, but in all honesty I think it’s a great move. I’ve found what I’ve heard about the lore of FNAF to be fascinating, but the game play style just didn’t interest me at all. On the other hand, I’m a huge fan of RPGs. Considering that there are a lot of folks like me who are attracted…

Funny, I was thinking it was nice to have an actual article instead of a little blurb that essentially said “just watch the video. Trust me, its cool.” Can’t please everyone.

It really depends. As I understand it a company has to do whatever possible in order to get their employees the back pay they are owed, but if they go bankrupt then they go bankrupt. We don’t have a debtor’s prison or anything like that so there’s not much that you can do to a company that’s ceased to exist. The…

This is a good time to remind folks about good habits for a gifted console. Unless you know the receiver is gonna froth at the mouth if you do so, open up the box, set it up, make a fake profile (or log into theirs if you know it) and download all system updates along with any patches available for games that you’ve…

Only problem is that like the article states this isn’t hacking, its DDOS. DDOS attacks are basically impossible to prevent since they rely on just pinging a server until it fails. They don’t try to legit show any vulnerability in the server and they don’t get any useful info hackers could be looking for. They’re…

Obviously I know you’re joking, but for what it’s worth as someone who prefers digital purchases getting an external hard drive was a mandatory part of buying my wii u. The built in storage is so miserably small that if I hadn’t I wouldn’t have been able to fit the 3 games I was planning on getting when I got the…

I’ve actually clarified in later responses to other posters that I’m not really advocating a “burn the books” approach to the song, but rather think that it isn’t something that should be treated as harmless background music for an audience that may (or more likely) may not understand the history of the piece.

Where I would draw the line is pretty simple: if something encourages behavior that I don’t consider acceptable for my child at their current age or maturity level, I’d rather they not be inundated with it. Right now that means next to nothing because she’s 10 months old, but once she’s two for example I’m not gonna…