And ultimately this goes back to personal responsibility, which is at the heart of any addiction.

at least three of the games mentioned are meant for an age group above that of the child. So you can cross those off the list of “marketed to children”.

Nobody said that but Bloomberg, known for not getting much right.
That being said, it likely has more to do with bad stereotyping than anything else. Which is fine. That’s never what made the games fun to play in the first place

You’re conflating the Steam platform with the Steam store. Steam keys activate on the Steam platform. The Steam platform does no trade and makes no revenue. The platform is funded exclusively by the store.

Well, for one, the company remained private even after it gained the dominant market share. Most companies go public so they can make even more money.

So... how exactly does exclusivity benefit consumers? Nobody’s complaining about having more choices. They’re complaining about having fewer choices as a result of arbitrary exclusivity deals. For example, being able to buy and play Dead Island 2 on Steam, GOG, the MS Store and EGS would have been great. Customers…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) claimed in a cable news interview that he simply couldn’t recall whether he’d voted against birth control—despite doing so a little over a year ago.

1. The Republicans are majority.
2. There’s no obligation for the minority to come to the majority’s aid in determining the majority’s Speaker.
3. I cannot find a single, recent, historical example of the minority party having come to the rescue of the majority to elect a Speaker.
4. If the shoe were on the other foot,…

NFT owners getting burned should not come as a surprise.

Every picture and video of that douche.

This guy is a religious zealot, far more dangerous than any of the Taliban thousands of miles away from the United States. The Republican Party, which at this point is a criminal conspiracy of fraud and insurrection, supports his insane, dangerous and frankly un-American ideology.

Microsoft is a huge corporation with the majority of divisions having nothing to do with gaming so I’d be surprised if most employees actually use GP. That said, those employees wouldn’t pay for GP regardless so MS isn’t really losing anything by giving it to them for free.

Oh boy! Been a long time since I had a good old fashion Warcraft Lore Argument!

Well, its official. I can no longer tell the difference between Fortnite and Overwatch anymore 

Nah, being a scumbag just makes you look like that

It’s not a game that tries to glorify war, so I'm cool with that. 

“Fortunately for productive, Better examples of the species, vermin like you have no authority whatsoever to dictate anyone’s wages.

This makes the theory that Adidas themselves designed Miles’ new suit hold a lot more traction.

Bodega cat is cool though.

Cool! Looks like they need a lot more testing.