I didn’t have nearly as much of a problem with the launch as most people seemed to. They announced ahead of time how it was basically an early launch before the game was completely done to get the base online component into people’s hands before the next major tournament, with the rest coming as it was finished. Fine,…

Huh. I thought maybe it was a transliteration error where his name was originally supposed to be Todd, as that might have been Todo, which could possibly be interpreted either way, but it turns out his Japanese name is completely different anyway, a clever combination of the name Pinocchio and the Japanese word for…

Well this has been the party’s tactic for quite awhile now, it’s just surprising they’re blatantly admitting it now. I remember months ago Newt Gingrich was being interviewed and he said that the country was getting less safe. The interviewer countered that, actually, the numbers show that the opposite is true, that…

Couple of things:

It’s always curious when someone says they hope you go to hell, as the system for believing in that place commands them to love everyone, so wishing someone to go to hell negates their place in that belief system.

Not really familiar with the system, but it seems bizarre that a digital product would have a limited quantity. Why can’t key be generated as people buy the game? What’s the point of having a specific number beforehand?

I get why he’s mad. There was an interview he did not that long ago where he said that people feel less safe, and the interviewer said that, actually, the numbers show that the country has been steadily getting safer, to which he smugly responded repeatedly that what was really happening didn’t matter, what mattered…

Well, I’m agnostic for one reason: people are dumb. I mean, I look at religions and they really, really, REALLY look to be made up by a bunch of very human men a long time ago to, at best, help influence people to be less savage, but far more likely to control poor people. There doesn’t seem to be a strong enough…

Weird story: years ago I was working for someone who was a comically reprehensible boss to work for; he behaved horribly to pretty much all of his employees, yelling at and insulting them at length in front of everyone for even tiny infractions that no reasonable person would have much of a problem with.

Ha, yep. He’d be humanizing prostitutes, while the Republicans would continue to vilify them yet also continue to use them in secret. The hypocrisy would be ridiculous.

Not just you. I’m not religious but I grew up in a Mennonite community, many of whom are very religious and actually, you know, read the rules and try to follow them. A few generations ago they were actually allowed to avoid fighting in wars due to their religious beliefs. I can only imagine what a Murkin Christian…

You’re right, Murkin Christianity is completely at odds with actual Christianity. I’m convinced that calling yourself a Republican makes being a Christian impossible, so I guess what the party has done to trick people into associating them with Christianity is impressive, in a “wow, how that serial killer tricked his…

I don’t agree that the console cycle being shortened is positive, not considering the current state of consoles. Just looking at Sony, consider the improvement PS1 was over the previous generation, the improvement PS2 was, then PS3, then PS4. Yes they each improved on the previous generation, but PS1 to PS2 was a much…

What’s the argument though? If the character of Jesus came to life and was for some reason American, it doesn’t seem like he’d vote at all. He’d definitely be mad about how “Christians” treat and perceive the poor, and would be 100% anti-guns. I don’t think republicans would like him much.

Well that’s a pretty blatant false equivalency. Yes cars can kill people, but only through accident or extremely rare purposeful maliciousness. And the vast majority of what they accomplish is a non-violent social good. Knives are more killy, but still serve several non-murderous uses. But the only purpose of guns is…

You’re right, most people let their culture think for them, but that’s quite the false equivalency you have there. Either you’re saying that the progression of tolerance goes from anti-LGBT to accepting LGBT to accepting rape, which is crazy, or you’re saying anti-LGBT is equivalent to accepting rape, which is maybe…

Well you can rewatch any cutscenes you have access to in an inn, so that’s what most people do - play through it the first time skipping the cutscenes so that you can keep up with the rest of the group, then go watch them on your own time later.

Oh wow, I remember this vividly, but less so how many hours I spent trying to figure out how to get across. I assumed it had to be on purpose, so there was probably a secret item that would create a bridge like a rope or grappling hook or something, or you had to jump in a specific, convoluted way, or there was a…

You remind me of when I was a kid and talking to doctors that didn’t believe allergies existed. Their disbelief was apparently based solely on a foolish characterization of allergy sufferers as wrong-headed hypochondriacs. No scientific basis whatsoever, yet it was enough for them to completely dismiss…

When someone’s writing a story, each character will have a different level of development. The main character will be the most fleshed out, the secondary characters less so, and so on. Sometimes all that’s important about a character is one or two things, like “person who hands the main character a gun” or “person who…