Unless people were actually threatening here with physical harm or doxing her, I don’t see why the focus of news articles on this suicide is cyber bullying and not depression/mental illness/lack of family support.
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But it’s also peaceful—there’s nothing to do, so you might as well embrace it.
Oh no - not at all. I absolutely care, but believe that the intent (when using the word) matters more than anything and I don’t believe the intent here is malicious (Paul doesn’t seem to think so either).
I think a better opportunity to have this conversation is when the intent is overtly malicious. I have no qualms…
There is a meaningful, logical difference between “this term has been used in some contexts in ways that were harmful” and “this term is harmful in all contexts”. This article seems to be implying that the former conclusion should always lead to the latter. I do not believe that is a rational viewpoint.
As someone all for trying to put more thought into the language used and it’s appropriateness going forward, I’ll ultimately have to admit this fell short of convincing.
This feels like the most manufactured of manufactured controversies. I Googled “savage” as requested, and got the following as the first result.
None of the definitions feel inherently racist, and the initial adjectival definition feels like it serves the game perfectly. Sure, the developers *could* have chosen a…
Here’s you discussing The Outsiders:
Shame this is likely as close as we’re ever going to get to an actual sequel. I really love the two mainline games and the various expansions.
That is sextastic and I need it on my bookshelf immediately.
People have been saying it since about the time it first started appearing, but obviously Zack disagrees. My pet theory is that it’s trying to be the Garfield of gaming comics, so you’re probably right. Except that Jim Davis gave the characters some distinctive looks and personalities even if the scripts were formulaic…
Someone has to say it after months of mediocrity: Clueless Hero_is_not_funny! Maybe that is the point?
Ah yes, rather than considering and discussing how these games resonated with them on a personal level, they should have instead given a more objective choice based on... I dunno, metacritic? What do you want? I’m sorry you didn’t get a shallow “this sure was a fun game so it’s my fave of the decade” article, that…
On the contrary, I was more than pleasantly surprised by a deeper, more personal article than what the title implied.
Build Zip-Lines. A well thought-out Zip-Line network can trivialize any and all terrain hazards in the game. You have the tools to make it easy for yourself.
I thought Dishonored 2 did it better. Not only could you switch timelines whenever you wanted but both timelines were active simultaneously. You could even look into one timeline while in the other. Titanfall 2's implemention was much more rigid and scripted. In D2, your actions in the past timeline also had a greater…
What it has to be is something beyond pointless. None of the strips ever add anything to the conversation, they just... Explain gamer culture very plainly? Do they realize their audience is gamers?
Dear Clueless Hero: observational comeday is only funny when you have something new, or subversive to say about the observations you’re making.