Name calling doesn’t help anything, and as someone that grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s we absolutely did learn colonialism was terrible. You never have an excuse to treat others that way. Period.

That’s it exactly. That it’s ludicrous very well may be part of why they dropped it.  Do we judge movies based on deleted scenes?  Of course not.  

After Skyrim my mind zeroed in on “the next Elder Scrolls game” as a time measurement. That was when I was originally going to upgrade my computer again for example. Because of that it feels like it’s been maybe four years since the game... what do you mean Dragon Age Inquisition isn’t new??

I think you’re taking this a tad too seriously. If everyone had such outrage about all horrors of the world "properly" being respected in fiction, we couldn’t have entertainment at all without offending. If you think this is bad, know this: there are multiple fantastical Titanic movies. “The Legend of the Titanic...”

The cost of moderation becomes even worse with doomsday control freaks trying to make sites legally liable for user created/posted content.

On the lead up to Skyrim Bethesda had awesome mods that enforced a no duplicate topic rule.  Toxicity was funneled into topics and going off topic to whine somewhere else was shut down.  It was nice.

We need better fair use protections, as in massive legislation.  Pity companies can just dump millions into lawyers to own the law.

That doesn't make Nintendo any less disgusting when it comes to nonsense like this.

Just remember it was extremely exhausting work for game journalists and not a gaming carnival.  Of course if that is what you aspire to be nevermind.

What stinks about all the big companies doing thier own thing is it dilutes the “learn about what’s coming up” nature of that time of the year. Now it’s just a mishmash of announcements of announcements and unless you follow video games year round the news about the industry is much harder to follow, in my opinion. I…

I recently visited thier headquarters since it's in the city my nephew moved to and I had no idea they are in trouble.  I always found them horrifying, funny enough being pleasantly surprised by some newer ones.

It’s like people see a few isolated stories of super valuable collectibles and think they are investments. My mother drove all over the metropolitan area looking for Star Trek figures in the early/mid ‘90s. Even rare ones go for little now. More depressingly Half Price Books, a book reseller, offered to downright…

Being treated like cattle is better?  No thanks.

Contracted work in general is a monstrously despicable loophole, especially for benefits.  I suppose there may be contexts like smaller studios that need professional testers, but there's no excuse for a company like EA.

I did see what he’s talking about. It was especially prevalent in discussions about open world games and how JRPGS were supposedly archaic.  I'm not saying I think they are; I just understand the offense he felt 

Only white people can disagree with him? You realize that’s a racist comment? It’s important to always look in the mirror as well.

To be fair, Oblivion is gorey enough it should have been rated M the first time. The ESRB messes up, like giving Wild ARMS 2 an E despite clearly implied sex and a totally unnecessary scene (spoiler)

Think of the children! But give every man, women, and child guns!

Oh don’t think for a second the control freaks aren’t plotting 24/7 to censor the internet for “the children," the go-to excuse.  As the saying goes, the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.  I do agree with the article that the imbalance with male nudity is silly, but it's also ridiculous to walk this back.

On the bright side, people who believe in civil rights are in the majority now.  Bigots want to regress society, but episodes like this help push back against that regression.  Representation matters, and bigots know that.  That's why they are targeting kids in Florida.  I don't agree with the prejudiced wording of…