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You clearly have not seen the documentary Appleseed.

Based on the review I doubt I'd relate to this character's experience at all but, as far as I'm concerned, that's a reason in itself to read a book.

Eurogamer recently "changed" to a 3 point "Essential"/"Recommended"/"Avoid" scale. And I put changed in scare quotes since the 10 point scale as pretty much always been a three point scale (at least in my head): 1-6 = Avoid, 7-8 = Probably OK if flawed and 9-10 = Great. Is there anyone who draws a finer distinction? Destiny is basically the NASCAR of video games. Taken at a distance, it seems bafflingly crass and simplistic yet, somehow, incomprehensible. But if you give it a chance and make an effort to understand it, you'll be blown away by how perfectly it captures what is enjoyable about the things it does, even with its apparent dearth of novelty compared to similar offerings. It also doesn't help that its perceived audience is composed of slack jawed simpletons and corporate dupes. Whenever people talk about how "awful" Destiny is, it typically means they don't like the story telling and they think there isn't enough "content". And when they enjoy playing a game for 60+ hours without those things, they assume they must be getting tricked. Or, they are using the same flawed reasoning Gators use when attacking indie games for their use of funds: Destiny cost a gorillian, briazillian dollars but it isn't better at every other thing that every other game that costs less does and is therefore bad. That isn't to say that Destiny can't be improved. Getting upgrade materials has always been a chore but allowing you to buy them with vanguard and crucible marks has basically removed the need for hot moon loops to collect helium. It certainly isn't the irredeemable mess people (who don't play it) seem to think it is.

This thread has really raised the bar.. AND THEN SMASHED IT INTO YOUR STUPID... oh

SWATing should be treated like attempted murder. How can knowingly sending paramilitary police expecting the worst into the an unwitting person's home responsibly be treated as anything else?

Dota Today has been consistently excellent in the new format. Sean talking about watching streams at work made me nostalgic for my time in games Does anyone have links to the Storm Spirit play by play video that was mentioned?

I'm starting to think the talking point "gg is not right wing" has merit. Calling gamergate right wing implies they believe in something.

What was Angelina Jolie's breakout role? Does Hackers count?

Well, I solved the ad pop-up bug by buying some gems. you earned it!

Real talk: for how long was Sterling the Enchanter called Sterling the Archer?

Aw, no way. It's super charming My only beef is that I'd really like to see a breakdown of how my tap, hero and total deeps are being generated and by what. Also, a swipe input for tapping would be nice to avoid RSIs Also also, sometimes the tab buttons disappear after I dismiss popups.

I've been playing a heck of a lot of Tap Titans. I've never really gotten into a clicker game before. What am I doing with my life. Help.

I have feelings that relate to this that probably fit better over here.

This is related to the Mattie Brice piece tbreton linked in the Feminism thread as an orthogonal response to the Jonathan Chait article and subsequent discussion. I've got a lot of feelings swirling around these issues and I'm not sure if they form a cogent argument, but I respect the opinions of the people on these boards and, if nothing else, would like to see where I'm going wrong. Specifically, the issues surrounding the assertion that calls for Nonviolence from mainstream progressives are, in and of themselves, violence inflicted on marginalized people. Even more specifically, the trend of people saying some form of "I don't believe the Charlie Hebdo killings were justified, but..." To me, there isn't a whole lot of daylight between a statement like that and "I'm not a racist, but..." The idea that the killings at Charlie Hebdo were not an assault on the value of free speech is obviously wrong. It was perpetrated with the explicit aim of punishing speech the perpetrators found offensive and to terrorize others into silence. The fact that it wasn't a standing government's masked gunmen who executed those people is immaterial. That leads into another weird area that gives me the creeps. The idea that violence is only illegitimate if it is perpetrated by an oppressor. That violence in the service of seeking justice should be acceptable. I disagree that calls for nonviolence "completely disarms the marginalized". It is better today to be just about anyone than it was 10 years ago. And 10 years ago it was better to be just about anyone than it was 100 years before that. There has been progress, even if the oppressors have not all been deposed and pilloried. Maybe that is the problem? That things have gotten better for marginalized people without it getting worse for oppressors? And to say that radicals differ from mainstream progressives in that "[the former] critiques the system as a whole and aims to completely change it." is a hell of a white wash. What does Brice think completely changing the system entails if not chaos and blood shed. If not machine gunning those who's words you find dangerous and disagreeable? You know something that DOES effectively disarm and silence marginalized people? Violence. And by accepting the axiom that violence is permitted if you're really really sure you're on the right side, then you're just throwing your hat into the same violent, might makes right contest for power and control humans have been wallowing in for thousands of years, your ideals be damned. It seems, to me, to be no different than any other toxic mythologizing of righteous killing. If there common ground I share with Chait in my discomfort towards the religious certainty that "pc culture" imparts, or maybe reflects, in its radical adherents. The ones who are you to tell they that they don't condone specific violent acts but fall short of condemning violence completely. And I say religious because, in my mind, the major innovation religion brings to ethics is not an external standard of morality (since pretty much every major religion's ultimate message is just some variation of the Golden Rule, plus a few arbitrary rituals and woo) but a list of offences that permit those who espouse those standards to engage in immoral activity. Call out culture embraces the mentality that permits otherwise sensitive and thoughtful people to treat others like shit. I'm sure a few of you are fuming or rolling your eyes at this point, but I'm just trying to get my own emotional reality straight and I'm very willing to hear everyone out.

holy shit what is this game

Audibly clinking ice cubes or the sound of booze being poured are deal breakers for me, especially when the presenters bother to edit otherwise. Not that I'm some kind of teetotaller, it's just that it makes me think you want to sound the way this guy looks.

YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD MAN LEFT! D:!

Crisp is fine. Crunch, to me, says you either burnt them or way under cooked them. Old Dutch Original Rip-L-Chips are the only exception.

Chait responds to the responses

If the mouthfeel you're going for with any potatoes other than french fries is "crunch", you've already fucked up.

When someone posted that Jonathan Blow article in the "Question about Braid" thread, I was thinking "Ha, remember when Jon Blow was the worlds most dangerous gamer?". D:

Meh, I'm older than he is and there's lots of stuff I haven't done to potatoes

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"Citizen Kane is the Metal Gear of movies" -Dan Ryckert Film Studies Ba.