JonCole

I'm actually taking a sick day on Destiny launch day because I actually feel sick. There's some kind of irony going on there.

Happy birthday, Dreamcast! Also SAM

Mobile is very lacking, but better than just plain desktop viewed on mobile.

Looks like they're giving away copies of Mighty Gunvolt on Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfGaming/comments/2fv58f/giveaway_free_mighty_gunvolt_codes_for_your_3dses/

The worst stuff is how they actually wanted her dead. What the hell is wrong with these goddamn psycho fucks? If you want the internet at its absolute worst, there it is.

Apparently the game unlocks at midnight pacific, in case any of you eastern Americans were thinking about staying up for it.

The Humble Store is giving out free copies of Warlock: Master of the Arcane today - https://www.humblebundle.com/store No purchase necessary and it comes with a Steam key that you can redeem directly to Steam if your Humble account is linked.

I will play it immediately. It's actually a new backlog policy of mine, if I get a free game from someone or a game as a gift it always goes to the top of my backlog. Also, I was dying for an excuse to use that gif for weeks now. So... just know that.

It occurred to me earlier today that someone has probably asked a wedding officiator to say "I now pronounce you man and waifu".

Vanaman is super handsome. Like, it's not fair how handsome he is. My wife doesn't agree, but I didn't like her anyways. Also, Drew from Giant Bomb is crazy good looking too. Can we just turn this into a "who is my games industry/press waifu" thread?

Sorry ;-;

I got it! Also I'm a dirty lurker.

I requested an invitation already, but I'd be happy to take one of yours if you don't mind.

It just strikes me as odd for the EIC of a gaming monolith-type website that probably has a hand in hiring. If you're adopting blocks of independent/freelance writers from other people, you're in some way counting those writers out if you post a position, they apply, and you say "well I've never heard about this person before..."

I can't wait to grind for sweet loot in Destiny on my Vita while watching TV every night forever.

From what I saw on early morning Destiny streams today, it looks exactly the same. I stopped watching after thirty minutes, mostly because I thought it'd be boring for a THIRD time when I'm actually playing the game.

He also basically took no responsibility, saying that it probably came from someone else he compiled with. I really don't like Chris Grant, he literally never takes any situation seriously. When he used to be on the Joystiq Podcast, he was always the "but it's video games!" guy who basically made any serious conversation ridiculous. I'm not surprised that he's been largely quiet during this whole GG debacle, because he'd need teeth for that.

As far as I know, Chris Grant was the one who posted it but it was a compiled list with Ben Kuchera and the aforementioned Chris Plante. Basically, it seemed like a half-decent idea to share a block list but the problem is that people block people for different reasons and have different tolerances for certain things so when you compile a list between an ineffectual annoying shit like Grant, someone who is perpetually wrong like Kuchera, and a generally reasonable SJW-type like Plante you're sure to catch tons of people under that net for tons of different reasons.

Pickle jars are bigger in this alternate reality. New page woot.

Can someone remind me how to block people?

A lot of them just don't see it as problematic. It's perfectly logical in their minds - males are the majority demographic, so it makes sense that games would be tailored to them. Women are brutally killed for dramatic effect, but men are also killed and to much greater numbers so how is it not balanced if not sexist against men? It's so hard for me to convince them that the reason you're killing mostly males in games is because they're majorly over-represented. Or that while lots of men are killed, they aren't killed seemingly every time a bad guy is being characterized to show just how sinister he's being like when a bad guy inevitably kills a helpless woman for that effect. Or that while males may be or even are a majority, that doesn't mean it's fair that probably less than five percent of protagonists are female.

So does Jim Sterling, occasionally - http://www.destructoid.com/100-objective-review-final-fantasy-xiii-179178.phtml

Well, some of the aforementioned negative reviews even came from some who thought some of Twisted Pixel's earlier work more charming. Which makes me think it's particularly egregious.

Most of the negative reviews I've seen are people that say the humor and writing is fairly tasteless and hard to bear over the course of the game.