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I just realized that I put a lot of Faith in People to be Better than Human. Except myself, because I know I'm a miserable sack of flesh and bones! U:

Hah, that's a pretty good point. I suppose some part of him still believes in the sanctity of humor as a bastion for creative freedom, offensive as it can be, and he doesn't want to give that up. I can't say I completely disagree there, but also I can't say I completely agree (although there was a time when I would have).

Haha, thanks. That actually does make me feel a little better. U:

I consider everything you said here a stretch. I don't think it indicates a desire to erase anything he learned from the incident. I think it indicates a desire to not feed the flame, causing the situation to barrel out of control. By not removing the shirts, it would've ultimately resulted in a lot less vitriol from BOTH sides, because it would've fallen off the radar so, so much faster, as the fools who so desperately wanted the shirt would've never had reason to get angry for the shirts being taken off the store, and well etc. I don't think not removing the shirts would've been the right choice, but from a certain perspective, it makes perfect sense. He fails often at being "silent", yes, absolutely, 100%, definitely, but I don't think it's out of any lingering hatred or vindictiveness. I think it's because he sucks at being silent, sucks at listening without responding. EDIT: Anyway, I'm defending him too much. Let's flip it around for a second. It was straight up dumb to bring it up at the panel like that. What a fool! "Doesn't hold a grudge" my ass, am I right? D:

I have a friend from school who I saw again recently (because of PAX!), and I'm not really sure why I started thinking about this - it may have something to do with the Penny Arcade dickwolves thing that sprung back up out of nowhere, because I know for sure he'd defend it without a second thought... not out of vindictiveness, but out of sheer ignorance - but I recalled something he said once and it sort of brought back some of the anger I felt at the time. He's a rather large gentleman. Very unhealthily overweight. That may seem irrelevant to what I have to say next, but I'll get back to it. He is also very much a Christian and believes in God and Jesus and all that jazz. We have another friend, who is gay. I once got into a conversation with him about, fuck, I don't even know what it was originally about, but we came around to how he thought being gay was a sin and that our friend was born broken, some kind of test from God, and then compared that to his being born "like this", pointing to himself, indicating his obesity. At the time, I was kind of awestruck. I went dead silent and just got out of the car (as we'd just arrived at our destination). It bothered me a lot, and still does. He is otherwise an extremely nice person and it pisses me off that he holds this belief so close to his heart. It is people like this that really hurt the belief I WANT to hold that Christianity isn't all bad, despite my own personal issues. If it can corrupt a person as nice as my friend, what hope is there. In completely different news, my mom is sick. She's fainted several times, now, and a while ago she had some sort of "spot" in her brain. I think it got better, but not better enough apparently. I always hear about it from my dad or other family. She never talks about it when I call. This makes me sad and scared and I don't really know how to deal with it. I know she doesn't want me to worry about it because I have my own slew of other problems, and that's why she never talks about it. All of this came to me as I was taking a break from a programming test that I have to finish tonight before flying back home from PAX tomorrow and now I'm just kind of lying here, sad. Jesus.

Uhmhm. Given the question "what things do you regret", I don't think that's a wildly unacceptable answer. Not that I agree with bringing it back up again after it's all been in the past for so long - in fact I think it's stupid, like if I held a grudge against someone who once bullied me twenty years ago when I was a small child boy, like I care - but to call it a "retraction" of earlier remorse and diplomacy is a bit of a stretch. Also yes yes

It doesn't matter if it's not a movie. Every form of fiction has its own quirks of narrative conceit. Flashbacks, foreshadowing (subtle or blatant), narrators explaining every beat of the plot. Whatever. Why can't video games have the same thing? Just because you are the one controlling a specific character doesn't mean it has to follow the rules of reality. If a storyteller chooses to do tell a story in a fashion that involves revealing knowledge your character would have no immediate knowledge of, why is that a bad thing? I just feel like everyone who makes this complaint takes issue with a lack of some unpromised character-centric realism.

I went to the GFW Radio reunion panel today at PAX. Goddamnit I would Kickstart that like a motherfucker. NO HESITATION, if it would just happen. GODDAMNIT.

I can't handle all these Half-Life: Revelations.

No don't! This is good. I also want to participate, but I keep getting lazy AS PREDICTED. I'd be more likely to do so if I had a scanner or a drawing tablet, but well what're you gonna do. I may just start drawing with a mouse, 'cause why not.

Movie was great, though it definitely had its dumb moments. Would Watch Again.

I'm sold. I just don't have money. Fortunately, it looks like it'll be backed well above its lofty goal.

I also thought this was a joke thread.

Why does it have to feel like a flashback? If a movie did it would you complain then, too? I feel like it's not a stretch of a storytelling mechanic.

Snort. Nice!

Well I just landed and got to my hotel. Seems like I missed out on the fun tonight, but maybe I'll be there for future nights if they happen! I'm @theoneguy. I'm also fine with Google+.

Nintendo isn't the only good developer, nor are they the best. If no mobile games have convinced me so far, why should I expect Nintendo to be the one to do it? Mobile controls are atrocious. I have never and probably will never like touch-screen only controls on those tiny smartphone screens. I've tried a huge number of games, and while I can get some level of enjoyment out of some of them, it's rare, and also it's never even near the level of enjoyment I get from more traditional games - be they PC, console, or handheld. Tablet gaming is another story entirely. There, the screen is big enough to accommodate things more appropriately. But only for very specific genres. Speaking of genres! None of Nintendo's franchises will work well on mobile. Mario, Zelda, Metroid? Those franchises would die if Nintendo went exclusively mobile. No thanks. Also, you're confusing my hatred for mobile controls with my love for Nintendo hardware/software. While it's true that I am a fan of Nintendo, I am also nowhere near the level of a fan I was before, well, a lot of things have happened and now Nintendo is not a company I much care for anymore, beyond playing a few games every now and then.

If Nintendo went mobile, I would, in all likelihood, stop playing their games altogether. I can't imagine a more undesirable situation. I have yet to play a single mobile game that I'd put on the same tier as any good PC, console, or handheld game, and it boils down almost entirely to the controls. I hate mobile controls of all kinds. Please noooooo.

XKCD is great!

I've got a couple hundreds of dollars Dota 2 items sitting in my inventory.

I think it's ugly as sin. But well I don't think there's anyway to make a dual-screened device NOT ugly as sin without making it a clamshell.

Yeah I should say that it wasn't a real interview, it was more of a screening. But she asked a few of those boring "hey what's the complexity of quicksort!!!!" kinda questions at the end.

PHONE INTERVIEWS. I knew the answer was overloading, but for some dumb reason when she gave me the other option, encapsulation, my brain jumped to that. What why brain why. But that was literally the only thing I answered wrong, so it's probably fine. BUT IT'S SUCH AN EASY QUESTION. C'MOOOON.

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