So Arthur Chu recently wrote a ludicrous article for Tech Crunch:
Mr Obama, Tear Down This Liability Shield
In it he basically asks for the complete destruction for the modern internet. Popehat writes a nice rebuttal.
Arthur Chu's twitter is a treat too.
Okay, so apparently yes, that fanfic was legit. The author got salty that people were sharing screencaps etc of the story and is now apparently deleting it.
Excellent. The world has been in dire need of a good mech game for a while. I don't know why the mech genre mostly died like it did, but this is an excellent way to restart a revitalization.
No idea. It's always possible that it was done ironically by someone in GG, but It's also possible it was done by someone with a completely straight face. Either way I found it hilarious.
I'm reading it as "We weren't serving the public good or pushing a political agenda, so we weren't doing journalism."
A bit of wonky wordsmithing on his part if that wasn't his intention.
Huh. So I just realized what this snippet reminded me of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_Innocent
Those who do not learn from history etc.
Is it just me or does Moviebob sound more and more like a fascist every time I visit his twitter? He's got some serious Superior Being mentality going on.
It's not just the future, it's "The Future".
First Wonder, by Rogue Rocket Games. A spiritual successor to Giants: Citizen Kabuto
I loved Giants: Citizen Kabuto, so I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this.