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Why kill the goose when it still lays eggs? But there's now that thing with twitter and Women against Media where it seems like they are giving carte blanche to the feminists to "protect themselves from harassment". With the wake of this new wave of Twitter bans on prominent pro-GG speakers is beginning to seems as if Twitter might have chosen a side or is going to be caught in the middle of this whole thing. It is interesting to see how social media companies will police this stuff. Maybe Jlaw has the right idea just staying off social media.

Has Sarkeesian attempted to pass legislation against games?

So learning to laugh off insults is a sign of sociopathy ? Aim of that statement is to encourage one to not crumple like paper because some guy called you an **** or something. Or to advise you to perhaps break his bones in response, depending on how one looks at it (while effective, it's too much trouble in the end). It's a terribly simplistic response to give someone who has been hurt by words. I couldn't imagine feeding that line to my kids or my students when they are genuinely upset about something. It completely invalidates their emotions. There are better ways to build emotional fortitude. Most people realize that is a ridiculous adage. If you go through your life never getting hurt by words, you are quite likely a sociopath. Getting hurt by words is a consequence of any free society. Trying to abolish bad words and malicious intent (=badthink) is the first step to any totalitarian society. That's quite a leap from what I said. Living in a free society doesn't mean you need to accept that your free society sucks. Societal pressure is a very real and effective force in enacting change. But really, all I meant with my original statement is: It is perfectly normal to have your feelings hurt by words.

Most people realize that is a ridiculous adage. If you go through your life never getting hurt by words, you are quite likely a sociopath.

This thread is interesting, I don't think we need to turn it into another lamergate discussion.

It would be nice if everyone ignored party lines and just voted for who they thought the best candidate is.

I've never seen a defense do that before. 9 sacks, 3 picks, 3 forced fumbles, and two TD's? Those are video game numbers. So now I am 3-7 on the season, yay.

It wouldnt matter with the two pick 7's.

I was way behind on points with only the Eagles Defense left on my fantasy football team, and they put up a huge night! Helped me get a win against Gfted.

Exactly, hence the need to approach legalization intelligently. It is hard to enforce when people are under the influence of pot. In most states, just the smell or a small amount is enough to get the driver off the road, but if it is a legal substance, that no longer happens. So we need a better system to police it. Wait, what? So we should just accept that people are going to drive under the influence, and ignore the issue?

I wouldn't know, card games are for 'aficionado's' who live in basements.

Really? The prohibition of marijuana is 10,000x the problem that recreational marijuana use is. I'm going to go out on a limb and say your statistical analysis might be a bit off. I'm for intelligent legalization, but there are a ton of problems that need to be addressed. The DUI question alone is a huge puzzle.

To be fair, Blizzard often branches out and tries different genres. They just tend to cancel them instead of releasing a product they don't feel will be exceptional. Warcraft Adventures and Starcraft Ghost were both out of their wheelhouse. They released Hearthstone and that seems super popular, and of course WoW was a surprising new direction for Blizzard way back when it came out. A Team Fortress style game is out of their normal wheelhouse too, but it looks like they have a pretty solid entry into the genre.

I went to a taproom last night for a homebrewing group called Clandestine. They only open on Friday and Saturday, and do all their brewing on Sunday. It's a bunch of software engineers basically just enjoying their hobby, but they've got a pretty slick operation set up. They gave me a tour and everything.

I know, it is pretty amazing how good their art style is.

It doesn't look like my cup of tea. But it does look pretty intense.

This is a good point. Really games in general haven't elevated to a level of the best writers and directors. How many games can really be compared to the works of the greatest novelists? Games as a whole are fairly sophomoric. Which is great when I'm in the mood for that, and I often am. But it doesn't really create a lasting impact that will stick with me.

That was pretty intense.

Wasteland 2 had the worst intro ever for me. It was tough, I didn't get into it until I got to use my skill check to open up the first robot. That was my hook. Sometimes mood has a lot to do with it. I tried to get into Dishonored twice and petered out early, then one week it just clicked and I loved it from start to finish. The same happened with the original Deus Ex.

I don't think I could ever do that job. You teach us stuff all the time!

Adorable and delicious.

It could be that you both have just become more cynical and jaded with age, and it's harder to recapture the magic of your youth.

Minority status can be dependent on the situation. For example, I am a minority in my profession as a male teacher.

It's a good place to start. Then they can really stretch out the sequels with title like: The Force Has a Cup of Coffee The Force Gets Dressed The Force Endures the Morning Commute

I'm a bit surprised my state voted down some Indian casinos, seemed like easy money with minimal impact. But other than that, yeah, no surprise. The pendulum swings over to the Republicans, and I expect they will do very little differently but will gesticulate wildly and spin it so they all sound great compared to the demonic democrats.