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That sounds like a fantastic business opportunity for Polygamygon. How could you possibly turn down $750,000 as a small gaming website?

So I tried to play AC: Black Flag, but it does not run well. I tried a few fixes, but I'm not happy yet. AC3 ran great, so I'm surprised. Kinda wish I had it on the PS4 instead.

I'm still confused about the idea that anyone takes gaming websites seriously when it comes to reviews. That just boggles my mind.

Hope that you don't have gamer OCD I definitely do. I prefer games in the 20 hour range, that's the only way I'll finish them regularly.

One nice thing to know is you can pay your registration and avoid late fees without getting the smog done, they just send you a letter saying they won't send the tags until the smog is done. Since I don't drive the RV regularly, I sat on it for a couple months until I had the time and the money to fix anything big. I got lucky that it was small. Obviously this won't work for a primary vehicle.

I thought you had a job in the gaming industry? Aren't you always going to conventions and stuff?

I actually just installed AC4 Black Flag after sitting on it for a year. AC3 burnt me out pretty good. I also never finish these things. I just get about halfway through and watch the movie on youtube to get the rest. They really turn into a grind around hour 30.

I finally figured out why my RV was not passing smog. It was the gas cap, it was not sealing properly and was causing a fail on the evaporation test. Ah well, nice to have that mystery solved. Only cost $20 and the price of the smog test.

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.