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The weird thing to me is that the UN article linked above cites as proof of video games creating "violent zombies" an article done immediately after Columbine - http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/New_violence.html - in 2000. So their "recent research" for the "Zombie" quote isn't actually research but a magazine article. The article itself is 15 years old and some of the incidents it portrays are 20. They then point to an 11 year old study that talks about violence in general which - like many of the studies I've read on violence - contains some spurious logic (and I'd argue some flawed methodology). Yeesh.

Ah, old times... /nostalgia Sup, 2004

There was a LOT of network meddling in Heroes. It was supposed to originally be an anthology series with a new cast each season. Sylar was supposed to die at the end of season 1. The writers strike crippled season 2, and by that point it was damaged irreparably. Season 4 was a step in the right direction, but it was too late. It was supposed to be an anthology series with a new cast so they could continually show origin stories of their characters. While I think there was a lot wrong with Heroes, the idea of new origin stories, slowly building to a group coming together and a season climax doesn't really appeal to me. I find most superhero origin stories to be the least interesting part of the package. And even in season one, most of the time the best stuff was done after they'd established character's origins, not the origin story itself. Sylar not dying at the end of Season One though was the thing that broke the show for me, though. I even said when they "killed" him something along the lines of "if he's not dead, I won't watch this show again". Cue up the shot of the body missing and the bloody trail leading to the sewers and I turned to my brother and said, "Not watching this again". He suffered through season two and part of three. I remained blissfully unaware, though. Because the show died for me at the end of the first season.

I was just looking at that...not 100% sure but it made me pay attention at least.

I dunno, bad voice acting can be distracting (cf many games at the dawn of voice acting in games).

The American Dream passed away in June. He was 69.

Yes, but if your phone/tablet/PC is on the lawn in the morning, you can't be sure the zombie apocalypse didn't start overnight.

Infocom's Sorcerer. Nothing captures the feeling of being a mage then waking up in the Guild Hall and starving to death because you can't figure out what to do to escape the place. The place where you live and, presumably, never had problems getting out of before. I think mages face that all the time.

No popup ads, quick load times and you can be pretty sure if the newspaper is on the lawn in the morning, the world didn't end in a zombie apocalypse over night.

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) How dare you not anger me! Seriously, haven't played the expansion or the new patch stuff yet, so mostly here to hopefully bring good cheer.

Konami ending all AAA development? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-09-18-konami-ceases-triple-a-console-production-on-all-but-pes-report And new Japanese Persona 5 Trailer (amid news the title has been delayed since 2016)

Wired's absurd creature of the week reminded me of this thread; http://www.wired.com/2015/09/absurd-creature-week-tiny-adorable-critter-half-kangaroo-half-velociraptor/

it's either a very weird mutated cross breed, or its missing several vertebrae "Dillenbeck told Al.com Pig has multiple health issues, including missing ribs, incorrectly rotated joints, and damaged vertebrae." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2814571/Pig-Dog-gets-DNA-tested-reveals-unusually-shaped-half-canine-mix-pit-bull-chow-chow-boxer.html

Okay there's got to be a story there on that dog...?

And yet, human nature being what it is, I imagine "Is it okay for me to bone this?" will still be at the top of the list of questions.

I only caught part of the Nova before falling unconscious, but it was interesting stuff.

I thought it was Darth Pilates. My bad.

RE: ISIS, I imagine that Trump believes he can go after the assets of ISIS and its supporters as a way to stranglehold their ability to operate, and that would either be through lawsuits (if US operating organizations) or international courts, I'd think. Not that it means he'd be effective, just I imagine that is what he's trying to get at.

I think the New York Times Style guide actually puts 's on plural abbreviations, but this is - again as I recall - so body text can match their titles.

Well there was the "Obsidian Order" pledges; by topping the Kickstarter pledge with a certain dollar amount you could join the Obsidian Order, hence all the ___ of the Obsidian Order and such.

IIRC the titles themselves correspond to the old D&D titles for magic-users. And credit to Magister Lajciak where-ever he/she should roam now...

I don't know if Obsidian ever did an official list but...

Well wanting a big P or big DDs are rather conventional and the appeal understandable. Roleplaying a pedophile is way deeper down the rabbit hole. Sure it is, not saying it isn't. I'm just saying because its out there doesn't make it true (or false). There's a lot more investigation needed to determine that, if warranted.

Neither am I. However I do know that on the internet all women have 34DDs and all men had 2 foot long penors if they want them. The idea that someone posting **** when they think they're anonymous isn't new to the internet. At one point the magic of the internet was that you were who you wanted to be. Want to be a villain? Be a villain. Want to be a nice girl? Be a nice girl. Want to like dwarves? GO DWARFS GO! Didn't actually matter if you weren't a villain, weren't a girl or hated dwarves. Neither do I. Once discovered I'd expect responsible journalism to take place. Fair, balanced, well sourced and, yeah, in the case of uncovering potential criminal activity some contact with the police. Actually if she distributed child porn (which has been one of the accusations) the family has no say in it. It may also be out of the statute of limitations for prosecution based on the state even if something had happened that was actionable. I just find it lacking that the article doesn't even present pursing legal review (as they present the evidence as true) as an option in the articles. Yeah the reaction there is kind of sad. Not unexpected since aGG and GG tend to have a "look at the source then look at the information" approach to filtering information. Situational allies are a dodgy proposition. I can't help but think one that has the potential to come back and haunt.

Who is arguing that? I hear there are police officers and that they're actually really useful in getting the laws of the land enforced. And I hear that sometimes, journalists actually work with law enforcement to cover stories where they've uncovered criminal acts. So you think Milo would have investigated 7-12 year old chatlogs of just anyone? 'Cause if so I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of people who were 22 in 2005 quaking in their boots now. Neither do I. However there's not a lot of credible evidence on display. Even with that, I can understand how the story might be considered news but I've found the reporting incomplete and highly reliant on assuming that criminal activity has taken place (because, why bring in the police and risk having them determine nothing actionable happened) If you're writing an article, there actually is a really good reason to report its been done because not doing so is leaving facts out of the story and also presents unproven ideas as facts. People read these articles and assume that crimes did happen and have acted accordingly. The harassment since these articles has been vile. And since we're talking about ethical journalism, by not going that extra step to work with police to determine that something did/didn't happen I think the articles have been irresponsible IMO and encouraged the threats and harrassment. YMMV.