Dan Starkey's discussions

Damn. Yeah. Wow. You sure showed me. I’m so #offended right now I don’t even know what to do. Read more

This article is extremely disingenuous. That's not what censorship is. Read more

I'm not really sure. In earnest my emotional responses are generally pretty extreme. I have a generally positive outlook, but if I'm hit, it feels hard. My responses feel relatively consistent, though. And that might simply come from the relative infrequency with which I try to tap this part of myself. Like I said… Read more

In a way, it is. The best way I can frame it now, though, is that I deal with it on a different level. I think of the violent media more as a portal to access a hidden part of myself so that I can engage with my past. Does that make sense? Read more

You are correct, but as I understood what my counselors said, the link is a bit more complicated than violent media makes you have more violent thoughts. Since I approach these things with remorse, I'm continually reinforcing my negative perception of violence, rather than a positive one. Read more

That was one of my points. Anyone can be pushed into violence, and at least in my experience, with care and compassion from others, anyone can come back. Read more

I want to physically manifest this concept and marry it. Read more

Like... the more I think about it, the more it HAS TO BE HEAT. The Empire's made some dumb choices, but they aren't dumb enough to leave themselves totally vulnerable. This was considered such a big problem for the Death Star II they gave the thing three hyper matter reactors. Two for JUST THE LASER and one to make… Read more

Quick note to folks saying that there aren't humans in Star Wars: Leia, Luke, Han, Lando etc. are confirmed to be humans. Like... Human humans. They aren't aliens. The main takeaway here is that the Star Wars Universe is really weird. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Human Read more

I did all of that research actually and I'm still pretty well convinced that the power isn't the limiting factor — it's heat dissipation. If you read through the technician's manual, you'll see that when the death star fires ALL OTHER SYSTEMS are shut down. Now, if that's an issue of power than the space station could… Read more

"If you love games they don't care about your age, race, etc." That's just flat not true. Anyone who has faced online harassment can back that up. Read more

I don't see why not. Read more

There's a lot of people... that play together... online. Seems like it's the definition of massively-multiplayer online game. Read more

Yeah, salaried competitors does seem to be the way to go. Read more

Nope, I included it. In my notes though I left on the Final Fantasy 4 bit, so I forgot to put it in with the "sequels to the main games" paragraph. Almost got me ;) Read more

They are. I thought about not including them, but then I saw when they were re-released in 1996 they were again called Final Fantasy. I realize that the inclusion is open to interpretation though. Read more

Nichijou is one of a handful of anime that I actually like. It's perfect. Read more

It's sooooo great. Read more

Right. We changed a lot of point values like making ancient races even more expensive because we've noticed players just trying to build up points so they can have one. Read more

God those tunes still get stuck in my head. Read more