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Let’s take apart that blog post of theirs, shall we? Read more

I mean, it’s Kickstarter. They’ve been blatant conspiracy theorists and assholes for nearly a decade. Probably the first sign was their attitude towards GMOs. The point about their size is spot on, they basically stumbled into being huge and then never bothered to do a good job.
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Once again illustrating that the root of the problem is almost always the people up at or near the top — the people who, in truth, have nothing to do with what a company or business is producing or providing, ie the least useful or valuable part of the company or business, ie its most expendable ‘employees.’ Read more

Heartbreaking. Read more

I don’t even like to get e-mails from actual humans, so getting them from fictional characters and video games is completely unacceptable. Read more

Yeah I’d give Dave a bit of leeway on the jokes. That’s not to say they aren’t offensive to people. Heck I watched the special and at times looked at the audience and could tell from their faces they were, at the very least, unimpressed with them. That’s jokes; some work, some don’t. Read more

“first party shooter games” Read more

I thought the mic was good, and they probably thought getting a bad voice actor was way more true to the experience!

EDIT: The performance strives to faithfully preserve the character of JC. Every single line was performed directly after listening to the original Male JC’s read.
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The issue becomes the fact that he is (or at least was at the time, not sure if it has been suspended) a licensed individual, who has to adhere to additional scrutiny from the SEC. That’s where the trading on behalf of other people, and manipulating stocks could really come back to bite him, and why the company was… Read more

Good. Read more

Thanks for the easy to get through writeup that hit what I wanted to know about. Some reviewers are just too deep into 4X without actually being able to describe it to more casual players so this gives me a better idea of how it works. Certainly seems worth a spin via Game Pass. Read more

The crypto community’s “thinking I’m smart” / “being a colossal dumbass” is fucking unmatched. The biggest suckers in the world thinking they’re pulling MENSA shit. Read more

“...so there we are. I’ve said it.”

Have you, though? Read more

“It is this type of irresponsible behavior from unaccountable State bureaucrats that are driving many of the State’s best businesses out of California” Read more

“How many computers do you think we should get for our crypto-mining operation??

“I dunno, a thousand?”

“That’s great. But what if we got a thousand. And then added another.....69?”

“Nice.” Read more

Before anyone thinks of doing this, please consider:

What a thoughtful way to kick off what I’m sure will be a wonderful tenure. Kotaku, like the industry it covers, needs to continually evolve. I can’t think of a better person to lead that change than you Patricia. I look forward to seeing where you take the site. Read more

Some money got laundered.   Read more

PC players playing 4 without the first 3:

Ill give Mr. Cook this much, that was a bit more polite than Atari’s response to Apple back in the day: Read more