Recent content by Aerius

Why is that even a bad thing? Without those investors, who are attracted by good dividends, and executives, who provide prudent financial management, you wouldn't get games at all. Given that one of the biggest threats to the gaming industry is a lack of willingness by companies to put forward...

The reality is that the message sent by Ender's Game is totally contrary to that posed by Scott Card himself. Arguably the themes are less obvious in Ender's Game as they are in the sequels, but his writings continually promote tolerance, personal moral relativism and the value of diversity...

To be honest, I've got an issue with this being an issue. Some gay people might identify with an "LGBT community", but like what NPH mentioned with regards to being a role model, this isn't something that you sign up for by being gay. Bigotry is terrible, of course, as is discriminating against...

The copyright office decides whether there will be confusion between two names - not Bethesda's lawyers. And if the office holds that there could be confusion, then Bethesda has to defend their copyright or forfeit it. If Gears of War and God of War coexist, or Rome: Total War and Shadow of...

Yes, it's absolutely the morally correct decision. The child would die anyway, plus the other people are going to survive instead.

Basically, like a few people have said, Zenimax effectively has to pursue Notch legally unless they want to lose the trademark. Even allowing incidental use without Notch actually claiming a trademark on "Scrolls" for a related product (as this obviously is) can result in their trademark being...

I couldn't do it if I had to - as soon as I break up with someone, my only possible option is having next to no contact with them for at least 6 months, lest I feel awkward about it.

If gay guys can tolerate being hit on by Isabella CONSTANTLY, then I'm sure straight guys who aren't just homophobes can tolerate one advance by Anders.

Okay, just to get this out of the way, I'm gay and unsurprisingly pro-LGBT rights. Lots of people have talked about how they're pro-gay, so long as there's none of this Pride-Parade-esque rubbish. Few comments: 1) For a lot of those people, it's not really a choice how they behave. That's...