Recent content by MacGuges

Could you give us a gist? Especially since the site appears to be down atm? EDIT: Ok, I see it now. This is Russ Pitts' site, the author of the original article on Kotaku. I'm sorry, I don't see anything here that wasn't known already. (I suppose it's a good thing for Russ that if Kotaku...

Do you all realize that "in like Bob" will be in like Bob in three months? I hope it's not quite so easy to make ties with Hawaiian shirts popular.

Perhaps the Escapist is unwilling to examine claims made by their former editor-in-chief too aggressively, but I read anything published by Gawker with a grain of salt. Here's the fulcrum of the assertion that Zenisoft could reasonably see Mojang's trademark as a threat: Now I Am Not A...

I'm going to respond to one point of fact in particular: This is not true, based on our source for what Notch said [http://notch.tumblr.com/post/10990169550/a-short-response]: In case the point is not perfectly clear, Mojang offered to either change the name to "Scrolls: " or to give up...

Yahtzee's great, but I began visiting the Escapist after Greg Costikyan published his indie manifesto here. (Yeah, I'm a major league lurker.)

I've learned that it's hard to see past how I want to see myself to see myself as I really am, and since I want to see myself as an enlightened, sensitive man I understand that I could be diminishing my own errors to see myself as a better person. But having said that, it's unlikely I've been...

Thank you, I feel you're spot on. There's a common misconception (or deliberate obfuscation) that feminism exists to serve women's interests, exclusively. Of course not all feminists may agree about all that feminism is about, but I'd expect most would agree that it challenges the assumption...

I for one am not just a little annoyed with these ads, and if it weren't for just having been laid off and wondering how far my cash will carry me I'd be subscribing yesterday so the Escapist could afford to be more choosy and I wouldn't have to see those bullying "manbulance" losers again.

Bravo, sir! Bravo! I agree with you completely. As I'd posted in another thread, These Slim Jim ads are offensive sexist garbage, and their tenure's end of the Escapist can't come soon enough, IMHO.

A sneaky idea just occurred to me. Most reactions I've seen to this news have followed Notch's reaction to the lawsuit, that this event is just "lawyers being lawyers", castigating Bethesda for being tone-deaf to the public reaction. But someone pointed out that this lawsuit decision didn't...

I understand, but thank you much for taking the time to respond. If I weren't personally facing a layoff this month, this would be my personal subscription point. Join the Publisher's Club, skip the infuriating promotional content! Now, I could see where that might encourage the Escapist to...

I've got AdBlock too, but I disable it for the Escapist. I didn't need to read about the Extra Credits debacle to understand that it's a hard world, so I'll let their ads through. I just wish this particular one didn't raise my hackles so. We should absolutely invent time travel so that we...

Perhaps that is because gaming hasn't been widely recognized as an adult lifestyle, so the advertisers haven't learned how to market to us. Or maybe it's just that most ads are dumb, and I should already be a paid subscriber so I don't have to (feel obligated to) watch them,

Righteous! I want to play UT now. I can't wait for the nyanocalypse.

It seems like the Slim Jim Dare Sticks campaign has been going on forever, and I for one can't wait for it to end. Every time that "manbulance" driver opens his mouth about how "studies show" their product is essential to my masculinity I can't mute him fast enough. I ought to be all Zen and...