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    GOG Rolls a 20: Adds Gold Box D&D Classics

    Man, this is awesome news. I had just gotten out my old Forgotten Realms Silver Edition cd and played through Pool of Radiance again. It broke my heart the games couldn't be legally purchased. Glad to see that's been rectified.
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    On Being Deliberately Offensive

    I think by this point, most people clearly perceive the double bind there. Focus the camera on the rape, and you're catering to the "male gaze", or showing gratuitous violence against women or some nonsense. Focus the camera on an observer so you can see the rape through a 3rd party's...
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    Kirk, Solo, Shepard - Who Is The Best Space Hero?

    You know, ever since I rewatched Star Trek recently, I've really been partial to Captain Sisko. He's got some moral ambiguity going on, but he never strays into full on anti-hero. He has believable relationships with his son and crew members. The father son relationship between him and Jake...
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    New Overwatch Hero Is a Response to Body-Type Diversity Criticism

    Ordinarily I might find this sort of pandering offensive. But from the very start, Overwatch had a very design by committee feel. I never felt the characters were part of any sort of cohesive artistic vision. Sooooo whatever I guess. If I had to be unhappy about something, which I'm not, I'd...