Recent content by The Globalizer

Certainly not defending the commenters, but I think software devs need thicker skin, too. Internet trolling comes with the territory. This showy "anti-bullying" crap is a bit eyerolling, IMO. Love Mass Effect series so at the end of the day, whatevs.

Maybe it's just me, but I really couldn't care less whether Commander Shepard has buttsex with a crewmate. I'm not playing it for the buttsex. FWIW, my dwarf with cornrows plowed that little elf dude in DA:O. It was a hoot.

Good lawyers don't pursue frivolous claims. Middle finger to the lawyer haters.

Interesting. Violent games are bad, but actual violence against German Jews in the 1930s-40s was A-OK. Fascism makes for strange bedfellows.

This sounds like a crappy Steve Ballmer idea. MS is far too wedded to the licensed software model that built the company and too fixated on trying to get a do-everything productivity platform into every consumer device. Let's hope it's not at the expense of innovation with Kinect.

It's fine with me. Whenever. I'd be pissed, but I've had women do far worse than just lie.

I'm a lawyer. Unless the warning was absolutely buried to the point of being unfindable, or long/convoluted to the point of effectively forcing people to bypass it, it's unlikely a judge would ignore the existence of a warning. This ain't grandma at McDonald's.

I generally dislike affirmative action in my casting -- say what you will, that's what this is. There's no good reason to cast a black guy as Heimdall unless you're trying to put black butts in seats through the use of a Token Black(TM). That said, Idris Elba is a don; if you're going to...

Great news. Gaming really could use some additional support for more purely artistic creation. Agree in principle on the tax dollars thing, but the tax dollars are there regardless of whether games qualify. Less poop Christ, moar Poop Christ vs. Semen Satan FPS.

Nice to see this. In my line of work (corporate attorney) I see far too much deference afforded to government agencies and too often these "requests" are treated as unquestionable requirements. If it's legit and legal, obey, but if it's just them throwing their weight around, they need to be...

Wow, these screens are looking great; very crisp, less grain.

Hilarious comic, but you made one mistake -- femShep is properly shown from behind. I guess that makes the gamer a meta-Schrodinger.