Recent content by DanDanikov

The fact that the rule still stands (that is, admitting to using adblock) is pretty much why I quit the community, but there's been other reasons and incidents along the way (the whole paycheck fiasco and losing Extra Credits springs to mind). It isn't just that things are wrong, it's that...

I got warnings over the Adblock fiasco (probably admitting its use, if I recall correctly... knowing my luck I get a warning for referring to a time I admitted to using Adblock, which is fucking stupid but hey-ho, watch Escapist forum moderation go) and, as a result, haven't logged in since then...

Yeah, so openly admitting to using adblock (which I did) results in a warning, which is madness . I'm out [shrug] Don't think I'll be missed, but who cares. Enjoy your broken empire, Escapist.

"When I was young..." People have a habit of looking on the past with rose-tinted glasses and then cherry-picking the worst for contrast. It is disappointing to see the most money going into disreputable mass media, but mass appeal comes from the lowest common denominator and attracts the...

I would have expected the 'fourth' dimension to come from multiple portrayals by different writers and actors that give the character a depth that cannot be achieved normally. Batman is a great example as this, as not only does he have a rich core character, but he has added depth with the...

I love that armchair philosophy is a thing. I don't think 'free' will fits the scientific model, nor do I think it holds up philosophically either. If you muddle about with semantics and using the right words, there are potentially satisfactory definitions for 'choice' and justifications for...

I'm going to straddle the fence on this one. Yes, the 'friends zone' isn't BS in the sense that there are people out there not finding satisfaction in their love life, despite their heart and mind being in what they think is the right place and not all those people deserve to be categorically...

Is 40k really a backpack of money? I'm fairly sure that fits in an envelope. That kind of money laying around in a backpack should either be illegal or insured. Either way, they should be covered, so if I were to take it, I'd cover my behind by a) taking the backpack and denying I know what's...

Kickstarter may have brought us the Oculus Rift. As someone who's tried it, I can assure you that's going to be a big deal. Problem with Kickstarter is your interest is always going to be proportional to your reputation and what you can show, so either you have to be Tim Shafer going 'trust...

Conspiracy theories are a natural result of general skepticism, general ignorance and mass hysteria. It's natural to doubt, we may be a pretty gullible species at times, but at least some of the time we have a bullshit filter trying to flag stuff up. The problem is that, on top of that...

Absolutely spot on, and no, I refuse to be held hostage, so I won't be buying one. I'm only now considering buying a PS3 once the PS4 drives the prices down for its exclusives, given it'll all be dirt cheap by then. Hopefully there'll be enough people playing Journey at that time for it to...

Can you imagine if they did with the PC? 'Windows 8 is not backwards compatible, not even with emulation' it would be total outrage. Microsoft are really testing the waters of what they can get away with in the console market- I don't doubt there is a core market that has enough money to not...

The way you phase it can seem benign 'ganking girl gamers'. There's no reason not to gank them in the normal flow of play. The problem is always going to be when it is done specifically because they're female (sexism) or to excess to cause grief (harassment). There's no justification for...

I'm going to straddle the fence on this one. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with the image/character as designed, but rather the context in which it is used. Was it a deliberate attempt to promote a sexist or homophobic agenda? Highly dubious. Is there subconscious or...

If we're going to make a restaurant analogy of this.... good old games, they were happy to sell you the recipe. You could take it home, cook for your friends, some might even copy it, but most decent people would go out and buy the recipe themselves. But then the cooks started feeling that...