Recent content by Grimrider6

The evidence on NK is pretty flimsy on its own. Like its been said in this thread already, the initial demands seemed to be straight up extortion. The Interview only got involved once the media circus began, and there's no way to know if the initial hackers even continued to be involved after...

Am I the only one who finds the idea of some Ivory Tower jagoff wringing his hands over how "the youth" are not being "productive members of the economy" offensive? Treating these people like cogs destined for their machine is part of the reason why they aren't all that eager to participate, if...

The bit that sparked it set the tone for the rest of it. If I were concerned about actual corruption and consumer advocacy, I'd do two things: 1) Not sail under a banner that made a name for itself phoning death threats to people, and campaign under a different name that isn't tainted by...

I'm not sure you're aware that this is not actually a good thing... OT: I really do believe the more we rely on technological and legal solutions as be-all-end-all fixes for human problems, the more miserable we'll make each other vis-a-vis abuse, misapplication, or circumvention. I do...

That is actually really interesting to know. It's easy to forget that ancient myths and stories were pretty goddamn gonzo in their own right.

I haven't actually read it, but I've heard good things about Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother"... I wonder if that'd make a good YA movie?

It just baffles me when people get upset and tell others to shut up. This kind of reaction itself IS the feedback mechanism between audience/consumer and content creator. The fact that there is some kind of backlash at all indicates that there's a market for more female models/characters. Maybe...

This is all a bit of a moot point, though, isn't it? The argument isn't "they should shoehorn girls in afterwards", the argument is "why didn't they think about female characters and models during the planning phase?". When allocating resources and making decisions about what was going to be...

This is a crossed line here. Shoving cameras in people's faces without their permission is rude, anti-social, and extremely creepy. The fact that not only static photos, but videos can be recorded and almost seamlessly uploaded makes the concept even creepier. We are living in a surveillance...

I think the point here is that Scientology not only HAS done a lot of horrible things, they CONTINUE to do many of those horrible things RIGHT NOW, without apology or remorse. Seriously, I don't want to get Off Topic and get banned or hijack this thread, but a cursory bit of research on Cruise's...

Tom Cruise is still a member of the dangerous and criminal cult of Scientology. He will never be cool. The movie may be good or bad on its own merits, and Cruise's skill as an actor I make no comment on. He's a successful Hollywood type for a reason, I'm sure. But his financial support to an...

I would, and I'm considering doing so right now really, just wish I could pay direct to the content producers I like without having to give to everybody. There's a few on the Escapist I'm not mega fond of... but I suppose I could get over that. Still wish there was a Bitcoin option, but I can...

I recently stumbled across this game on Newgrounds, played it, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I came to the Escapist and did a quick forum search, but was surprised to find that nobody had posted about it (unless I missed something). It's a good political/social satire wrapped in a clever and...

It may have been mentioned somewhere in the past 20 pages, but there are reasons to use NoScript and ad-blockers beyond just "ads are annoying". Internet ads and the tracking cookies they use to follow you around the internet are exactly the sort of thing that gives privacy-conscious internet...

I remember playing through AC3 in a haze the first time around. I ignored all the side missions and objectives and focused on the main campaign, but the longer I played the more bored and frustrated I got. There was so much goddamn hand-holding and gameplay restrictions, it honestly felt like...