Recent content by itsthesheppy

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    MovieBob leaving The Escapist

    As far as I'm concerned, it's pretty much down to Zero Punctuation now. If Yahtzee ever took his stuff off-site (and really, he should, at the moment he's doing The Escapist a bigger favor than they are doing him) I'd never come back here. Critical Miss is fine but I only remember it's there...
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    The Big Picture: Je Suis Charlie

    What do you mean by 'equality'? Am I 'equal' to someone born into a $2billion household, paid their way through college and inheriting wealth? Am I 'equal' to someone born the sixth out of eight kids in a household earning less than $30k a year in a crap part of town with almost no prospects...
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    The Big Picture: Je Suis Charlie

    Your opinion. In my opinion it really should matter. The world would be a boring place if we all agreed, and I disagree with you. But that makes life interesting, doesn't it? Where we get our accepted cultural norms tends to fall someplace close to where the majority lands, and that target...
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    How do you argue that you're not homophobic/racist/etc?

    The solution to this one seems simple to me. You avoid being accused of it by not being homophobic, or racist, or sexist, etc. If you find yourself coming under fire for these things, examine why that may be.
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    Penny Arcade's Gabe Resolves Not To Be A Bully

    I think this goes beyond dickwolves. He's probably referring to public comments he's made, either at PAX or in interviews, coming back to bite him in behind-closed-doors meetings with charity organizations, business partners and so forth. You might think, oh, that dickwolves thing is just a...
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    Escapist News Now: Elder Scrolls Online Progression

    Well, opinions are great, but you're right, there are other opinion shows that focus on them. I think what would be more segment-worthy would be industry insights or insider news, breaking stuff that I the lay-gamer can't find on my own because I don't come with media credentials. I think...
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    Escapist News Now: Elder Scrolls Online Progression

    I'm not sure what the point of this video is. She's basically just advertising the game, or giving us a cliff notes of something that's more or less already a cliff notes. It would be nice if these news segments did something other than watch something already available to everyone and then...
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    Reasonable Comics For Reasonable People

    I am a reader of online comics. I enjoy comics that exaggerate contemporary issues for comic effect. Sometimes a comic may take a stance on something I do not agree with, or target something that I identify with, but I maintain a healthy sense of humor and self-deprecation, so that my ego...
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    WHITE GUY DEFENSE FORCE GO!

    Twelve pages later and without a doubt, this thread keeps delivering. The amount of people who both don't get the joke, and get all up in arms over it and thus reinforce and make the joke funnier, are of course appreciated and encouraged to please continue. It's like a side of fries on the...
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    I Wrote That Crap (For America!)

    Man. Icebreaker sure went off the rails there at the end, didn't it?
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    WHITE GUY DEFENSE FORCE GO!

    This comic was glorious. Maybe the best one they've done yet. It made me euphoric. And that's speaking as an atheist brony who frequents video game message boards. But I will never wear a fedora.
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    A hypothetical question, especially for the atheists and skeptics in the audience...

    This guy gets it. Thread could have stopped right here, really. What a silly, loaded question. So you will get a silly answer. Chis Brown still has a career. Ergo, Satan is real and has an active presence in this world.
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    Lesbian Marriage Too Tough For Batwoman, Authors Leave

    As long as we take no risks and push no boundaries, maybe comics will stop their slow decline into obscurity! After all, nothing ropes in the kids and new readers like avoiding issues they deal with in their everyday life.
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    Would you support a cure for homosexuality and transexualism?

    No. I wouldn't support a "cure" for green eyes, brown hair, or freckles either. I wouldn't support a 'cure' for enjoying heavy metal music, or for dimples, or for connected ear lobes.
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    League of Legends Tournament Characters Banned By Iran

    I feel nothing but profound sympathy for most of the people caught living in these hardcore theocracies. I know that very few of them would actually welcome or want it, but I still can't help but wince that we live in a world where some places are just so restrictive.