Recent content by Red-Link

I get what you're saying, and I even agree with you to an extent. The lackadaisical methods of most people, especially if they're interest in something is just passing, is the source of the problem. Despite that I still kind of feel like the number system can cause problems. When I use...

I just watched Land Before Time a few months ago for the first time in years. Thank you Netflix instant for all the chances to relive my childhood. While the scene in question is no doubt sad, the movie is just too good to not watch again. In fact, the sad just makes it better as a whole. Now...

Always good to hear that people remember what subjectivity is and such. I guess I don't have to give some argument and instead can just throw my lot in with the "people like what they like and deal with it" lot. Much easier that way.

With regards to Metacritic, while I mostly agree that if we have to deal with numbers, an aggregation is not a bad idea, but remember, Metacritic runs on a 100 point score. This means that other ranges have to be altered. A high 3 out of 5 is still a 60 on Metacritic instead of a 70 (7 out of 10...

Adam has been railing against numbered reviews pretty much since he started working. Honestly, I love Adam. I know a lot of people hate him and G4 and X-Play and what-have-you, but the Soapbox is always awesome and while I don't always agree with his reviews, he's always open with his...

It did.

Just a fun report that has a lot of campaign supporting comments: http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/anti-racism-awareness-campaign-inadvertently-spawns-meme.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 I personally fall in the "Leave me...

Also, in a proper debate, it's proper form to note those very chinks in one's armor. For an argument to be persuasive, one must admit to fallibility. It's the Toulmin Model of Argument. Therefore, not only does ambiguity count as cheating in a friendly debate, it counts as losing in a formal...

Thank you very much for two things. First, thanks for proving to me that I'm not crazy and that non-digital media might actually exist outside of my own fantasy land. I was a bit worried for a bit there, after all, the arguments being presented were just so... air-tight is what I want to say...

On point 4) May I introduce you to the used-music store? Walk right in and find CD's, cassettes, vinyls, and what have you all for the low-low price of less than new. Just as you have a point that cars don't fit the model, so you have to acknowledge that music does. The music industry survived...

I believe that that is one of the points. What if I want to wear a hat? I'm not allowed? Well... it's a religious hat. Take that. This isn't the first time that religious people are given an exception to a standing rule, nor is it the first time someone has gone out of their way to point...

I'm going to throw my lot in with the "simply a matter of taste thing." Yeah, there's a lot of similarities in JRPG's, but it's not like every WRPG is exactly an original work, either. That being said, while I play both, I take a hell of a long time to care at all about WRPG's, whereas I can...

Hey, child abuse site blocking isn't so ba... Oh my god! Team Four Star is blocked! They don't condone it, but they do find it hilarious... Being serious though, it'll be interesting to see how this goes, as the article notes, with the precedent it sets. I may not be in Australia, but I will...

Any chance you could provide a link to said studies? I quite believe it, but I'd love to read an actual account of it being the case.

Thank you for noting this. Some people have an issue with homosexuality, apparently, some of these people are parents and got into the study. Big surprise. Studies like this tend to go over a lot of different things and that would probably meet a VERY vitriolic response, hence the singling out...