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While technically true in the sense that most computer programs use psuedo-random algorithms to generate random numbers from a seed (usually the current time in milliseconds so it's different every time), there are plenty of ways for a computer to use a truly random number. These range from...

History has shown otherwise. Sorry, but that's simply not the case. Game size was previously dictated by storage medium, with the move from floppy to cd to dvd to blu ray. PCs have already essentially ditched physical media altogether. Increased storage allows development companies to do...

Agreed. I think most desktop PC users have an SSD for their system drive (OS and productivity applications) and a traditional HD for their data (movies, music, photos, etc). Games also tend to wind up on the data drive by virtue of being storage hungry. In laptops, SSDs are starting to overtake...

Terrible episode. Wasted most of it on a pointless history of TV, and then didn't even really add anything interesting at the end.

You're joking, right? The entire history of civilisation is one of Christians trying to force people to live by their rules. Today in the USA, look at the same sex marriage debate, creationism, abortion, prayer in schools.... do I really need to go on? Jews less so, because they aren't...

Correct. You have understood the central point of the video. Pat yourself on the back. No-one is saying it's a good thing to do, merely that it is not censorship. The problem is a lack of public space. And by space, I don't just mean physical space (although that's an issue too), I mean...

So I'm less than 90 seconds in and she's already made two completely spurious points. at 1:00 Sarkeesian believes Damsel In Distress "should be completely retired from use". Nope. Failure to understand the difference between saying "this trope is incredibly prevalent" and "this trope should...

Theme music much improved this week... should make it permanent :)

If anyone wants more Takeshi Kitano, I'd highly recommend his version of Zatoichi. It's just awesome.

Not only are you not wrong, that may be one of the greatest sentences written on the internet. but yeah, in this case, it still came across as borderline bestiality and I remember even as a kid thinking this scene is just weird and wrong.

"with his crew of Bacon and Hicks" Hicks? HICKS??!!! Are you kidding me? It's Hudson, goddamnit. FFS you even quote him Man card, now. As punishment, you can review brony conventions for the rest of the year. If you're good, we'll let you graduate to power rangers or something.

Ohhh that Jim, he's a clever one! He makes a point about games and characters where design and gameplay are buried under layers of over design and needless ostentation in a rant that is itself overly verbose. How very meta! "If brevity is the soul of wit then square enix must be some of...

Which is relevant how? Who cares what the underlying hardware is? The point is that while the so-called "next gen" consoles were struggling at launch to achieve 1080p PC gamers have already moved on to bigger and better things. And here's the best bit. I just upgraded my PC. It's better...

Which is my point. The majority of gamers (like the majority of people) *are* idiots.

"The video game industry thinks you're an idiot... and you're not" When it comes to the average gamer, all evidence would seem to point to the contrary. EA, Ubisoft (and let's not forget Activision!) keep pulling this shit and people keep buying their games. A glance at the top selling games...