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Quotes from the article between brackets: [This behavior is often bundled with a fearful, passive, or insecure approach to dating and women, which shouldn't be surprising, considering that Nice Guys? are nothing if not insecure. (...) You've got to put yourself on the line. Because love only...

I won't comment on anything else you've said, but I feel good to have my article cited! First time I've seen it done on the internet. ^_^ And accurately too, as although I didn't quite make it completely clear in my article, although they're not very big, there are quite a few small malls...

It's been far too long since you posted this message, and I honestly doubt that you'll be reading this anyway, but you deserve what's coming to you: an unrestricted apology for my unacceptable behavior. I should have never taken the attitude I did with your post, I was completely out of line and...

Great article, but I must I was surprised to learn that alcohol was not involved in the making of it. ^_^ But I'm also curious: apart from the final game, was there any other where your 'strategy' was proved to be, at least, viable?

Great story! Not really in the vein of the Escapist's usual fare, but fun and funny at the same time. You have quite some talent at writing, Mr Main!

This is a classic problem scenario when trying to use satire (as I interpret it). The creators of the game seem, to me at least, to be trying to use that well known satirical tool of 'crossing the line twice', that is, to literally go so over the top, using racial slurs and every conceivable and...

I Wanna be the Guy. I really, really don't know why I went all the way like I did. I struggled, I yelled, I cursed, I hated myself and the game, I nearly gave up a few times. It took me months of on and off playing to finally manage to beat it on Hard, 7:36:40, 2535 deaths (in all truth, it was...

Great article, exceptionally well written and interesting. I think you've managed to be both funny (specially the first half!), without being scathing (which is important), and analytical, a combination that's very hard to achieve. And your analysis makes an awful lot of sense too, I can see why...

I've been following the Speedrunning community for some time now, despite the fact I've never actually tried to speed run a game, ever since I first saw that amazing video Quake Done Quick, way back in 1998? 1999? I can't recall the exact date, but I was simply gobsmacked by the way the runners...

Great article! I think you hit the nail on the whole subject of how society is gradually changing the way it views and accepts videogames. The only thing I felt was missing was a more direct quote from the pastor himself as how he perceives the issue of violence in a game, although the simple...

I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. Of course there is a lot of corruption in Brazil and undoubtedly a significant amount of money we pay to the government ends up in corruption. However, that amount is insignificant (and I really mean that!) when compared to the amount of money that...

Ops! My bad. I got your post confused with Kwil's...

Precisely. Zunto, you're missing the point completely, all I mean is that the argument presented is "X is to expensive for me, thus I should pirate/steal X". And that really doesn't sound like a good reason to pirate, as "X" can be literally anything, from a computer game, to a Ferrari, to...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I am Brazilian, live in Brazil, but I do not shirk from admitting that piracy, specially piracy from selling pirated goods, has a significant cost to Brazilian society. Or, if you prefer Portuguese: eu sou brasileiro, moro no Brasil, nem por isso não admito que a...

Well, let me things clear, to begin with. When I speak of a pirate mentality, I simply mean that people buy pirate goods in a default manner, without even checking the legal alternatives and, more importantly, society does not believe this to be a bad thing. Indeed, amongst gamers, buying pirate...