Recently, an adoptive father has gone to the media expressing outrage over Valve’s decision to mock adoptees in their immensely popular game, Portal 2. While the media report on the issue is rife with numerous issues, as mentioned earlier on this site, what got me the most is that it wasn’t an adoptee that was…
These days, people can take offense at pretty much anything if they look hard enough, but I never expected that Portal 2 would offend someone to the point that they felt it needed to be brought to the attention of the media. North Carolina resident Neal Stapel was playing the game with his adopted daughter…
In the forgotten past (which is to say, February), my esteemed colleague Bob wrote an impassioned piece in support of Chaotic Good. He hailed Chaotic Good as the least selfish and most human of the altruistic alignments, contrasted against its imperious and robotic Lawful counterpart. Now, Lawful Good has something of a reputation. The alignment…
This article is part of a segment on the site where I will introduce readers to the wonders anime that may not be well-known in the States. I always attempt to find the odd, gross, and uncomfortable to watch along with the funny, clever, and dramatic series that anime geeks crave. From deep within the…