oh, if only I could stay awhile; but what am I afraid of?
Penny Arcade followed up their contentious post on buying used video games last week with another post on Friday: People who buy used games are not pirates, by definition. Used games (used everything, really) are and will continue to be a legal and protected form of commerce. Other industries have done what they can to [...]
a little goodwill goes a mighty long way
Yesterday, Jerry Holkins (a/k/a Tycho of the popular video game webcomic Penny Arcade) said some stuff about used games: In a literal way, when you purchase a game used, you are not a customer of [game developer THQ]. If I am purchasing games in order to reward their creators, and to ensure that more of [...]
I can't go any further than this
As I round the corner to the Prudential Center food court I can hear them. It’s the nervous laughs first: either tentative stutters or loud caws at inside jokes. The lines for burgers, chicken teriyaki and pizza are twenty deep like the VIP room. Every body type we’re told to avoid can be found in [...]
