Too much rape in Anime is pushing me away.
I'm curious how you people feel about this subject. In a lot of Anime coming out today there is this odd attachment to sexual assault in them. Some have full on rape scene while others give this very...
View ArticleWe Are Our Avatars VI (Open)
Welcome to We Are Our Avatars VI Ahem. Welcome to We Are Our Avatars VI, or WAOAVI for short. My name is Saltyk, and I will be acting as the Game Master for this thread. That means that I am more or...
View ArticleMorality of banning based on skill.
The 'The line between cheating and playing really, really well' thread made me think of something. When someone cheats, most people are not upset over the fact that the other person is cheating (For...
View ArticleLiscenced music you have found though video games
Licensed music in in games in variety of ways. They can be used in trailers, they can be part of the in game soundtrack or maybe they're just being used as ambient sound. Either way, we sometimes find...
View ArticleWAOA Arena (OPEN, Feel free to join anytime)
Welcome to the We are Our Avatars arena thread! The purpose of this thread is to allow for testing of characters in an enviroment where what happens doesn't matter as much what happens. This is an...
View ArticleGames you might not have played if not for the Escapist.
I received a PM today from another member of the Escapist, thanking me for continuously for going on about Okami, because they finally caved and bought the game and had the most fun gaming in a decade...
View ArticleToo much rape in Anime is pushing me away.
I'm curious how you people feel about this subject. In a lot of Anime coming out today there is this odd attachment to sexual assault in them. Some have full on rape scene while others give this very...
View ArticleWe Are Our Avatars VI (Open)
Welcome to We Are Our Avatars VI Ahem. Welcome to We Are Our Avatars VI, or WAOAVI for short. My name is Saltyk, and I will be acting as the Game Master for this thread. That means that I am more or...
View Articleoffended by the word fat?
Recently my mom and I got into a discussion about something that has perplexed us, and that is, why is calling someone fat considered bad? I've even been told that the term 'bigger' was bad, when...
View ArticleHow will your name live on?
If you die, will there be some way for your name to live on once you're dead? For instance, the Swedish translation of One Piece used to have a letters corner, and my letter got published, so now as...
View ArticleMisused words
Well after a year's worth of gaming debacles, I've finally become sick of the word "entitled". I'm not sure how, but evidently a fairly significant chunk of the Internet populace has gotten it into...
View ArticleThe 'Provocative Clothing' Rape Defense
I don't get why people still use this as a defense for rape. Why do people try to shift the blame onto the women in a situation where the man is still entirely at fault for, you know, having such...
View ArticlePoll: Your gaming platform of choice: PC, console, or handheld?
So, let's just make this topic as simple as possible: When you game, what type of gaming platform do you generally game on? Are you part of the glorious PC gaming master race, an ignorant console...
View ArticleIf you were in charge of the games industry, what would you change?
If you had the power to make Activision quiver in fear, Ubisoft tremble in their boots and EA piss themselves like a small child who couldn't wait to go to the bathroom (and all other game...
View ArticleGames you might not have played if not for the Escapist.
I received a PM today from another member of the Escapist, thanking me for continuously for going on about Okami, because they finally caved and bought the game and had the most fun gaming in a decade...
View ArticleMost Terrifying Sensation YOU Can Think Of
Recently, I've re-read The Inferno after I read an insanely good webcomic about Hell and it's inhabitants called Jack. Now, while I prefer Dante's ideal of Hell, with the ironic punishments and...
View ArticleShould Gay Marriages Be Legalized?
What you're thinking right now: "Is Caramel serious? Dude of course it should be, are you homophobic? *insert reasonable points*" I already believe that everyone from straight, gays, transgender, ect....
View ArticleAreas/Levels that left a bad taste in your mouth.
Title basically. Mine has to be Blighttown from Dark Souls. I HATE this damn place. The damned Swamp. The walkways that require you to have surgical prescion to cross. Those stupid mosquitos that are...
View ArticleYour thoughts on 'Love'
Escapists. As I'm sure you know, I love each and every one of you. But what is 'love'? A release of Chemicals evolutionarily designed to create a strong emotional bond between partners? Something...
View ArticlePoll: Why the Un-necessary Hate on the New SimCity?
I'm serious, the unadulterated hatred against the new SimCity game is absolutely ridiculous, and what's odd and annoying enough is that it's the same 5 or 6 opinions everyone keeps spewing, so for...
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