is this meant to be racist?

“horrible tragedy” carries a connotation of it being an accident.

Since there are no connotative dictionaries I cannot definitively say you are incorrect, but I’m willing to climb out on that limb anyway. You are incorrect.

because poor people are already living on the golf course and would really appreciate roofs

I love his old 16-bit game, Chaos. I have the new remake on Steam, but it stopped working a few years ago and hasn’t fixed itself yet. :-(

Not even considering current politics. Most of the games they are promoting may well have been developed in Canada, but by foreign corporations.

Quebec also has a pretty big gaming presence

Yes, but it’s not like it’s something that any sizeable portion of consumers seek out. The non-indie games have no recognizable Quebec culture, they could have been made anywhere on the planet.

It’s not an accident that Quebec has an outsized presence in gaming. The Quebec government went out and made that happen through policy, taxes, subsidies, etc. They have a budget to promote the industry, and I strongly suspect that some money changed hands for Valve to present this angle to consumers when it is all but meaningless to the consumer experience. It’s really hard to come up with another explanation and I’m not sure you’re trying to offer an alternative or just add colour.

It’s the difference between knowing, and not knowing. You “knew” it would go up exactly 10% (somehow), but you didn’t actually know until you had reporting to that effect. But you’re all like, “No, don’t tell me, I would rather live in a state of eternal suspense.”

Fine, die on that hill. I suppose you’re the sort of person that thinks a hunch is as good as objective reporting. Maybe the news isn’t your thing at all.

Edit: Look at it this way. Presumably, if this is “not news” because it’s so obvious, then in your view, it WOULD be news if it DIDN’T go up by 10%. Well that’s what this fucking article is about, okay? It’s about how it didn’t not go up 10%. It’s about how you can stop waiting to be surprised by it not going up 10%. JFC.

Okay, so you were REALLY saying, “Why is this surprising?” Except NO ONE SAID IT WAS, so of course we assumed you were asking, “Why is this in the news?”

So, Google before the IPO.

It literally is. You’re using a colloquial meaning of “news”, and you are saying something like, “this news is unsurprising.” BUT IT’S STILL A REPORT OF TOPICAL EVENTS HAPPENING RECENTLY, IE, IT’S THE FUCKING NEWS.

spotted the alien

It IS legal to download stuff if you don’t seed where I live. But it’s still not legal to create derived works and then claim copyright on those works.

I wonder if the province pulled some strings / spent some money / offered a deal to get this to happen, or if Valve just thinks its a good marketing angle.

Self hosting your email server, are you? How many hours a month does that take?

I’m still having an argument with a particular Peter Sinclair (aka synclap) about the relative merits of the Atari ST vs his App Mac Classic that began circa 1990.

“most users” have gigabit pipes to the internet?

lol this is all you have to say for yourself. gtfo

The irony of posting this in the context of someone who had been effaced specifically because of their sex is overpowering.

Can you please explain what about this sounds kind of sexist to you? We are very confused.

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