<blockquote>Um, serious question?  A bad thing happened to me when I was a young teenager (by someone who claimed to "love me", too), and since then the fastest way to get me to run from someone was for them to show an interest in me. 8 years later and I still don't know how to get over the crippling fear. help</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I would probably consider therapy.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127333625160">2015-05-12 15:31:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127333625160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127333625160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I HAD A PIZOOKIE FROM OREGANOS IN PHOENIx LAsT NIGHT ANTHONY IT WAS DEICIOUS</blockquote>
<div class="answer">FUUUUUUCK YOU ARE SO LUCKY</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127356894792">2015-05-13 07:14:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127356894792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127356894792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How's if feel knowing that I'm subtly manipulating you towards self-destruction with hundreds of tiny subconscious signals hidden in these questions?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">you're not subconsciously manipulating me<br><br>i do have to take a break from answering these to murder my sister but that's probably not related</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127366664008">2015-05-13 07:15:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127366664008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127366664008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Question about the RocketJump ballpit episode...<br>Was he really alive at the end? Or was that just his afterlife and he really died after shooting out the sunroof? I mean how else could Charlie have survived?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">*shrug*<br><br>I like to imagine he's still alive, cause it's less sad and I'm a big baby.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127366981192">2015-05-13 07:21:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127366981192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127366981192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it true that Mister Metokur will be doing a video about you?  And if so what about specifically?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I haven't a clue as to who that is. I assume it's some GGer who will be a dumbass.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127363038792">2015-05-13 07:22:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127363038792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127363038792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://deepfreeze.it/journo.php?j=anthony_burch">http://deepfreeze.it/journo.php?j=anthony_burch</a> So apparently a think piece way past post-launch of a popular franchise that people who already wanted it probably owned it twice over now counts as "positive coverage" for the sake of an ethics violation... Can you make sense of this? I can't.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">They're idiots. I honestly can't believe they're still unironically quoting my tweet about BL2, either -- the ENTIRE FUCKING POINT is that:<br>- GG didn't say shit about BL2 and DToid  despite the connection being really, really obvious, because I'm a guy and GG was never about ethics in any significant way <br>- Destructoid poorly reviewed several BL2 DLCs. If they're so omg biased in my favor, why the fuck did they do that? But of course, GG doesn't ever bring those negative reviews up, because they don't know about them, because they never did any *actual research* beyond just parroting what I said even though I was saying it specifically to mock them and show how shortsighted they were. That'll teach me for being anything even remotely close to clever.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127358737480">2015-05-13 07:32:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127358737480&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127358737480&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Two things about the ballpit video: 1) You and Ash are some cute patoots, congrats on y'all's genetics. 2) Were the humanoid ballpit monsters made using costumes or SFX? Those things were actually pretty scary!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">1. thax<br>2. click the link to the behind the scenes at the end of the vid! they're both.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127375468104">2015-05-13 20:17:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127375468104&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127375468104&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what are birds,</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127373063240">2015-05-13 20:18:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127373063240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127373063240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>im getting more confident in my creative work, does this mean im getting worse?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah, you can get confident without being wrong.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127369770568">2015-05-13 20:19:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127369770568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127369770568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why would you go from a game writer of a great franchise at a respectable company to some youtube channel writer?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">- RJ is doing tons of non-youtube stuff with Hulu and the like, so it's not just "some youtube channel." And even if it were, it's one of the most popular youtube channels ever (a LOT more people have watched Video Game High School than played BL2)<br>- change of pace, new challenges<br>- Los Angeles, and the friends/family I have there</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127382616648">2015-05-13 20:21:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127382616648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127382616648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you read Matt Fraction's Hawkeye? That's a pretty good superhero comic that does not feel like a superhero comic.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ooh! And DEFINITELY that, forgot to mention that. I goddamn LOVE that comic. Wish he'd write the final issue already, though.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127386792776">2015-05-13 20:21:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127386792776&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127386792776&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>GG aside, do you think there are any major issues with video game journalism?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'd say there's too much enthusiast stuff and not enough real critique, but that's actually getting a LOT better thanks to the altgames community and Offworld and the like.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127386554184">2015-05-13 20:22:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127386554184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127386554184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I was so hyped for Splatoon until I found out there's zero voice chat support. Zero. Why do you think Nintendo refuses to modernize?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because it's a game marketed toward kids.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127392538184">2015-05-14 00:52:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127392538184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127392538184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The new Mad Max movie has a female protagonist and is being hailed as a big feminist movie. But all the villains and the randomly killed mooks are male. I keep getting the feeling that feminists want to see strong female characters kill men and that they hate men - how to get rid of this feeling?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I dunno, think harder about it?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127392285768">2015-05-14 00:52:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127392285768&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127392285768&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You'd probably really like Red Hood and the Outlaws and the Runaways.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I like Runaways!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127389867080">2015-05-14 00:52:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127389867080&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127389867080&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Who is your favorite wrestler, current and all time?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Current: Bo Dallas<br>All time: Randy Savage</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127389178952">2015-05-14 00:53:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127389178952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127389178952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I consider myself a "sjw" but I've never understood the idea of why people can't be sexist or racist against white men. I know the answer is something along the lines of "they can't oppress white men so no" but isn't that conflating racism and oppression? If I call a potato a carrot isn't it still a</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You can be sexist and/or racist against white men. You can't systemically oppress straight white able-bodied neurotypical guys in the same way that other marginalized groups can.<br><br>The only reason this gets brought up in the first place, anyway, is as a silencing tactic -- if you say "all lives matter" instead of "black lives matter," you tell black people to shut up, that their struggles aren't unique to them, and that all people have it equally hard -- and since you have things comparatively easy (you aren't being killed for your race), you don't have to do anything. <br><br>MRAs didn't give a shit about the bad things that happen to men until feminism started going mainstream, and all of a sudden, feminism is evil because it doesn't acknowledge the fact that men are more likely to be murdered, or homeless, or suffer job accidents.<br><br>Nevermind the fact that the vast majority of men, like women, are murdered *by men,* and that the things that feminism fights against -- patriarchy and toxic masculinity -- are in many cases the causes of the exact problems MRAs say women don't care about.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127372340040">2015-05-14 02:09:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127372340040&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127372340040&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Mister Metokur is a huge gamergate supporter who crashed many streams which was all part of his plan.  Zoey Quinn even petitioned congress to ban him but that didn't fly so good.  Are you worried that he will come after you next?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, because I'm a guy.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127393680456">2015-05-14 02:09:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127393680456&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127393680456&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I want you to know you fell for some really subtle Baneposting here: <a target="_blank" href="http://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answer/127393680456">http://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answer/127393680456</a>. Do you feel in charge?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Pahaha. Whoops.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127395668808">2015-05-14 04:08:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127395668808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127395668808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Help! I just bought 10 cigars and a 50-count glass topped humidor for $40 total. I need your father to come help me burn down some ciggies!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Geuhhhh you don't want him stinking up the place, trust me</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127397598280">2015-05-14 05:01:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127397598280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127397598280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I would be so on board for furthering feminism if I didn't get called a misogynist for mentioning there are ways in which society majorly fucks men, and that women generally aren't accountable for a damn thing.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You might want to self-reflect on why you think the phrase "women aren't accountable for a damn thing" isn't misogynist.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127398791752">2015-05-14 14:40:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127398791752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127398791752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why Bo Dallas?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because I love the idea of a wrestler who is a walking douchey cat poster. I was at a live non-taped show and he was fucking hilarious.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127398884168">2015-05-14 14:41:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127398884168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127398884168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think about Ava DuVernay and Black Panther? Is it just cool to see talent being rewarded, or is the fact they had to ask her for a *diverse* movie instead of Dr Strange or something pretty shitty?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think I'd rather have black people telling black stories than white people telling stories about what they think the black experience is like.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127400260424">2015-05-14 14:42:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127400260424&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127400260424&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just read your sister's interview in Game Informer. She's a classy broad. Also I have literally the exact same kind of anxiety is her. Dem feels. ;_;</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeah she's cool</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127398906696">2015-05-14 14:42:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127398906696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127398906696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When feminists are getting hyped for a movie about a woman killing men in many brutal ways, it's hard to shake the feeling that as a man, I am an acceptable target of violence and feminists actually agree with this and love female violence towards men. Will we ever get random female mooks in movies?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You already did (Kill Bill).<br><br>I see what you're saying, but here are some things to consider:<br><br>- You are far, far less likely to be the subject of violence from a woman than from a man. FAR less likely.<br><br>- Women are REALLY likely to be assaulted by men. One in five chance in sexual assault. While men are 3.5 times more likely to be killed than women, they don't have to walk around for fear of being hurt *specifically because of their gender*.<br><br>- Knowing this, when you fill a story with women being killed repeatedly as mooks, that has a slightly weird connotation because it's bringing to mind the epidemic of violence against women (again, one in five, which is a fucking batshit horrible statistic that we'd absolutely refuse to ignore if it happened to straight cis neurotypical able-bodied white men)<br><br>- I asked the exact question you did at GaymerX and got a really good response from Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian (feel free to explode now, MRAs), who basically cited the Geena Davis 17% rule, and said that so long as you are careful with how the woman's pain is depicted -- don't make her pain sound orgasmic, like many video games do -- the upside of getting people used to seeing more women (if you make half your mooks women) outstrips the potential problems of making women the objects of violence.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127394118728">2015-05-14 14:51:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127394118728&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127394118728&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>darksouls nofap challenge<br>rule1: when u start you can't fap til gwyn=ded <br>rule2: if u take a break from the game you can't break the nofap<br>rule3:no step 3.<br><br>Hard mode: no-fap breaks at the ending on newgame1<br><br>the challenge, not for you necessarily but more for fans who need a reason to not fap</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pahaha nice</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127402418504">2015-05-14 14:52:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127402418504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127402418504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you know much about the cancelled Pre-Sequel DLC Luxy's Space Adventure? <a target="_blank" href="https://41.media.tumblr.com/37d7e6fd601177173da5f42feab5753f/tumblr_nobshaTtnU1re93amo6_1280.jpg">https://41.media.tumblr.com/37d7e6fd601177173da5f42feab5753f/tumblr_nobshaTtnU1re93amo6_1280.jpg</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">never heard anything about it to be honest</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127406474312">2015-05-14 14:52:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127406474312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127406474312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>For "women aren't accountable for a damn thing" guy, I think men often have this problem of taking ways that society has wronged them and attribute those to women instead of our society. Like, "men are less likely to receive custody" has nothing to do with women and everything to do with patriarchy.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ONE HUNDRED PERCENT THIS</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127415714888">2015-05-14 18:54:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127415714888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127415714888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Wait what? You think the movie Kill Bill has female mooks? The vast majority of people Uma killed were male.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Gogo, Elle, Vernita, O-ren, and several of the Crazy 88's. In terms of plot relevance, the vast majority of her main, named enemies she kills (all but one!) are women.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127426230600">2015-05-15 01:54:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127426230600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127426230600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://plaidandredlipstick.tumblr.com/post/89017772278/the-reason-male-comic-book-fans-work-themselves">http://plaidandredlipstick.tumblr.com/post/89017772278/the-reason-male-comic-book-fans-work-themselves</a> Zing.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yup</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127429312328">2015-05-15 05:58:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127429312328&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127429312328&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Anthony I rarely experience romantic attraction but when I do it's all in and there's this girl who admitted she liked me as well my biggest hang up is she is so cool and deserves way better than me I'm pretty terrible is this something I should just live with it can I get over it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You will get over it, especially if you get together with her. Being with someone whom you care about, who cares about you, is a pretty good way to feel better about yourself.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127432380488">2015-05-15 06:02:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127432380488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127432380488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you ever feel like you're missing out on looking at colors?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, because I have no frame of reference. If somebody, today, told you there was another color called "flurple" that exists, but you are unable to see, you probably wouldn't care that much. Cause what the fuck's flurple? I've gotten along fine without it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127426199880">2015-05-15 06:05:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127426199880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127426199880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Wouldn't men being *less* likely to receive sole custody of a child indicate a bias in the opposite direction? The idea that only a mother can be a true parent to the child?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Right, which is a patriarchal definition of parenthood. It implies men can't be nurturing caregivers (because they have to be Strong Men Who Provide), and that women are better positioned to be real parents (because that's what they're for).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127429961032">2015-05-15 06:06:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127429961032&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127429961032&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what's your comfort movie?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Fifth Element</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127432562248">2015-05-15 06:58:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127432562248&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127432562248&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm still worried that Mad Max is a celebration of a woman killing men. It seems you've seen the movie now, did you ever get that feeling?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127436475464">2015-05-15 14:38:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127436475464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127436475464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do I have to watch the other Mad Max movies before seeing the new one?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nope.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127433642568">2015-05-15 14:38:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127433642568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127433642568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Female Mooks: I don't think the females in Kill Bill qualify. They had names, history, and more than ten seconds of screen time. Stomtroopers are mooks, the women of KB were at least characters.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Alright.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127438305352">2015-05-15 14:39:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127438305352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127438305352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"Don't self-deprecate." Do you mean in general or never? Because I tend to self-deprecate a lot..</blockquote>
<div class="answer">When you're talking to someone you're attracted to, don't self-deprecate. I used to do it a lot as an attempt to be endearing, and it just comes off as false and awkward.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127433450312">2015-05-15 14:40:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127433450312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127433450312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you truly cared about video games and I still think theres a part of you that genuinely cares about video games itself instead of only considering it something to be controlled to align to your political preferences then would not support Rosalind Wiseman. I hope you will see the light one day</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I know Rosalind pretty well, and I'm very familiar with her work, and I cannot even begin to *fathom* where a mindless statement like this comes from.<br><br>Consider the fact that you think she shouldn't be supported because the research she's done suggests young girls play games.<br><br>Consider that the possibility that young girls play games is inherently upsetting or irritating to you.<br><br>Consider why that might be.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127464985928">2015-05-16 09:05:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127464985928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127464985928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are you honestly okay with a person who doesnt understand that question "Are you PlayStation or Xbox?" being in any position of authority in video games? Are you seriously comfortable with video game websites respecting their opinion when clearly they dont know anything? Anthony please stahp</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Did you even read the article? She's a researcher and educator who wants people to be aware that the demographics of who plays games (50% girls) is drastically different from what we assume (all guys), and that better understanding that will make it easier for kids and adults to relate to each other (which also can mean increased sales and stuff if you make a game acknowledging that).<br><br>She doesn't need to know if PS4 or Xbone are better, because she's not making games, or dictating what games others should make. She's not the head of a goddamned game company, so keep your fake-geek-girl horseshit outta this.  <br><br>You don't like her because she's a woman who is saying that women play videogames, and her research may result in games becoming a more diverse place. *That's* why you don't like her.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127464349000">2015-05-16 09:08:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127464349000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127464349000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you enjoy Fury Road more than the other Mad Max films?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep! It is my favorite of the series, easily.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127464117576">2015-05-16 09:08:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127464117576&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127464117576&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Kill Bill just shows the issue very well: When a woman dies, it's always a named character or a big deal in the plot. When a man dies, it's totally normal and you're not supposed to care about him much. This is how the new Mad Max is harmful towards men as well. They're expendable, OK to be killed.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">dude the movie was called Kill Bill, i think you were supposed to care about whether Bill died or not</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127445332040">2015-05-16 09:09:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127445332040&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127445332040&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re: The Kill Bill, harmful to men issue. It is STILL the Patriarchy that is the problem though. Women are fragile and cannot be shown being harmed, men are  strong and expendable warriors. The Patriarchy hurts everyone and we all need to fight against it!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yus</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127472090696">2015-05-16 15:40:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127472090696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127472090696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"OMG IF THEY REALISE THEY'RE INTELLIGENT, FULLY DIMENSIONAL AND AUTONOMOUS HUMAN BEINGS WHO DON'T NEED US WE'RE FUCKED, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO STOP BEING LAZY MISOGYNISTIC UNATTRACTIVE WHELKS, QUICK STOP THEM UHHHHH... CELEBRATING WOMEN KILLING MEN" how about just become a decent person, dudes</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127448692296">2015-05-16 15:40:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127448692296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127448692296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why are men so concerned that women killing violent, horrific, raping, psychotic men somehow translates to women wanting to kill them? Is it inability to understand nuance, or are they worried it'll make women stop putting up with their actual violence, misogyny and rapey-ness</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127448582216">2015-05-16 15:40:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127448582216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127448582216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Mega rant, but seriously, I wonder how much of misogyny stems directly from men's insecurities about not being good enough, and not wanting to put the effort into being attractive/accomplished, or even just likeable and kind. They deny themselves so much happiness out of stubbornness.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">This was me for a very, very, very long time. I felt like any semblance of self-improvement was "dishonest" or something. "Women should love me as I am, in my two-sizes-too-big t-shirt and awful hair and bad self-esteem!"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127448770632">2015-05-16 15:41:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127448770632&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127448770632&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>did you pay attention to any big youtubers who play borderlands when working for gearbox (like admiral bahroo)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not really, though I did spend a long time just after release watching let's plays</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127480220488">2015-05-16 15:42:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127480220488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127480220488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep was one of the best narratives I've ever played and it made me cry you asshole. How do you sleep at night?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">on a bed as puffy as your eyes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127480223048">2015-05-16 15:42:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127480223048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127480223048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>who was your least favorite character to write in BL2?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">claptrap</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127459911240">2015-05-16 15:42:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127459911240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127459911240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you have any involvement in the claptastic voyage dlc?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I helped with some parts of the overall structure (the ending, primarily)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127452570184">2015-05-16 15:42:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127452570184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127452570184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I saw Fury Road. Now what do I do with my life?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">watch it again. that's what i did</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127454705736">2015-05-16 15:45:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127454705736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127454705736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>if you could go back and add any dlc to bl2, what would it be?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">slumber party</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127478973256">2015-05-16 15:45:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127478973256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127478973256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Bring back Rev Rants?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127481855816">2015-05-16 16:25:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127481855816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127481855816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If the patriarchy causes men to be expendable warriors, why is Mad Max the "feminist movie" still portraying men as expendable warriors?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because it's specifically arguing how bad of a thing that is. The War Boys are portrayed not as psychopathic assholes, but as poor, ignorant souls who got caught up in something they didn't understand when they were young. They've been fed a line of bullshit about Honor and Righteousness and Being A Real Man, and it's nearly ruined them.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127482117448">2015-05-16 16:37:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127482117448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127482117448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Now that there will be a new writer coming in for borderlands 3. Would it be possible for him/her to change stuff that is canon? E.G. character sexuality maybe changing janey, Tina or hammerlock straight. or bringing dead characters back? or will there be a process to kinda of not let that happen?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">They can, and should, do and change anything they want. That's what I got to do.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127482325832">2015-05-16 17:13:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127482325832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127482325832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thanks a lot for all the mad max answers, I think I have to go see it if it's not a "woman killing men is awesome" film like I thought it would be. I hope the "war boys being expendable is not cool" message is obvious even for idiots so people can't miss it. Is it obvious?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127488133960">2015-05-16 20:02:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127488133960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127488133960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Ever thought of having Filthy Frank as a guest on HAWP?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">dunno who that is</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127483868232">2015-05-16 20:02:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127483868232&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127483868232&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Were the women getting their breasts pumped in Fury Road also sex slaves?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You can't lactate without being pregnant, so, yeah, probably.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127499714888">2015-05-17 08:00:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127499714888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127499714888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't know if I 100% agree with "new writers can/should change anything they want". For the most part yes, but giving them the power to undo very socially important aspects like erasing sexuality is NOT cool, it's really damaging and disappointing.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Oh, yeah, totally. Don't get me wrong, there are certain things I really really really HOPE they wouldn't change, I was just saying from a purely creative perspective they should be allowed to do whatever they want so long as it benefits what they want to accomplish. <br><br>That said, if the next person kills off all the gay/racial minority/lady characters, I'm going to be fucking angry, but that anger will come from being a member of the audience and not a creator.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127491558216">2015-05-17 08:03:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127491558216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127491558216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Was Pickle made with an intention that he would come back in later games? (This is not "will Pickle be in Borderlands 3")</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, Maurice Suckling and Marek Walton wanted him to be somebody we could bring back many times.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127499576392">2015-05-17 08:03:37</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127499576392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127499576392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's Gaige's sexuality?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">heterosexual</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127497444680">2015-05-17 08:05:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127497444680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127497444680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Okay, so I am all for actually toxic masculinity to be washed away for good. But how do you feel about, lets say, Hockey. A sport that is rough, a decent amount of fighting and shit talking. Some guys are goons, most guys are really nice but still rough'n'tumble. Do you feel that still has a place?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hockey and other full-contact sports personally wig me out a LOT (especially the culture around football), but I wouldn't wanna, like, prevent people from being able to play them if that's really what they want to do.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127502812488">2015-05-17 08:07:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127502812488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127502812488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Saw in Ash's GameInformer interview that HAWP season 5 is filmed and edited, any updates on when that's coming out?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Should be soon, though I know I've said that many many times. Just waiting on Uli to finish up some stuff with the site.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127496313160">2015-05-17 08:12:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127496313160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127496313160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What is the scariest movie/game/etc you have experienced? And what about it left a mark on you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">To be honest, Game of Thrones.<br><br>For the reasons you might expect.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127503013704">2015-05-17 08:12:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127503013704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127503013704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You know that dream of having a gaming gf? its not what you think it is, women don't have the natural sportsmanship or humility that men have, it's impossible to enjoy games with them.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Just because you've had a bad experience doesn't give you the right to speak for all women who play videogames ever. You come off as bitter and sad.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127518395464">2015-05-17 17:47:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127518395464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127518395464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do atheist really believe stuff like the Grand Canyon was formed by erosion? Seriously?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yyyyyyes?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127517714760">2015-05-17 17:47:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127517714760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127517714760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Speaking of Game of Thrones, I haven't played Telltale's series yet. Have you? Would you recommend it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's good, I dig it!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127506042440">2015-05-17 17:47:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127506042440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127506042440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think they will change any characters sexuality? I really hope they keep Tina gay. She's a great example of a strong female character funny,likeable, sympathetic, and just happens to be gay. Shes a great example of a strong lgbt character removing that would be really disappointing.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Tina might be harder just cause I'm in constant contact with Ash, and if they ever brought her into a booth and were like "Tina likes boys now" there's probably a chance she'd go "uhh"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127507459912">2015-05-17 17:48:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127507459912&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127507459912&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't see how GoT qualifies as "scary", explain plz.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Sad/horrifying things happening because of the human capacity for evil is pretty scary</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127509364296">2015-05-17 17:48:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127509364296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127509364296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I love the people arguing that Fury Road is not a real Mad Max because Max is not the main character. Did they not watch Road Warrior or Thunderdome? Max is a catalyst character for us to view the kind of world he lives in.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ugh those people exist? Ugh that's the best goddamned part</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127519730248">2015-05-17 17:48:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127519730248&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127519730248&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Now that we've all experienced the perfection that is Fury Road, are you looking forward to the Mad Max game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep! I rewatched their five minute gameplay explanation the other day. It looks...okayyy? I guess? But yeah, looking forward to it, and already seeing how AAA games and the amount of dialog they often require can just kinda fuck up the tone of a franchise (there's a brief snippet of a cut scene that's just full of things the player needs to know, which is obviously great and necessary, but it sounds like A Video Game and not Mad Max).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127507961416">2015-05-17 17:49:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127507961416&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127507961416&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Was it explained why the breastmilk ladies were left behind?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">They weren't stuck in a bigass vault -- I imagine it was easier to get the mothers out covertly because they were.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127505213256">2015-05-17 17:50:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127505213256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127505213256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Scariest episode of GoT yet?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">My anger at it was too directed at the filmmakers to really feel legitimately scared. I got fourth wall breakingly angry.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127541370952">2015-05-18 06:01:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127541370952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127541370952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey Ant. Got my prescription for finasteride today. Gotta say, knowing the potential sides I am a bit nervous to take the plunge and pop my first pill. Did you go through a stage of fear and doubt before you decided to take it? How did you overcome it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Haha, I actually didn't because I was ignorant as fuck about its potential side effects.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127530503240">2015-05-18 06:03:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127530503240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127530503240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I saw you tweeting saying Tom Hardy is hot. Are you gay? I thought you tried being gay but didnt like it. Did you give it another go?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm bi. Admittedly the window of guys I wanna do stuff to is pretty small, but it's still there.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127538847048">2015-05-18 06:03:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127538847048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127538847048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If DC or Marvel gave you free rein to use any characters and create your own series, who would you pick? Solo, teamup?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Condiment Man as a sad existential comedy</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127540340552">2015-05-18 06:04:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127540340552&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127540340552&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you watch Louis C.K's Monologue on SNL this week? It was pretty good. If you haven't, please watch it and then let me know what you think after you're done. Still a funny man.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It was fucking hilarious. I loved it. I felt a liiiittle weird about the Israel/Palestine bit just because I'm pretty pro-Palestine, but that's like, not a dealbreaker by any means. I fucking loved the stuff about racism.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127541405768">2015-05-18 06:04:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127541405768&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127541405768&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Gaige is heterosexual? Damn it! Literally 80% of everything I've ever written is now based on bullshit. WHY????</blockquote>
<div class="answer">sorryyyy</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127535899464">2015-05-18 06:05:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127535899464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127535899464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you find when a movie doesn't acknowledge the weight of extinguishing another human life, you find it unsettling, but when it does, you just end up thinking "manpain, wow he feels bad bout killing but he'll keep doing it"/"oh I've seen this before get to the point this isn't deep it's a movie"?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think you're making it out to be more black and white than it is. There are ways to treat death and murder that give proper weight, even in shows that do it a lot. Breaking Bad is maybe the best example of this I can think of.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127541390152">2015-05-18 06:06:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127541390152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127541390152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Tom Hardy or Oscar Isaac?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Oooh. Shit. I mean Oscar Isaac is an INCREDIBLE actor, but Tom Hardy is also incredible and I want to touch his abs so I guess Tom Hardy.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127529357640">2015-05-18 06:07:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127529357640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127529357640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is Mad Max all about toxic masculinity, like literally and metaphorically with the warboys drinking gasoline and spitting it into their own rumbling engines? Do men and women share more than blood?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Haha to be honest I thought the bit with spitting the gasoline was just the fucking coolest thing I'd ever seen, I hadn't even thought about it in metaphorical terms</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127531979336">2015-05-18 06:07:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127531979336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127531979336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey so Anthony this girl I know keeps asking me what my "perfect girl" is and I feel like that's a inherently exist question but I might be overreacting, thoughts?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I think you might be overreacting a bit. We all have a particular "type" of person we like, and it's not unreasonable to have an image of that person in your mind.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127525100616">2015-05-18 06:08:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127525100616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127525100616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>the writers to Got said they changed Sansa's story and did this stuff so the actress wouldn't be absent for so long since her character does little at this point book wise. Okay so why not just make up some stuff for her to do then that keeps her in the vale? this season has been trash.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I actually LOVE everything they've done with her this season, EXCEPT for the end of tonight's episode. Having her be where she is is an incredibly sad thing that still gives her space to hone her abilities w/r/t playing the game of thrones, which she is clearly beginning to do.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127541493832">2015-05-18 06:17:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127541493832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127541493832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you seen Locke or Bronson?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Both. I LOVE Locke, Bronson was fine.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127541611080">2015-05-18 06:40:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127541611080&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127541611080&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you watch Mad Max in 2D or 3D?  If 3D, were you at all bothered by the "fake" (post-production) 3D?  If 2D, did you have a hard time finding a 2D showing time / did your theater marginalize the 2D version as much as mine did?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Both! The 3D was eh, but I've never enjoyed 3D. The 2D was prominent and great.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127553394760">2015-05-18 16:50:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127553394760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127553394760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you think Tom Hardy is hot (he is one sexy man) you must be looking forward to Legend, there's two of him.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The Hardy Boys</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127555961672">2015-05-18 18:41:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127555961672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127555961672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I have friends who are quitting Game of Thrones now, and even though I was fucking infuriated even though I basically knew it had to happen I'm not really at the point of writing it off? What do</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think whatever you do, you're fine. It's a personal judgment thing. The show's definitely shown a really fucking weird pattern of raping prominent female characters for LITERALLY NO REASON, but it's also got some of the most compelling female characters on TV. I'm going to stick with it, though I have not been so angry at a show in a really long time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127552197192">2015-05-18 18:49:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127552197192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127552197192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So, you're ok with freely posting spoilers when you're criticizing how a show does things? Thanks a lot for that.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeah basically</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127549277000">2015-05-18 18:50:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127549277000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127549277000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>yo u seen tinker tailor and what u think of it? tom's pretty good and so is gary character but i cant really get into the movie cos it was pretty diff than the booksss</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Loved it. Never read the books (though I did read Spy Who Came In From The Cold, which might be my favorite novel ever), so I liked it for what it was.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127528062280">2015-05-18 18:50:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127528062280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127528062280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What did you think about the scene in Mad Max when the older women are meeting the brides?  I loved those old ladies, and the ridicule with seeds was a very nice touch.  Thank you for talking about the movie, I probably wouldn't have gone to see it without you mentioning it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">LOVED EM</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127527244104">2015-05-18 18:50:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127527244104&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127527244104&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I watched the second season of Hannibal. I do not get how there is a third season. What are your thoughts on that show?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't like it. I think it's provocative for the sake of being provocative, and I don't believe any of its characters are that dumb/easily seduced by whatever Hannibal's allure is supposed to be. It's a series about "smart" people being incredibly stupid so the bad guy can win.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127542726216">2015-05-18 18:51:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127542726216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127542726216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hey so i've started talking with this group of people online and they're all really awesome but they totally hate feminism for some reason??? we got in a fight about it and stuff.. it was pretty awful tbh, they apologized tho so i guess that's good... question is: do i still want to be their friend?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I dunno, that's kinda up to you</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127542743880">2015-05-18 18:51:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127542743880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127542743880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it bad I want the title "gamer" to be cleansed? Yes, regular people PLAY games, but they dont actually GAME. If you only play an hour of casual CoD a night, I dont feel it counts. Where as 100 hours into Bloodborne does. I'd like a title for people who dont treat gaming as a hobby, but a passion.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean, no word like that exists for any other medium. You just say "huge movie buff" or "massive music nerd".</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127545055304">2015-05-18 18:52:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127545055304&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127545055304&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>This isn't a question, but OMG FURY ROAD. I just want to write the world's longest essay about how much I loved it. I was worried all the hype would sort of dampen the reality, but not even. I just needed to squee-vent to someone who also loved it. Woo!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YUSSSS</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127563778632">2015-05-18 20:29:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127563778632&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127563778632&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think rape is worse than murder? I've had this discussion with people and never gotten a clear consensus. It's like asking if American slavery was worse than what white folk did to the Native Americans. Also, what's your stance on that one?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, rape is absolutely not worse than murder. In fact, I was talking with a friend the other day who worked in a rape crisis center, and he said that thinking of rape as "the worst thing you can possibly have happen to you" is actually part of the problem of how we treat rape victims.<br><br>Rape victims are often shunned by their loved ones because they feel as if they have been tainted in some way -- as if the victim themselves is *lesser* for having been raped, because it's the *worst thing* and now they're *damaged goods*. <br><br>If you read Lucky by Alice Sebold, which EVERYONE IN THE WORLD SHOULD, she immediately says: she'd rather be raped than murdered, without a question. Rape is awful and horrific, but treating it as the "worst thing possible" can result in some really bad treatment of victims.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127565647944">2015-05-18 21:16:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127565647944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127565647944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When Ash was born did you yell out "I have a baby sister. And she is perfect in every way!" ?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pahahaha</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127569208648">2015-05-19 01:55:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127569208648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127569208648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re: the title of gamer, don't labels like movie buff, fashionista, etc. imply a passion for a form of entertainment or a hobby? I feel you don't call someone a movie buff if they only casually watched movies, or a fashionista if they had only a passing interest in fashion. "Gamer" can be the same.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That just seems really weird to me, as "gamer" used to encompass all gamers ever. It's weird to arbitrarily say that it now only speaks to a certain percentage of the hardcore.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127568663880">2015-05-19 01:55:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127568663880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127568663880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Feminist Frequency is saying Fury Road isn't feminist :/</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I disagree with almost everything she said about it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127606350664">2015-05-20 03:18:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127606350664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127606350664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think of Brooklyn Nine-Nine?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Dig it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127580940616">2015-05-20 03:32:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127580940616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127580940616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So wait, which do you consider worse? The American chattel slavery system or the American treatment of the natives? One involves social/racist effects that are still a HUGE problem today, while the other keeps them pretty much out of sight and mind because of nearly successful genocide.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">whyyy would i have to pick one of them to be my favorite when they're both fucking awful</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127575892296">2015-05-20 03:32:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127575892296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127575892296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Isn't it kind of weird to assume that women can't be violent/don't enjoy violence/making women violent heroes in an action film is like making them men? Hasn't anyone read about Olga of Kiev? It's cool to criticise people enjoying violence, but specifically to say that it's a 'male' form of power??</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I couldn't jibe with that. But maybe that's because I've spent most of my adult life trying to make Cool Violence Where Women Are Also Participating In The Violence. But yeah. It also kind of implies that women who want to use violence against their oppressors are being unreasonable or something.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127611305288">2015-05-20 15:31:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127611305288&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127611305288&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think "all bodies are beautiful" and pointing out women in the Middle Ages were attractive for being larger/conventional ideas of attractiveness need to change, and the fury over "dadbods" and how men need to stop being lazy is a double standard? Or do men get enough of an easy time?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I think it's horseshit. There was a good article that basically pointed out that men get to have style trends that allow them to be fucking lazy (beards, "dadbods") whereas women get trends that involve a tremendous amount of goddamned work (vajazzling). And it's completely true. And also just personally fucking irritating because I find larger women really pretty.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127621085768">2015-05-20 15:32:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127621085768&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127621085768&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://www.heyash.com/someone-needs-to-try-this/">http://www.heyash.com/someone-needs-to-try-this/</a> past anthony is a nerd</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i still think that's a fuckin sick idea</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127675579720">2015-05-22 06:16:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127675579720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127675579720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have any veterans in your family?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">my dad was in the air force but he just fixed planes and shit</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127675170888">2015-05-22 06:16:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127675170888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127675170888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's the point of parties? Should they just be banned for the common welfare?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">man you're telling me</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127696052552">2015-05-23 06:01:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127696052552&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127696052552&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Would you rather have Ellis from L4D2 or Ellie from The Last of Us as the 4th party member in Left 4 Dead 3, assuming the OG crew from L4D remained?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ooooh I'm tempted to say Ellie, but she's pretty "normal" and wouldn't add a lot to the dynamic -- at least, not as much as Ellis being gobsmacked by Zoey all the time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127687144264">2015-05-23 06:02:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127687144264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127687144264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I get intimidated when I see pictures/videos of parties like raves. Why do people like them so much?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I can't even begin to imagine.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127706702920">2015-05-23 18:34:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127706702920&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127706702920&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you know that people have made mods for Don't Starve that put in Tiny Tina and a couple Pre-Sequel vault hunters as playable characters?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">WHAT WHERE</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127743934792">2015-05-24 15:40:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127743934792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127743934792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>MAD MAX THO, ANYTHONY. MAD MAX</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YA</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127743899720">2015-05-24 15:40:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127743899720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127743899720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Been reading any web comics lately?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not for years and years.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127742522440">2015-05-24 15:40:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127742522440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127742522440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why did people get so up in arms about FemFreq's dismissal of Mad Max? Anita is *a* feminist, she's not *the* arbiter of feminism, it's kind of a collective thing. Her points read as valid, but as someone who's looking for fault, and if everyone disagrees with her (Eve Ensler!!), then no harm done?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Probably because (A) it can be hard to deal with going "oh my god this movie is so feminist, it's awesome" and then having someone say "no it isn't [and implicitly you are dumb for thinking it was]", and (B) she said some things that are just demonstrably untrue, like the cinematography fetishizing the women's bodies.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127745526088">2015-05-24 16:54:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127745526088&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127745526088&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>where do you think saints row will go in future games? i wish oleg didn't die with earth. sad.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I have no idea, honestly (especially with Jaros and Holmes gone). And ditto.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127746083656">2015-05-24 17:06:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127746083656&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127746083656&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why haven't you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cause that ain't my jam<br><br>i'm more into, like, hangin out</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127774527816">2015-05-25 05:51:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127774527816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127774527816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What are good places to meet people online that aren't dating websites?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Forums for stuff you like, maybe? Or sites you frequent? I dunno. It's tricky, cause those kindsa places can get really insular and negative.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127767454024">2015-05-25 05:52:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127767454024&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127767454024&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re Don't Starve: look up Tiny Tina, Wilhelm and Jack Double in the game's Steam Workshop area!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NICE, thanks</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127763557704">2015-05-25 05:52:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127763557704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127763557704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you seen this? Interesting article about that troubling scene from last week's Game of Thrones. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/all-hopefully-of-the-bad-arguments-about-rape-on-game-of-thrones-debunked/#.VV9f_jTOnkl.twitter">http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/all-hopefully-of-the-bad-arguments-about-rape-on-game-of-thrones-debunked/#.VV9f_jTOnkl.twitter</a> Not sure what side I fall on but it's interesting</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Read this last night. It's primarily horseshit that has reasonable answers to dumb arguments (anyone who asks "why didn't Sansa just hulk out on him" is an idiot), and a bunch of really bad, oversimplifying answers to legitimate arguments.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127794322760">2015-05-25 17:53:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127794322760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127794322760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Any reccommendations for non-supehero comic series' out right now?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Sex Criminals, Big Trouble in Little China, Saga, Bitch Planet, Squirrel Girl (it's not really a superhero comic, trust me)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127809138760">2015-05-27 04:32:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127809138760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127809138760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do the other Vault Hunters think of Aurelia? None of them have unique dialogue for her when she activates her action skill, so I don't know their opinions of her. Also, do you know if Gearbox is ever gonna patch in unique voice lines towards her? Thanks!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The dialog will never be patched in because of how patching works with regard to the massive audio files.<br><br>Also, I imagine most of them despise her, but Tina thinks she's the fanciest so she loves her. Also maybe Salvador thinks she's awesome.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127823624264">2015-05-27 04:33:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127823624264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127823624264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Game of thrones is just misery porn.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">But it's not! Well, at its BEST, it isn't, anyway. Game of Thrones is a cynical, but honest look at human nature and human society. I feel the same way about it (again, at its best, not when it's completely fucking mishandling sexual assault) that I do Cormac McCarthy's novels. <br><br>They're bleak and don't conform to expectations and are deeply upsetting, but that's how LIFE is. People in your life die with seemingly no rhyme or reason, and you just have to keep going. Bad people win wars. Good people who don't compromise end up unhappy. We have so, so many stories telling us that everything is going to be okay and that we're the heroes and that the heroes always win, but Game of Thrones reminds us that, if we're being brutally honest with ourselves, that just isn't the world we live in.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127815869000">2015-05-27 04:35:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127815869000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127815869000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What are your thoughts on Drake?<br>Follow up: What is your favorite Drake song?<br>Follow up up: Fuck, Marry, Kill: Drake, Drake, and Drake?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">drake</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127825619784">2015-05-27 04:35:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127825619784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127825619784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Who is the most beautiful girl in the world of Westeros?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Jon Snow</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127810491208">2015-05-27 04:36:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127810491208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127810491208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Reading any Secret Wars tie ins?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">A-Force, because I love G Willow Wilson.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127869697096">2015-05-27 21:22:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127869697096&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127869697096&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you keep a notebook for ideas and stuff?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If by "notebook" you mean "google drive folder" and by "ideas" you mean "frothing, stupid, inanities" then yeah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127869934408">2015-05-27 21:22:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127869934408&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127869934408&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I've got a $5 Android game/app credit. What game should I buy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hoplite</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127873651528">2015-05-28 01:12:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127873651528&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127873651528&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>typing speed?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">88 WPM I TYPED THIS SENTENCE WHILE SNEEZING</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127880519240">2015-05-28 07:09:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127880519240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127880519240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>WHY ARE YOU NOT WRITING AMAZING BORDERLANDS FANFICTION?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">because i was paid to do that for five years</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127889360968">2015-05-28 15:01:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127889360968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127889360968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>GoT stripes away so much nuance from human interaction and compresses so much tragedy. Yes people don't always have happy endings irl sure but I've never seen a show stretch so hard to protect it's villains. It's got like... anti plot armor. Just as contrived but in the opposite direction.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">[SPOILERS]<br><br>But the villains DON'T have plot armor! They just don't die as quickly as you'd want.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127885416008">2015-05-28 15:02:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127885416008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127885416008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are there any games that allow me to simultaneously play as a kid and a squid?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">dota</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127884541768">2015-05-28 15:02:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127884541768&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127884541768&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i cried when dom died in gears of war 3. i loves him</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cliffy b stop browsing my askfm</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127899931208">2015-05-28 21:17:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127899931208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127899931208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Recently popped by DTOID and saw alot of comments calling for "neutrality when reporting about GG." And they brought Summa back. What in the actual fuck, man?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">hahaha</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127946170440">2015-05-30 16:45:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127946170440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127946170440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You are really cool! I like you!!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanx</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127937117512">2015-05-30 16:45:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127937117512&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127937117512&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>my girlfriend is friends with some asshole ignorant guy who is all god loving and is against feminism, a little racist and intolerable. help</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't know what you can do about it, to be honest. If she likes a person she likes a person -- can you think of anytime someone *convinced* you someone else was shitty?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127925843016">2015-05-30 16:46:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127925843016&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127925843016&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you like The Lord of the Rings/when was the last time you saw them/did you know they were adapted by two women?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yes/a really long time/no, that's neat</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127919168072">2015-05-30 16:46:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127919168072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127919168072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how do you deal with the smog in cali?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I grew up in Phoenix (third worst smog in the US), so smog doesn't bother me. I don't even notice it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127916923976">2015-05-30 17:04:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127916923976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127916923976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Am I the only one laughing that GG is supporting Denis Dyack as a "respected veteran developer" and part of them don't even know who he is because they aren't old enough or invested enough in the game industry to know his name?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pahahah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127962915144">2015-05-30 19:16:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127962915144&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127962915144&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is Witcher a sexist game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Kinda, yeah. Every woman is stupidly hot and dressed like a doofus (to the point where even Vernon Roche, when speaking to Ves, goes "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING RUNNING INTO A BATTLE WITH YOUR SHIRT OPEN AND NO ARMOR").<br><br>It's got Strong Ladies or whatever, but even they're fairly objectified (Why is Ciri's middlemost button unbuttoned so you can see her tits). <br><br>That said:<br>It kind-of-sort-of objectifies Geralt (you get to see him in the bath like twice, but you never get to see his dick).<br>It has a view on sex that is either cool (everyone fucks all the time and it's not a big deal) or fucking childish (there's a big quest chain with Keira that is primarily presented as "do this stuff for me and I'll fuck you," so the sex is a silly reward), or both, depending on your view.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127962117448">2015-05-30 19:22:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127962117448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127962117448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The first time I tried quitting porn I went 60 days no problem, one night I got really drunk and relapsed ever since then I can't seem to get back on track mostly because masturbating, which I have 0 problems with, to porn is so much faster. Any tips?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The SECOND you get an urge, start doing something else. Also try to remember and hold onto the feeling you get after you've jizzed; how you feel kinda empty, kinda silly, a little dumb. Like all of the passion you had thirty seconds ago is just gone, and naive, and weird. Are you REALLY in a hurry to feel that way again?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127972757576">2015-05-30 23:32:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127972757576&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127972757576&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>On that Witcher sex thing, I keep having to remind people that Witcher 1 had collectible cards you gained by fucking women (who aren't important or characterized outside of that interaction or the quest chain leading to it). The series fucking objectifies to the max. And this comes from a fan.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep. It's gotten less bad as the series has gone on, but slightly less bad than sex trading cards is still pretty bad.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127975589960">2015-05-31 07:39:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127975589960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127975589960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't feel any of the things you said after ejaculation via masturbation. But I've also never had sex so... maybe the lack of that experience is why it doesn't bother me as much as it does you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Probably. I didn't find a real problem with it until I started having sex and realizing I wasn't enjoying it/able to do it properly because of PMO addiction. Which, unfortunately, meant it was basically too late (though I'm now doing a lot better after a more-or-less yearlong cleanse).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/127976923464">2015-05-31 07:40:37</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 127976923464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 127976923464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_-2wIJIzQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_-2wIJIzQ</a><br>XCOM 2 confirmed for procedurally generated maps, mod support, avenues for stealth tactics, and snakemen. You hype?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yesssssssssssssss</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128030422600">2015-06-01 21:52:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128030422600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128030422600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you allow yourself to be happy? Or like, well I'm 20, so have you found that over time you're tempted to hate yourself or be miserable but that eventually you learned you have to just like yourself and let yourself be happy instead of falling into those pits?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Dude you are so far ahead of where I was at 20, you're gonna be fuckin' solid. I didn't figure this shit out until like six months ago.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128012602952">2015-06-01 21:52:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128012602952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128012602952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it wrong that I want to buy Hatred to get access to its modding tools so I can use the engine to make either a firefighter or disaster relief total conversion mod? Take something negative and use it to make something positive and all that...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You can do that with other games. I wouldn't recommend giving money to those guys under any circumstances (especially if your intent is to create a mod that requires the base game, which just means more people will buy their game).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128043373896">2015-06-01 23:22:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128043373896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128043373896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Mel Gibby over Tom Hardys, as Max that is. Agree, or disagree?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Disagree. Tom's is much more fragile, much more "mad". Mel's seems like a perfectly functional human being who is just kinda cold.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128049332040">2015-06-02 04:08:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128049332040&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128049332040&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Ashly has awesome hair.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ya</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128091914568">2015-06-03 15:20:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128091914568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128091914568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you miss your old house in HAWP? Kind of has a nostalgic value whether or not it's actually "better", like Community's characters post-Troy and Pierce</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, I hate that place. It smells like cigar smoke and dead dogs.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128083275592">2015-06-03 15:21:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128083275592&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128083275592&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So Burch you been doing any new exercises or activities lately?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">HAHAHAH <br><br>exercise<br><br>you're --<br><br>you're good, i like that</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128087641672">2015-06-03 15:21:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128087641672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128087641672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Fallout 4 AKA that PS2 game by not-Obsidian based on that one other Fallout game that wasn't as good as any of the others</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'll never live in a world where I don't play a proper open-world Fallout game day one, but, uh, yeah. Looked kinda uggo (but that's Bethesda's engine, so...) and I much preferred Obsidian's game. <br><br>But I'm still gonna play it, cause Fallout is one of my favorite series ever.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128096383560">2015-06-03 15:22:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128096383560&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128096383560&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Would you agree that Melissa McCarthy is the female Kevin James? I just saw that opinion and totally realized those are my exact feelings.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, cause I like Melissa McCarthy (though I've only seen her in Bridesmaids).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128050741576">2015-06-03 18:41:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128050741576&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128050741576&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Community finale was fucking dark and perfect</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Stopped watching the season pretty early (lawnmower man). Should I stick with it?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128097745224">2015-06-03 18:42:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128097745224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128097745224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Awesome thing about mad max you probably noticed: When the actors names appear on screen, Hardy is first left to right and Theron is first top to bottom.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yep, thought that was pretty cool</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128054215752">2015-06-03 18:42:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128054215752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128054215752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you ever play the Dragon age series?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep. It's good, but not Mass Effect good. Morrigan is my favorite BioWare character maybe ever, though. And Sera.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128099852104">2015-06-03 18:42:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128099852104&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128099852104&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you find it difficult to reconcile an enjoyment of fictional violence with total abhorrence of IRL violence? I kinda view video game violence, for example, as cathartic. Is this something you struggle with at all?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Sometimes. On the one hand, it makes sense that violence is interesting to us, as if we DIDN'T find violence interesting, we wouldn't have basically brought the entire animal kingdom to heel and we wouldn't be properly scared of having violence enacted against us. <br><br>On the other hand, it's a super bummer that that is the case. I find it more intrinsically, quickly satisfying to slash things up in Witcher 3 than stretch my brain out over Infinifactory. And that's really sad, even if I know the scientific reason why. I don't think it'll make me more violent, necessarily, though I do remember how angry I was as a kid, how quick to think of violence as a solution (even if I never got into fights, I was very pro-war, very pro-vengeance), I wonder if my attraction to violence is to blame. I wonder if that same attraction makes it harder for me to find more mundane, more empathetic aspects of the human experience interesting. <br><br>I basically just wonder if it makes my life less interesting and enjoyable.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128072434504">2015-06-03 18:57:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128072434504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128072434504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you heard of the ancient Greek hero, Bophades? He was a lot like Achilles- he had just one weakness. Except instead of his heel, it was his groin. You may have heard of “Achilles’ heel”, but have you heard of “Bophades’ Nuts”?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">doesn't really roll off the tongue quite as welhhehhguhhghh</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128103607880">2015-06-03 19:21:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128103607880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128103607880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think of gwent?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">FUCKING HATE IT</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128115810888">2015-06-04 03:15:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128115810888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128115810888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Where can a person with no experience in the videogame industry apart from playing them and no skills un videogame programming, development or art, start?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Twine</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128169899592">2015-06-06 02:58:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128169899592&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128169899592&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Ever thought of doing a podcast with other writers, discussing certain techniques, ideas, etc? Stuff to give budding writers some ideas or bring their attention to concepts they may not have been taught in primary English classes or in College level courses?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Don't nobody want me on that kinda thing</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128168499272">2015-06-06 02:58:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128168499272&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128168499272&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you recognise behavioural patterns from your parents in you or your sister, or patterns from one parent in one of you but not both?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I get an angry streak from my mom, but that's about it. We're very, very different from our parents.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128180009544">2015-06-06 02:59:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128180009544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128180009544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So I found out that FILM CRIT HULK thinks Steven Moffat is a genius and really loves his Doctor Who. Now I can't trust anything anymore.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Incorrect. He doesn't think that.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128184708680">2015-06-06 19:19:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128184708680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128184708680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>A lot of the episodes of Community Season 6 are pretty meh. But once it gets it's stride it really becomes great again. Especially the last 5 or so episodes. The finale has been compared to MASH. It was pretty amazing.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I watched it this week and it gets really really good again.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128229805384">2015-06-07 17:29:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128229805384&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128229805384&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nq9unmp">http://tinyurl.com/nq9unmp</a> "PUT THIS IN IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW: STEVEN MOFFAT IS A GENIUS ... HIS WORK SHOWCASES A SENSE OF WIT AND INGENUITY THAT IS PRETTY MUCH UNPARALLELED. REALLY. HULK PUTS HIM RIGHT IN THE COMPANY OF CHARLIE KAUFFMAN." He also praised Listen from last season on twittter.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hm. Last time I talked to him it seemed like he'd changed his mind on that, but I could have misread him.<br><br>Also, Hulk is a nuanced dude -- he can think someone is a genius and feel they are witty and ingenious, and then say, "BUT..." and talk about all the stuff one could reasonable dislike about him.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128241401160">2015-06-07 23:09:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128241401160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128241401160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I know you're not at Gearbox anymore, but I thought you might still like to see this drawing. Thanks so much for the character of Timothy! <a target="_blank" href="http://sheanam.tumblr.com/post/120992214820/i-have-strong-feelings-about-that-timothy-lawrence">http://sheanam.tumblr.com/post/120992214820/i-have-strong-feelings-about-that-timothy-lawrence</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">NICE</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128247712584">2015-06-08 06:25:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128247712584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128247712584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Sorry to bother you, but right now there's a really cool game on Kickstarter called Combat Core that's being developed by a POC. It's having trouble getting funded though, and I was wondering if you could check it out, and, if you like what you see, give it shout out. Thanks very much for your time!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh fuck this looks like power stone <a target="_blank" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1518707381/combat-core-high-powered-4-player-arena-fighter?ref=nav_search">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1518707381/combat-core-high-powered-4-player-arena-fighter?ref=nav_search</a></div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128245524808">2015-06-08 06:32:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128245524808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128245524808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>anthony i found the british version of your dad: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRnQJe5C4RQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRnQJe5C4RQ</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">my dad's not that adorable</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128250779720">2015-06-08 06:59:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128250779720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128250779720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>To what extent do you think actors are responsible for participating in white washed roles? For instance, Emma Stone in that new Aloha movie? My gut-reaction is "not much, their agent probably got them the role and they're doing a job like everyone else" but then again I'm white so</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't think actors are at all responsible. It's fucking hard to get work, especially if you're a lady, so take whatever you can get (unless it's something really offensive to you). The director is 100% responsible, and has no excuse.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128262732616">2015-06-09 03:56:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128262732616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128262732616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you should read this cool interview with Bryan Fuller, creator/showrunner of Hannibal. He talks about the difference between his psychological body horror and other show's sexual horror. really cool. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/28/hannibal-rape-thrones">http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/28/hannibal-rape-thrones</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">I love Bryan Fuller. Hannibal doesn't really do it for me, but I fucking love that dude.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128272735816">2015-06-09 03:58:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128272735816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128272735816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think people *occasionally* confuse "this makes me feel bad" with "this is morally reprehensible and they can't do it" in fiction? No absolutisms here.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think this happens far, far less than people pretend it does. That's why nobody is making "this is offensive, how dare you" thinkpieces about last night's Game of Thrones, but why we got a bunch of them after some other episodes this season.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128250453064">2015-06-09 03:59:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128250453064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128250453064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When you think of "home" what do you think of?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nothing. I haven't lived in LA long enough.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128311526984">2015-06-10 01:19:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128311526984&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128311526984&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Really? I saw a ton of outrage about 'that thing' in last night's game of thrones, more than Oberyn. Including a weird amount of "this is what happens when they 'manufacture' shocking moments" until it came out that GRRM actually told them that was going to happen, then suddenly it was okay? 1/2</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm drawing a distinction between "this was bad and shocking for the sake of it" and "this is offensive, problematic, regressive". This week's had a lot of the former and, as far as I can tell, absolutely zero of the latter.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128292021064">2015-06-10 01:20:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128292021064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128292021064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>okay so you don't like Hannibal, but did you like Pushing Daisies? I loved that show.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Pushing Daisies is one of the best TV shows of all time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128290252104">2015-06-10 01:20:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128290252104&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128290252104&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I guess I'm wondering why it's only 'shocking' that McFuckFace would do that, if faced with the option, and not a 'horrifying development that makes sense'. It makes sense character wise ("hundreds will die, sir" "thousands") though I guess people disagree. More arbitrarily shocking than Oberyn?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">SPOILERS FOR RECENT GAME OF THRONES<br><br>I actually bought it in theory (his defining trait has been "I seek power," not "I'm a loving person"), but in practice it felt really abrupt to me. Melisandre suggests it, he says no. He loses a lot of food, and his IMMEDIATE thought, before he's really suffered the consequences of that loss, is "let's do this horrible thing."<br><br>I would have loved to see him keep marching, certain that they'll find more food or something -- to be irrational, and refuse to make the decision he knows he has to make. But the more he marches, the more he sees his soldiers falling dead around him of starvation, the more he realizes that there's no way out of this but the ONE thing he does not want to do.<br><br>Like, they *tell* us this will happen, but they don't *show* us dramatically, so it feels more arbitrarily horrible when it happens -- like they were in such a hurry to get to the awfulness (which they knew just how to shoot for maximum awful) that they forgot to make every motivation and cause seem legitimate. I bought Oberyn much, much more because every single thing he'd done and said up to that point was braggy and vengeful, and in this moment where he FINALLY has what he wants, he lets it get away from him.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128318511176">2015-06-10 03:29:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128318511176&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128318511176&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You done any surfing now that you're a Californian?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pahahahah that sounds fun and dangerous and involves physical exertion, of course i haven't</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128325953608">2015-06-10 15:26:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128325953608&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128325953608&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Whats the worst "decent" game you have played lately?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Witcher 3. I just don't see what people are losing their shit over. It's like DA:I -- big, but basically the same thing over and over, with a story far too steeped in lore/politics and not enough in character.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128322165576">2015-06-10 15:28:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128322165576&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128322165576&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Anforny!<br>Can you still enjoy the MGS series in the same way now that you are more aware of social issues and also having worked on games yourself?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't enjoy it in the same way. I still enjoy it, but my relationship with it has grown more complicated. That's the majority of what our upcoming MGS book is about.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128412383560">2015-06-13 08:34:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128412383560&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128412383560&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey anthony, since I always like your opinions and the way you expose your arguments, what do you think of this? <a target="_blank" href="http://potestaquisitor.tumblr.com/post/121531700580/datgreymind-i-think-its-the-last-tweet-that#notes">http://potestaquisitor.tumblr.com/post/121531700580/datgreymind-i-think-its-the-last-tweet-that#notes</a> I think it has some valid points</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I disagree with it entirely. So, here's the thing:<br><br>It's a fantasy game. It's a game whose genre is specifically about transporting yourself to another world, and feeling like a powerful, awesome badass. Yes, it is "realistic" for enemies to scream "bitch" or "whore," but what does that actually accomplish? It tells us that...what? Women get a lot of shit in this world, just like in real life?<br><br>In a game that's almost entirely about empowerment and making the player feel like a badass, THAT was the ONE "realistic" thing they chose to bring into their game?<br><br>You know what's also "realistic?" Dudes getting raped. You know what enemies don't incessantly scream at Geralt? Rape threats. Why? Because it'd be fucking weird (and when Far Cry 3 did it, it certainly WAS weird), and it'd go against the entire game's ethos of being empowering and fun and cool.<br><br>What if you were playing a black character or a gay character and characters hurled fucked up slurs at you? You'd think that was awful and nonsensical, right? You'd wonder what that added to the game, wouldn't you?<br><br>Same thing. Women already have to deal with being called bitches/sluts/whores every day, especially in the games space. Why the fuck would they want that when they try to escape into a video game, too?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128483351624">2015-06-14 22:18:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128483351624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128483351624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is super time force ultra any good?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">it's aight</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128458925384">2015-06-14 22:18:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128458925384&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128458925384&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Wait, you're writing a book about MGS? When can we expect to see it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">This year!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128429597768">2015-06-14 22:18:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128429597768&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128429597768&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How much did you play witcher 3? Because the story IS steeped in character, but because it's a really long one (50 hours or so) first 10 hours are really lore-exposition heavy for newcomers. Losing shit part is mainly because of how great the writing is in all parts of the game. Especialy sidequests</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm like 20 or 30 hours into it -- I just finished the city where you meet Triss, and I uninstalled the game out of boredom.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128421556040">2015-06-14 22:19:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128421556040&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128421556040&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When you wrote Handsome Jack's spoon soliloquy in BL2, did you think, "This is the best thing I've ever written?"  It was as good as the lemon rant in Portal 2.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thanks much. I thought it had potential to be good, but we used that for auditions and it was really, really hard to perform properly, so I was worried it blew.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128386839880">2015-06-14 22:20:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128386839880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128386839880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm sure you'd love surfing, careful balance and lugging a heavy hunk of resin in the sun and sun screen and bholy fuck what if it flings up when a wave breaks and impales itself in my skull or blinds me or knocks me out- seriously why the fuck do people do this</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yup</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128355004232">2015-06-14 22:20:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128355004232&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128355004232&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"The more proficient you are in something, the more you realise how much you suck at it" so does the day you start liking what you do mean it's shit? How do you tell the difference between knowing enough to know it's good and not knowing enough to know it's not o.O</blockquote>
<div class="answer">hhahahah you don't hahaha oh god</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128391469128">2015-06-14 22:20:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128391469128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128391469128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How much input did you writers have in art assets like the various posters and corporation advertisements in the BL games? A few of us were looking at textures and there's a Dahl poster for Pre-Sequel somewhere that says "Don't Be A Girly Man!", and, well, how did THAT slip through?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Gweh. Didn't see that one.<br><br>Generally, it's kinda random -- some stuff goes through writing, some stuff the artists just concept themselves and fall in love with (or think straightforward enough that it doesn't need to go through writing).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128491043144">2015-06-15 14:37:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128491043144&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128491043144&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so fallout 4 yeah?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If I can get my hands on a mod that removes level scaling, and assuming it's nonlinear enough that I can play it without having to kill anyone, I'll be really excited.<br><br>Granted, it's Bethesda, so the latter doesn't sound at all likely.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128501461320">2015-06-15 14:38:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128501461320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128501461320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You mentioned you don't like many of your BL2 lines anymore, that most of them are too long and unwieldy, which is a sense I get reading stuff I typed years ago too. Question is, I still find most of the BL2 lines post-Firehawk pretty solid, so is it just you or is it objectively measurable as off</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nobody critiques my stuff like I do.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128504096840">2015-06-15 14:38:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128504096840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128504096840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are you upset about a voiced protagonist in Fallout 4? I'm still not over my intensely harshed buzz.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah! Having a voiced protag doesn't make them harder to inhabit for me, because you're still choosing what they say.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128511114312">2015-06-15 23:32:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128511114312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128511114312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>my biggest hope for fallout 4 is that they'll again let obsidian take their big pretty sandbox and make a compelling game out of it</blockquote>
<div class="answer">My gut says that'll never happen again</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128523703112">2015-06-15 23:33:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128523703112&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128523703112&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Mate that last season of GOT was well rubbs right?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If "rubbs" means "very good," yeppp</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128524781128">2015-06-15 23:33:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128524781128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128524781128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is the recent Thief worth getting?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128532222280">2015-06-16 06:02:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128532222280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128532222280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Omg! I never realised how similar sera from dragon age and Tiny Tina both in appearance, personalty and in....ummmm sexual preference you should probably sue bio-ware. Do you think they would get along?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think they'd be best friends forever.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128524856136">2015-06-16 15:56:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128524856136&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128524856136&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Anthony I'm so excited about video games</blockquote>
<div class="answer">To my great surprise: ditto</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128532215624">2015-06-16 15:56:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128532215624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128532215624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>if you were actually a group of animals in a person suit what kind of animals would they be</blockquote>
<div class="answer">puppies</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128532342600">2015-06-16 15:56:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128532342600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128532342600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So, are you still looking forward to MGS V? It looks like it's going to be pretty solid (not sorry!)  Have you seen the latest trailer? Thoughts?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah -- the previews have me really interested in the open world stealth. The trailer was typical Kojima -- weirdly pretentious and random and oh look at the closeup of those jiggly borg boobs</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128535341128">2015-06-16 15:57:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128535341128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128535341128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Someone compared Cersei's walk to not only real life twitter, but the fact that despite how much we're supposed to despise her, EVEN HER being subject to that kind of abuse is really hard to watch, and how people receive that abuse from outrage culture for much more venial stuff every day. Wot think</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I agree. I think it also had an aspect of the Theon torturing, where you've spent years going, "I want this fucker to PAY," and then they do, and then they KEEP paying, and eventually it becomes really difficult for you to honestly wish for their pain anymore, which shines a light on your previous feelings. "You wanted them to pay dearly," the show says, "so you got it. You don't like it? Then maybe you should wonder why you asked for that in the first place."<br><br>That said, I wish there hadn't been so many wide shots -- the closeups are way better at conveying her anger/strength, and the CG face replacement on the double was pretty bad.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128536736584">2015-06-16 15:59:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128536736584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128536736584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i wuv u</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thax</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128566223688">2015-06-17 03:48:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128566223688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128566223688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you want a good girl or that bad pussy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">hmmmmm</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128572551496">2015-06-17 15:07:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128572551496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128572551496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what website are you using to keep up with all the E3 news?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Kotaku</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128597860680">2015-06-18 15:30:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128597860680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128597860680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just finished assault on dragon keep (late I know but still a fantastic dlc) I was wondering what did Tina consider roland? Did she see him as a big brother/Father figure person? Someone she looked up to? Or this really cool guy that she might have had a schoolgirl crush on?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">whatever ya like</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128597091400">2015-06-18 15:31:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128597091400&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128597091400&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it true that pretty people are rarely good at sex?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">In my experience I haven't noticed any specific correlation between attractiveness and skill at sex. Skill at sex, like in most things, comes down to experience and quality of teaching, the latter of which is far more important than the former.<br><br>I think it's just generally more surprising when pretty people are bad at it, because we assume they've had a ton of sex. Which, they probably have, but their partners just didn't tell them what they were doing wrong or whatever. (I mean, shit, when I have bad sex with a pretty person, I'm far too shy to fuck up the good thing I've got going by giving them pro-tips or whatever. Not to mention I am generally pretty atrocious at it, so there's a pot-kettle-penis situation there.)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128641417800">2015-06-19 07:52:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128641417800&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128641417800&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The U.S. Treasury recently announced that a woman will be featured on the redesigned $10 bill slated for 2020: <a target="_blank" href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/17/news/economy/woman-on-ten-dollar-bill/">http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/17/news/economy/woman-on-ten-dollar-bill/</a> Who do you think should be on it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">furiosa</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128639497544">2015-06-19 07:52:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128639497544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128639497544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do you feel about the backlash against Doom's violence? Also, do you think it's a problem in general that games are becoming increasingly violent?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">There's been a backlash? I didn't notice one.<br><br>The violence doesn't really bug me. Yes, Doom is the most videogamey videogame that ever videogamed in that it's got a bullshit nonsensical plot and is about the pure joy of visceral violence, but at least it's HONEST.<br><br>Call of Duty has far less gore, but its violence is much, much goddamned creepier because it's saying, "hey -- this is a REAL LIFE kind of situation, sort of. Even though we now use like magical robot shit in the future, it's still about TRUE WARFARE and therefore killing LOTS OF ETHNIC PEOPLE and getting POINTS FOR IT is REALLY SWEET."<br><br>Whereas Doom is like, "whatever, gore is fun and we all know it is, so here are some utterly context-free goons for you to do horribly violent things to."</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128625641544">2015-06-19 07:54:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128625641544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128625641544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>1/2 So your answers and your questioners seem like niece group of people and i thought i could ask and maybe get a genuine idea on someone else's thoughts which would be more rational than mine.So i Really like this girl and she says the same about me to the point where i was about to ask her 2 B GF</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128626051656">2015-06-19 07:55:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128626051656&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128626051656&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>2/2Her ex love interest is a druggy puppy murderer and too old for her legally. I found out she texts him again and i told her i really am not okay with this and that she should stop. But she insists on being friends and defending him who has hurt her feelings b4. She basically told me she wont stop</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128626143816">2015-06-19 07:55:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128626143816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128626143816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>3/2 (sorry) i feel like she chose him over me, she said she doesnt want to lose me, so why not lose him?! its been really bothering me about what i should do?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">So, again reminding you that I have ZERO experience in anything even a LITTLE bit related to therapy or advice and that you should probably listen to NOTHING I say:<br><br>You should probably bounce. You can't just be in this weird position where she's doing something that's awful for her, but she wants you to enable her behavior by being around and making her happy in this other way.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128626176072">2015-06-19 07:56:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128626176072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128626176072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I think we need more info. What do she and the ex do together? If all they do is occasionally text, who really cares? You're allowed to keep in touch with exes, even if they're jerks. But if she says things like "I'm going to spend tomorrow with my ex, and I don't want you to come"... not cool</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Right, there's this, too.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128646913352">2015-06-19 15:53:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128646913352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128646913352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The reasons Janey is attracted to Athena are pretty clear. Did you have any story ideas for why Athena reciprocated? This is a lady that had spent her life in forced combat, being trained to ignore beauty and personal attraction. What was it about Janey that broke that conditioning?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">She was nice to her.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128715396680">2015-06-21 16:51:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128715396680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128715396680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hamilton should be on the $10. Dude founded the treasury.<br><br>However I would TOTALLY endorse a woman kicking Andrew Jackson's genocidin', bank-dismantlin', panic-of-1837-causin', slave-tradin' mug off the $20.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Agreed. Andrew Jackson was a piece of human fucking garbage.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128675333448">2015-06-21 16:51:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128675333448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128675333448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>going to go out on a limb and ask if the Hawpcast is recording anymore?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeah, we're hoping to record an episode this week.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128674500936">2015-06-21 16:51:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128674500936&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128674500936&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so new deus ex has tons of playstyle options including no-kill run ability and the demo looked pretty not butt what did you think?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Looked like more Human Revolution, which I loved. So, sign me up.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128661351240">2015-06-21 16:52:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128661351240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128661351240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I disagree with the backlash against doom's violence, but I 100% support the backlash against doom's color palette and soundtrack</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I do like the more colorful photoshops, for sure. But it's kind of funny/weird that when Diablo 3 was colorful, people went "WHAT THE FUCK" and when Doom 4 isn't, people went "WHAT THE FUCK"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128669268040">2015-06-21 16:52:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128669268040&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128669268040&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When writing something as gigantic as BL2, how do you keep the ideas/script organized? Is there one huge outline?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, basically. And you separate stuff out by plot vs sidequest vs battle vs contextual.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128723784264">2015-06-21 16:53:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128723784264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128723784264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>have you watch John Oliver's segment about online harassment. it's his most disliked video ever on youtube. I wonder who disliked that video. I WONDER!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128763403848">2015-06-22 19:10:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128763403848&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128763403848&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hannibal is cancelled :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i feel nothing</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128772527432">2015-06-22 22:25:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128772527432&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128772527432&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do commenters think they have some right to dictate content when statistically they make up less than 0.1% of people who watched a video? Even if you throw all of them in a bucket, 4000 comments vs a video with 900,000 views... hardly insurmountable support</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because it's easy to think your voice is loud when you're alone in a room with echoey walls</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128778299208">2015-06-23 01:45:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128778299208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128778299208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"We know we sacrificed some great storytelling [in Fallout 3 by allowing] the player to do whatever they want," OH GOD TODD HOWARD NO. BAD TODD HOWARD. BAD. YOU KNOW NOTHING, TODD HOWARD.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeahhhhh i'm just gonna go ahead and really hope people are chomping at the bit to mod that horseshit out</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128780336968">2015-06-23 05:28:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128780336968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128780336968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you record that HAWPCAST?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, we're gonna release it once the show comes back which should be very soon (a week or less ideally)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128811372360">2015-06-23 22:50:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128811372360&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128811372360&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why did you get fired from gearbox?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I didn't, I left to join RocketJump.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128849691208">2015-06-24 23:48:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128849691208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128849691208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I've never played a Metal Gear game. Where should I start?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">MGS1.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128842672968">2015-06-24 23:52:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128842672968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128842672968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How did your first date ever go like?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I went to Phantom of the Opera (the Joel Schumacher movie) and had Panda Express afteward, because I am **~*~*~*~romance incarnate~*~*~*~*~**</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128823995720">2015-06-24 23:53:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128823995720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128823995720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is Athena supposed to be a little goofy in Episode 3 of Telltale? She seemed like a different tone, was that intentional?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Kiiiiind of? This is the first time you've ever gotten to see her just sorta hang out for a long period of time, and when you're around a character who can do some really weird stuff, as Fiona can, you want that to bring out more in Athena than just "I am a stern badass samurai lady." <br><br>It's really egocentric, but I wrote the gag where Athena freaks out about Fiona having an eye in her pocket and that's one of my favorite things with Athena we've ever done.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128867121736">2015-06-25 19:11:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128867121736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128867121736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it worth it to play through all the Mass Effects?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YES<br><br>They are basically the closest games have yet come to what I hoped games would be as a kid. A big, epic story with choices that change the world, and also you get to shoot and fuck things.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128860239688">2015-06-25 19:12:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128860239688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128860239688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are you doing freelance work for gaming companies? If so, which ones?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Telltale, Game Over</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128857007688">2015-06-25 19:13:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128857007688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128857007688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I instantly recognized your writing in the new chapter of Tales and man, Anthony, it felt really nice to see your work in a Borderlands game again.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thax</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128857568840">2015-06-25 19:13:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128857568840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128857568840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>would you want to date someone who didn't want to have sex till marriage ?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NOPE</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128892588616">2015-06-26 08:05:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128892588616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128892588616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Yay for gay marriage! Now even the gays get to feel the horrible feeling of divorce. It seems so simple and they could easily have done this years ago. Why'd it take so long?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because more of the country is made up of backwards fuckshits than any of us would like.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128918660680">2015-06-26 22:07:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128918660680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128918660680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Does Rocket Jump take screenplay submissions?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128905090120">2015-06-26 22:07:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128905090120&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128905090120&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Dilemma: a company offers you a sweet writing gig, good pay, creative control, etc. But the restriction is you have to use the conventional jrpg structure. You have to alternate between really long nonskippable cutscenes and unrelated grinding. Do you take it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ffffuck. Good question.<br><br>I mean, "full creative control" and "you have to have long cut scenes" are at odds with each other, aren't they?<br><br>Nah, I probably wouldn't do it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128903106376">2015-06-26 22:08:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128903106376&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128903106376&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What was the reasoning behind the "dickalicious" line Tiny Tina said in the presequel? Was there some kind of subtext to it? It just kinda seemed strange for her to say and also her reaction to it was funny.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i thought it was funny</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128956197704">2015-06-28 16:48:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128956197704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128956197704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What is your choice prophylactic?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">staring at pictures of bobby jindal</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128953312584">2015-06-28 16:48:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128953312584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128953312584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what do you think about the passage of time</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i'm super psyched about it except for the fact that it means my body degrades</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128927080264">2015-06-28 16:48:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128927080264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128927080264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Does your dislike of jrpgs include Persona 3? (I ask bc one of the HAWP episodes was about it.)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah. I wish that game was like eight jillion times faster, almost more menu based. Like, if all of school could just feel like a big dialog tree or something (so I don't have to waste so much time running around and jamming to A button to get through fucking ENDLESS dialog), and then the fighting in the dungeons was less hellishly repetitive (like, if I win a fight by exploiting every enemy's weakness, can you just not make me do that fucking exact fight over and over again? Can you just realize that you randomly rolled the exact same group of enemies, deduct some of my MP, and make me auto-win?)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128959100744">2015-06-28 16:50:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128959100744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128959100744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I still have a huge backlog of 360 games I need to beat(including the Mass Effect series), but E3 got me pretty hyped for upcoming releases. Do you think I should still wait on getting a current gen system?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Only buy a system when there's a game you feel like you must play on it. If that game doesn't exist for you yet (for me it was Ground Zeroes), don't bother.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128994183752">2015-06-28 23:47:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128994183752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128994183752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So. Jack, sexist or not? There's a line in episode 3 which makes him seem super sexist but then there's women in his life he's treated with a lot of respect, like Nisha. What's the deal?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Which line?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128997379656">2015-06-29 00:17:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128997379656&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128997379656&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm another person but I too was disturbed by this prase about Fiona: "She is a woman and she is right, I can't belive this!"</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hm, didn't notice that one.  <br><br>I mean, Jack's definitely kind of a chauvinist...I personally wouldn't have written that line for him, but this IS a guy who locked his daughter and Lilith up, so he's definitely got baggage about women with power. It doesn't feel spectacularly out of character for him.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128998642504">2015-06-29 02:53:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128998642504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128998642504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Which scenes in the latest ep of Tales from the Borderlands did you write/contribute to? I'm assuming you did the Jack-apedia (really enjoyed that btw) but what else?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thanks. I wrote for:<br><br>- The scene with Rhys and Jack atop the caravan (and the conversation with Athena preceding it)<br>- A lot of Athena and Fiona's conversations after they separate from Rhys and Sasha<br>- Various parts of the big fight at the end<br>- The Jackapedia</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128997098824">2015-06-29 02:54:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128997098824&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128997098824&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(Another "how do you feel about this jrpg question incoming) How do you feel about Xenoblade Chronicles? Do you think that its more active combat outweigh the standard tediums?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I wanted Xenoblade to be closer to FFXII, where I could just program shit to happen and wouldn't have to button mash (like, there's not an interesting combat decision to be made in just pressing "attack" a lot).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128993667144">2015-06-29 21:46:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128993667144&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128993667144&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do you hate jrpg's? They are awesome. Have you played a final fantasy game before?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I hate that they are very linear and noninteractive. They're long, generally poorly written movies that you have to go through a lot of grindy nonsense in order to even get to the story bits.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128987077704">2015-06-29 21:46:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128987077704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128987077704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What don't you like about Batman Arkham Knight?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Okay, so, first off, I love its open world gameplay. You always feel like there's something interesting to do, and you do it with almost zero fuss -- you're just gliding around and, oh, hey, it's a drone, I should take that out. No "go to this person to start this mission" bullshit except in the side missions, and even those feel elegantly tied into the overworld. <br><br>I think its stealth is the worst it's ever been. The arenas are too big, and you don't have that clean vocabulary of "perch on gargoyle = you can't be seen" that you had in the previous games because the gargoyles are much rarer and for some reason enemies can still see you a lot when you're up there. It's hard to know when you can do a fear multi-takedown and when you can't.<br><br>More than anything, though, I fucking *hate* the tone of the game. It's everything bad and hypocritical about Batman, smooshed into one game. It's a guy who is a piece of human shit, but, hey, it's okay, because he doesn't kill anyone! He just grabs a bad guy by the arm, tortures information out of him (because of course torture works), and says "you better not be lying, or I'll break the other one."<br>"The other what?!" <br>Then Batman breaks his fucking arm. For no reason, other than to be mean. <br>Except nobody ever really, really takes Batman to task for this shit. He's always right, he's always smartest. He's a horrible Mary Sue who teaches people that being an unemotional, sullen, vengeful shit is actually kind of cool. (Contrast this to TAS Batman and Bruce Wayne, who are functional human beings who are trying to make the world a better place, and often have a lot of emotional dimension and nuance).<br><br>It's also just so goddamned grimdark in this desire to be "serious" and "real".  SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS<br><br>When that one character shot herself in the head, I was fucking furious. Like, really? You're going to make me re-live her saddest moment in a hallucination, and THAT'S how you pay it off? So she can just die to make Batman sad and further his character (but not in any real way, because she didn't die due to any of his decisions -- he just gets to be even MORE sullen and brooding because "I couldn't save her," as if that means anything)? Fuck you -- she deserves better than a world so desperate to be Gritty that it makes things mean and horrible just for the sake of being mean and horrible.<br><br>It feels like the ultimate video game expression of a teenager trying to convince you he's an adult by dramatically overcompensating.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/128954692168">2015-06-29 21:55:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 128954692168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 128954692168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are there any jrpgs that you do like?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Super Mario RPG. The older Penny Arcade Adventures.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129034759496">2015-06-30 01:15:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129034759496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129034759496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I know you don't like jrpg's but fps game have the same problem. Go here, shoot that, go here; go back. Very repetitive and linear.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The average FPS encounter has more interesting decisions for a player to make than an average JRPG encounter. Even in a merely decent FPS, I have to actively think about more stuff (positioning, aim) than I do in a JRPG (where I'm just selecting "attack" from a menu over and over again, or, in Persona 3, selecting the exact correct elemental weakness over and over so I can do an all-out attack).<br><br>I just feel more like an active participant in an FPS. And, more than that, a single encounter in an FPS doesn't generally take more than 30 seconds, and you're active during that entire time. A JRPG has you stop, go into the battle screen, select stuff from a menu, wait for the animation to complete, wait for them to attack, then repeat that cycle until one side wins, then wait through the "you won" looting screen, then go back into the game overworld.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129058069320">2015-06-30 19:20:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129058069320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129058069320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are there any Metal Gear games you recommend skipping?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">All of them or none of them.<br><br>(At least if we're talking console releases. You can skip Portable Ops and the Acids, for sure.)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129065681224">2015-07-01 04:05:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129065681224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129065681224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just watched your season 5 video. Is Ash really asian or are you yankin my chain?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">We're both half... or quarter? Asian.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129096451912">2015-07-01 22:10:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129096451912&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129096451912&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Big fan of your work and Ashly's just wanted to ask you what you think about this article about E3 <a target="_blank" href="https://medium.com/">https://medium.com/</a>@adrianchm/the-truth-about-e3-2015-and-female-protagonists-b006094e44b1</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think that dude is generally a not-very-good game maker with not-very-good ideas and opinions.<br><br>I think he's saying accurate things in that article and making the wrong conclusions. A better article that says effectively the same thing, but focuses instead on the idea that "this is good but we have way more work to do" instead of "somehow this proves gamergate was right", can be found here: <a target="_blank" href="http://feministfrequency.com/2015/06/22/gender-breakdown-of-games-showcased-at-e3-2015/">http://feministfrequency.com/2015/06/22/gender-breakdown-of-games-showcased-at-e3-2015/</a><br><br>It's also not nothing to say, "well, the actual numbers haven't stayed horribly different, but the marketing focus has changed" -- like, focusing on presentation in women of your marketing is a REALLY BIG DEAL, in the same way that female protagonists in games are a big deal. It's about women being visible in male-dominated spaces.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129115998792">2015-07-02 20:10:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129115998792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129115998792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(I was the student loans person) If you have any advice for someone who's the first in her family to go to college and just really wants to get a great education and isn't sure if (a minimum of) 40k in debt by the end of undergrad is worth it, I'd really appreciate it. Really big fan of you & Ashly!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I wish I could give you a better answer, but I really don't know -- I was extremely lucky and lived in Arizona during a time where you would get free in-state tuition for certain SAT scores. So, I dunno, maybe I'll just tell you what was sorta going through my head and you can do with that what you will.<br><br>Looking back, this seems like the most obvious, simple choice in imagination: of COURSE you take the free education, you idiot. Except I'd lived in Arizona for 19 years, and hated every single one of them. I got accepted to NYU, my dream school. I wanted out. All I had to do was sign a loan that would put me $40k in debt for a single semester.<br><br>I agonized and agonized and agonized. I literally had my pen hovering above the "sign here" bit of my loan application when I stopped, put the pen down, buried my head in my hands, and realized I should just stay in Arizona and finish college there.<br><br>I got so depressed I have almost zero memory of anything that happened during those four years.<br><br>But! I'm currently debt free. If I'd spent even a single semester in NYU, I'd still be paying off the loan for it.<br><br>I also never used my college degree (BA in creative writing) for anything at all. I happen to be incredibly lucky in that my chosen field doesn't give a shit about degrees, though, so...yeah. I dunno. Ask somebody smarter and more experienced than me.<br><br>I wish I knew what to tell you. I'm sorry.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129132463688">2015-07-02 21:57:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129132463688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129132463688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>would you date an android like data</blockquote>
<div class="answer">There's an episode where Data gets a girlfriend and it doesn't work out<br><br>that said, probably</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129130503496">2015-07-02 21:58:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129130503496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129130503496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so I started Arkham Knight, and you're right about batman. He's a total asshole. And you're right about the story. It's trying so hard to be "gritty" and "dark". But it's such a fun play to me, that I don't really care.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah. Fantastic open world design, abysmal tone and story. ViDeOgAmEs</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129128832584">2015-07-02 21:58:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129128832584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129128832584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is bi-monthly podcast "occurring or produced twice a month or every two months"</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Every other week.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129108623432">2015-07-02 21:58:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129108623432&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129108623432&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>wait so which Asian though?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Mom's from Thailand.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129109325640">2015-07-02 21:58:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129109325640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129109325640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Present day anthony looking good in Patreon video</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thax</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129108200520">2015-07-02 21:58:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129108200520&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129108200520&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Will the new HAWPcast be on iTunes? I like to download that shiz straight to my phone.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I hope it will be? Uli's figuring it out.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129105084488">2015-07-02 21:59:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129105084488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129105084488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Had my first sexual experience as a woman yesterday. The lover was really into the 'chick with a dick' thing. I felt really fetishized, but that really turned me on. You think that is okay?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Iiii haven't a clue. I think if your discomfort outweighs your comfort, it's not okay. Maybe talk to them about it?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129102678088">2015-07-02 21:59:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129102678088&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129102678088&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so is the new hawpcast on itunes? can't find it... :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's not out until next week.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129100456520">2015-07-02 21:59:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129100456520&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129100456520&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are Zer0 and Maya asexual in canon?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">In my head they are, but what's in my head is no longer canon.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129074062664">2015-07-02 22:00:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129074062664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129074062664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Finally got around to playing marvelous miss take holy shit I fucking love this game Anthony!!!!!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I KNOW RIGHT SO FUCKING GOOD</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129073159496">2015-07-02 22:00:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129073159496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129073159496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So it was YOU who wrote the caravan scene in TFTBL ep 3? I just want to thank you for writing my favorite scene in that episode then, perhaps even my favorite scene of the whole game thus far. You're amazing; Thanks! Do you have any plans to write some more? (Please do, I love your work haha)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Glad you dug it! And yeah, I'm writing scenes for episodes 4 and 5.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129076305992">2015-07-02 22:00:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129076305992&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129076305992&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Finished Pre-Sequel and thought it was great, but I'm curious, was it always planned to be a frame story like it is? It seems weird to me that Lilith is interrogating Athena about Jack's rise to power when she was there for a significant portion of it. Just curious about the process!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">She's not meant to be interrogating Athena about Jack, she's interrogating Athena to know why Athena helped Jack in the first place.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129072404808">2015-07-02 22:01:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129072404808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129072404808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Which did you enjoy more The last of us or Telltales walkng dead? And why?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Last of Us taught me about a character named Joel. Walking Dead taught me about myself.<br><br>Walking Dead.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129137529672">2015-07-03 00:45:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129137529672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129137529672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you look absolutely beautiful in a full sleeve shirt. (i prefer full sleeves over short sleeves :3)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks! I should buy some more henleys.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129175683400">2015-07-04 19:07:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129175683400&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129175683400&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So System Shock 2 is getting a card game, you gonna get it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">wait what?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129147177288">2015-07-04 19:08:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129147177288&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129147177288&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>have you ever ruined everything</blockquote>
<div class="answer">most of the time</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129142006600">2015-07-04 19:08:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129142006600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129142006600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Rocksteady have given us a good set of batman games, but how would you tackle a superman game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Red Son. You don't play as Batman, you play as all of the members of the justice league trying to take him down. He's like Sinistar, roaming the city constantly, and you have to evade his gaze while getting the pieces you need to take him down. If your particular justice league member dies, they're gone for good.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129185957192">2015-07-04 19:57:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129185957192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129185957192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You and your creative friendship team have any plans for SDCC 2015? (!!?)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think I might be driving down, but, yeah, I dunno.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129169399368">2015-07-04 19:57:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129169399368&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129169399368&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So if you could magically time-travelly change anything of the story from BL2 or the Pre-Sequel, what would it be?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Wouldn't have damseled Lilith.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129168113992">2015-07-04 19:57:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129168113992&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129168113992&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What Does Your Intuition Tell You About No Man's Sky?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That it'll be really beautiful and cool, but that lots of people will think it gets old quickly because they're looking for a Minecraftlike or something rather than a glorified walking simulator (which is what I am looking for).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129162815560">2015-07-04 19:58:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129162815560&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129162815560&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your opinion on FemFreq now-a-days? I kinda lost my support after she said stupid things about Mad Max.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think you can disagree with certain things someone says and still find their opinions generally worthwhile.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129147157320">2015-07-04 19:58:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129147157320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129147157320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What did the Walking Dead teach you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The limits of my vengeance and mercy; my perhaps problematic naivete even when things get really dark; my capacity to fucking hate Kenny</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129145601864">2015-07-04 19:59:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129145601864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129145601864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have any aromantic headcanons? (for borderlands!)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not really, to be totally honest -- i'm generally pretty interested in the romantic aspect of people, so everyone has some sort of leaning or another</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129244495688">2015-07-06 17:08:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129244495688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129244495688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think the same rules apply to game series as movies? "Halo 5" already sounds ridiculous, but it's really Halo 7, along with Assassin's Creed god-knows-what and Call of Duty 15. If a movie series had 8 instalments you'd think "what the hell that's absurd". Should series stop after 3 games?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nothing will ever, ever stop so long as it makes money. the only reason we don't have the same kind of bullshit in movies is because you can't make movies as quickly as you can games (because sequels require the same actors being present for long periods of time, whereas you can make three Desmond AC games back to back to back on a yearly basis because you have three different studios working on them and you only need Desmond's actor in the booth for like a week total for each game)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129244619336">2015-07-06 17:09:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129244619336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129244619336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What would you like to see more video games do in the future?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Focus. Papers Please, Her Story, Portal, Braid, and games like them are all about taking a core idea (or small set of ideas) and exploring them fully, without adding a bunch of incidental nonsense that only serves to waste the player's time or give them "something to do". <br><br>I want more focused games that are about a specific thing, rather than a hodgepodge of ideas that exist to pad out game length and keep the player mindlessly busy.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129240358216">2015-07-06 17:10:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129240358216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129240358216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you genuinely seem heavily depressed at least whenever you come on here. Is that a fair interpretation or am I reading into things too much?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean I'm generally a pretty sad dude, but I wouldn't say I'm depressed</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129247038024">2015-07-06 17:11:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129247038024&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129247038024&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you know anything about programming, Anthony? I remember that Jonathan Blow said some interesting things about how knowing to program games was very important to design and write good games (games where narrative and gameplay are truly related, etc.).</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't. I wish I did, but I don't -- I just don't have a very mathematical brain.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129258548552">2015-07-06 18:15:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129258548552&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129258548552&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Would you like to see a Quentin Tarantino-directed Borderlands movie?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">what yes obviously</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129275109192">2015-07-07 03:20:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129275109192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129275109192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Dan Harmon interpreted Arkham Knight's stupidly macho grim story as "I'd change nothing. I love how anti-batman the story is. To truly love batman is to accept him as a selfish psycho." Thoughts?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't think the game comes even near enough to self-awareness of how psychopathic Batman is.<br><br>Like, the end of the game (the normal end, not the 100% end) is basically like, "YES! Batman succeeded because he's no longer capable of being afraid! Which means that he became a hero by feeling even FEWER human emotions than he already does!"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129278014280">2015-07-07 05:35:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129278014280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129278014280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I finished Her Story last night.  I loved the game.  I played it for several hours at a time over the course of 3 or 4 days, so by not playing in one session I feel like I may have forgotten things, but I felt like the story left too much up to the user's imagination.  What do you think about it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">There are a couple of things I'm specifically curious about, but I got 75% of the entries and I feel like I have a pretty decent idea of what happened in the general.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129260897864">2015-07-07 05:39:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129260897864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129260897864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You said what's in your head is no longer canon because you left, but Athena still being a lesbian is a canon shared by the rest of the staff, and not just you, right? I wanna make sure.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I can't say what's in anyone else's head. I really goddamn HOPE they stay true to it, but I can't guarantee anything.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129279008072">2015-07-07 14:52:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129279008072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129279008072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>sorry if this is a weird question but do you have any trans headcanons or characters you regret not writing as trans</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I regret not having a trans character of some sort, but I don't regret not, like, retroactively saying Maya was trans or something (because I'd prefer to have a trans voice actor in that case).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129278961992">2015-07-07 14:53:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129278961992&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129278961992&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Would you like to WRITE for a Tarentino directed Borderlands Movie?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh jesus christ no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129324361544">2015-07-08 15:10:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129324361544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129324361544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So you wrote some of the Athena and Fiona bits in episode 3? In TPS Athena says she searched for her sister for 20 years before she finally found her on Pandora but in episode 3 she says her scarf was a present from her sister before she went on her first long away mission. What's the dealio?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">what's up how you doin</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129320150600">2015-07-08 15:11:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129320150600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129320150600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why are you complaining about batman breaking a violent gang member's wrist/arm? should he have just let the guy go to do whatever he wanted unimpaired? where he would definitely break more laws because the cops are stretched so thin?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">He had the dude on the ground in a position of total disempowerment. Replace "batman" with "cop" and see how weird that is</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129302811464">2015-07-08 15:12:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129302811464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129302811464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your favorite Western film?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ooh, shit. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, maybe? Or Unforgiven?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129313161544">2015-07-08 15:12:37</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129313161544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129313161544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>since anita sarkeesian's mostly given from criticising meaningful misogyny and is now mostly complaining about violence (esp. violence done by women for some reason?) do you think she hates Borderlands?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I've spoken to her personally about Borderlands, and her feelings are appropriately mixed -- she really liked the Tiny Tina DLC and thinks the games are generally funny and cool, but some stuff (Angel, Lilith, the bit where you burn a bunch of people alive in their trailers as they sleep) felt off to her, and honestly feels off to me, too.<br><br>These conversations are also why my head fucking explodes when people say that she doesn't play games, because holy shit most people don't even know the trailer sidequest EXISTS.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129302756168">2015-07-08 15:13:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129302756168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129302756168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>are you a hugger</blockquote>
<div class="answer">if I know you really well and don't have a crush on you, yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129301630280">2015-07-08 15:14:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129301630280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129301630280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is handsome jack a poc</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129299351624">2015-07-08 15:14:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129299351624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129299351624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>On the Dan Harmon/Batman thing... But didn't the ending (minus the post end moment) accept the idea that Batman's existence and operation in Gotham is what causes all of his friends and associates to be put in more danger than they normally would be?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Not really, especially considering the 100% ending where there's a new Batman and yaaaay new Batman, we did it guys, Gotham is totally safe.<br><br>That and the entire game is about constructing a reality where a Batman is necessary and his violence is justified -- only a few of the baddies do shit just to fuck with Batman, everyone else is just trying to be a criminal and has a really easy time because the police force is 100% ineffectual and the criminals have an unlimited cash supply.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129298745928">2015-07-08 15:16:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129298745928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129298745928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Does that head canon question also applie to Tiny Tina's sexuality I.E. Her being gay is more of in your head but not well known among gearbox. Even though the game does hint towards her being gay a few times, and the wiki does state that she has a crush on maya and moxxie but doesn't say she's gay</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, probably. I tried to make her sexuality more overt in the Torgue DLC but the higher ups made me delete the dialog concerning it (which Randy later publicly regretted).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129292773960">2015-07-08 15:16:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129292773960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129292773960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think your experience writing for Gearbox and Rocket Jump translates to more traditional forms of writing like novels or short stories? Or are the differences so big that you wouldn't even know how to approach a novel?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The differences are very big. The part of my brain that knows how to write dialog and jokes and situations is very different from the part that understands basic sentence structure, syntax, and prose. I tried to write a novel at one point and found it pretty difficult to simply make one sentence naturally flow into the other. I don't, generally, have a super great grasp on grammar.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129294175816">2015-07-08 15:20:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129294175816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129294175816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>speaking of lesbians, athena being a lesbian singlehandedly saved my best friend's life and idk who to thank for that but youre the only (ex)gearbox employee i can contact and idk why it just means so much to her and it helped her come to terms with herself</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Holy fucking shit. Thank you so much for telling me this. I hope your friend is doing well.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129292494152">2015-07-08 15:20:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129292494152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129292494152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can you not tell based on your Borderlands or HAWP work what good writing is with your new stuff even slightly? Really? Do you have a bunch of people you trust or is it just throw out into the world and curl into a ball waiting for everyone to firebomb you</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Everything always feels different, so my instincts don't much count for shit -- sure, this short film may feel good, but I write videogames and really really really short videos, so what the fuck do I know about what looks good? <br><br>But yes, there are definitely people in my life whom I greatly trust, and it's thanks basically solely to them that anything I trust doesn't suck complete ass.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129290351688">2015-07-08 15:22:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129290351688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129290351688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>But Batman isn't a cop. Never has been. Do you just not like superheroes in general?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, but Batman is a Good Guy. And Good Guys generally do not break peoples' arms for no reason other than rank bloodlust.<br><br>Which, sure, have a Good Guy do that, but then make the story about how fucking horrifying that is and what a shitty person he is for doing it. Batman doesn't do that -- it thinks "I'll break your other one" is legitimately badass and cool because it's so Gritty and Hard.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129327842632">2015-07-08 19:24:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129327842632&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129327842632&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I would normally agree with you, but Batman's whole shtick is fear. If he doesn't kill criminals, he has to make them fear him, and he has to put on that gritty "I'll break your other one" persona to instill fear in his enemies (not the original asker, btw).</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Sure, but that's a purely narrative excuse for "isn't it cool that this dude is fucking brutal and mean, isn't it badass". It doesn't change how it's weird that the game wants you to root for this sort of behavior. And besides, it's up to the creators to decide how "fear" manifests itself -- the idea of a dude coming out of nowhere and incapacitating you can be implicitly scary without the added threat of "and also he'll break most of your limbs".</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129332968776">2015-07-08 19:59:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129332968776&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129332968776&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Will you accept me as your apprentice?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">k</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129346718280">2015-07-09 02:48:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129346718280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129346718280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I can't help but feel that the writers for this Batman read Watchmen and didn't quite get it. Bone-breaking gritty Batman puts me in mind of the scene of Rorschach breaking a guy's fingers. Do you see any similarity?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yes, except Watchmen knew -- even if many of its readers, myself included, didn't -- that Rorschach is a fucking worthless psychopath who accomplishes literally nothing (unless you count a right-wing newspaper getting his illegible journal an accomplishment). At the end, he even sees that he is basically useless in this world and still refuses to change, leading to his destruction.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129347035208">2015-07-09 03:20:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129347035208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129347035208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey Anthony, would you ever be willing to give a talk at the University of Arizona's Game Development Club?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Maybe remotely. I never set foot into Arizona if I can help it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129351616840">2015-07-09 15:35:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129351616840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129351616840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Your point about Rorschach is the main reason why I disliked the Watchmen movie. Zach Snyder has no idea what subtlety means and the ending shot of the journal seems like it's meant to give the reader hope instead of drive home the futility of his actions.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, Snyder thinks all those characters are fucking dope as shit. In the wrong way.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129360544328">2015-07-09 15:48:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129360544328&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129360544328&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>By the end of Arkham Knight I was under the impression that Bruce faked his death (Hid in the Batcave idk) and the "new Batman" isn't actually there at all, but Scarecrow's toxin just hasn't worn off for criminals. Silly theory?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think they came up with an intentionally vague, bullshit ending to leave the door open for whatever they wanted to do later.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129354254152">2015-07-09 15:48:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129354254152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129354254152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You didn't like the Preacher comics?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">They're mean, macho horseshit that seems to hate people who aren't like Jesse and Cassidy (their big rant on how therapy is bullshit is fucking infuriating).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129350960712">2015-07-09 18:39:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129350960712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129350960712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>talking of people not getting Watchmen's Rorshach, what do you think of Fight Club? A lot of people seem to think it's a condemnation of toxic masculinity while others see it as a celebration of it. Where do you lie?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I like it, but I think it's trying to have its cake and eat it too. It's definitely saying that consumerism is bullshit and the emotions people feel in a fight club are closer to our "true" selves. That it then goes kind of apeshit and turns all the people who believe this into space monkeys is I guess making a point about how all value systems eventually become corrupting, but it doesn't actually undermine its message about how fucking awesome the fight clubs were initially.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129359484488">2015-07-09 18:40:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129359484488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129359484488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Will you ever come to London in the UK? Ever?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Maybe someday, but I've no specific plans to.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129367681608">2015-07-09 20:18:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129367681608&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129367681608&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Let's talk about why you're sad all the time.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">*shrug* I have been since middle school, I dunno. It's just my default mode. Allegedly this is not uncommon in comedy writers.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129370461000">2015-07-09 20:19:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129370461000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129370461000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so when's Ulicon 2: Electric Boogaloo?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">next year</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129367698504">2015-07-09 20:22:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129367698504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129367698504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When I found out about you I thought you were a dick. But you're kind of an okay dude.  Cheer up.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nice</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129370746440">2015-07-09 22:39:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129370746440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129370746440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>did you try xcom iron man</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I played it iron man my first time through and won and hot diggity fucking daaaaamn</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129387353416">2015-07-11 17:43:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129387353416&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129387353416&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey so I know Athena is super awesome and gay and you/she liked saved ppl's lives w/ representation, but on a FAR LESS IMPORTANT scale: Finding out Axton was bi just opened the door to me and my husband having the hottest MFF threesome in the galaxy, so high-five to you on that too, dude.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">holy christ, nice</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129377579080">2015-07-11 17:43:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129377579080&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129377579080&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Fight Club does too good a job of being Tyler and convincing you how fucking awesome the club is and then becomes obsessed with its midpoint twist and turns into an entirely different movie. Which works but also means it never really addresses how fucked up it was earlier as persuasively</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeah, exactly</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129382815560">2015-07-11 17:44:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129382815560&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129382815560&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>That last comment had the eerie ring of that "You'd be a lot prettier if you smiled" line. <br><br>I think you just got anonymously negged?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh no now i want to put forth more effort to make them like me <br><br>dammit</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129379129160">2015-07-11 17:44:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129379129160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129379129160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what do you think of Her Story?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Fucking incredible. Uses its constraints in such a brilliant way to make you really, honestly feel like a detective. LA Noire makes you feel like a character in a shitty detective story; Her Story actually makes you feel like a detective, following leads and trying to catch contradictions and following up on them in your own specific way.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129382365512">2015-07-11 17:46:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129382365512&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129382365512&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So I just watched your latest HAWP video after having seen your Patreon announcement video (both of which I've enjoyed :3). You and Ash look pretty different in each one and the locations are different; were your season 5 episodes filmed a year or so ago?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129382205256">2015-07-11 17:46:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129382205256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129382205256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you take some mild comfort in the familiarity of being sad, since it's been ~15 yrs I'm guessing (based on your age)? That is to say, do you just feel like yourself when you're sad? I recall a brief time in early high school when I took some solace in pitying myself. Never really determined why.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The opposite. I don't like feeling the same way I did when I was a teenager -- makes me feel like I haven't made any progress (and I was a pretty miserable teenager, so).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129379259976">2015-07-11 17:48:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129379259976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129379259976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://gr33dsama.tumblr.com/post/123586153543">http://gr33dsama.tumblr.com/post/123586153543</a> I'm genuinely curious as to what you think of this post. Do you think that you sacrificed the atmosphere and dark humor of the original borderlands too much and drove it too far into over the top, silly humor?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Personally, I don't, but of course I don't because I wrote the thing.<br><br>I mean, there's a LOT of dark humor all throughout BL2 (the echo quest in the caustic caverns, Tina's backstory), so what people are actually reacting to when they say stuff like this (which is generally pretty rare, but still gets mentioned) is one of two things:<br>- Holy shit everyone talked way too much: i.e., I liked how BL1 had almost no dialog and I got to basically make up the big holes in the story in my head<br>-I don't find your shitty writing funny: which isn't exactly something I can help, but I get it.<br><br>I mean, BL2 won't be to everyone's tastes, and that's fine. But we specifically set out to address the first game's single most consistent complaint -- "there's no story" -- and I think we did that.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129403932488">2015-07-11 17:51:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129403932488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129403932488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Games to movies are awful. Games based on movies are short and awful. How would write a good game of a movie?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'd do what Rockstar did with The Warriors and really focus on making a good game first.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129435996232">2015-07-12 03:13:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129435996232&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129435996232&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You ever done the skateboard thing? I tried for a little bit till I saw another kid's arm bending a way it shouldn't. Along that same line you ever broken anything?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">For exactly fifteen seconds until I almost biffed an ollie.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129454735944">2015-07-12 17:03:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129454735944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129454735944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hi! I bought the Handsome Collection this week and am playing BL2 for the first time. I'm not all that far in, but already I'm digging it more than BL1 exactly because folks have some personality now (particularly Handsome Jack). Really enjoying your influence on the series. :)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks much.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129438388296">2015-07-12 17:12:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129438388296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129438388296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Perrrrrsonally I think that "hopeless, gritty, serious" atmosphere of Bl1 is the same gorram thing every FPS for the last decade tries to create and just ends up feeling dull and flavourless, same as Fallout 3 vs New vegas. Bl1 set itself apart with art style/gameplay, not writing so much. (1)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129452756040">2015-07-12 17:12:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129452756040&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129452756040&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>But like NV, Bl2 developing a personality for the series instead of just "serious and sepia" made me care about the characters and world way more, because of those moments of colour and levity, need contrast yo. I think humour in a wasteland is actually way more relatable than "blargh serious" (2)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thanks. That makes sense, given I love NV way more than F3 (and often feel the minority in that regard)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129452757832">2015-07-12 17:12:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129452757832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129452757832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do I stop being prentious? It's gotten to the point where I'm going to delete my okcupid account if I have to talk to one more person about Vampire Weekend. I don't attack people for their tastes I just don't connect with people who arent as into art as I am and I can't move past it. Help?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Iii have no idea. Maybe eventually you'll get lonely enough that you'll stop being that way?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129436939336">2015-07-12 17:13:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129436939336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129436939336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>sorry i'm not so good at talking to people, but your writing kicks ass and you seem like a fucking great guy, thanks for inspiring my and a lot of other people</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks very much</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129409327944">2015-07-12 17:13:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129409327944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129409327944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Saw the question about westerns and another really good one to watch is True Grit</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YES. The remake especially. The original is fine, but the remake's fucking great.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129484059976">2015-07-13 20:19:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129484059976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129484059976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you get a razor scooter when they were popular?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah girl</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129473151304">2015-07-13 20:19:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129473151304&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129473151304&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Rockstar had the luxury of The Warriors being released back in the 70s, while most movie adaptations rush to meet release dates. Do you think more games should be based on movies completely out the history books?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think if you have to make a licensed game, yeah, it's definitely better for it to be an older license, because then you've got the wisdom of ages to know what works about that license and what doesn't, what people expect and want from it, etc.<br><br>I really want Trouble in Terrorist Town to become a proper, polished game with The Thing license.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129489787720">2015-07-13 20:20:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129489787720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129489787720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In regards to: <a target="_blank" href="http://gr33dsama.tumblr.com/post/123586153543">http://gr33dsama.tumblr.com/post/123586153543</a> .  I strongly disagree with the post.  A fucked up world like Pandora would have humor as a coping mechanism.  It's not a coincidence that comedy writers are a bit messed up.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Also, it's like, you remember BL1 had Scooter saying his mom's "girly parts" were like "throwing a hot dog down a skag den," right? And the first DLC was a Zombie b-movie? And the third DLC's best character (Knoxx) said stuff like "toodles" and "this planet smells like hemorrhoids wrapped in bacon"?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129477535048">2015-07-13 20:22:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129477535048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129477535048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think of Satoru Iwata's passing?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Fucking sad. He seemed like a really nice dude, and his "Iwata asks" were the best look into the truth of the game design process that I've ever seen. But nobody reported on them, because, I dunno, they proved that game journalists are bad at their jobs or something.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129504206664">2015-07-13 20:24:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129504206664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129504206664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm on board with the idea that women shouldn't apologize as often as many of them do. As a male, is there anything I can do about it? How should I react (if at all) when my female coworker says "Sorry, but here's that thing you asked for"?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Just, really casually and with a smile, say, "Oh, no problem! You don't have to be sorry!"<br><br>Or something like that, I dunno. Just try to keep things casual and friendly so you let them know it's okay to not fall back on their usual submissive vocabulary, without coming across condescending.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129472888648">2015-07-13 20:26:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129472888648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129472888648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do about social anxiety? I was at the grocery store yesterday and started freaking out b/c there were too many people there.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If you find out, lemme know. My first instinct upon entering any party is to start running.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129473446472">2015-07-13 20:26:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129473446472&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129473446472&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In regards to women apologizing to men, I've always fallen back on "You have nothing to be sorry for," because I feel like the implication is more "you did nothing to warrant an apology" and less "what you did didn't offend /me/." But maybe that's condescending? I dunno.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Dunno either. Think your heart's in the right place.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129527744072">2015-07-14 18:39:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129527744072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129527744072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you regret how racist the hammerlock dlc was?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129532410184">2015-07-14 18:39:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129532410184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129532410184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>got any advice for how a not voogetarian can get excited about the prospect of eating salads without completely drowning them in dressing or otherwise nullifying their nutritional value? I already have the step of using spinach instead of lettuce down.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Dude if you find out, lemme know. I'm a vegetarian and I fucking HATE salads</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129523731272">2015-07-14 18:39:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129523731272&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129523731272&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>At what point in the process of writing Borderlands 2 did you get more comfortable with your writing? "For a while every word I put down felt wrong" is that a matter of finding your voice or getting comfortable or both</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I never got comfortable, I just heard some people at work say they thought some lines were funny so I latched onto that as hard as I could.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129523592008">2015-07-14 18:40:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129523592008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129523592008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Best female character in games? and why is it The Boss?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Jade. Or Glados. NO! Hammer from Fable 2, I think. Or Sera from DA:I. <br><br>Definitely not The Boss (it feels like we jumped into the 2nd game about her without any of the emotional groundwork that would have been lain by a 1st game).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129522743112">2015-07-14 18:40:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129522743112&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129522743112&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>With Satoru Iwata's passing what are some of your fond Nintendo memories?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Playing Mario/Duck Hunt is one of my oldest memories. Sitting around playing Kirby Super Star with Ash for hours on end is one of my happiest.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129505832264">2015-07-14 18:41:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129505832264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129505832264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Which do you choose to write? A HBO/AMC show? A game with which ever dev studio? An AAA movie? You have full creative control and an unlimited budget.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ffffffff probably a show?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129473781832">2015-07-14 18:41:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129473781832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129473781832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I do love The Boss as a character, even if she's not THE BEST FEMALE VG CHARACTER EVER. That's obviously Doctor Chakwas :).</blockquote>
<div class="answer">CHAKWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129543824712">2015-07-14 23:54:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129543824712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129543824712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do people get offened by fictional characters? Remember when some douches were complaining about tiny tina being racist. Even if she was a Nazi whi hated other races... she's fictional.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because all characters are made by human beings who want you to feel things, and human beings are very susceptible to ideas and philosophies from fiction. If a character convincingly conveys shitty ideas, that can make the world a shittier place (heroes like James Bond have probably, in their own way, helped further rape culture -- a kid growing up sees Bond literally wrestle Pussy Galore to the ground before fucking her, he might grow up thinking, well, when women say they don't wanna fuck they're sometimes playing hard to get).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129541720392">2015-07-14 23:56:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129541720392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129541720392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you think the Dead Fantasy Series was cool as shit? Or, eh?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">loved it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129548017224">2015-07-15 03:48:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129548017224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129548017224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Should there be more gay lead characters in games for the sake of furthering the cause? Or should there be gay lead characters in games because its conducive to a story?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Do you think straight lead characters are conducive to story? Is there, beyond people thinking it's icky and publishers worrying it'll subsequently drive sales away, a spectacular reason that a lead MUST be straight?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129546690120">2015-07-15 03:49:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129546690120&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129546690120&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>To answer your other anon, people get offended by fictional characters because they're a representation of the thoughts and ideals that goes on in our society. They mean a lot to some people. That's why I get offended by Jeremy Renner's insistence that he had a right to slutshame Black Widow when</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129545667656">2015-07-15 03:50:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129545667656&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129545667656&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>a) she's the only big-screen female Avenger/hero role model to many young girls and b) it's not her fault she was reduced to a love interest because of her gender. Furthermore, characters give hope through representation, like how Athena's sexuality gave a woman the strength to accept herself.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yez</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129545714504">2015-07-15 03:50:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129545714504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129545714504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Yeah, so does thst mean we need to self censor ourselves and not explore certain ideas? (The character of James bond is a terrible role model, kind of a malshovanist)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, it means you can't make characters or situations without really, really seriously considering *what you are saying.*<br><br>You can tell a story about rape. Sure. But you have to handle it RESPONSIBLY -- don't eroticize the rape, don't use it to further another male character's arc, don't make it an ambiguous rape, and so on. If you do, you're telling people something fucked up about rape whether you intended to or not. Mad Max Fury Road handles the subject responsibly. Game of Thrones does not.<br><br>Generally speaking, people aren't really "exploring ideas" when they do problematic shit. Colin Trevorrow, when confronted about Bryce Dallas Howard's horrific character arc in Jurassic World, sorta shrugged and went, "shit, I hadn't thought of it that way, I didn't think we were saying anything at all." <br><br>Which is the problem. EVERYTHING you make says SOMETHING, and you need to be 100% certain that you're saying exactly what you WANT to say.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129544909896">2015-07-15 03:53:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129544909896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129544909896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How often have you been 100% certain that what you're saying is exactly what you want to say?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Not often. But I've tried very hard. The point that I'm making is that many, many creators don't even take THAT step. Most people are happy to write about marginalized groups without ever actually speaking to anyone from that group, for example. <br><br> It's what leads to people *accidentally* filming rape scenes. It's what leads to stupid, regressive characters like Bryce Dallas Howard's in Jurassic World, or fetishistic half-attempts at telling a marginalized person's story, like Jared Leto in Dallas Buyer's Club.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129552395080">2015-07-15 05:32:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129552395080&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129552395080&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So should media always, or preferably, be a positive experience? Are movies that make you feel like shit inherently worse than movies that make you feel good?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No. Again, it's about portraying something responsibly. "Lucky" by Alice Sebold is a harrowing, awful experience to read, but it's one of the most important books I've ever read because it takes the subject of rape and deals with it in the most victim-centric way possible, focusing on its aftermath and how the victim's (author's) life changed.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129560239944">2015-07-15 15:50:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129560239944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129560239944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What really irritates me is that the same people who spout the "grow up, it's fictional" horse shit when confronted with criticism revolving around race, gender, sexuality, etc. are often the same people who cry "that wasn't in the comics!" or "that's not how the original character was!"</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yarp</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129562378056">2015-07-15 15:51:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129562378056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129562378056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't think you watch Orange is the new black but there were two rapes scene in season 3. And honestly it was my (and many reviewers') favorite storyline of the season. The rape scene was hard for me to watch but it focused on the victim's face because it was HER story.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I haven't watched past season one, but yeah, this sounds like the kind of thing I'm talking about (which probably explains why I haven't heard of any "oitnb rape scene is shitty and irresponsible" thinkpieces like I have with GoT).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129563987528">2015-07-15 15:57:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129563987528&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129563987528&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What so are you saying we have to really think about what we are showing? But all characters can't be strong and be a positive role model for their minority/race/gender ir sexuality.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Not saying that. You can make characters real people with flaws and goals and obstacles and agency, or you can make them shitty stereotypes that say shitty things. Nobody's saying you have to make characters Mary Sues.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129560436296">2015-07-15 15:58:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129560436296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129560436296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Also James Bond kills/murders people for money (by just following orders). Not exactly a stand-up role model in that sense either.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, the Bourne movies are a pretty good refutation of the idea that James Bond is a hero.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129563498824">2015-07-15 15:59:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129563498824&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129563498824&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's an "ambiguous rape"? And it may just be because I don't understand what the term means that I have to ask this follow-up, but why would an ambiguous rape be an "irresponsible" rape story? Rape is something fucked up no matter HOW you tell the story...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Google "legitimate rape" and the fallout from the Cersei rape in game of thrones.<br><br>The problem is that we're always happy to react appropriately to many other types of violent crime (you'd never say "legitimate murder"), but when it comes to rape we hem and haw and come up with excuses and throw guilt on the victim and try to muddy the waters of what did or didn't happen.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129567068744">2015-07-15 19:01:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129567068744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129567068744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can a writer ever get more than a superficial representation of certain experiences if they don't share it? You can probably write a woman or black man as a white person if you just avoid stereotype and flesh them out, but can you tell a story ABOUT racial oppression or disability without knowing?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Probably not, to be honest. I've worked on stuff where we wanted to make A Story About The ____ Experience but almost none of us WERE that type of person, and we felt really guilty and weird about pretending to know what that experience is life (even if the desire to depict that was coming from a good place). Instead, just donate to and support marginalized people who make art about their own experiences.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129555606344">2015-07-15 19:02:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129555606344&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129555606344&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In a terrifying mirror universe in which you are in charge of a new Star Trek show, who would you put in the captain's chair?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">a dog</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129573098568">2015-07-15 21:51:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129573098568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129573098568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do you feel qualified to write a book about MGS? Your post about The Boss shows that you have no idea what you're talking about wrt the series</blockquote>
<div class="answer">*jerking off motion*</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129578148936">2015-07-16 01:04:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129578148936&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129578148936&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>tbh I think we've come really far in terms of representation and social consciousness in gaming, to the point where we really just need to get more POC/LGBTQ+/marginalized people working in AAA studios. I don't want the nature of games to change, but I want to see more marginalized stories told.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm not quite sure what your last sentence means -- it seems like you can't have one without the other, at least in part -- but I agree, generally.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129576810568">2015-07-16 01:04:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129576810568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129576810568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>on the hawpcast y'all talked about how perfect mad max was and i liked the movie but like, remember how the thin pretty girls got to escape but they left all the fat girls behind? how the fat girls were milk machines and how nobody saved them? i dont know i kinda thought it was fucked</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hadn't considered that, honestly. I guess some of the brides could have been less conventionally attractive, but I do wonder if that honestly would have confused their purpose in the story -- suddenly, Immortan Joe looks a lot more progressive.<br><br>Unless you're saying it would have been cool if Furiosa could have snuck out some of the milk maids, which...yeah, that's a good point. Hadn't thought of that. World'd obviously be better with more body diversity amongst main characters.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129574331976">2015-07-16 01:06:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129574331976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129574331976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just another quick question Anthony my man. If I kind of base a character on you do you want to get paid for it? When it makes hella change?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">wat</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129572513352">2015-07-16 01:06:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129572513352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129572513352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Honest question from a novice feminist: If a guy and a girl both get drunk, and they have sex which she could not consent to (due to being drunk), should he be blamed? or does the fact that he was also drunk, therein also unable to make a clear decision, absolve him in anyway?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Honestly dunno. I'd assume it's nobody's fault, as nobody was in control? I dunno.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129576370760">2015-07-16 01:26:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129576370760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129576370760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You are hired by Marvel to pick a hero and write a movie for Phase 4 of the MCU. Which hero do you pick and why?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Squirrel Girl, because she's the fucking best. Except I wouldn't write it, I'd have Ryan North write it, because he's better.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129573290312">2015-07-16 01:27:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129573290312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129573290312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Grant Morrison or Alan Moore?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Alan Moore, though I like both.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129571760968">2015-07-16 01:27:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129571760968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129571760968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Any short films from ricket jump coming out by you? plus release date for new HAWP? Writing another game? A TV show?  Anthony Burch writing a MOViE!!! Oh damn.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">A ricketjump short is coming out in the next couple weeks, new HAWPs are every two weeks, I'm doing some game stuff on the side.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129572976456">2015-07-16 01:27:37</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129572976456&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129572976456&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's Your Favorite Console Controller of All Time, So Far?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">SNES. Felt so smooth, like a bar of soap with buttons.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129569083976">2015-07-16 01:30:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129569083976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129569083976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Yeah, I don't think I communicated that too well -- what I mean is that I still wanna see Far Crys and Assassins Creeds and the like, but I also wanna see POC/LGBTQ+/Marginalized protagonists with the same frequency and in the same roles as "standard straight white dude."</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Right, yeah.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129580112712">2015-07-16 02:08:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129580112712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129580112712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Couple bangs with condom. Completion.  Drops used condom on floor. Leaves.  Other couple enters without condom. Wanna get busy. Guy foolishly turns condom inside-out. They do it. Woman get pragnent from other man's spermatozoa. Who dat baby's daddy?  Who is legally responsible for it? Speak, Solomon</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cut the man's dick in half, that all may have half a dick<br><br>but for real what fuckin' idiot turns a condom inside out, it's the idiot's fault for doing that</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129588286280">2015-07-16 17:20:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129588286280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129588286280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Twitter keeps suggesting to follow you.  But you're a horrible writer who promotes backward and archaic ideas about game narrative, why should I follow such a cuckold pleb?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cause occasionally i post great dick pics</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129591575112">2015-07-16 17:22:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129591575112&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129591575112&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Where did you work pre-gearbox? Also, the link to the second podcast on the hawp website doesn't seem to be working...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Destructoid. Also, it should be fixed now.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129594418760">2015-07-16 17:22:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129594418760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129594418760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(1) Re: The Milk Maids from Mad Max -- I think the movie still treated them pretty well despite their small role, considering A) They existed in the first place (PLENTY of media doesn't even acknowledge that that fat women exist in the world at all, much less as sex slaves/victims of abuse), and</blockquote>
<div class="answer">,.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129596637256">2015-07-16 17:38:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129596637256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129596637256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(2) B) They were the ones to release the water back to the world! Imagine the grace, strength, resilience, and love it would take to do that. Having your very body used to nourish your abusers, but then to turn around and nourish the world. Not the wives, the warboys, Max or Furiosa, but them <3</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Very very good points, all.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129596642376">2015-07-16 17:38:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129596642376&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129596642376&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you seen the Evil Dead movies? What're your thoughts on them?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Love the fuck out of them (2 and 3 more than 1).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129581008968">2015-07-16 17:38:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129581008968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129581008968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you ever eat from subway what</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ew no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129586010440">2015-07-16 17:39:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129586010440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129586010440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hard or soft taco</blockquote>
<div class="answer">hard</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129585983816">2015-07-16 17:39:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129585983816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129585983816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What was the last thing that really inspired you? Something that made you want to write right away or create with enthusiasm.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Conversations with people you have crushes on are always pretty good inspiration.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129594775112">2015-07-16 17:53:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129594775112&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129594775112&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>opinion on the mass effect movie being played by apparently white mshep?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm not omega-psyched about it, but I get it. There's nothing that screams quality about video game adaptations inherently, so you wanna avoid risk whenever possible. That said, yeah, kind of a bummer.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129594277448">2015-07-16 17:54:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129594277448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129594277448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you were tasked with writing the next Paul Blart movie what would it be about?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It'd be a shot for shot remake of Hard Target</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129587863112">2015-07-16 17:59:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129587863112&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129587863112&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you think feminist porn can ever truly exist? some feminist theorists/academics are very adamant about it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Feminist porn already exists (Smut Peddler!). <br><br>I am deeply suspicious of anti-sex or anti-porn feminists, as denying women their ability/desire to be sexual and horny is sort of the thing that society already does.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129603143752">2015-07-16 19:52:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129603143752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129603143752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re: novice feminist - If she was too drunk to give consent, but he wasn't, he'd be liable. As I understand it, legally, an intoxication defense (in the US) would likely not avoid a conviction (but may earn a reduced sentence). Rape is a general intent crime, so no need to prove intent</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129601072968">2015-07-16 19:53:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129601072968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129601072968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Now if BOTH parties were too drunk to establish informed consent but somehow managed to have sex, that falls under nebulous legal lines: who got whom drunk, a jury's opinion of who compelled who to have sex/get THAT drunk, etc. In practice, there probably wouldn't be enough evidence to meet burden.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129601080136">2015-07-16 19:53:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129601080136&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129601080136&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Law isn't perfect tho. All in all it's about subtlety through lived experience. Seeing the line between coherence and non-coherence, consent and lack of consent. Where you're able to tell where other people fall along those lines. If you can't, well, that's a good sign that you shouldn't proceed</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, general rule of thumb for me, as of late, has been:<br>-Ask yourself if this is even a little bit creepy<br>-If there answer isn't "what? no, of course not," don't do it</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129601092168">2015-07-16 19:53:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129601092168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129601092168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why don't game devs focus more on women? I mean look at the beetles, justin bieber or one direction. Their core fan base is millions of young girls. Girls are smart, dedicated fans that attach themselves to something. If devs/writers focused on that then maybe their games would sell better.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">A lot of it is that game devs honestly believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that women don't play games. They just straight up don't believe it, because it wasn't the case when they grew up and they assume that every study and statistic to the contrary is just progressive well-wishing and not documented fact.<br><br>Or they shift goalposts and say, oh, well, women only play social games like Candy Crush. Which, let's say that's true (which it arguably is not, especially when you look at what games young girls are playing and see that, holy fuck, these girls are playing a LOT of Minecraft and Call of Duty). Most game devs would rather stick to what they know than try to grab at an untapped market, because marketing wisdom says that it's wiser to focus down on one thing and be REALLY good at it than to try and diversify, even if you're potentially missing out on an enormous market.<br><br>This is a really good read on the subject: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/12/2/5143856/no-girls-allowed">http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/12/2/5143856/no-girls-allowed</a></div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129595382344">2015-07-16 19:56:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129595382344&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129595382344&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you find it difficult to stay focused on work when you work at/on a computer? You've got literally the whole web at your fingertips, plus games, etc. Is that a struggle for you, and if so, what methods do you use to stay on task and no follow every rabbit hole tangent that pops into your head?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Considering I am answering ask.fm stuff instead of writing a script for a trailer:<br><br>yes, I find it difficult to stay focused.<br><br>I just naturally get stressed out if I have incomplete work, though, so my desire to have a clean plate inevitably sends me back to the coal mines every few minutes.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129601563464">2015-07-16 19:58:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129601563464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129601563464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When a new game comes out, what source(s) do you consult to decide whether to buy it? (Trailer, website reviews, fan reviews, etc?)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Reviews from publications and people I trust. Exclusively.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129590676040">2015-07-16 20:11:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129590676040&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129590676040&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what makes a love story good? do you have a favorite one? whether if it's a movie, a game, book, etc... (my personal favorite is Spike Jonze's Her)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I dunno! I wish I did. If I had to guess, I'd say that my favorite love stories try to focus on sweetness over manufactured drama. April and Andy in Parks & Rec is probably one of my favorites, because it works like most really good relationships do: they just kinda get along and like each other, and then they get together, and there are occasional problems but they inherently really really like each other and get along with one another.<br><br>Ditto for Nick and Norah Jennings, or Frank and Sadie Doyle. I just really like couples that seem to care about one another -- they're so rare in fiction. Perhaps not unreasonably (most relationships don't last as long as those do, or they're not as happy), but so long as we're making indulgent bullshit, it might as well be sweethearted indulgent bullshit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129585424968">2015-07-16 20:18:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129585424968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129585424968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Yo Ant it's ya boy dre here. Would you ever conside kickstarter or indie gogo for a project? Have a an awesome day man.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The ship may have sailed for kickstarter, I dunno.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129595434312">2015-07-16 20:18:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129595434312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129595434312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re: the Milk Maid discussion: Also, if the movie is like a big allegory for women escaping the patriarchy, and Immortan Joe/Warboys/Elephantiasis von Capitalism/etc are the personification of said patriarchy -- then the Wives represent their ridiculous standards. That's why they're the "favorites".</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yup. Plus "she's my property" -- my standards are ridiculous but you must adhere to them, because your body is not your own</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129613993800">2015-07-17 02:01:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129613993800&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129613993800&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Sorry, but who the hell are Nick and Norah Jennings? What are they from?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The Thin Man! Married detectives.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129617627208">2015-07-17 16:08:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129617627208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129617627208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(PART 1) Hi Anthony, I was lookin got contact you for a while but wasn't sure how until I found you ask.fm. I wanted to tell you my personal story about how borderlands helped my little sister except her sexuality an feel goo about her self and gave her a lot of self confidence.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129625119048">2015-07-17 16:09:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129625119048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129625119048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(PART 2) To start my little Sister discovered her sexuality at a very young age but understandable got really scared about it. And hid it away from the world and even though she could change it, she soon realised she couldn't so she soon suffered a huge depression.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129625120328">2015-07-17 16:09:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129625120328&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129625120328&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(PART 3) where she locked her self away in her room wouldn't talk to family and pushed away her friends. She is a huge fan of Borderlands she really like playing the first one with her friends. But she really fell in love with borderlands after the second was released.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129625120584">2015-07-17 16:09:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129625120584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129625120584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(PART 4) Borderlands 2 really helped with the depression she had it made her forget about her problems for a while. But the reason why she loved Borderlands 2 was because of Tina. She loved this character so much they have the same name she though she was super funny.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129625122888">2015-07-17 16:09:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129625122888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129625122888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(PART 5) But what really was pretty much a life changer for her was when assault on dragon keep was released. after seeing the ending of the story where Tina accepted roland's death it inspired her and gave her the strength to accept her own sexuality the overcome her depression.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129625123912">2015-07-17 16:09:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129625123912&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129625123912&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(PART 6) she eventually came out of the closet because of it and she is a lot happier now. But When she found out that Tina was gay like her  I really can't put into words the joy she felt in that moment, it means the world to her that her favourite character is a lesbian like her.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129625126472">2015-07-17 16:09:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129625126472&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129625126472&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(PART 7) What I really wan't to say is thank you. For the longest time I had no idea who thank for what happened for the longest time but when I found out about you I had no idea how to contact you until I found this. I hope you read this if not that's cool.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Holy shit, this is incredible. Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you and your sister are doing well, and, yeah, just, thanks. I dunno what to say, but thanks.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129625127240">2015-07-17 16:10:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129625127240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129625127240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The way the men treat the Milk Maids in Mad Max doesn't bother me, my problem is that the movie treats them poorly. The Milk Maids aren't in the the rescue mission Furiosa cooked up. And while Mad Max is better than most movies in terms of representation It's still important to recognize mistakes</blockquote>
<div class="answer">right</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129624519496">2015-07-17 18:40:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129624519496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129624519496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what's your favorite album you could listen to over and over again</blockquote>
<div class="answer">When I was a kid it was Simpsons Sing the Blues</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129614869320">2015-07-17 18:41:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129614869320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129614869320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The kissing consent thing is interesting cause obviously there's not much to be lost by having a total, 100% societal custom "ask before kissing it can't hurt". But the first time my girlfriend and I kissed neither of us asked? Because we trust each other (not just assuming that) and we both (1)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129615020872">2015-07-17 18:41:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129615020872&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129615020872&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i am not completely anti-porn but i think you should do more research on "feminist porn", because even those companies have histories of hiring known rapists, skimping out on pay, treating the actresses badly, and having violently racially fetishizing content :/</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's a potential problem in all porn (and most of the porn I would describe as "feminist" generally doesn't fall victim to this stuff, sometimes because it involves no actors). I'm just reacting against the blanket statement by many feminists that porn is inherently problematic and anti-feminist.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129617272392">2015-07-17 18:45:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129617272392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129617272392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Opinion of original Mad Max movies?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">First one's okay, second one is fantastic, third one's okay. None of them are even close to Fury Road, though, so whatevs.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129624298568">2015-07-17 18:46:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129624298568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129624298568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>kind of felt it in the moment? And whether or not it sounds great on paper, the unknown factor did make it that much sweeter. But it's a weird clause cause you can't tell everyone, "ask to kiss unless you're good at reading people/trust each other", cause most guys will just assume what they want (2</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, that's my thing. There are far more instances of dudes being taught "just go for it" (just think of how many abrupt surprise-kisses in fiction go really really really well) than "hey her wishes really matter so maybe you should ask", and I'd love to counteract that by asking for permission becoming the norm.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129615022152">2015-07-17 18:47:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129615022152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129615022152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you ever wish you were surrounded by a cloud of hummingbirds?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">well i fucking do now, thanks</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129632745800">2015-07-17 18:51:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129632745800&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129632745800&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what porn would you define as feminist?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Smut Peddler for sure, if nothing else</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129633268808">2015-07-17 19:33:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129633268808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129633268808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>the only good thing that came about when you left gearbox is now handsome jack is no longer straight... the bisexuals can have him in their clutches now</blockquote>
<div class="answer">man if my leaving caused borderlands to get MORE queer i would be turbopsyched</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129641776968">2015-07-18 02:23:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129641776968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129641776968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Am I high, or did you mention before that you were colorblind?<br><br>If so, I thought you might like this (and may even want to get up on a pair of your own); if not, you might like it anyway. <br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/vBbCsNS8nco">http://youtu.be/vBbCsNS8nco</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">I've mentioned it before, but thanks for the link. I actually own some EnChroma sunglasses and they don't really work.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129643345224">2015-07-18 03:39:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129643345224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129643345224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Assassin Creed 3 had a wonderfully well-done native protagonist, but due to modern audiences not understanding his Mohawk cultural background gamers threw a lot of hate at his character. Ever since then Ubisoft had shied away from diverse representations, a real shame.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">:(</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129644128328">2015-07-18 03:39:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129644128328&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129644128328&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>wait WHAT DO YOU MEAN JACK IS NO LONGER STRAIGHT if he is pan(ha!)sexual i will literally dance around and celebrate and uh idk donate 50$ to a charity of choice or smh PLEASE UPDATE ME ASAP</blockquote>
<div class="answer">as with ALL borderlands things from now on:<br><br>it's up to the next writer. I have no say in anything anymore, unless it happens to appear in a Tales episode I'm writing for.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129644292424">2015-07-18 03:40:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129644292424&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129644292424&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Aw damn, I'm sorry they didn't work. I hope I didn't hit a painful spot.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, not at all. It's not a huge deal being colorblind, honestly.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129644392776">2015-07-18 03:42:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129644392776&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129644392776&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>After playing Borderlands 2 regularly since day one of release, I discovered something new today and I must know: was it your idea to have one of the random phrases for psychos be the entire "too too solid flesh" soliloquy from Hamlet?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yep</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129648631880">2015-07-18 17:45:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129648631880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129648631880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you and Ashly always had a close relationship?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">There was a bit in the middle (puberty) where we didn't really care about one another, but we've been good otherwise.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129648123720">2015-07-18 17:46:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129648123720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129648123720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so hawp s4 dvd or at least commentary is never coming right (could a commentary be a patreon reward)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I actually dunno...</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129649360712">2015-07-18 17:46:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129649360712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129649360712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you tried wearing the Enchroma glasses in bright light? I have a brother who is colorblind and he says they only work for him if he's outside when its sunny or in very well-lit rooms.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I wear them while I drive. It's still not really anything to write home about -- the reds look a little brighter, but that's all. Granted, I use an older model -- dunno if they've drastically improved since then.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129657950792">2015-07-18 17:46:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129657950792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129657950792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I recently heard something floating around the web that you were sexually abused by your ex-wife, is this true?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">What? No, of course not.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129648251208">2015-07-18 17:47:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129648251208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129648251208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hugghhhrhhghhh I don't really care anymore, I just get the games that don't suck</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129648138056">2015-07-18 17:47:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129648138056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129648138056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What if they made a sequel to the Fifth Element that was a cross-over with Paul Blart?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh jesus</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129647357256">2015-07-18 17:47:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129647357256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129647357256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What are your opinions on "The Last of Us?"</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's the best the-kind-of-game-that-it-is.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129648148552">2015-07-18 17:47:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129648148552&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129648148552&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did the Nemesis System in Shadow of Mordor Impress You?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Very, very much so: <a target="_blank" href="http://nowrongwaytoplay.tumblr.com/post/99486423288/shadow-of-mordor-permadeath-no-upgrades-run">http://nowrongwaytoplay.tumblr.com/post/99486423288/shadow-of-mordor-permadeath-no-upgrades-run</a></div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129655737672">2015-07-18 17:48:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129655737672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129655737672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have anything you wouldn't want the next borderlands writer to change from your work on the series?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Oh, tons of stuff, I'm sure, but that doesn't matter anymore -- I'm certain Matthew Armstrong had lots of stuff from BL1 he didn't want me to change for 2, but he let me, and that's kind of necessary.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129654773320">2015-07-18 17:50:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129654773320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129654773320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>wait wuh handsome jack isn't straight??? where are people getting this from i can't find it????</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I said he's straight but someone else could make him not.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129664696392">2015-07-18 21:48:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129664696392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129664696392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did You Feel The Innovations in Final Fantasy XV (the demo at least) Were Enough To Captivate You To Play A 50 plus Hour RPG?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I did not play it, buzzfeed.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129664090440">2015-07-18 21:48:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129664090440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129664090440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In creating Handsome Jack did you do any research on the psyche of serial killers/sociopaths/murderers? Also I want to say thanks for creating him. He is definitely one of the most fascinating characters I had the pleasure to know.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thanks!<br><br>Nah. Didn't do any research for him.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129699851336">2015-07-20 02:45:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129699851336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129699851336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Given all the technology we use every day at work, school, and home that requires only the input of words and symbols, what role do you think handwritten communication will have in the future, if any? Do you think we'll ever stop being taught how to physically write?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, we'll always need to handwrite SOME things, and I imagine learning how to handwrite is probably a simple part of the process of learning to read.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129699507016">2015-07-20 02:46:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129699507016&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129699507016&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How does one tell if one's libido is incompatible with that of their S/O? Is that something that can be addressed/worked on/reconciled?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Only way I know of is talking about it. I dunno if stuff like that can be reconciled, to be honest. Couldn't be with my last big relationship.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129697357640">2015-07-20 02:46:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129697357640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129697357640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do I do now that there is no more Hawkeye comic. How do I carry on</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Read Sex Criminals.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129701962312">2015-07-20 06:12:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129701962312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129701962312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you may have answered this before, but when bl1 was written, how much of angel/handsome jack's story planned out?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">As far as what was used in BL2, absolutely nothing. We made that up from scratch. There might have been other plans with Angel, but I never knew what they were.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129700423752">2015-07-20 06:13:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129700423752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129700423752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I've always had questions about the video game industry, but here is one: Is a game's gameplay built upon the story or vice versa? In Borderlands 2's case, which was it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Story onto gameplay.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129715337032">2015-07-20 16:14:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129715337032&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129715337032&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>which pokeman is the most dragon</blockquote>
<div class="answer">dragonman</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129707256392">2015-07-20 16:14:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129707256392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129707256392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is there a new RSS feed for the HAWPcast? The old feed doesn't update on my podcast software anymore...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The new HAWPcast has a new feed, I think.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129779484744">2015-07-22 15:48:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129779484744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129779484744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how do I unbrainwash myself from thinking a not fat white girl is the epitome of beauty and feeling like anything else would be settling</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No clue. Maybe start dating more people who aren't skinny white girls?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129731677512">2015-07-22 16:04:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129731677512&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129731677512&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How come your mom is rarely in any HAWP episodes?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">She lives elsewhere and usually isn't at Dad's house as much.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129729478216">2015-07-22 16:04:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129729478216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129729478216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Since Thin Man got mentioned and I remember there being discussions of a remake/reboot on the horizon... Should it keep some of the more misogynist elements (ie Nick punching Nora to "get her out of the way of the bullet") or adapt to remove some of those elements?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'd remove those, certainly. As much as I love the movie, there's some weird stuff that undermines their relationship in small ways ("I'm about to do something dangerous, Nora, so you stay here at home")</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129731431496">2015-07-22 16:05:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129731431496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129731431496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>There are (I think) six Thin Man movies -- how many have you seen and which do you recommend?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I've only seen the first, which is fun.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129781850696">2015-07-22 18:51:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129781850696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129781850696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You know that Just Dance is better though right?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">FUCKING WRONG YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKER</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129786405192">2015-07-22 19:52:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129786405192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129786405192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is your love of Space Jam unironic?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">it's half ironic</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129794845000">2015-07-23 01:45:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129794845000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129794845000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>will you ever get featured on hot pepper gaming?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no, because fuck that noise</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129794517832">2015-07-23 01:45:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129794517832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129794517832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Alright I dare you to go onto G&S's twitch stream with Dance Central and prove it's better than Just Dance.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't know what the fuck G&S is, but if they're people who think Just Dance is better than Dance Central, they should be sent to fucking prison</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129788205896">2015-07-23 01:46:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129788205896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129788205896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is there a way to stop having a crush on this girl from work and like be able to look her in the eye if needed and be like a functional person around her</blockquote>
<div class="answer">My only means of dealing with having a crush on someone (who likely does not like me back) is to basically cut off all contact and move to another city, so I'm not the right guy to ask</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129789183816">2015-07-23 01:46:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129789183816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129789183816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you watch any of the EVO finals this year? Any thoughts?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't know any of the behind the scenes drama for any player, so I was again pissed that someone playing goddamn Fox won the Melee finals. Beyond that, I didn't super-duper care. BUT I did see that one guy gg after a single round in Guilty Gear, which made me feel pretty smug.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129794512456">2015-07-23 01:47:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129794512456&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129794512456&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hey man, can we expect the new HAWPcast to get on iTunes eventually?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think so</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129846705480">2015-07-24 15:30:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129846705480&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129846705480&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What is so good about Fifth Element? I don't get it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's really really funny, has an incredible sense of momentum, and every scene has some little detail or bit of world-building that is both completely insane and wonderfully plausible.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129837791048">2015-07-24 15:51:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129837791048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129837791048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i just want to beat up (with words) every shitty ass MRA that bothers to search you guys up on youtube and post UNNECESSARY, IRRELEVANT AND RUDE AS HECK comments like seriously you don't deserve this!! you guys rock <3 much love from Saudi Arabia hehe!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks much<br><br>also me too</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129837733960">2015-07-24 15:51:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129837733960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129837733960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you watched this? Because this video is senseless and pointless and hilarious. im embarassed. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6X5I_OFi2E">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6X5I_OFi2E</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh dear god jesus</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129870431816">2015-07-26 17:24:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129870431816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129870431816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are you going to watch the new Mission Impossible movie? It looks like it might be good.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah. I'm sure it'll be mindlessly entertaining, which is all I can ask for. (And I really like Christopher McQuarrie.)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129871963976">2015-07-27 00:43:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129871963976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129871963976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"Half-Life 3 never coming because gamers are fuckshits" - basically official statement from Valve. <br>ngl the justice is palpable <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50lSIaSR3zc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50lSIaSR3zc</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">Every behind-the-scenes thing I have ever heard about Half-Life 3 is represented here, though it's comparatively less of a "fuck gamers" thing and far more of a "it'll cost us a ton of money and not make as much as a week of Dota stuff and also sounds hard" thing.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129865838408">2015-07-27 00:45:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129865838408&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129865838408&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>A dear friend of mines is getting a lot fantastic opportunities (research) for the field of psychology, and her professors continuously say how much potential she has. But, although she does enjoy psychology, her real passion lays in video game development, so she's torn. Any advice? Please?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Is it possible that she could learn to love psychology? Does she have the kind of financial freedom where she could pursue games, see where it goes, and if she fails just return to psychology?<br><br>Video game development can be very, very harsh, and not pay well at all. My immediate instinct is that if she's fantastic at something as potentially lucrative as psychology, that she might be better off sticking with that.<br><br>It's definitely worth reading some kotaku horror stories about how game development can be (at least at AAA studios): <a target="_blank" href="http://kotaku.com/tag/video-game-layoff-stories">http://kotaku.com/tag/video-game-layoff-stories</a></div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129889266504">2015-07-27 00:47:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129889266504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129889266504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I get wanting to distance mental illness from mass shooters, but can we really not label utter lack of empathy and capacity for psychopathic behavior without remorse a fucking mental deficiency? If it wasn't we'd have thousands of them. Media should just be more specific about HATRED-LED psychopathy</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yup. Black shooters shot people because they're black, Muslims because they're Muslims, whites because they're "crazy," which is LUDICROUSLY disrespectful to the mentally ill and prevents us from looking at larger issues.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129865455432">2015-07-27 00:48:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129865455432&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129865455432&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>would aurelia ever manage to tone down her natural condescension enough that moxxi might consider dating her?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Doubt it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129865031240">2015-07-27 00:48:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129865031240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129865031240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why are conservatives so opposed to gun control? I mean if they are as "responsible" as they claim, shouldn't they pass background checks and be able to deal with the waiting period that most of us want?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because (some of them) don't trust that the government wouldn't just stroll in and start stealing guns, as if that were the next step after background checks.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129847599688">2015-07-27 00:49:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129847599688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129847599688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just watch blade runner. Great film. What did you think about that scene where he basically rapes her in the apartment? It felt weird. It looked like he forced her to have sex with him and she grew to enjoy it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I felt really fucking weird about that upon rewatching the film a couple years ago. Like, the text seems to be that he's "teaching her passion [humanity]" by programming it into her in a way an artificial person would understand (telling her to repeat a sentence back to him) but holy fuck is that so clearly a rape scene.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129925031752">2015-07-27 00:50:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129925031752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129925031752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re: Fifth Element, it also had a brief but awesome message about consent. Corben did the whole, "I saved your life, you're my reward" thing by kissing Leeloo and she nearly takes him out, saying "Not without my consent." Loved that.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I feel like they missed an opportunity to not bring that back in the end by having Korben ask if he could kiss her, and then being allowed to.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129850738504">2015-07-27 00:50:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129850738504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129850738504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Which do you prefer as a writer and as a gamer? A silent protagonist or a loud mouth?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Silence.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129925069384">2015-07-27 00:50:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129925069384&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129925069384&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it weird that I play GTA V (and Online) like Mirror's Edge? FPS mode, fists only, and running away from cops and players on foot. I've gotten to know the city well enough to be able to know where to go to get away from most players when they are driving.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cool.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129802434888">2015-07-27 00:51:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129802434888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129802434888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do you feel about the LAVA Pixar short outrage?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">outrage?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130019251528">2015-07-29 20:39:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130019251528&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130019251528&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You get to travel back in time within the past six years and change something you did, but first you have to sit in a room and watch the entirety of Lost TWICE in succession do you accept</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i'd go back in time and not watch lost<br><br>checkmate<br><br>wait</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130002213448">2015-07-29 20:39:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130002213448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130002213448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you watched Star vs. the Forces of Evil?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no, but it looks fucking dope. should I?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129999088712">2015-07-29 20:40:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129999088712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129999088712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>a-aaaaokokokok look Star vs the forces of evil is my absolute favorite show ever and you need to give it a chance. The friendship and compatibility between Star and Marco is so cute. The show doesn't shy away from Marco's mexican heritage which makes me so happy. (not the previous anon btw) iloveit</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nice, i'll check it out</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130020776008">2015-07-29 21:57:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130020776008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130020776008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you read physical or digital comic books?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">digital. it's way easier, and automatic if you subscribe to certain stuff on comixology.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/129998862408">2015-07-29 21:58:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 129998862408&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 129998862408&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re Pixar's Lava Short Outrage: basically they went out of their way to make the two volcanoes very clearly heterosexual, with one looking like a regular volcano & the other a very sexualized, thin, pretty feminine volcano-ette.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I've heard none of this outrage whatsoever, anywhere, and I follow a ton of people who care about social justice. This sounds like the kind of thing people who hate SJWs shout/signal boost to make them look stupid.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130029243976">2015-07-30 03:46:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130029243976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130029243976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>There was no outrage about "Lava". Just a few articles critizicing the cliched design of the volcanos.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">righto.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130030325320">2015-07-30 05:34:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130030325320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130030325320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>may you please tell your sister how awed and proud of her for her role as Chloe Price in Life is Strange? She's like my favorite voice actor because of how smoothly she made even the most questionable dialogue sound authentic and how genuine her emotions were. She's one of the best parts of the game</blockquote>
<div class="answer">will do</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130065802056">2015-07-31 19:36:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130065802056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130065802056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Not criticizing, but how did Borderlands end up with 4 abuse victims? Nisha with her treatment from her mother, Angel with her treatment from Jack, Athena being both physically and emotionally abused by Atlas, and the implied abuse in Moxxi's childhood. All examples were handled so well!!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Iiii honestly dunno. If I were a shitty cultural critic I'd assume I'd been abused in my childhood, but I hadn't, so I guess I just have to assume it's because I'm a bad and lazy writer.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130040600648">2015-07-31 19:37:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130040600648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130040600648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can you please tell me your secret to being skinny?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">DNA</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130036584008">2015-07-31 19:37:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130036584008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130036584008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>any thoughts on We Happy Few so far?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I hope it's good, because I fucking love The Prisoner and also immersive sims</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130031251784">2015-07-31 19:37:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130031251784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130031251784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>A very specific genie will allow you to expunge from history any episode of Star Trek TNG, discounting anything from the first two seasons because that would be too easy. Do you take the genie up on their offer?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't think I outright hate any episodes that aren't in seasons one or two</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130023168328">2015-07-31 19:37:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130023168328&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130023168328&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is it weird to have a fleshlight?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130116755272">2015-08-02 02:29:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130116755272&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130116755272&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why ur face like that</blockquote>
<div class="answer">because god is cruel</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130126450760">2015-08-02 17:01:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130126450760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130126450760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>William Kristol now supports Gamergate. Help me find my sides Anthony. I can't find them!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">lololol</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130154978120">2015-08-03 15:20:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130154978120&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130154978120&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Was Kevin Pereira an influence for Handsome jack?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130206519880">2015-08-04 23:25:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130206519880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130206519880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Some games would be better off without a story-line, am I right? Like The Witcher 3 has the ultimate excuse for great open world gameplay. Open World/Monster Hunter/Monster Contracts... Boom! The Main Story just gets in the way of the simplicity of the game and slows down the pace of the experience.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I agree in theory, yes, but I dunno if The Witcher 3 is the right game for that. I think open world games can benefit from having some degree of story to make you feel like there's an overall "point" to the game, but I think it's the job of that story to contextualize the more emergent systems in the game and encourage the player to fart around with them.<br><br>The actual problem with Witcher 3 isn't its story -- that's one of the best things about it -- but that the open world gameplay just plain isn't very good. There's A Lot Of It but the core loop never feels satisfying or tight or like they knew at all what they were doing.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130263511368">2015-08-07 03:38:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130263511368&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130263511368&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Would Grass type Pokemon count as part of a vegetarian meal?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no because they are sentient</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130257559624">2015-08-07 03:38:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130257559624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130257559624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you ever watched Game Grumps? What's your opinion on it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130258136136">2015-08-07 03:39:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130258136136&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130258136136&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do you guys not do the bit where you walk up to Ash playing a game and ask her what she's playing anymore?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because we forget, to be honest.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130257539400">2015-08-07 03:39:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130257539400&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130257539400&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how many one directioners can your name</blockquote>
<div class="answer">-Paul Giamatti</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130284418632">2015-08-07 03:39:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130284418632&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130284418632&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Great that the hawpcast is back, but could I make a suggestion? Could you alternate between just having u and ur sis and the whole crew. I feel like the u and ash episodes are kind of personal and you explore topics more deeply, while having the whole crew there tends to just be a joke fest. (1/2)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Honestly, the crew of each HAWPcast is entirely dependent on who we can get in a given week. It's basically a dice roll. I agree with what you're saying, though.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130257010760">2015-08-07 03:40:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130257010760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130257010760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Ur Handsome</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thax</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130255273544">2015-08-07 03:40:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130255273544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130255273544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What is the best way to bring up a fantasy/kink/fetish to a s.o. when you worry about freaking them out? Esp. If the relationship is loving and committed, and putting aside the "if they aren't willing to explore that with you, y'all prolly aren't a good match" argument.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Reminder: I don't know anything and you should probably ask smarter people for advice.<br><br>That said: I think you just try to approach it in a frank way that's about everyone getting more pleasure. Like, hey, are you into anything at all unusual, because I'd like to explore some stuff personally, and if there's anything you'd like to explore I would love to do that for you. And obviously, I don't ever ever ever want to do anything you'd be uncomfortable with, but here's my stuff -- what's yours?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130235389768">2015-08-07 03:42:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130235389768&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130235389768&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you cuss a lot or try to censor yourself atleast in public</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I cuss a lot. I have screamed "fuck" in front of children more than a few times because I was making a joke that relied on it.<br><br>I try not to, but I don't try very hard at all.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130216622920">2015-08-07 03:43:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130216622920&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130216622920&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Will there ever be new rev rants episodes in the future? They were awesome. Especially for indie game developers who can really put some of those ideas into their games. For example i like the idea of every game having an option to turn off every cutscene and dialog so i can just enjoy the gameplay.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, never. I think that kind of angry cynical takedown shit, at least in long form, is kinda behind me. I'd rather not do it anymore (especially now that I have no financial incentive to do so).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130195299656">2015-08-07 03:43:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130195299656&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130195299656&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>now that hawpcasts are a thing again you should get jami carignan on that next one</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ya</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130188050248">2015-08-07 03:43:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130188050248&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130188050248&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Any advice for someone who is starting Metal Gear Solid and finds it really hard? I usually don't suck at games, I swear.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Pay attention to the Soliton radar at all times. Treat the game like it's Pac Man, basically. <br><br>During the boss fights, you're just gonna have to learn to deal with the shitbutt controls. Some random tips:<br><br>-- Double tap R1 with a gun equipped to fast reload it<br>-- If you're using the sniper rifle and are shot, rather than using the joystick to move your reticle back to where it was, just unequip the rifle, remaneuver your body, and equip it again<br>-- Your gun's lock-on is bigger than the bounding box on the screen, so, if you've found the silencer (which is easy enough to grab early on) you can just hold your gun out, wait until it autotargets an enemy offscreen, and then fire three quick shots to kill the enemy before you even see each other.<br>-- Yeah man the controls just kinda suck, sorry</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130188744264">2015-08-07 03:45:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130188744264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130188744264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Which dragon age character do you think is better or just prefer over all Dorian or Sera?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">SERA SON</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130171284296">2015-08-07 03:46:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130171284296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130171284296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hiii anthony burch i am drunk and i am high right now, my question is what do i do to make me stop hating my self so much, okthanks byeeeee</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'll let you know when I figure that one out</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130154342216">2015-08-07 03:46:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130154342216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130154342216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Cake or Pie? <br><br>Tea or Coffee?<br><br>Choco or Strawbo milk?<br><br>Fave Cheese? <br><br>plz answer ಠ_ಠ</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Cake, neither, neither, feta</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130157402440">2015-08-07 03:46:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130157402440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130157402440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think of quiet look in metal gear solid 5?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pretty dumb</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130292591944">2015-08-08 00:38:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130292591944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130292591944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Favorite film of 2015 so far? ಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠಠ_ಠ ಠ_ಠ</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Mad Max Fury Road. Then, Magic Mike XXL.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130299129928">2015-08-08 00:38:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130299129928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130299129928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>should I fallout 3 and or new Vegas or just wait for 4</blockquote>
<div class="answer">New Vegas is the only 3D Fallout game I find interesting, so I'd play that.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130313040456">2015-08-08 00:39:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130313040456&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130313040456&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i would like to thank you for existing. without you many lives would be bereft and deprived</blockquote>
<div class="answer">jeez thanks</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130311911752">2015-08-08 00:39:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130311911752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130311911752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Strong female who is not attractive or beautiful female who is a damsel?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">This is only a dilemma if you primarily value women by their attractiveness.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130326466376">2015-08-08 19:15:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130326466376&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130326466376&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your most anticipated game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">MGSV. I wanna build a base and infiltrate linde's and steal all his shit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130326422088">2015-08-08 19:16:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130326422088&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130326422088&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why would you swear in front of kids in order to a joke? that sounds like a rotten thing to do. just find another way to tell it</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I just don't care about kids that much. And it's usually not intentional.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130322057288">2015-08-08 19:16:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130322057288&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130322057288&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>David Tennant's gonna play a real nasty villain in the upcoming Netflix Jessica Jones show, how d'you feel about this</blockquote>
<div class="answer">hot</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130317558088">2015-08-08 19:16:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130317558088&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130317558088&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>handsome jack is heteroflexible? yes or absolutely?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">whatever makes you happy</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130316869960">2015-08-08 19:16:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130316869960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130316869960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In another question, you said Magic Mike XXL was one of your favorite films of the year; was that you being funny or sincere? If the latter, mind talking about what you liked about it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Sincere. It's funny, heartfelt, and has incredibly mature and empathetic things to say about sex and self-actualization and friendship. It is a deconstruction of toxic masculinity and a celebration of sex and understanding.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130325690952">2015-08-08 19:17:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130325690952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130325690952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Top games of 2015 so far?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Her Story, Rocket League, Galak-Z, other shit I'm forgetting.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130326437960">2015-08-08 19:18:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130326437960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130326437960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how do i be a bit confident</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I dunno if this'll work, but it's something I do from time to time:<br><br>I am usually not confident because I am worried if I sound stupid, someone will hate me and hold it against me forever.<br><br>But then I think of how if someone is stupid toward me, I almost never, ever remember it because I'm too busy thinking about myself. And I try to remember that others are equally busy thinking about themselves, so they probably won't give a shit about what I say if it's just a little silly or dumb.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130316134472">2015-08-08 19:19:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130316134472&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130316134472&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So I try to be aware of the privileges I have (cis het white dude).<br><br>But do you think it's wrong to take advantage of that privilege? Like, if I'm in a shitty mood, and I don't want to hear about women getting harassed again, I can just close twitter, and walk away. While these women can't.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Being aware of them is a pretty damn good start. You can't just, like, live your entire life as if you had no privileges -- that's functionally impossible -- but by being aware of them you can hopefully be a better and more empathetic person.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130374397000">2015-08-10 04:57:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130374397000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130374397000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>As a feminist, I think this is a wonderful idea. It's about defining and deconstructing the toxic masculinity that many men are pressured to conform to. Any thoughts on this article? <br><br><a target="_blank" href="www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/fashion/masculinities-studies-stonybrook-michael-kimmel.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur">www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/fashion/masculinities-studies-stonybrook-michael-kimmel.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">I LOVE this.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130369336648">2015-08-10 05:00:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130369336648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130369336648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thoughts on the telltale, quantic dream, dontnod adventure games? And top five adventure games?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I love Telltale, I think Quantic Dream games are structurally similar to Telltale but generally very poorly written, and I stopped playing LiS midway through the first episode because some of the dialog felt jank (though I plan on going through them all once the series is done, as I hear it gets really good).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130367566152">2015-08-10 05:01:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130367566152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130367566152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you seen Ex machina? I loved that film.Alicia vikhander is amazing.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep. Great movie. Alex Garland is one of my favorite people working in film today (Dredd!).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130367454024">2015-08-10 05:02:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130367454024&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130367454024&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>does the fan reaction to lilith in BPTS bother you? (namely the "handsome jack did nothing wrong/it's all lilith's fault he became a villain" side)?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, because that was sort of our goal. I think I went a shade too far in making Lilith unlikable, but the idea was to muddle the morality of how heroic Pandora's heroes actually are.<br><br>(You could also argue that Lilith and Moxxi and everyone did the right thing, they just didn't do it hard enough.)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130358181704">2015-08-10 05:03:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130358181704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130358181704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Anthony. To become the confident of people. You must drink the beer. Find the power of delusion. Then go and guide thy people through the  gates of confidence. I may be hiccuping and not sober right now but know that this is my truth. Also I guess it doesn't affect your writing that much.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't drink tho</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130352454984">2015-08-10 05:03:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130352454984&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130352454984&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How sexist is The Witcher 3? I liked the gameplay after watching some LPs. Besides the female character's attractiveness and nakedness, is there any glaring sexist stuff in the story? Please answer. Thanks</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Apart from some stuff about the world and lore that's a bit weird (not necessarily outright sexist, just weird, like the fact that all sorceresses are super hot because they've glamoured themselves to be because they're actually really ugly in reality, oh and also they're infertile, oh and also Witchers are too, so Geralt gets to fuck every beautiful woman he meets), I didn't catch a lot that struck me as glaringly sexist. Triss, Yen, and Ciri all have agency, and all have distinct personalities irrespective of Geralt's influence.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130361014088">2015-08-10 05:04:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130361014088&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130361014088&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>We Happy Few is in Pre-Alpha as of the moment, but as an Alpha tester I can confirm that it is a fun and extremely interesting already. ^.^ You can also pay 60 dollars for the game and pre-alpha access if you weren't aware.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hmmm. I'm trying not to play games before they're done, but I do love the idea of crossing The Prisoner with immersive sims...</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130346858568">2015-08-10 05:04:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130346858568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130346858568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Top five adventure games?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Machinarium<br>Puzzle Bots<br><br>Those are the only two whose gameplay I actually like. As far as pure charm, the others would be<br><br>Sam and Max<br>Day of the Tentacle<br>Monkey Island</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130326412872">2015-08-10 05:05:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130326412872&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130326412872&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your opinion on the current school syllabus? Do you think it's just fine or do you think it's flawed?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I hate the current school syllabus. I hate it. It's about memorizing facts by rote without actually encouraging people to give a shit about anything. Because everything is so regimented, you're not learning about, say, history; you're learning about how to regurgitate facts from history, or how to write an history essay. <br><br>I don't remember a single thing from almost all of my high school and college years. I remember everything that had to do with creative writing or literature, because I found those subjects interesting, but everything else was an absolute waste of my time. I had to take biology classes. Geology classes. Math classes. I have (apart from knowing how to quickly calculate a tip at a restaurant) retained none of it. <br><br>I'm sure I'm oversimplifying, but I sincerely wish school was about finding something you're interested in, or something you're good at, and encouraging you to dive deep in that direction. <br><br>Or, better yet, maybe schools should be about how to not be a shitty human being -- I can fucking tell you all kinds of stuff about the romantic themes of Frankenstein, but high school Anthony couldn't tell you a single thing about consent, or empathetic masculinity, or how to save someone's life if they're drowning.<br><br>Or, if we had to stick with the shitty syllabus, at least let students show they've learned stuff in a way other than standardized fucking tests. I am where I am today because, freshman year of high school, my English teacher allowed us to do a video instead of writing an essay. That one, simple thing made my life immeasurably better because I learned I liked telling stories, and I liked making videos with friends.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130291871816">2015-08-10 05:10:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130291871816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130291871816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>It seems to me that MOST open world games are boring, tedious, watered down, etc. Agree/disagree?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Agree. I think the UbiDesign is really tiresome unless the core systems have a lot of interesting emergent properties (Shadow of Mordor, Far Cry 4). I play Witcher 3 and Dragon Age 3 like someone in a trance -- I just wander around, smacking things and spamming 'A' so that an icon will disappear off the map. It's not actually interesting, it just takes up a shitload of time and makes people feel like the game is "epic" or something.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130355560264">2015-08-10 05:11:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130355560264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130355560264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you see Mission Impossible?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah. It was pretty fun. Christopher McQuarrie is officially the best guy in Hollywood when it comes to writing Trinity-esque female supporting characters.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130339234632">2015-08-10 05:11:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130339234632&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130339234632&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>*SLIGHT MISSION IMPOSSIBLE SPOILERS* I liked the new Mission Impossible but that moment where the cool badass female character goes "come away with me" I was done. Fuck that. In the end she just wants to spend her days with Tom Cruise? Fuck that.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Fair critique. At least they didn't kiss, though.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130380894792">2015-08-10 14:46:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130380894792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130380894792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So did you not like dragon age inquisition?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Not particularly, though I loved the quests about your companions.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130385241928">2015-08-10 14:47:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130385241928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130385241928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Fuck Christopher McQuarrie he found every excuse possible to get t&a shots of Ilsa. The writing's fine and I guess it could be the cinematographer, but still, fuck it stand against that shit. "oh Tom gets a wet suit but lets linger on her ass and skintight motorcycle suit, the guys get loose ones"</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Really? I didn't notice all that many. But that's probably on me.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130382682184">2015-08-10 14:47:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130382682184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130382682184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You know, you're a really good person. I think you might be my role model in a way. Keep on doing what you're doing? :-^)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks very much</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130405934152">2015-08-11 17:40:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130405934152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130405934152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>ur description of boring/tediois open world games is like exactly what  bl2/bltps are tho?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't consider BL2/TPS open world games, to be honest. The games are entirely quest-driven -- there's nothing in the world to fart around with that isn't part of a quest, so it's really just a linear game (with optional sidequests) broken up by area. It's got far more in common with Diablo than Far Cry.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130416514376">2015-08-11 17:41:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130416514376&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130416514376&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Honestly, on the new Mission Impossible, I did notice some of the camera lingering, but I did appreciate that she managed to be a capable female character and saved Cruise's ass twice.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep. She's great. I'm also glad she ended the movie by going "ah, fuck it, I'm outta here" rather than joining the IMF.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130398731080">2015-08-11 17:41:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130398731080&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130398731080&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you find that once you've slept with a person, it's way harder to be content just making out from time to time, instead of physcal stuff always inevitably leading to more intense sexytime?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Of course. Once you've both realized you like doing The Best Thing with each other, it's hard to just settle for anything less once you're getting intimate.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130405055816">2015-08-11 17:42:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130405055816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130405055816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I fucking hate how Silent hill and resident evil  franchises have both been ruined. The first three games of both were excellent then they though "Hmm let's make it more actiony!" The originals had great atmosphere and story. Ant what would you do to save these franchise's?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Do what Shattered Memories did and go in the opposite direction -- don't add any combat at all, and focus on making the narrative systems more interesting. More walking simulator than RE4.<br><br>That, and make them really really cheaply so you can just keep making them.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130397608008">2015-08-11 17:43:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130397608008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130397608008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The Almighty Robot Policeman is a Robocop reference, right?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">FINALLY SOMEONE FUCKING GETS IT</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130431644488">2015-08-12 00:37:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130431644488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130431644488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thought on uncharted 4?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm stoked that they're FINALLY going to try to combine stealth, platforming, and gunfighting into the fights.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130430737224">2015-08-12 04:23:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130430737224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130430737224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thoughts on Alien: Isolation? I felt it was a tad too long and the ending was kind of lame, but overall I had a blast.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ditto.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130437011784">2015-08-12 04:23:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130437011784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130437011784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are MRAs sending your ask.fm less hate than they were half a year ago? Or is it just that you haven't been replying to it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Bit of both.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130464752456">2015-08-12 22:07:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130464752456&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130464752456&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you write any scenes in Tales episode 4 to look out for next week?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I wrote liiiiike two scenes? One and a half? Whichever ones you hate the most, I wrote those.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130464733256">2015-08-12 22:08:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130464733256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130464733256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey! The book is good!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh thanks</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130478974536">2015-08-13 07:25:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130478974536&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130478974536&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you end up testing the colour blindness glasses? do they work?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yes, I have them as sunglasses. They do not work in any significant way that I can tell.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130579915336">2015-08-17 02:00:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130579915336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130579915336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You broke your website archive and all your amazing articles are gone</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Shit I'll ask Uli</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130572352840">2015-08-17 02:00:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130572352840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130572352840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just read your MGS book, really enjoyed it. Any chance of getting more thoughts on later games from Ash and yourself?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">All depends on if someone wants to pay us to write about another game that we really really really both care about (Fable 2, Kirby Super Star, Mass Effect).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130573982792">2015-08-17 02:01:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130573982792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130573982792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When I was younger I swore to myself that in any of stories, I would have mixed couples. Was I racist, not wanting two black people or two white people together?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I dunno if I'd call that racist. It's certainly...specific, but it doesn't seem to be denigrating one over the other or upholding a stereotype.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130494560840">2015-08-17 02:02:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130494560840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130494560840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Everything I write somehow alludes to sex. I don't know why. Is there anything that you unintentional write?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nearly everything I write is about loneliness in some form or another.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130494514504">2015-08-17 02:02:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130494514504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130494514504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you may be the premiere male feminist in gaming, but to me you're just a pair of dick and balls.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Oh shit, I'm the premiere male feminist? Nice.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130537580872">2015-08-17 02:03:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130537580872&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130537580872&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have best friends? And when you don't, do you feel hollow?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I do have best friends. And I don't feel hollow without them, I just very easily fall back into my old habits (lots of videogames and internet and no socializing), which can be worse than feeling hollow because hollowness at least can lead to action, whereas comfort in lonesome addiction can be tough to break out of.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130582222152">2015-08-17 02:04:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130582222152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130582222152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hi Anthony who are  your favourite authors Anthony hi Anthony.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hi Paul fuck you<br><br>Elmore Leonard<br>Cormac McCarthy<br>Billy Shakez<br>Mary Roach<br>PG Wodehouse/Douglas Adams<br>Italo Calvino<br><br>This is making me realize I need to read more women.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130567962184">2015-08-17 02:05:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130567962184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130567962184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think makes it so you can't stop watching Doctor Who no matter how many times it fails to be anything more than mediocre (ash has the right idea I think)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's really hard not to watch Doctor Who and see its potential. Every once in a while -- even when the show is otherwise shitty -- it manages to briefly meet that potential ("would you like me to repeat the question?"). So I wonder if I'm watching because of that. <br><br>Also, it's helpful for me to watch it and try to figure out how I'd change stuff if only as a writing exercise (Pixar recommends this).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130521371720">2015-08-17 02:06:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130521371720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130521371720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I like Kingsman, don't get me wrong, but I can still like it while acknowledging the less than stellar part. If you watched it this might be worth a read! also go eat a treat bc u deserve it<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://plain-flavoured-english.tumblr.com/post/126610090359/your-pastiche-is-not-subversive-kingsmans">http://plain-flavoured-english.tumblr.com/post/126610090359/your-pastiche-is-not-subversive-kingsmans</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I can definitely dig this. I think the film's satire is at its best when it's shouting in your face (the church scene), whereas, talking with my female friends, I can definitely agree that the rest of the time it's kinda having its cake and eating it too. Like, yes, ha ha, you've ended with a buttsex joke that critiques James Bond by being far more consensual than anything JB ever did, but it's still objectifying and a bummer.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130507249224">2015-08-17 02:08:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130507249224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130507249224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think of Watchmen as a statement about comic books?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It always felt to me as more of a statement on people than a statement on comic books.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130496600648">2015-08-17 02:08:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130496600648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130496600648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm the guy who asked for Metal Gear Solid tips, and they really helped! So thanks. Just finished the game yesterday and it was pretty great. Also, fuck Metal Gear Rex.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NICE<br><br>Yeah Rex is a fuckin pain</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130602073928">2015-08-17 04:26:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130602073928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130602073928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"and a bummer."<br><br>did you do that one on purpose because I'm applauding you right now.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">whoop</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130601021000">2015-08-17 04:26:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130601021000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130601021000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Where can I find your Metal Gear book?</blockquote>
<div class="answer"><a target="_blank" href="http://bossfightbooks.com/products/metal-gear-solid-by-ashly-and-anthony-burch">http://bossfightbooks.com/products/metal-gear-solid-by-ashly-and-anthony-burch</a></div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130604072520">2015-08-17 14:22:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130604072520&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130604072520&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Going to give MGS1 a try. Should I go with the original PS1 version or the Gamecube remake?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">PS1. Gamecube remake has worse voice acting and cut scenes.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130612226120">2015-08-17 14:23:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130612226120&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130612226120&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>On that thing about Watchmen, I really want to write an essay about the decline of comics in the 90s and early 2000s called, "Nobody Reads Watchmen" and how all the industry and majority of readers got from Watchmen was "dark, violent and brooding heroes are what people want." Should I?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">sure</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130615265864">2015-08-17 16:12:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130615265864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130615265864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Has there ever been a time where you were struggling to beat a level in a video game and then without saying anything you hand the controls over to Ash, she rests them on your shoulder and beats the level on her first try?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130623766600">2015-08-17 20:48:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130623766600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130623766600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Your top five Voice actresses? Mine are, in no particular order. Tara strong, Laura bailey, Ashley Johnson and Ashly Burch ; ) These women are angels, I am obsessed with all of them. Their talent is amazing they all should rule the world. Thanks.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ash, Jen Hale, Sarah Elmaleh, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Cherami Leigh</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130617417800">2015-08-17 20:49:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130617417800&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130617417800&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey Ant man did you enjoy Ant man?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Didn't see it. To be honest, Ultron kinda made me lose all interest in Marvel movies (not that it was bad, it just proved that they're going to continue to be as consequenceless and impermanent as comics in general are).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130617317704">2015-08-17 20:50:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130617317704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130617317704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can you explain (or point me to an existing explanation) why some consider it necessarily good for a character to have an arc?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because, generally speaking, good stories are about change. If you tell a story where everything stays the same, that's not really a story. And as we care more about characters than plot, generally (we may think we don't, but we do), we want to see stories that are capable of changing human beings. Even if it's in the smallest of ways, it is often satisfying to know that the events of a particular story had such importance to a character that something about them fundamentally and permanently changed over its course.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130628648776">2015-08-18 03:41:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130628648776&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130628648776&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm ugly and fat and play video games all the time. Is there a chance that I get laid at some point in my life?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yes, but that requires (A) gaining some confidence, which is hard to do without (B) doing stuff that gives you confidence. Get good at something. Try to learn how to be good in social situations without wanting something of other people. Try to be kind and interested in others just for the sake of being kind and interested.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130626031688">2015-08-18 03:42:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130626031688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130626031688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Tales ep 4 is terrific what scenes did you write? and did you write THAT scene? I'll call it the "catch a ride" scene.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah. I wrote the scene where you talk to Scooter/Springs, and the scene where you try to talk your way past the two guards on Helios.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130648991304">2015-08-18 17:03:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130648991304&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130648991304&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How can I get help from a psychiatrist when I'm too anxious to actually go and make an appointment? I'm only 15, and I feel like if I don't get help soon, I'm going to turn out dead in few years :P</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I have no idea how to answer this, I'm sorry. Talk to a teacher or a counselor, maybe?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130649123400">2015-08-18 17:06:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130649123400&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130649123400&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>re: The Iron Bull-I had the same problem in college. I finally went when I realized I was actually physically harming myself to deal with things (mostly punching concrete and fucking up my hands). It's humbling, and scary, and I actually cried at the receptionist's desk as I made the appointment.1/2</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130650981960">2015-08-18 19:16:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130650981960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130650981960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>2/2 I was only able to get help once my fear for my own safety outweighed my other anxieties. After all was said and done, I don't regret going at all, and it really helped to have someone to talk to. Be safe. They're there to help.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130650987592">2015-08-18 19:16:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130650987592&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130650987592&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how much more excited would you be for Mad Max if they used Tom Hardy's voice and face?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Not very, because movie actors are generally very very bad at voice acting.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130656149064">2015-08-18 21:47:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130656149064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130656149064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did You wrote Jackpedia for Ep 4?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think I did? I haven't actually seen the Jackapedia stuff in the actual game, so it's possible they rewrote what I did, but I certainly set out to write it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130675226440">2015-08-19 15:14:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130675226440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130675226440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Not to get personal, and you are free to not answer this question and have it linger in the unanswerable void... But just watched the new HAWP. Are you and Davis back together or is this an episode that was filmed ages ago?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Filmed ages ago.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130686696008">2015-08-19 20:48:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130686696008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130686696008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>When you wrote that "Inside the Box: Inclusivity" where you confirm torgue, Axton as gay etc. Why did you leave Tina out of it? It just seems weird that you didn't also include her in it. It would have been quite a statement to confirm a 13 year lesbian in the game. (even if she is now confirmed)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think because at the time, the in-game "evidence" to support that claim was really circumstantial. The stuff I'd really wanted to include in the Torgue DLC (where she frequently hits on Moxxi) was cut by the top brass.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130716587336">2015-08-21 04:26:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130716587336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130716587336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In the wake of Ash and you writing that book, will you be checking out the Phantom Pain?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I am fucking stoked beyond words for Phantom Pain.<br><br>And also very frightened at how fucking shitty its treatment of women, and morality in general, is likely to be.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130706583624">2015-08-21 04:27:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130706583624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130706583624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Burch, Phantom Pain spoilers are being posted in every forum and site I visit.<br>How the fuck can I avoid them without completely exiting the internet for 10 days?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yikes. Stop visiting those forums, I guess. Sticking only to blogs and being careful about your responses and stuff on twitter is pretty important.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130739150664">2015-08-21 18:00:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130739150664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130739150664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just finished my first (and second) playthrough of MGS1 and loved it. Should I play through all the main ones now? Is 2 (or any others) worth skipping?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">None are worth skipping -- all matter to the overall story, though you're clearly going to enjoy some more than others.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130736405576">2015-08-21 18:01:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130736405576&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130736405576&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>if Phantom Pain starts out with really, really shitty treatment of women and morality with no signs of getting better, would you keep playing it or is that too much of a nope fuck this situation?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">MGS means too much to me. I'll finish it, no matter how fucked up it is.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130728149320">2015-08-21 18:01:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130728149320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130728149320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Isn't that kinda the point of Metal Gear though? You're supposed to find its treatment of women repulsive?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nnnnnah i don't think so</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130728337736">2015-08-21 18:01:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130728337736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130728337736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you played Peace Walker? I'm just jumping on the MGS train and got the HD collection, which has Peace Walker on it. Should I play it, or stick to numbered titles?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Peace Walker's not bad. It doesn't really add a lot to the story, in my opinion, but it's fun.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130728132168">2015-08-21 18:02:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130728132168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130728132168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how many times have you compleed darksouls, AND have you ever tried the giantdad build?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">At least six times. And nah, haven't tried that. Once I finished my SL1 run, I was so happy I vowed to never touch the game again and, barring a brief replay after I finished Bloodborne (just to compare the feel of combat), I haven't.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130687575112">2015-08-21 18:08:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130687575112&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130687575112&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>on a purely title question, why is it called feminist instead of equalists?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because history's proven that focusing on saying stuff like "all lives matter" or "focus on general equality, not individual groups that are being discriminated against" doesn't work -- it ends up being a derailing tactic that allows the status quo to remain as is.<br><br>Now, I'll grant you, the title of feminism has some problems to it because it makes it EXTREMELY easy for white women to make feminism exclusively about pushing (white) women forward and leaving other marginalized people behind.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130687553096">2015-08-21 18:10:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130687553096&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130687553096&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So how come Davis wasn't in the beat up Uli scene? Woulda been nice the person being objectified get a shot at the guy who wrote it that way.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hrm. Good point.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130687497032">2015-08-21 18:12:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130687497032&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130687497032&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you have input into the design/look of any borderlands 2 characters? since you wrote there personalities.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I gave feedback, but I wasn't, like, co-designing them or anything. I'd just get a bunch of art of Tiny Tina dressed like a little version of Tank Girl and say, "hey, she should look more innocent and girly, like with a skirt or something," and then we'd talk it out and come to a compromise.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130743319624">2015-08-21 18:13:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130743319624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130743319624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Man, I love mad max but the new movie The End of the Tour is really amazing and my movie of the year so far. You might really like it even if you don't know who David Foster Wallace is, just don't be fooled by Janson Segal.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'll check it out, then. I avoided it because of Jason Segal (not that I don't like him, it just seemed weird to me that he'd be DFW).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130669494088">2015-08-21 18:16:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130669494088&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130669494088&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Should I tell my friends how much they mean to me? Is that too weird? Also I have horrible ungrounded anxiety that maybe they don't like me as much as I like them, still a good idea?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I haven't a clue. If you knew they liked you back, I'd say, yes, absolutely, tell them how much they mean to you. If you're honestly worried that you're a hanger-on, though, that might freak them out more likely than not.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130758561096">2015-08-22 18:00:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130758561096&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130758561096&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think Metal Gear has got worse with its treatment of women over the years?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Considering it started at "a girl dies depending on whether or not you, as a man, are Tuff Enuff" and ends at "let's put a bomb in an underage girls vagina and blow her up after also ripping a second bomb out of her gaping stomach wound," yes.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130746688072">2015-08-22 18:01:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130746688072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130746688072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's the definition of a bad friend (in your opinion)?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Someone who makes you feel bad. Or demands things of you.<br><br>Someone who is not a pleasure to be around, who doesn't make you feel better.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130755369800">2015-08-22 18:02:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130755369800&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130755369800&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"Yeah I mean this is the shit that I love, talk about a dream come true, I remember, in uh, Borderlands, I think there was a custom armor set you can get that's called 'Cool Cool Cool', although sometimes you don't know, it's on the bubble whether it's a reference" - Dan Harmon, Lost at Home podcast</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Oh shit, really? Oh shit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130821340488">2015-08-24 17:07:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130821340488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130821340488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Favorite current professional wrestler?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I really like Bo Dallas, but after this weekend I'm all about the big guy from The New Day. God, that entire match was so goddamned entertaining.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130821216840">2015-08-24 17:08:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130821216840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130821216840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do I see you judging bigotry in gaming when I see so many midgets kicked around in Borderlands?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I changed their names to "Little ____" starting in Pre-Sequel for this exact reason.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130820990280">2015-08-24 17:09:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130820990280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130820990280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I've been wanting to write really badly but every time I get the courage to start it's directionless and terrible. How do gain the confidence to keep going?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Reddit has some good writing prompts. Or just buy a writing prompt book.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130684129352">2015-08-24 17:13:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130684129352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130684129352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The disclaimer at the end of your book is making me wonder. Did anybody get angry about what you wrote?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think that's an automatic disclaimer. I don't remember writing anything like that.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130825822536">2015-08-24 17:13:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130825822536&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130825822536&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you had never dated anybody and just kept to yourself most of your life do you think you would be happier?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">CHRIST no, but that's just how I'm personally built.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130824633160">2015-08-24 17:14:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130824633160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130824633160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>This is a weird writer-y, question but do you ever get mad at your past self for being a better writer than your current self</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, because my past self is shittier, generally. At least, I think so. But I'll always think that, even after I become shitty, so who knows? Time is scary.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130829791048">2015-08-24 17:27:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130829791048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130829791048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(re: the disclaimer) No man the 2 page thing that Ash wrote, about how it's okay to criticize things that you like.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Oh, right, the epilogue. Yeah, that was an intentional summation of the book's themes, and an attempt to cut haterz off at the pass.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130839284808">2015-08-24 21:26:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130839284808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130839284808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your favorite mgs game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Story: 1<br>Gameplay: 3<br>Emotionz: 4</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130818967880">2015-08-24 21:26:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130818967880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130818967880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>No seriously, what are you referring to when you say "morality problems" concerning MGS? I'm not sure what you mean by that..</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Like, Big Boss is gonna have to turn "evil" somehow, and I feel like it's going to be through a really gnarly, potentially unearned act of horrificness.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130783981640">2015-08-24 21:27:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130783981640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130783981640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you believe in calling your friends out if they're being foolish or sabotaging good things or making horrible mistakes? Or do you just stand by and let them learn?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I call them out, but that depends entirely on your relationship to your friend and how big a mistake they're making (vs how big a deal it is to them).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130783665736">2015-08-24 21:27:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130783665736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130783665736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Would you mind sharing you thoughts on religion and or a higher power? Do you consider yourself a member of any major religion or anything like that? Odd question but I was just curious.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm an atheist and honestly have nothing but contempt for religion in nearly any form, but I try very hard to not be a shitty, mean, Reddit atheist. I think religion allows people to be very stupid or very prejudiced with a societal shield to protect them, but I also think it gives a lot of people a lot of comfort and, in the vast majority of its incarnations, doesn't really hurt anyone.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130780213320">2015-08-24 21:29:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130780213320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130780213320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How did you feel about MGS4's ending?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think it was a real bummer to pull the "actually you were a pawn in this all along" card; I hated that it was like 30 minutes of just talking about genes and memes and stuff; because we have no remake of the original Metal Gear, there is no emotional context for Snake and Big Boss squaring off for one last time.<br><br>WE NEED A GODDAMN REMAKE OF THE FIRST METAL GEAR. And now we'll probably never get one. Which is GREAT.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130776662856">2015-08-24 21:30:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130776662856&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130776662856&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey Anthony,<br><br>This is probably not the right place, but it's 4 AM and I'm a little drunk.<br><br>I just wanted to thank you and Ash for what you've done, your HAWP show, the podcast and some of the answers that I've read have opened me to more perspectives when it comes to sexuality and female characters.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thanks so much!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130695545672">2015-08-24 21:32:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130695545672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130695545672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So I am currently playing Fingered in an interesting way. Have to view all the clues at once in a short 4 second window, then have only 15 seconds to finger a guy. Definitely puts a lot of pressure on memory and perception of people when you don't have time to fully analyze them.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Neat. May use this for NWWTP.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130749467720">2015-08-24 21:32:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130749467720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130749467720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>folks call themselves feminists because feminism as a movement has had a very long history. Way back then there's no denying that women had it much worse compared to men, so calling it equalism back in the day wouldn't make much sense.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yar.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130847448904">2015-08-25 02:59:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130847448904&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130847448904&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do you ( and the indie game population as a whole) hate japanese games/ japanese people so much? accusing hideo and the entire konami staff of pedophilia because "paz is in her 20s the same way dating sims give you 4 feet girls in pigtails in her 20s" is really gross and racist.  t</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Uh, nobody accused anyone of pedophilia other than you, bro. <br><br>I'm saying every single thing about Paz's design aims to convey the image of a teen or pre-teen girl, and that any narrative justification for that is exactly that -- justification. They started at "wouldn't it be cool if there was a schoolgirl in here" and justified it backwards from there, not the other way around.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130876269384">2015-08-26 00:02:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130876269384&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130876269384&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>It's not like this is a particularly new thing on your part either, you've been ranting about how much you hate the entire JRPG genre for a long-ass time and you've never been able to give an explanation for why that couldn't be applied to every Bioware game ever made either.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Bioware games allow you self-expression, have nonlinear elements, don't require grinding, and have better stories.<br><br>We done?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130881115720">2015-08-26 05:20:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130881115720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130881115720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just letting you know you have people that support you and agree with your critique of MGS, while being able to still love and remain fans of the series. Sorry about the more toxic people in the fanbase.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Appreciate it. The immediacy with which people jumped to "YOU'RE ACCUSING KONAMI OF BEING PEDOPHILES AND ALSO YOU EVIDENTLY HATE ALL JAPANESE GAMES AND ALSO YOU'RE RACIST?" was surprising, even for me.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130881587016">2015-08-26 05:21:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130881587016&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130881587016&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you keep referring to a 20 year old as a "pre teen girl" instead of going " my bad, its still sexist but she isnt a teen" the insistence on describing paz, whenever you bring her up, as a teen, is obviously done so to paint her designers as pedophilic, and plays on the "japan obsessed with preteens"</blockquote>
<div class="answer">TW sexual assault<br><br>No, it's to paint the reality of how she's depicted. She's a teenager in literally every single way she is physically depicted, and generally behaves (apart from being reasonably upset about *all the times she was raped*, she's not demonstrably different from Peace Walker, where she's sixteen).<br><br>And yes, my bad -- she's not a teen when she is raped and vaginabombed. She's a teen when Snake fucks her in Peace Walker, though. She's a teen when you can, immediately upon meeting her, look through her clothes with X-Ray vision and gaze at her underwear. And she's "sixteen," though she sounds and looks like she's way younger. It's the exact same shit I saw in dating sims. It's a couple of lines of dialog to make the rest of her presentation "okay."<br><br>If you want to extrapolate that I'm somehow racist against Japanese people for noticing the same thing popping up in two different kinds of games, go ahead (is this the part where I mention all the Japanese games I DO like?).<br><br>But yes -- my bad. She's not a teen. She's not a teen when she and Chico are raped by Skullface. She's not a teen when she has a bomb forced into her stomach, which is then graphically and brutally pulled out by Snake. She's not a teen when she has a bomb forced, offscreen, into her vagina. (And Jesus Christ, the number of morons saying "hey, she never SAID where the bomb was put," as if the sentence "there's another bomb, in my..." was going to end with "upper abdomen").<br><br>The fact that so many KotakuInAction doofuses are looking at the phrase "a game where the sole female character, a teenager, is raped, and then raped again with a bomb, and then murdered is inherently pretty sexist" and their SOLE reaction is "WAIT SHE'S NOT A TEENAGER" is the most ludicrous fucking willful ignorance I've seen in a while.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130882332232">2015-08-26 05:28:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130882332232&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130882332232&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do stories need a theme or meaning to be engaging?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Every story has a theme and meaning whether it wants to or not. It is IMPOSSIBLE to set a series of events end to end and not have some sort of meaning arise from it organically (even if the meaning is "life is meaningless").</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130864271944">2015-08-26 05:30:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130864271944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130864271944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re: your thoughts and feelings on Rorscach, I think there is something to be said how out of the whole cast, the character with the abusive childhood, arguable mental illness (psychopath is an ableist term and I don't care to use it) and lowest social standing is the one Moore aims to make the (1)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130875924296">2015-08-26 05:30:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130875924296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130875924296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>least likeable. Honestly I think batman makes a better case about individuals taking 'justice' into their own hands as that historically tends to be the case with privileged, otherwise 'sane' male individuals. I'm not excusing Rorschach's actions or political views, but there IS a trend of (2)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130876033864">2015-08-26 05:30:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130876033864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130876033864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>characters who are either abuse victims and/or exhibit neurodivergent behaviour being pegged as unlikable, antagonistic, or just straight up villains</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Good points. And I'm very much guilty of this myself (Tina acts the way she does because she's "crazy", I've written far more villains who have been abused as children than I have heroes).<br><br>I think as a society we're incredibly, incredibly bad about talking about mental illness, and when you combine that with all of the helpful narrative and mechanical shortcuts mental illness gives you toward an audience who doesn't have a lot of empathy for mentally ill people, you get situations like "it's okay to kill all these bad guys because they're crazy," or "this guy murdered all these people because he's crazy," even though the neurodivergent are far more likely to be victims than aggressors.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130876126024">2015-08-26 05:33:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130876126024&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130876126024&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>about to order your awesome book but quick question: I am a metal gear virgin, and know next to nothing. Should I prime myself with anything before reading?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You can play MGS1 if you want, but it's not strictly necessary. Gabe correctly had us summarize everything we reference in the book as if it was the first time the reader was engaging with it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130863642696">2015-08-26 05:33:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130863642696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130863642696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so just to be clear are you saying people shouldn't buy the new MGS or that they should but just be aware of how the game portrays it's characters? if i enjoy the game does that make me a bad person?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm not saying people should or shouldn't do anything. I'm definitely going to buy it, though I'm worried it'll have some gnarly shit in it.<br><br>I'm definitely, definitely not saying people are bad for enjoying a thing, which is kind of a fundamental problem that gamer culture needs to get over. Acknowledging that the shit we like has major problems doesn't make us bad people, and nobody who points out those problems is calling you such.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130882937416">2015-08-26 14:05:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130882937416&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130882937416&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>From what I've heard about Quiet her outfit has some dumb rational behind it, but nothing really dreadful. So hopefully it'll be a dumb and ignorable aspect of the game.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">A friend told me the rationale and it's mind-breakingly stupid. It's so, so, so clearly a retroactive narrative justification for "what if we had a sniper who looked like THIS".<br><br>Thankfully, it's stupid rather than outright infuriating, so, small mercies.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130916606280">2015-08-27 17:45:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130916606280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130916606280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it as mind-breaking stupid as when you retroactively declared New-U stations weren't canon?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Motherfucker, the *game* says New-U stations aren't canon. If they are, why didn't General Knoxx respawn? Steele? Every single humanoid enemy you kill in the entire game?<br><br>Choke on a Phoenix Down.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130927410248">2015-08-27 18:36:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130927410248&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130927410248&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is psychopath really an ablest term? Psychopathy is a diagnose-able condition, and to me it feels more ablest than not to ignore and negate those with that condition. (unless it's used to refer to those without the condition, of course.)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I can't find it now, but I read an article a while back that basically said "psychopath" is actually a pseudoscientific term that doesn't really mean anything. I've also seen articles that say every major domestic terrorist has been psychoanalyzed, and none of them showed any signs of being psychopathy. I honestly dunno what to think.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130909762888">2015-08-27 18:39:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130909762888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130909762888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's the theme of Borderlands 2, and did you know before or after you wrote it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Initially I thought it was "personal freedom is more important than safety", but after we finished, I realized the theme is actually "friends are dope and everyone is kind of a piece of shit and that's okay." (Which is why Assault on Dragon Keep is the way it is).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130893065288">2015-08-27 18:40:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130893065288&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130893065288&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think Metal Gear's treatment of women is a reflection of how women are treated in armed conflicts? I mean, throughout history, women have traditionally been captured and abused physically, sexually, and emotionally or flat-out murdered, treated as "spoils of war" etc. during conflicts.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, I think Metal Gear's treatment of women is laziness. We're talking about a franchise that has a lot of realism when it comes to certain aspects of combat, sure, but we're also talking about a franchise where a bisexual vampire can walk on water and survive bullets to the head. Choosing to disempower your (very few) female characters in generally sexual, often objectifying ways is just relying on cliche.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130894423624">2015-08-27 18:41:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130894423624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130894423624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Also just a reminder that MGS is a series where you can carry several large cardboard boxes in your pocket, you can freeze time to talk to somebody through your ear bones while also seeing them somehow, and a person's personality is contained in their severed arm. Realism is not a priority here.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yez</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130930455880">2015-08-27 21:17:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130930455880&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130930455880&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In your opinion, what game has the most beautiful Real-Body-Physics?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Mount Your Friends</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130930660680">2015-08-27 21:17:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130930660680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130930660680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Something that DOES bug me though is the overuse of "childhood abuse" applied toward almost /everything/ in fiction. As someone personally familiar with this, I can tell you that this trivialization has overwhelmingly made the public hesitant to understand or empathize what real survivors face.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130909843784">2015-08-27 21:17:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130909843784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130909843784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i feel you on the thing about mental illnesses not being talked enough about. I mean, did you know that schizophrenics are actually extremely passive and rarely ever aggressive? Them being aggressive is a complete myth perpetrated by the media. No, they don't hear voices telling them to kill...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, it's...it's gnarly how far behind we (and I include myself in this, again) are in terms of discussing mental illness.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130909819464">2015-08-27 21:18:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130909819464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130909819464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you ever get tired of your modicum of fame or is knowing people care what you think a good thing</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I honestly don't know. I think it feeds my ego more than it does any real, tangible help, but sometimes I get emails from people saying that my tweets or the HAWP videos helped them in some way. I dunno what to think, most of the time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130912454728">2015-08-27 21:23:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130912454728&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130912454728&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey, it's Marcian. Honest question I never thought I'd ask. You often reference your low self image. And, like, how do you deal? I ask because I've been in a pretty bad place for two months and I can't appreciate anything. I feel extreme anxiety, self-doubt, self-loathing above all. advice?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">T H E R A P Y</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130934991944">2015-08-27 22:54:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130934991944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130934991944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you feel the slightest trace of cognitive dissonance ranting about how Paz is a sexualized pre-teen after publicly lamenting that you failed to write enough about Tiny Tina's sexuality?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, because you're, somehow, conflating <br><br>-"a character has sexual agency and wants to fuck people" <br>with <br>-"a character is treated as a sexual object; first as titilation, then as victim".<br><br>It's cute, watching you guys try to find gotchas without understanding a single thing about adult sexuality, or narrative.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130934486856">2015-08-27 22:56:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130934486856&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130934486856&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>The Marvelous Miss Take is in the weekly humble bundle, if you wanna share that on the social medias</blockquote>
<div class="answer">O SHIT</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130939361352">2015-08-28 02:48:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130939361352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130939361352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's the best way to find a therapist?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I got mine by talking to my sister's therapist and getting recommendations from him. Alternately, you can yelp, or just google "[city name] therapist". You may not like the first one (or two or three or four), or therapy may not be for you, but I think it's an option worth exploring for *literally everyone.*<br><br>We get regular checkups on our body -- we should treat our mind (which is, after all, just a part of our body and susceptible to physical and chemical change) the same way.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130936014920">2015-08-28 03:45:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130936014920&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130936014920&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>RIP Burch.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm back<br><br> because of that Mary Sue article</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132225469512">2015-10-17 05:39:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132225469512&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132225469512&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>in one word, what's your fuckstyle, bro?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">"verybad"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132179614792">2015-10-17 05:39:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132179614792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132179614792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>BroTeamPill says he dreams about you once a week. Does that make you blush?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">wat</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132124228936">2015-10-17 05:39:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132124228936&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132124228936&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What makes you happiest?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">making people i love really happy<br><br>just kidding <br><br>pizza and doggy style</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132169760840">2015-10-17 05:40:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132169760840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132169760840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm sure you've probably answered this before, but why do you keep the episode of HAWP that you're not proud of (the Geometry Wars 2 episode) up if you're not proud of it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">because it's important to me that we not pretend like we were always gorgeous bastions of good taste -- part of not being a shitty person is trying to get better and less shitty, and i want the evidence of us attempting to do that to remain. you can't have improvement without acknowledging the times you used to be shitty. i don't wanna sweep that stuff under the rug and pretend it isn't there</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132071996488">2015-10-17 05:41:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132071996488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132071996488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is there more hate than love on the Internet?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes because of the average age of internet users and how people don't use anonymity to do things that are approved of by the rest of the society</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132033717832">2015-10-17 05:41:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132033717832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132033717832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you could give Jack/Angel a last name, what would it be?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i could have given them last names, and i chose not to, because it would have made them feel smaller to me somehow -- or maybe more real. i dunno.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131986297160">2015-10-17 05:42:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131986297160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131986297160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you're in an open relationship right? is it more of a sex one or a polyamorous one?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not anymore, no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131896646472">2015-10-17 05:43:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131896646472&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131896646472&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>everything ok with you, burchman?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">took a break from twitter and askfm because i was worried i was becoming a massive egomaniac who compulsively checked this just to justify my existence<br><br>i reserve the right to do so again</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131841844808">2015-10-17 05:43:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131841844808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131841844808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How good of a listener are you? Do you ever find it difficult to stop talking and give the other person a turn?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes, i find it difficult. one of the most important things in life, so i hear, is being legitimately and deeply interested in other people. i've spent so much of my life being self-absorbed that listening to others is really hard. it's a skill i'm trying to improve upon though</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131746989128">2015-10-17 05:44:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131746989128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131746989128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you not think that telling a bunch of sexist jokes and then having the characters beat up the person allegedly responsible is just a means of telling sexist jokes and then exonerating yourself of any responsibility?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">there's definitely an element of that, yeah. there's also ideally some catharsis for the subjects of those jokes, but it's definitely having your cake and eating it too. i've tried, when doing that in my own shit, to make the shitty jokes relatively harmless or dull ("make me a sandwich") to remove some of the sting from it, but who knows if that works or not.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131656889416">2015-10-17 05:45:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131656889416&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131656889416&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>its been like a year and people are still insisting janey and athena aren't lesbians........ when will this pain end father</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pretty soon</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131891424584">2015-10-17 05:47:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131891424584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131891424584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how do you deal with haters</blockquote>
<div class="answer">try to ignore them, i guess<br><br>which is a privilege i get cause my haters are generally -- not always, but generally-- just harmless and annoying</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131864060488">2015-10-17 05:48:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131864060488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131864060488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you played Undertale?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">the jrpg aspect scared me away, so no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131766534216">2015-10-17 05:48:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131766534216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131766534216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hi Burch. How did you like MGSV?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">LOVED the gameplay, fucking hated every single thing about the story</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131893927752">2015-10-17 05:48:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131893927752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131893927752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hi Anthony. I feel like everything is butt right now. Work is butt. My boyfriend is butt. I'm butt. Exercise is butt. Partially self inflicted isolation is butt. Being the only one in the relationship who wants sex is butt. I'm frustrated as fuck, in several ways. Is there a thing that's not butt?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">you're not butt. <br><br>you're not.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131861658440">2015-10-17 05:49:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131861658440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131861658440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I've been having a nervous breakdown for the past few weeks. Where should I go for help?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">therapy</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131723830088">2015-10-17 05:49:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131723830088&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131723830088&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is it ok to watch mulan, feminist??</blockquote>
<div class="answer">mulan's dope</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131449037640">2015-10-17 05:52:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131449037640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131449037640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey, do you think there are any parallels to be drawn between writing video games and opera? Or are they really antagonistic forms of entertainment? Why is one denied by old school fine arts experts, while the other is considered prudish and "artsy"? :( - student of arts</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cause classism and elitism<br><br>opera was originally for everybody, until the rich assholes got ahold of it and started behaving as if it was only for them<br><br>that said most operas are better than most video games, so</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131378105928">2015-10-17 05:53:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131378105928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131378105928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Saying the plot treatment of Paz in Ground Zeroes is sexist is like saying the plot treatment of D' Artagnan in Django is racist.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131357588552">2015-10-17 05:54:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131357588552&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131357588552&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(Cont) Stop telling people how to write, if I want bad things to happen to my characters, thats my prerogative, as long as I'm not spreading hate.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If I want to say your writing is regressive, stupid, and further marginalizes already marginalized groups, that's MY prerogative</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131357799240">2015-10-17 05:54:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131357799240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131357799240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are there any circumstances that would ever cause you to disable anon?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">that's a thing you can do? hm</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131340381512">2015-10-17 05:54:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131340381512&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131340381512&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just moved in with my sister and I found a Wii just lying around... I never experienced anything on the Wii... I was thinking about hocking it... But maybe I might fuck around with it before I do... any suggestions.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">zack and wiki</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131275755336">2015-10-17 05:55:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131275755336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131275755336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you find yourself using social media less when you're happy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131270712648">2015-10-17 05:56:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131270712648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131270712648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you know that Microsoft actually uses dog noses for the thumbsticks on the gamecube controller? It takes too dogs lives to produce one controller, so if you own two controllers that's five dogs needlessly murdered for your godless 'entertainment'.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pahaha</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131251785800">2015-10-17 05:57:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131251785800&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131251785800&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So in MGS V you can take black people from Africa against their will.  How has no one said anything about this?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">IT'S PRETTY WEIRD<br><br>especially the bits with the children<br><br>i honestly think it's because a story has to reach a certain level of quality and clarity before people feel like it's even worth commenting on. like, duke nukem forever has a scene where you literally watch two raped (but topless and sexy) women EXPLODE, and then you can kick around their headless (but still tittified) torsos, but NOBODY really said word one about it because the story and game just weren't worth talking about.<br><br>maybe MGSV's story is just so incomprehensible and weird that it's easy for really weird shit like abducting children to get lost in the shuffle?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131226794824">2015-10-17 05:58:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131226794824&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131226794824&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I saw you are anti skub in your last video. My question to you is, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! SKUB IS THE BEST! SKUB4LYF</blockquote>
<div class="answer">fuck skub you fucking skublover</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131192039752">2015-10-17 05:58:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131192039752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131192039752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are you more likely to reach out to the people you miss, or do nothing and hope the feeling goes away?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">the latter<br><br>trying not to</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131200403016">2015-10-17 05:59:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131200403016&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131200403016&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Does the intention of a lie change the fact that it's a lie?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131115398472">2015-10-17 05:59:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131115398472&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131115398472&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In your opinion, is omitting the truth the same as lying?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131115212616">2015-10-17 05:59:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131115212616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131115212616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How honest are you when answering questions on here?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">if i wasn't i probably wouldn't mention all the gross sex shit i mentioned</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131115073864">2015-10-17 06:00:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131115073864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131115073864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How good are you at maintaining eye contact during social interactions?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131114984008">2015-10-17 06:00:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131114984008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131114984008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>My girlfriend is thinking of becoming vegan (even though you technically can't, hell, books kill animals through deforestation and glue) but it's making me realize I'm a piece of shit who'd rather leave and be miserable than stay despite her subscribing to rubbish logic and feeling guilted by it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">it sounds like your reasons for wanting to leave your girlfriend have very little to do with what animal products she consumes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131067012168">2015-10-17 06:00:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131067012168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131067012168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You had spoken recently about how Tina was more flirtation towards Moxxi but higher ups removed it. Why did they remove it? what do you think they where afraid of if they included it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">because they thought any sexual talk involving a young girl, even if the girl is the aggressor, was kinda weird<br><br>they're not completely wrong (see: the deleted scene from Leon where Matilda talks about wanting him to take her virginity)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131053614152">2015-10-17 06:01:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131053614152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131053614152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>if your a 10th grader and the girl you like is a senior will she talk to you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">if you spit mad game</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131021113928">2015-10-17 06:01:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131021113928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131021113928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i had an awful childhood rife with abuse and neglect and consequently i feel like i have to both undo all the damage that was done to my psyche AND learn all the shit about functioning in the world that i missed out on as a kid before i can begin to make something of my adulthood. (1/2)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130981691976">2015-10-17 06:02:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130981691976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130981691976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(2/? i lied) but... so often i think it's probably too little too late. that i'm fucking totally irreparable, broken beyond all hope, and there's just no point in trying. people my age who've had the invaluable luxury of some semblance of a healthy upbringing act like the disparity between their</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YO you are not broken. There is something probably fucking cool about you, I'm certain. I don't know you at all, but I know you really opened up to a complete stranger on an ask.fm, and that takes both confidence, and a degree of self-knowledge that a lot of people don't possess.<br><br>i'd recommend you consider looking into therapy, personally</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130981786440">2015-10-17 06:03:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130981786440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130981786440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you ever write for videogames again, do you think you'll ever write something as good/funny as Saints Row IV? Is that not a worthy goal?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">probably not<br>yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/131000883272">2015-10-17 06:04:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 131000883272&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 131000883272&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Let's talk Dr. Ned. He can't go a sentence without mentioning not having a medical license, to the point it got hella annoying. It's like "dude, we got it." Was that the joke? Or was it just written in so much without thought to how many times it was established previously?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">the latter</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130997778248">2015-10-17 06:04:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130997778248&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130997778248&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hi Anthony, I just wanted to let you know that before eating at dinner, my family members each recite something or someone they're grateful for, and you are one of the people I've said.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh wow<br>jeez</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130997274440">2015-10-17 06:04:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130997274440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130997274440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>video games are starting till feel pointless c what do I do</blockquote>
<div class="answer">read or watch movies for a while. worked for me -- i'll go for a month without games just to try it</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130993992264">2015-10-17 06:05:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130993992264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130993992264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how much of halo did you play/ did like particularly like any of them</blockquote>
<div class="answer">1-3/not really</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130996308296">2015-10-17 06:05:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130996308296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130996308296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>you are so god damn sexy all i wanna do is feed you homemade burritos you cut little armadillo</blockquote>
<div class="answer">wat</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130969929032">2015-10-17 06:05:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130969929032&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130969929032&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's the last romantic thing you did for someone?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i took my shirt off in front of my girlfriend<br><br>that's a pretty big gift</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130966590280">2015-10-17 06:05:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130966590280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130966590280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you ever gone on a date with a boy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/130941510216">2015-10-17 06:07:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 130941510216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 130941510216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Could You eleborate on why You hate MGSV story?</blockquote>
<div class="answer"><a target="_blank" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/hawpcast/hawpcast8.mp3">https://storage.googleapis.com/hawpcast/hawpcast8.mp3</a></div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132234445128">2015-10-17 15:00:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132234445128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132234445128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What can people do who need therapy but can't afford it? People like you act as if it's like picking up groceries.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If you google "pro bono therapy" it's possible that you'll find something<br><br>Also I tend to assume that if someone has the access to the internet and the free time to ask questions of a guy who wrote videogame fart jokes, they have a certain degree of disposable income</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132227587656">2015-10-17 15:02:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132227587656&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132227587656&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>1/2 How the hell does one communicate social issues outside of their nice neat echo chamber? Topics of trigger warnings, word usage and generally treating people with dignity are so simple online with a cultivated audience, but I have no idea how to debate them in real life who think it's a joke.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132257723720">2015-10-19 07:58:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132257723720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132257723720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>2/2 The guy I live with uses the N-word jokingly and makes get-in-the-kitchen jokes in front of my girlfriend. I tried casually saying sexism ain't my jam, and he looked at me like I was speaking Urdu (we are not Pakistani) How do you express "SJW" ideals in real world spaces without being an alien?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm not the best at it, but I generally try to do a few things:<br><br>- Be funny and casual about it<br>- Bring it up like you just learned an interesting thing and are sharing it, often by invoking empirical fact or self-deprecation<br>- Redirect really quickly so the person doesn't feel forced into an argument<br><br>For instance, I once was talking to a few co-workers (whom I really liked) who were laughing about how a girl who was considering applying for a job was probably not all that qualified for a programming job because (A) she was really pretty and (B) she posted pictures of her cleavage on her facebook. <br><br>So, I tried to make light of it by saying, "yeah, but, haha, I dunno what pictures she could possibly post that would convince me she was good at programming. Like, her holding her CS degree all [me making a flirtatious face while holding an imaginary CS degree]? Plus, like, you know, if I could feel good about myself by taking hot photos, I totally would. If I wasn't, like, a horrible brown hair monster. I dunno. Is she nice?"<br><br>This wasn't perfect, by any means, but it got one dude to go "haha, yeah, I guess that's fair" and they stopped making fun of her. But we didn't get into an argument, and I'd indirectly communicated that that kinda talk wasn't super cool (at least, not around me -- I'm pretty sure a hefty portion of the rest of the company laughed at my hyperprogressivism a lot when I wasn't around, but that's okay).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132257774152">2015-10-19 08:04:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132257774152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132257774152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What Mary Sue article brought you back to Ask FM?</blockquote>
<div class="answer"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.themarysue.com/borderlands-and-asexual-representation/">http://www.themarysue.com/borderlands-and-asexual-representation/</a><br><br>As I put it when someone showed it to me: articles like this are nearly the only time I can feel like I've done any tangible good in the world</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132240467784">2015-10-19 08:05:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132240467784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132240467784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>mr burch this is super important: do you like peanut butter??</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YES</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132302540104">2015-10-20 04:44:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132302540104&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132302540104&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>ANTHONY<br>there is no one I can talk to about this. I am legit in love with my best friend. She told me (unprompted) that she had feelings for me, but didn't want to act on them yet because she just got out of a relationship. Do I have any chance, or is it going to blow over by the time she's over him</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If her feelings means anything at all, they shouldn't blow over (and if they do blow over, it's because they weren't real anyway and would have just caused you both a lot of grief had you acted upon them). It'd be much worse to jump the gun and try it now when things are still raw; if she's still raw, and the relationship fails, there'll be no real way to know if it's because you guys aren't compatible or if her battle scars from the previous relationship are messing with her.<br><br>I think the best thing you can do right now is let her know that you feel the same way, and that you want to be there for her in whatever way she needs right now.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132304246856">2015-10-20 04:47:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132304246856&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132304246856&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>It's been awhile. Glad you're back. What TV shows or movies have you been watching?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nathan For You, Adam Ruins Everything, X-Files, TNG, Sicario<br><br>all good</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132299031112">2015-10-20 04:47:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132299031112&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132299031112&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Burch, just letting you know you've done good in taking Borderlands from a fun, but mostly unmemorable Mad Max/Diablo knockoff, into a fun, colorful, and very memorable series. Hell, Tales from the Borderlands shows just what kind of legacy you've left. People do love it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks very much. i can't take much credit considering how much of the worldbuilding and tone were other people, but thank you nonetheless.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132290247752">2015-10-20 04:47:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132290247752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132290247752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I use HAWPcasts (and I would assume hundreds more than just me do) as a form of anxiety treatment, among other podcasts, since it lets me feel like I'm hanging out with you guys in a comfortable environment. They're also a more palatable delivery mechanism for feminism/socially conscious thought 1/2</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132283788360">2015-10-20 04:48:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132283788360&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132283788360&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(2/2) than essays, to be honest. Essays are for people who are already open to concepts, you and Ash get a lot of people over the first emotional hurdle the same way the Doctor makes not being violent a cool thing to emulate, you've put more good in the world than you've taken :D (#GeometryWars)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">wooo this is good to hear</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132283790408">2015-10-20 04:48:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132283790408&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132283790408&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>did you like the gears of war games at all at any point?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not really</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132250698056">2015-10-20 04:48:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132250698056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132250698056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Oh gosh, Undertale is VERY worth checking out. It is kind of like an oldschool Earthbound-style NES RPG and has difficult battles (especially if you go Pacifist), but it's a beautiful weird little game with some really amazing heart, humor and important messages in it, a real breath of fresh air.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">hrmmm maybe i'll toss it on the list</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132247934792">2015-10-20 04:48:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132247934792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132247934792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thanks for coming back Anthony. Talking to you is like my therapy so thanks for listening/reading what I say. How've you been?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pretty good<br><br>really good, actually -- stepping away from my twitter and ask reminded me of how not-hostile the world actually is, generally speaking. i got so used to turning on my computer and seeing hateful shit from gamerdweebs every ten minutes that I gradually began to just assume that's how things are. Stepping away for a while gave me a lot of nice perspective. (And reminds me that I lose very little by shutting off my social media presence.)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132254563656">2015-10-20 04:50:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132254563656&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132254563656&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(Another important note about Undertale is that it's like 5 hours long)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NOW i'm ordering it</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132322869064">2015-10-21 02:55:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132322869064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132322869064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how do you feel about collectibles in games? would they ever affect a review you were going to give a game or are they generally secondary/unnecessary enough that they don't factor in?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">if they exist to pad out a game that's not enjoyable otherwise, as they often are, i get irked<br><br>irk irk</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132325284168">2015-10-21 02:55:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132325284168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132325284168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>that is super cool to hear, because my dad owns a company that produces and sells caffeinated (natural, not like jif or skippy, etc.) peanut butter. would you be interested in something like that?? <a target="_blank" href="http://steempb.com/">http://steempb.com/</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">i don't like caffeine</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132325652296">2015-10-21 02:58:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132325652296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132325652296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what i've realized that a lot of the people i know are against, like, non-binary genders and sexualitys and genders outside "the norm" of sociatah. where as i am not. yeah know? cos like, who the fuck am i to say a person can not be born this way and that every one can only be born of two genders</blockquote>
<div class="answer">it's easy to assume, when confronted with something you've not seen before and genuinely don't understand, that the other person is just being weird/seeking attention/mentally ill</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132306783048">2015-10-21 02:58:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132306783048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132306783048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I figured a good way to not masterbate for all the peeps that need ideas to abstain.<br>so usually i would wank at night, but i figured out that if you go for a run (1 mile is the minimum for me) or like physically work your body, then have a shower the urge to self pleasure diminishes massively.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">that sounds like a workable idea but holy shit is running the absolute worst</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132306741320">2015-10-21 02:59:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132306741320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132306741320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Like that other anon, I too am in love with my best friend. Going on 15 years now, actually. As much as I've tried to compartmentalize it & have other long-term relationships, it just won't go away. But I feel like if he'd ever felt something, he'd have pursued me a long time ago. Thoughts, advice?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Before I say anything, I have one MAJOR caveat:<br><br>I have been in love with several of my best friends and it has never, ever led anywhere good. I know many people who ended up marrying their best friends and having lovely lives, but I am just, personally, not someone who has ever had any luck with it whatsoever.<br><br>So, I have no idea what I'm talking about.<br><br>If you've been going on 15 years, though...yeesh. Part of me is like, "well, you made it this far without ruining the friendship, why fuck things up now," while part of me is like "but what if you just needed to say something?" As I'm assuming he's a guy and you're a girl, a LOT of guys are VERY bad at reading signals, so there's definitely some potential nebulousness there even if he hasn't said anything.<br><br>So, I guess, you could do three things:<br><br>- Not tell him, ever. It'll keep hurting inside, but know that even if you DID tell him, it would STILL burn at you. At least this way, you've made things as not-awkward as possible for him. This is risky because you'll never know for certain how he feels.<br><br>- Tell him. You'll have to word it very carefully and let him know that you want your relationship to remain positive no matter what -- that you value him as a friend and if that's all he wants, that you're happy to just continue to be that (even if you're not). If you take this option, you have to focus, as much as possible, into making it feel casual and non-stressful for him as possible. Otherwise you risk the friendship taking serious damage.<br><br>- Lie, in an effort to get him to spill the beans first. Mention, lightheartedly and with a smile, that, early in your relationship, you had a crush on him. Try to get him to admit if he felt something similar. If he does, try to find out if/when he stopped having a crush. If he can't really respond with a good answer, that might mean that he still has feelings for you. If he doesn't admit to something similar, then that's a pretty good sign that he's never had a crush on you, and you've now got the certainty you need without having put yourself out in the open. This is risky (and to be honest, probably not a great idea) because there are a hundred little ways it can go wrong.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132305531720">2015-10-21 03:21:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132305531720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132305531720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>People seem to really value your opinion on games, shows, etc. Do you consider yourself a tastemaker?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pahha no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132305492552">2015-10-21 03:21:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132305492552&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132305492552&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what was that angsty teenage black and white point and click you mentioned on twitter? it had an astronaut</blockquote>
<div class="answer">4 lung boy <a target="_blank" href="http://gamejolt.com/games/4-lung-boy/17826">http://gamejolt.com/games/4-lung-boy/17826</a></div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132355962952">2015-10-22 21:01:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132355962952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132355962952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>QUICK! Best Bond, best Bond Movie, best Bond Villain, best Bond Cold Opening, and Best Bond Theme. GO!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">so i have learned to really hate james bond the older i get, BUT<br><br>pierce brosnan<br>casino royale<br>alec trevelyan (or robert shaw in From Russia With Love, except for the part where he epitomizes the dumb monologuer trope)<br>casino royale<br>you know my name</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132347890504">2015-10-22 21:04:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132347890504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132347890504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Glad to see you back, Burch-sama.  Have you checked out How To Get Away With Murder?  It's pretty good, and has some interesting character development and diversity.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, but I've been meaning to. I really dug Scandal.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132348954184">2015-10-22 21:05:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132348954184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132348954184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I was friendzoned today, but i still love her. What should I do?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">(psst don't call it friendzoning that makes it seem like she's being cruel or selfish or something when the reality is that she's just not attracted to you at all and doesn't want to be mean about it; things made much more sense to me when i stopped thinking of it as the friendzone and started thinking of it as the uglyzone)<br><br>So, this is a big struggle. A lot of people I know have an easy time being friends with people they're in love with/attracted to. I kinda don't -- it's difficult for me. <br><br>If you'd asked me this a few years ago, I would have suggested you do what I do most of the time, and just never speak to that person ever again to save yourself the heartache.<br><br>However. My friend, who is MUCH smarter than me, recommends two things: firstly, acknowledge that this kind of thing happens all the time. You will develop crushes on people and your brain will make them into something they're not -- every crush must MEAN something, this girl must be the ONE, she must be the ONLY person who can make me feel this way. Part of getting over this feeling is understanding that, actually, there's nothing THAT special about this person. You've felt this way before, and will feel this way again, and it's just your brain saying X and Y and Z when given certain inputs about a person. <br><br>Secondly, try to accept that your brain solipsistically interprets everything in terms of ME. It's hard for us to not wish that everyone we liked was in relationships with us or having sex with us, and that's what leads to us desiring them like they're the goddamned antidote to a poison, and what makes us get so stupendously jealous when they start smooching other people. Understanding that this is just something our brain does, and that it's inherently kind of shitty ("she should be with me" implies she's not smart enough to know what she wants/what'd be good for her), and that it's NORMAL and NOT SPECIAL, makes it easier to just ignore.<br><br>Like, yes, you're in love with your friend. But it's not special. It's not a big deal. She's not the only person who could make you happy. Part of the reason you're feeling these intense feelings is specifically because she doesn't like you back (so you can imagine that it'd be SO AMAZING if she just DID like you back, rather than dealing with the messy reality of how actual relationships work). And the platonic affection from a friendship is easy to mistranslate as romantic affection, or to hope it morphs into romantic affection, so you're in this heightened state of suspense -- like it feels as if you're 99% of the way there and just need a little push.<br><br>But you're not. And that's okay. It's normal. It's just your stupid brain. And it happens. And learning to be friends with someone you want to smooch is more important than smooching them, in the long run -- you're only going to smooch so many people, but you're gonna be friends with LOTS of them, and it's INEVITABLE that you'll be attracted to some of them.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132357300296">2015-10-22 21:18:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132357300296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132357300296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just finished Tales from the Borderlands and it was absolutely fantastic and it reminded me of how I like Borderlands 2 and that you wrote so thank you for that also this isn't a question but hey you're a cool person bye</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thax</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132369383496">2015-10-23 07:00:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132369383496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132369383496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>apparently the whole fandom is blowing up right now because rhys/jack didn't end up canon... it's like these people don't understand he was just using and abusing him? im actually a little worried these people see jack's behaviors as "affection" like that's a little worrying lol...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, that's...we never talked about that being an actual thing.<br><br>Jack is a bad guy. Yeah, he opens up a little from time to time, but I dunno if he ever REALLY respected Rhys as a person.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132381078344">2015-10-23 17:46:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132381078344&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132381078344&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>anthony. why are we still using he/him pronouns for zer0 in tales from the borderlands?? didn't you basically confirm them as agender and using they/them pronouns :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's actually my fault. I literally just forgot I intended to do that as I was writing a lot of the dialog referring to them -- I'm sorry. It's just so easy to slip back into gender normative stuff with Zero (especially since I've referred to them as "him" for years). It's not Telltale's fault, it's mine.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132377196360">2015-10-23 17:47:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132377196360&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132377196360&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>For good or for ill, people are never going to stop shipping characters any way they so choose, canon be damned. Do you think that's bad?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No. Art is a two way street.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132376197448">2015-10-23 17:47:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132376197448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132376197448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how come assassins creed never gets <7 reviews when everybody hates it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I guess the core loop or promise just clicks for some people, I dunno. I never found either appealing, so the games bounce off me like bullets off Superman.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132366527816">2015-10-23 17:48:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132366527816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132366527816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I REALLY want to get a tattoo of Rhys's chest markings, it being my first tattoo. My only worry is that, since nobody knows the full art from the game, that I'll get one thing and find out in a later addition that I was way off. Should I get what I think it will be, and make it my own?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Iiiii think that's up to you<br><br>I wouldn't but you do you</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132370221896">2015-10-23 18:12:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132370221896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132370221896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWHUjuJ8zxE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWHUjuJ8zxE</a> Hype time now?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yuz</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132385252424">2015-10-23 19:02:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132385252424&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132385252424&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Honestly, I don't think Zer0 should be switched to vague pronouns. He has two games worth of support for male canonicity. Wouldn't it be better to start working towards a new agender character in the next Borderlands? Someone that has in game support for it, instead of just external statements?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Very fair point.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132422388296">2015-10-25 18:02:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132422388296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132422388296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why was tftb so hetero focused? One of my favorite things about the BL series is that it has so many lgbt characters, for once I feel like focus is on us when I'm in the BL universe. I know you only wrote some Jack scenes for the game, but why was such an important part of the BL canon looked over?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I disagree. I think the Athena/Springs relationship makes way more overt progress in Tales than in any other game.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132411379272">2015-10-25 18:03:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132411379272&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132411379272&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why do so many girls on tumblr call you dad. not even "daddy" in the kinky way, just like, "dad" and "father"</blockquote>
<div class="answer">What</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132407764296">2015-10-25 18:03:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132407764296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132407764296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>did you crush or keep?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Keep. I (Anthony, not Rhys) owe him too much.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132393824328">2015-10-25 18:05:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132393824328&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132393824328&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I hate Assassin's Creed. You and your fans hate it. But I say this as someone who works in a high school: not everyone hates it. Whenever my students find out I'm into video games, that's their first question. "Oh cool!! Do you play Assassin's Creed??" It's mad popular w young folks.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I can see that. It's simple, but makes you feel like a badass. Hell, better they're playing that if only cause there's some historical shit</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132393082440">2015-10-25 18:06:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132393082440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132393082440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/AO3Scribe">@AO3Scribe</a>'s ask, zer0 is genderless. them being misgendered in two games does not change that. if zer0 was meant to be nonbinary as multiple devs have confirmed, then they are nonbinary. it would take less effort to use the correct pronouns in future games than to make a new nonbinary character.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's if you believe the feelings of the creator take precedence over the actual text. I'd like to believe the characters of Borderlands would be progressive enough not to misgender someone, as much as I'd like to think of zero as nonbinary.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132438876744">2015-10-25 19:56:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132438876744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132438876744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Oh shit, Anthony, you diggin' Nathan For You? I've never understood why more people aren't in to that show, especially when a huge amount of it is on Youtube.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Dude basically invented a new form of comedy</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132432604744">2015-10-25 19:57:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132432604744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132432604744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How to deal with self-hatred? I'm worried I might fall into depression someday....</blockquote>
<div class="answer">For me, therapy and hanging out with my friends more (and opening up to them in safe situations) helped a LOT.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132402662216">2015-10-25 19:57:37</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132402662216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132402662216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm worried that with you off the team there will be less push in BL3 for lgbta characters. There are other people on board for pushing past the straight cis status quo even though you're gone, right? :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yup.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132415488584">2015-10-25 19:58:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132415488584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132415488584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>any halloween traditions?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Consider doing a costume, then don't</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132393585224">2015-10-25 19:58:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132393585224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132393585224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I know it wasn't entirely your doing, but I just wanted to thank you and whoever else worked on the scene with Rhys confronting Jack in episode 5. For myself and a lot of other abuse survivors it was just... really empowering to play through that, and it was painful but it made me really happy.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Pierre Shorette is mainly to thank for that. My first pass was WAY too easy on Jack, made him way too remorseful. The Telltale folks were much better at remembering that he's still, inherently, a piece of shit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132395871304">2015-10-25 20:00:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132395871304&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132395871304&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Firstly, glad to see your back I love your ask.fm. Secondly, are there any games like Gone Home that utilize gameplay to tell a story? I absolutely love that aspect of Gone Home.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Her Story, Papers Please</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132444058696">2015-10-26 01:29:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132444058696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132444058696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>@ other anon asking about the "dad" thing: it's like a tumblr fandom in-joke thing to refer to the creators of their fandom as their parents. like people calling todd howard bethesdad.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132441525832">2015-10-26 01:29:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132441525832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132441525832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I actually really enjoyed how much LGBTA *was* in Tales! Lots of Athena and Janey, those gay Hyperion guards, Fiona coming off as very asexual and uninterested in romance; does all that not count? That "hetero focused" ask smacks very deeply of "my ship didn't become canon and I'm mad" to me.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I thought Tales did a pretty good job in this regard.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132440728392">2015-10-26 01:30:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132440728392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132440728392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(cont cont) and uh, for reference, excusing away a gay persons disappointment  about rep with things like "be happy with what you have" (generalizing what was said) and/or "you're just mad about your ship!" is...pretty uncool.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's fair. Apologies.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132447024456">2015-10-26 05:56:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132447024456&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132447024456&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Ey, just wanted to let you know that you absolutely slam-dunked that ask about the friendzone, I've been debilitatingly crushing on this one girl and reading all that helped more than you know. You're literally an inspiration. Also, you used the word "smooch" in the exact ideal amount, good job.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh great, glad to hear it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132446306376">2015-10-26 05:56:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132446306376&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132446306376&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>my problem wrt the romance/lgbt/etc aspect of tftbl is that so often in narratives queer characters are designated to the sidelines while the main characters remain that normative standard. ie the janey/athena relationship did progress substantially, but 80% of it was off-screen, & almost always is</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's fair. There's definitely always room for improvement -- I'm just personally happy about the progress we DID make.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132446419272">2015-10-26 05:59:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132446419272&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132446419272&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Any thoughts on the work of Laci Green? If you don't know who she is I've included a video for your perusal <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJoVHfEBGs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJoVHfEBGs</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">Love her.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132450503496">2015-10-26 15:57:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132450503496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132450503496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Laci Green is a known transphobe... I'd get links but I'm on mobile. I bet you could find the stuff if you looked tho.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I looked up some stuff on Your Fav is Problematic and she seemed to be pretty decent at responding to criticism/apologizing for past mistakes.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132458332744">2015-10-26 18:01:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132458332744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132458332744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I was a little confused during Rhys and Jack's final confrontation, where Jack is listing off the people who betrayed him and he brings up his girlfriend. What did he mean by that? Was he talking about Nisha or Moxxi? Thanks!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Moxxi.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132471232584">2015-10-27 04:49:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132471232584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132471232584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what are ya favorite mass effect squad mates?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Tali<br>Wrex<br>Liara<br>Wrex</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132471845704">2015-10-27 04:49:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132471845704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132471845704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>FUCK. YES. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/tennant-and-tate-returning-to-the-who-niverse.html">http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/tennant-and-tate-returning-to-the-who-niverse.html</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">YAZ</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132471110216">2015-10-27 04:51:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132471110216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132471110216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are there any films you love only half or a portion of, while finding the rest of it meh or even bad?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Sunshine -- first two acts<br>Inglourious Basterds -- a few scenes here and there but it doesn't hang together as a movie imo<br>I Am Legend -- first two acts</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132468584776">2015-10-27 04:52:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132468584776&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132468584776&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey, Anthony. I'm a big fan of yours but I disagree with a lot of your social views. (Trigger warnings/SJW...ism, ect)<br>I was just wondering what made you make jump from the "Every thing is funny or nothing is" camp to "All my videos need trigger warnings".<br>I'm not being a dick here. Legit question!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I talked to/befriended/dated people who had been personally hurt by sexual violence, and had a hard time laughing at, say, rape jokes because they were triggering. I learned that triggering isn't the same as being offended -- that it's a tangible, physical reaction on par with a PTSD flashback. At that point, it's literally a choice between "tell jokes that may cause *physical pain* to people" and "be slightly less funny".</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132492406856">2015-10-28 01:44:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132492406856&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132492406856&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I dunno, I guess I just disagree with the statement "X isn't funny". Sure Im not going to make rape jokes around rape victims because thats fucked up, but I dont think that means they're off the table because someone might hear and get offended.<br>Do you think your larger audience negates that, maybe?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm not saying "X isn't funny," I'm saying "X stands a chance of doing a tangible harm to a percentage of your audience (potentially a very large percentage, as roughly 1 in 5 women have been victims of sexual assault), and the potential harm of that doesn't outweigh the potential benefit of making a bunch of people laugh." There are tons of things you can do to make people laugh that DON'T come with a risk of tangible harm, so why not do those things, instead? Yes, it's harder, and yes, it removes some easy avenues of comedy, but if you're at all good at your job of making people laugh, that shouldn't really be a big deal. <br><br>And, again, you have to separate "get offended" from "triggers a PTSD-esque flashback to the moment someone hurt them."</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132494246728">2015-10-28 05:17:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132494246728&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132494246728&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How's your facial recognition skills?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">bad</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132498285128">2015-10-28 15:44:39</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132498285128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132498285128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Play Downwell yet? That shit is diamonds.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i can't get past world 2 :(</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132496460104">2015-10-28 15:44:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132496460104&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132496460104&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think of comedians with basically one mode of humor? I still watch Zero Punctuation and John Oliver on Last Week Tonight (love him) and it's always entertaining even though they pretty much just use the same joke template again and again and again (this? that's like this!!)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I dig it so long as the substance changes. I watch John Oliver because I'm learning a thing in an entertaining way, not because I'm there for the jokes. I stopped watching ZP because it felt like all the reviews started to say basically the same thing.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132496091208">2015-10-28 15:45:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132496091208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132496091208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>But the problem with your suggestion of minding what you say because you'll upset a minority, however large, no matter what you do. How about we actually do use an all-white cast in Star Wars to keep the racists happy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">For the third time: stop conflating "you'll trigger people" with "you'll upset people." I don't care about upsetting people, which is why everything I write still has sex jokes and profanity and mean characters. <br><br>I care about not triggering people, which, again, is a physical thing. If I was capable of making a video that would make the audience feel like they've been punched in the stomach, I wouldn't do that.<br><br>That's not the ONLY thing I care about (I care about not putting women or people of color in situations that perpetuate the shitty treatment they've already gotten), but that's what I'm talking about.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132507329864">2015-10-28 22:18:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132507329864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132507329864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Oh, I get it. So it's kind of like being a vegetarian. Sure, you're missing out on some great meals and flavours, but there still plenty of vegetarian dishes, plus you're hurting any animals in the process.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Kinda, sure.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132511245896">2015-10-28 22:19:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132511245896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132511245896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why does saying it can hurt victims of sexual abuse (talking about rape jokes) matter? Shock humour is funny not because of the subject matter, it's because you're joking about something very taboo. All trigger warnings and such do is keep victims or even just wary people afraid of everything.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Why does it matter that I might be causing physical and emotional pain to someone who has been raped?<br><br>Why WOULDN'T that matter? <br><br>What's at stake if I DON'T make those jokes? What do I lose? Some people who find rape jokes funny don't get to laugh as hard? I still get to make jokes about all other kinds of taboo things.<br><br>If you've got significant data suggesting that trigger warnings make people more afraid of things and don't help them in any way, I'd like to see them. Otherwise, you're arguing for rape victims to be surprise-assaulted by the media they consume just because you think YOU know what's best for them. Which is not okay.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132505864776">2015-10-28 22:21:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132505864776&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132505864776&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do you criticize what are frankly some pretty disgusting attitudes in progressive (*cough* tumblr) communities without it looking like you're validating every MRA "SJW!!!!!!!$&$()" stereotype?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I wish I knew. It's fucking difficult, because the line between "this one particular person or group of people is awful" and "this entire philosophy as a whole responds to things incorrectly" (which I don't believe is generally true) gets extremely blurry on twitter, where the only stuff that rises above the noise is snark and anger. And people get angrier when you tell them that their anger is excessive, because it's "tone policing," which is often a real problem from people in power. But sometimes, it isn't "tone policing," it's "holy shit stop saying that you want this person to die or come to harm, or stop unloading on them with an unyielding, blind fury that makes you look like an angry stereotype of a progressive person and by extension makes the rest of us look like radicals and buffoons".<br><br>So, I dunno what to do about that, really.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132501943624">2015-10-28 22:28:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132501943624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132501943624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I think western media-saturated society has collectively overestimated the value of shock humor. People laugh because it's an immediate way of dealing with discomfort. And don't even start on how we misconstrue these comedians as "pushing a boundary". Sometimes that's the same as being an asshole.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Agreed. Comedy, at its best, reveals some sort of deeper truth that may be uncomfortable or revelatory. We learn something about ourselves, or the world at large. Shock comedy CAN do this -- Louis CK -- but the vast majority of the time, "shocking" comedy simply restates shitty stereotypes and prejudices back at us in a really loud voice, making us uncomfortable (hence the laughter) but also reinforcing shitty shit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132512725320">2015-10-28 22:45:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132512725320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132512725320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In your experience/opinion, is an internship a viable way to "break in" to writing vs. spending a ton of time and money on college?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I honestly don't have any experience in this area, sorry.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132496450120">2015-10-28 22:52:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132496450120&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132496450120&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>ey yo what's your opinion on golems?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">they aight</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132513426504">2015-10-29 03:28:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132513426504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132513426504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>But why do sexual abuse victims get special treatment? Sounds bizzare but there are victims of everything everywhere. There were no trigger warnings for midgets in BL. There were no trigger warnings about PTSD when countless people are killed for comedic value in BL. Everythings okay or nothing is.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Have you been reading literally ANYTHING I have been saying about triggering in the last five questions? It is a different, PHYSICAL thing that happens. "Everything's okay or nothing is" is a quick way of saying "I do not know what I am talking about and it is easier to paint everything with a broad brush so I don't have to change my views and still get to believe that I am basically a good guy and everyone else is just a big baby".</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132518884424">2015-10-29 14:40:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132518884424&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132518884424&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So... Best episode of Tales from the Borderlands and best moment overall. Can't be any scene you wrote. GO!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">"Rhys, let me go"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132517547592">2015-10-29 14:40:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132517547592&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132517547592&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>have you seen any of izombie? I was reluctant because it looked...well...dumb, but it's actually an incredibly charming, smart show. I think you'd really dig it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Might get around to it at some point. I'm one of like three people in the world who didn't like Veronica Mars very much so I wasn't in a rush to check it out.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132517649736">2015-10-29 14:41:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132517649736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132517649736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>To the (new) trigger warnings person: Borderlands is very upfront about it including violence. It'd be reasonable to expect a trigger warning in a game that doesn't usually or clearly involve that sort of violence. That way someone with PTSD won't get surprised and traumatised while playing the Sims</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yar</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132531228488">2015-10-29 20:20:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132531228488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132531228488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it ever fair to hide things from the people you love? Even if you are protecting them, is it fair?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ooh. Damn.<br><br>I dunno. If you're protecting them, maybe? But you'd have to be very very careful that you're not actually just putting off telling them a necessary evil that they'll eventually discover anyway, or that they deserve to know.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132534694216">2015-10-29 22:57:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132534694216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132534694216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>yo anthony. i just wanna say, i know you feel anxious and sad sometimes, but whatever happens, just remember, you have a beautiful dick and we'd all love to suck it. you take care now</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh dear</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132540749128">2015-10-30 15:41:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132540749128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132540749128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can I still enjoy your MGS book if I've only played Sons of Liberty?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">it'll be a lot less entertaining cause it's about MGS1, but you can give it a go. I've spoken to people who never played 1 who still enjoyed it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132541271624">2015-10-30 15:45:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132541271624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132541271624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>It's good to listen again to the hawpcast! It made me realize lots of not-so-good things about Moffat's dr who.<br>Do you like/watch south park?<br>I usually love it, but the last seaon seems pretty focused against PC.<br>It's a case of "suck it up, satire affects everyone" or it's problematic?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">South Park at its worst has a bullshit, mocking attitude toward both sides of any given conflict, which is a really easy and smug way to be above something and feel superior without actually taking a real stance (which of course benefits them, as they're in a position of power)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132543841352">2015-10-30 15:46:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132543841352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132543841352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>On lying to people you love: I feel like it's generally a bad idea because "protecting" someone from something implies that you know what's best for them, when it's really up to them how to react or respond to something. The intent is good but I'd say lying to a loved one is best avoided.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Right.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132550247752">2015-10-30 18:16:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132550247752&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132550247752&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>just saw freddie wong's latest instagram; goddam you look good in a suit</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132552997192">2015-10-30 19:03:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132552997192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132552997192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>On lies: I want to exp. being single in college (after not being single for 5 years), but I want to end up with my current gf afterwards. I've accepted that's probably not gonna happen, so I'm just staying with her. Is me lying about these feelings okay? Telling her outright doesn't sound beneficial</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Oof. I dunno, man. I'd ask somebody smarter about this, but it seems like it'd be kinda unfair to use your girlfriend as a safety net while you explore other stuff...but at the same time, depending on how your relationship works, you could always discuss this kinda thing with her if you think she'd be receptive to it.<br><br>If you don't intend on fully going after other people, if you're not in agony with your current gf and not just using her to avoid the horrors of loneliness, then don't tell her. If we told our loved ones every little thought that entered our heads they would (and, in my experience, do) react harshly. Honesty is important, but not if it's honesty about something you never really intended to do that will only hurt someone's feelings.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132559345736">2015-10-31 00:00:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132559345736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132559345736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What could someone dress as for Halloween to actually scare you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">my dad</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132568726344">2015-10-31 15:22:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132568726344&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132568726344&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I kissed a guy tonight, as a straight guy gotta say it wasn't anything magic. i kissed a chick too and comparing there was no victor. it just...was. i have no idea why i'm saying this to you. maybe it feels gossipy to me and it feels like an outlet to you of speaking of gay acts.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's cool. Maybe you're just not into guys, or into guys that look like that, or that guy. Nobody's under any responsibility to be bi.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132569648968">2015-10-31 15:23:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132569648968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132569648968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How adept are you at recognizing your anons?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132562563400">2015-10-31 15:23:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132562563400&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132562563400&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(part 1) So first off, thanks a lot for Jack and Angel. As a daughter who grew up with an abusive father, I really loved how Angel was handled. I especially loved how her last words wasn't any regret, but calling her father an asshole. But also thanks for Jack</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132627344200">2015-11-02 21:55:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132627344200&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132627344200&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(part 2) Though I see my father in him, he's also very clearly bpd. Dealing with him helped me A LOT to come to terms with my own bpd, and I'm really happy he isn't just "that crazy villain", but actually human. He's still who he his, but.. it's hard to describe, he and his writing really helped me</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132627414600">2015-11-02 21:55:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132627414600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132627414600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(part 3) but I actually got two questions. When writing Jack, was his whole backstory already worked out? Was the mark just there for the "ohh" effect, or was the entire story with Lilith already written? Also: does it annoy you getting asked about borderlands all the time? Nonetheless, thank you!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Firstly, thank you so much for the kind words. I'm incredibly sorry that you've had to go through something like that, but I'm happy the game could have helped you in some tiny way.<br><br>Secondly, his backstory got worked out steadily as we progressed through the plot and wanted to find a way to make him and Angel more directly relevant to each other. Once we'd done that, we realized Angel needed to be a Siren, and that same logic also led us, conveniently, to finding a (damsel-y) way of getting Lilith offstage in the game's third act.<br><br>Thirdly, no, it doesn't annoy me, because I'm basically a narcissist and answering BL questions gives me an opportunity to talk about myself.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132627493448">2015-11-02 21:57:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132627493448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132627493448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/638154_700b.jpg">http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/638154_700b.jpg</a> Were you trying to make this joke in your Ecco the Dolphin HAWP?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">not intentionally</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132634257480">2015-11-03 04:05:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132634257480&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132634257480&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do You think that Jack should have had a redemption story in Tales? I tought that he would sacrifice himself in the end but he remained asshole :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think Telltale did the right thing. It's tempting to say Jack is a good person deep down, that he's no different than the other characters in the game...except he's fucking awful. He's an abusive monster, and though I love redemption stories (because they tell all of us that, deep down, maybe we're not as awful as we think we are and that we can be better than we are), a story about Jack becoming a good guy would be dishonest. That's not how abusers are, generally, and stories that perpetuate that idea are probably in some way responsible for abuse victims remaining with their abusers. There is some good in everyone, sure, but a little drop of good doesn't forgive an ocean of horrible.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132632991304">2015-11-03 04:08:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132632991304&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132632991304&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(1/2)I just wanted to share something about recognizing sexism that I had a lot of trouble with before. It's a crude test, but if you replace the woman with a black person in a statement, and it sounds racist, it's probably sexist.  I had trouble understanding why it bothered me when people</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132561261384">2015-11-03 04:11:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132561261384&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132561261384&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>(2/2)would say sexist things, and then would act like "Oh, sorry, shouldn't say that in front of a lady."  Somehow it's okay, yet saying something racist and going, oh we shouldn't say it front of black people, is not. It may be stupid, but it helped me, maybe will help others.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">this is great.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132561263432">2015-11-03 04:11:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132561263432&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132561263432&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>An interesting spin on No Wrong Way To Play:  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p747PrxmZJ4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p747PrxmZJ4</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">neato, adding this to the queue</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132562487368">2015-11-03 04:11:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132562487368&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132562487368&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it possible that a Metal Gear Solid game without Kojima could actually be better story-wise...? They have yet to be but assuming they hire a decent writer</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yes, it could be "better" in many, many regards, but it could also be less stupid and weird and random and where-the-fuck-did-you-come-up-with-that. Which is kind of what makes MGS MGS.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132646959432">2015-11-03 18:19:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132646959432&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132646959432&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm kind of stressed out and sort of depressed between academics and not having people to talk to. Did you enjoy school? I ask because you're a writer and that's what I enjoy doing outside of school.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I fucking hated school. I don't have any memories of college because I disassociated so hard. I had a couple of good creative writing classes and completely failed to flirt with some people, but that's it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132661357896">2015-11-04 15:48:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132661357896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132661357896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>On the Kojima-less MGS, Ghost Babel, Portable Ops, and a couple "unofficial" MGS games are actually held in high regard. I have some faith if it is someone who worked under Kojima and knows his style.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, but those are portable games and have different expectations on them.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132659832648">2015-11-04 16:17:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132659832648&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132659832648&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why did Helios have one central power core the only reason anything has one power core is so people can destroy the power core</blockquote>
<div class="answer">hi</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132665307208">2015-11-04 16:17:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132665307208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132665307208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you know that people are complaining and accusing writers that Jack was out of character in Tales because he betrayed Rhys even if you had been nice to him for whole game? Or because he didn't end up as 'good' character? How ridiculous is this? These ppl should play in other bl games</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think those people are confusing what they what with what's correct, which is something we all do (including me -- my initial instinct was to give Jack a redemption arc). We can pretend Jack is a decent guy who went wrong, but he enslaved his daughter and strangles people to death just for shits. He is a bad person. <br><br>It'd be nice for Jack to become a good person, sure, but what is that then saying? That abusers deserve as much empathy as their victims? That when an abuser says "hey, I can change," you should believe them?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132657655624">2015-11-04 16:19:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132657655624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132657655624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>re: fan reaction to Jack's betrayal, I also think we are culturally ADDICTED to the trope of Mean, Sexy, Charismatic Dude Who Can Be Turned Good For That One Special Person (i.e. The Reader). You see it most blatantly in girl fandoms (hellooooo vampire boyfriends), but dudes are just as susceptible</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Right. Which is, like -- I get it. I get the desire for that. We all want to believe that we, or our loved ones, can always find some sort of redemption. That's a wonderful, comforting idea.<br><br>I don't know how true it is, though. If your father abuses you from birth, and then he feels kind of bad about it later, that doesn't magically make him a good person who deserves your forgiveness.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132690318664">2015-11-05 16:39:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132690318664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132690318664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So how did your uncle helping your mom buy a car lead to your entire career? We never found it. It's the ultimate backstory! It has to be told!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Man fuck if I know<br><br>I was pretty sure we were just about to find out our uncle was our dad</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132673050440">2015-11-05 16:39:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132673050440&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132673050440&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i have a feeling you could totally rock a septum piercing</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NUP</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132735010120">2015-11-07 19:25:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132735010120&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132735010120&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how old were gaige and angel supposed to be? a lot of people are bickering about it right now because i guess one is underaged and one isnt and people ship them together? i thought someone once said gaige was 18 but i cant find a source and i dont want to ship them if its illegal :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I headcanoned Gaige as 18 because I knew people were going to sexualize her no matter what</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132730603592">2015-11-07 19:25:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132730603592&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132730603592&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What did you think of the war room confrontation in last night's Doctor Who, assuming you're still hate watching it (S9 seems a dramatic step up from every other Moffat year tho)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I...hm. I really really liked the bit about how you can turn horror and war into something positive, and the bit about how all wars are just a bunch of fighting that precedes two people sitting down and talking.<br><br>That said, a lot of the stuff the Doctor says to Zygella basically felt like someone grabbing the camera and shouting, "hey, BlackLivesMatter people! Stop complaining! Be peaceful and talk with us on our terms, not yours, you big babies!"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132765258312">2015-11-08 17:30:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132765258312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132765258312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>oh yeah it's been a year today since I got my bird, all thanks to you dude. No one's sure of the sex but the ladies at the shop think it's a girl. and i still don't have a name for it, except for, like, "cutie" but i call everything that.<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://imgur.com/KxOFaYC">http://imgur.com/KxOFaYC</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">ahhh it adorab</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132781495368">2015-11-09 05:58:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132781495368&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132781495368&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Jack imprisoned and tortured his daughter for years to further his company. Jack rewarded Claptrap's help in building a Hyperion empire with a mass genocide. Jack was literally going to murder a planet over classism. He's a megalomaniacal sociopath. How does anyone think he's capable of redemption?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cause he's funny</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132778292808">2015-11-09 05:58:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132778292808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132778292808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think of the sonic sunglasses on this season of Doctor Who?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">sure</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/132801765192">2015-11-10 07:49:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 132801765192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 132801765192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is there any meaning in your life that the inevitable death awaiting you does not destroy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nope, but things don't exist just to not be destroyed</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133112653128">2015-11-24 00:23:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133112653128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133112653128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In regards to your "why do ladies love Bucky?" confusion, I think Jonathan Holmes put it nicely when he said that a mean person being just a little nice seems like huge character growth, whereas flitting back and forth like a real person just appears tiring. Fans also get this reaction vice versa.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I get that story principle (it's why we like Mr Darcy and The Rock), but Bucky doesn't even feel like that to me. He's a guy who got brainwashed and has basically no agency, and the second he does, he tries to be sorta nice. He feels more like an object to me than a person. Versus, say, Loki, who has a lot of really interesting inner conflict going on.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133146756936">2015-11-25 17:01:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133146756936&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133146756936&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey Anthony I have a question so I was completely convinced that I was aro/ace like 6 months ago and now I'm completely in love with my best friend of 3 years and in an amazing relationship. Am I a scumbag for thinking that as my  identity even though it clearly wasn't?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nobody's a scumbag for trying to figure themselves out.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133213172296">2015-11-29 01:40:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133213172296&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133213172296&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are there any other games as good and addicting as Spelunky? I need a new challenge.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NOPE</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133182081352">2015-11-29 02:17:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133182081352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133182081352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you find yourself tiring of genres like sci-fi and action as you get older or basically as interested</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I wish I could get more tired of them because then I'd feel a deep, insatiable hunger for the new. As it stands, I still go see Marvel movies even though I kind of just shrug at them nowadays</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133211502408">2015-11-30 17:27:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133211502408&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133211502408&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You still following pro wrestling?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I just watch the big PPV events, generally</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133237552968">2015-11-30 17:28:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133237552968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133237552968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>A couple of months ago I watched a video of you and a bunch of people playing a charades-like game, do you happen to remember what it was called? Or am I crazy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Fishbowl? Monikers?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133418090056">2015-12-07 01:56:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133418090056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133418090056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>rocketjump just came out on hulu! :D Congrats!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks! hope you dig it</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133352170824">2015-12-07 01:57:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133352170824&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133352170824&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hot dog or burger?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">veggie burgers tend to be better (unless we're talking about one particular hot dog stand in austin)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133389249864">2015-12-07 01:57:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133389249864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133389249864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm really poor at finding dates. What's your best/worst advice?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If you're using dating sites, have basic-ass punctuation and grammar skills. Don't ever make rape jokes. Use exclamation points and be genuinely interested in something about the person other than their appearance or their media (everybody likes Game of Thrones, it's not a good first foray into conversation), then ask them about it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133413131336">2015-12-07 02:15:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133413131336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133413131336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>"The Internet has given rise to a mentality that you don't have to grow as a person or change at all, because SOMEWHERE, no matter what, out on the Internet is a niche group that thinks exactly the way that you think and will reinforce you no matter what." validity to this, or simplification?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Horrible simplification. Twitter exposed me to tons of viewpoints I'd never seen before. I just plain didn't understand the first thing about trans identities until Twitter.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133310439240">2015-12-07 02:15:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133310439240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133310439240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I legit just signed up to this website to compliment your new profile pic on Twitter. You look so cute and happy on it, it makes me happy every time I see it on Twitter (also, congrats on Rocketjump : the show, the first ep was great can't wait to see more !!)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">aw thax</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133339854408">2015-12-07 02:15:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133339854408&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133339854408&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Anthony if you could write a screenplay for a film that stars David Tennant what would it be about?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">him making out with a brown 28 year old for ninety minutes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133375039304">2015-12-07 02:16:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133375039304&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133375039304&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Should you or should you not take it personally when a friend distances themself from you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean I dunno how to not take that personally, but they could potentially have a lot of shit going on in their lives that means they need space...and a lot of that shit might not have anything in particular to do with you.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133317756232">2015-12-07 02:17:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133317756232&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133317756232&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I wish you were a love option in Harvest Moon so I could marry you every day for the rest of my life :3</blockquote>
<div class="answer">aw <br><br>weird</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133307986760">2015-12-07 02:17:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133307986760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133307986760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you know the specific rules about being a siren? Like would someone be a siren based on if they were assigned female at birth or would it be if they identified as female? (Another way of phrasing this: could either a trans man/nonbinary person or a trans woman be a siren?)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">In my head -- which no longer counts --  a trans woman could be a Siren.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133287693896">2015-12-07 02:35:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133287693896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133287693896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey man, have you heard of/played undertale?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm like twenty minutes into it and enjoying it way more than I thought I would.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133279218504">2015-12-07 02:36:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133279218504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133279218504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do you feel about the resurgence of strong female superhero's such as Jessica Jones and Supergirl? what does that mean for feminism in cinema?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I want more.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133262910536">2015-12-07 02:36:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133262910536&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133262910536&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do you pick yourself up when you're feeling under-appreciated?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hang out with friends. Or, play a videogame thaat I'm really good at.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133199969864">2015-12-07 02:36:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133199969864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133199969864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Re: The Dating Site advice: I've met three women off OkCupid (One is now my fiancee). The first thing two of them said to me? "Thanks for actually reading my profile before messaging me; most men don't." A sincere interest in the person's identity beyond looks goes SO far. It's so easy, too.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ya</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133422658120">2015-12-07 16:35:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133422658120&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133422658120&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did anything in particular happen between you and Tiff Chow to make you so antagonistic toward her on Podtoid, or was it just immaturity (which happens)?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I had a crush on her and was a fucking horrible person about it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133476000584">2015-12-10 06:56:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133476000584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133476000584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why the fuck was Luther not a character in Fan Friction? I mean come on Anthony, Idris Elba and David Tennant? Who wouldn't want to see those two fuck. Your sister fucked up.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hey. I was lead writer on that short, so *I* fucked up, too.<br><br>(Also Luther isn't as immediately recognizable as the others)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133491357768">2015-12-11 05:43:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133491357768&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133491357768&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it okay to hate someone because they're dating someone you want to date?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean, you're basically describing jealousy. You're asking me if it's okay to be jealous? I mean, it's not ideal, but it's a fundamental human emotion. It's a bad one, but it's a thing.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133491275592">2015-12-11 05:43:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133491275592&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133491275592&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>this might sound weird but i wanted to ask you: do you think that revolver ocelot is gay or at least not straight?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think he's either gay or, more likely, asexual</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133473384264">2015-12-11 05:44:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133473384264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133473384264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In general if you go back and listen to Podtoid, there's some really funny stuff in there and also a lot stuff you and the crew kinda "grew out of." How do you feel about the show looking back on it almost five years later?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">To be totally honest, I'm really scared to go back to it because I tend to think of me-circa-2008 as a piece of human garbage. I haven't gone back and checked to be sure.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133497600072">2015-12-11 05:44:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133497600072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133497600072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have anything you want to say to the 2021 version of you, then? How do you think they'll regard you, compared to how you regard the 2008 you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hope you don't have a kid you dumb idiot</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133513668424">2015-12-11 17:56:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133513668424&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133513668424&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Will you use the term "whipper snapper" when you become an old man?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">more like fuccboi</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133511388232">2015-12-11 17:56:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133511388232&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133511388232&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How much does aesthetics trump game pragmatism when it comes to player decisions? I remember wanting to level up in strength in Fable 2, but abandoning the entire tree just because it made my character look like a burly monster.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I wish aesthetics mattered more. I want to run around Fallout 4 in nothing but an evening dress, but I'm basically not allowed to go anywhere in the wasteland without looking like a walking dumpster fire. Like, just lemme put those sweet stats onto my regular clothes, man.<br><br>That's actually something I thought Fable 2 did well -- clothing. It did nothing for your stats and was purely decorative. <br><br>(I think male game designers tend to look at clothing as being purely functional and think the idea of looking cool just for decoration isn't inherently all that interesting, whereas you've got many lady gamers playing tons of dress-up games and shit because that shit is fun)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133581386312">2015-12-14 17:26:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133581386312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133581386312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what did you use to make the text game for your ex wife? wanted to use it , thanks</blockquote>
<div class="answer">twine</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133569805896">2015-12-14 17:26:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133569805896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133569805896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Saw you're going through X-Files, nice! Are you watching every episode, or are you using the guide you posted on Skippable?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">watching every ep except for the ones my girlfriend warns me away from (guy on the internet dates fat women and uses his saliva to dissolve all their fat)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133558638920">2015-12-14 17:26:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133558638920&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133558638920&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it weird that I only started having a crush on Zoe Quinn when she started kicking ass? Like, the more power she got the more I found her attractive. I feel as though I'm somehow being gross still.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't thiiiink so? It means you became attracted to someone for what they're capable of accomplishing rather than what they look for, which is kind of the best way to be attracted to someone, right?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133574425928">2015-12-14 17:30:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133574425928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133574425928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Favorite Quentin Tarantino movie?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">kill bill</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133546412616">2015-12-14 17:30:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133546412616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133546412616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Will there be some streamable version of your GamerX garbage man talk? I need to know how garbage you are!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeah, all the gx3 talks will be on youtube at some point</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133537237832">2015-12-14 17:30:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133537237832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133537237832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I got around to watching Over the Garden Wall and wow. It's so good.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yez</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133530260552">2015-12-14 17:30:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133530260552&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133530260552&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why am I still playing temple run2 should I stop it's still fun but.I could be playing new things</blockquote>
<div class="answer">because it's specifically designed to addict you. accept that and try to treat it like you would any other addiction</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133527649096">2015-12-14 17:55:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133527649096&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133527649096&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think it's easier to hit the big time writing about typical sci-fi/fantasy stuff than by writing about stuff like... what do regular people read about?... driveways?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133537370696">2015-12-14 17:55:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133537370696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133537370696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is Handsome Jack Latin@?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nah</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133532308808">2015-12-14 17:55:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133532308808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133532308808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>can you please word-of-god Jack as bisexual? please??? it's christmas.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean SOMEBODY in Borderlands has to be hetero</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133527069256">2015-12-14 17:55:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133527069256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133527069256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i would do anything for love but i won't _______</blockquote>
<div class="answer">dog dick</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133524056392">2015-12-14 17:55:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133524056392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133524056392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Was Literal Penis Pictures your idea? Loving the show btw. Fuck the haters!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nope, that was Will Campos. Thank you, though!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133530130504">2015-12-14 17:55:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133530130504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133530130504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>RE: dumpster fire clothing in Fallout 4, talk to PAM in the Railroad.  Without spoiling too much, that will lead to a way to improve regular clothing a lot.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ooh. Okay, I may do that.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133600109384">2015-12-15 17:14:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133600109384&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133600109384&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How would you deal with revenge porn?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean, cause I'm a guy, there'd basically be no reprecussions -- nobody's gonna say, "hey, anthony's a slut."</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133603493192">2015-12-15 17:14:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133603493192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133603493192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>But why make it the most bisexual coded character in the game? Otherwise he just ends up being a "no homo" joke :\</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's a fair point.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133602434888">2015-12-15 17:14:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133602434888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133602434888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what is your personal goty for 2015?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Invisible inc</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133599820616">2015-12-15 18:57:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133599820616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133599820616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>no one has to be hetero in borderlands. it can be a hetero-free paradise of a franchise. i want to believe.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Aight he's bi then</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133602493512">2015-12-15 18:58:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133602493512&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133602493512&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is Jack really bi? Is this what I'm seeing?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">jack's bi if you want him to be. in my head, he's straight. if nobody's felt like there is really super 100% clear evidence one way or the other in any of the games, then it's totally in your court as the fans</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133619087688">2015-12-16 03:36:08</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133619087688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133619087688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You and Ash ragging on Doctor Who back in the day was what got me to start writing seriously as a teen. Any chance HAWPcast might revisit that dynamic?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean Ash hasn't watched Who in a looooong time</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133664828488">2015-12-18 19:29:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133664828488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133664828488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i dunno dude because by those lines fans could disagree that torgue is not bi-sexual as nothing points to that ( from my recollection, correct me if i'm wrong)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Torgue is definitely bisexual in dialog (no matter what character you are he refers to you as attractive)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133645026888">2015-12-18 19:29:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133645026888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133645026888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is there a full name for handsome jack? He has to have a last name.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i'm bad at last names so uh</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133639034952">2015-12-18 19:30:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133639034952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133639034952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>yo, do i have to subscribe to hulu plus to watch the rocketjump show past episode 1?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yuz</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133632205640">2015-12-18 19:30:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133632205640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133632205640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>it's so funny that u could say u and the team sees athena/janey as a canonical lesbian 100x and no one respects it but the moment u say jack is whatever makes him available to romantically abuse rhys (that's the context to the ask on tumblr btw) its suddenly word of god... this fanbase amazes me</blockquote>
<div class="answer">...huh. <br><br>odd.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133630048072">2015-12-18 19:30:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133630048072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133630048072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>But like, there totally is evidence that he's bi in the games, if he's not bi then him hitting on men and rating them on their hotness is just one big gay joke and that's fucking shitty.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If there's more evidence that he's bi in the games than not, then he's super bi. I certainly never intended for him to come off as a homophobe, and I'd much rather have him be bisexual than that.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133621342024">2015-12-18 19:32:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133621342024&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133621342024&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Like, I'm sorry because I know you must be getting tons of conflicting feedback, but I don't want ppl to give you the impression that it is the unanimously decided Right thing to do to make Jack bi. I'm seeing a lot of people who are uncomfortable with the idea already and for good reasons.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I mean...<br><br>So, here's the thing. I wrote him and, in my head, I thought of him as straight. Through the years I worked on the game and got slowly less and less shitty about my own internalized homophobia, I may have accidentally made him say some stuff that comes across as gay jokes. And that's terrible, and I'm sorry if I did that (I don't remember any specifics, but people say Jack seemingly jokes about hitting on dudes in a potentially homophobic way and I believe them). <br><br>So if it's easier to believe that he's bi than that he is a homophobic character or that the universe of the game believes it's okay to make fun of gay people, then I understand that. I also understand not wanting him to be bi because it may not be fully supported in the story, or because having a psychopathic abuser being bisexual isn't exactly a step forward for bi visibility.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133622360392">2015-12-18 19:35:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133622360392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133622360392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Tbh, Jack's relationships with male characters like Rhys and Timothy are so intensely creepy that I really, really, reeeeaally don't want him as the face of bi rep in Borderlands. Especially when there are so many other great bi characters.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Huh, I'd never thought of Timothy that way -- in my head it was always "Jack is so egocentric that he'd be the most attracted to someone who looks like him, because he's the ultimate asshole and wants to objectify himself."</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133622339144">2015-12-18 19:36:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133622339144&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133622339144&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>wait no i have one last thing! being like "Yes he's a bi character" "no jkjk he isn't! don't be mad" is...well it's kinda mean, dude. Anyways NOW I'm done talking, thanks for taking the time to read.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm not trying to be mean, I'm trying to deal with the fact that two factions of people are hounding me for answers about a fictional character to a franchise I don't write for anymore, and both sides are saying I'm a piece of shit for different reasons depending on which side I come down on. If my attempts to understand both sides and try not to be a problematic asshole strike you as *mean,* then I dunno what the fuck to tell you. I don't owe you anything, dude.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133621593672">2015-12-18 19:38:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133621593672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133621593672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I watched E4 of RJ and LOVED the discussion on racism. But it made me realize, I'm working on putting together a podcast in which some indirectly racist things have been said (by an all-white cast). I feel uncomfortable about keeping them in, but they'd also be hard to edit out. What should I do?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">-Show it to nonwhite friends, see if they take issue with it<br>-If they do, edit the parts out or just scrap the episode entirely and start over</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133630336840">2015-12-18 19:54:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133630336840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133630336840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Ah, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to come off as entitled or like an asshole, sorry for causing you any distress.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's alright. I appreciate the apology.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133677763912">2015-12-19 01:01:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133677763912&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133677763912&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you think it was kind of neat if not actually significant in any way that both the big villains in The Force Awakens were nerdy, angsty, awkward young white guys trying to front and prove how powerful they are with their misguided, stubborn anger? Unintentional audience commentary much...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">HA</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133679104584">2015-12-19 06:16:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133679104584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133679104584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do the hell do I cope with a breakup? I feel like all my plans in life were just erased from existence and I have no one to listen to me anymore. I feel useless and utterly alone.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">About to answer a question about divorce which is basically similar</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133678137160">2015-12-19 06:16:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133678137160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133678137160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>sorry if this is too personal but how the hell did you deal with your divorce? I just got divorced myself and I feel like I might as well stop existing. nothing means anything anymore, I feel awful all the time and the only person who could help me through is the only one I can't talk to. help ):</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The short answer is, "wait a while and try to be around your friends as much as possible." It's harder to cope with alone, and (at least for me) when I'm alone my dark, self-destructive thoughts tend to bubble to the surface much quicker and much more violently.<br><br>If you can't talk to other friends about it, then keep doing what you're doing now -- find people on the internet who might care, even if it's just random subreddits or whatever, and talk to them if you need to.<br><br>Though really, the best thing is talking to a therapist. I was hurting worse than I'd ever hurt in my life, but therapy gave me someone to vent to, and someone who could be both on my side when I needed them to be, but could contextualize and explain things to me when it was helpful, to the point where I now understand why our marriage couldn't possibly have worked for longer than it did and, as much as I didn't want it to happen and still miss her terribly, it was probably best for both of us that it ended.<br><br>Failing all that? Time will eventually make it hurt less, because everything hurts less with time. Do things that make you happy. Don't feel guilty about indulging in a lot of self-care, whatever that means for you (videogames and junk food? You can work the pounds off later -- do what you gotta do).<br><br>I personally had a ton of one night stands on Tinder right after my divorce, which helped my self esteem a bit, and got me used to talking to women again. Less healthy were my too-soon attempts at legitimate relationships that I wasn't really ready for (which very sadly resulted in my hurting a handful of people for reasons that were entirely my fault)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133639077448">2015-12-19 06:22:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133639077448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133639077448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>thank you for answering the divorce question... if you don't mind, a follow up question: how do I choose a therapist, or what should I look for in the first session to help me choose? thank you so much for your help. your writing has always meant a lot to me.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I honestly just went onto google and tried to find therapists near me. You have to just be okay with not clicking with a particular therapist, and then moving on.<br><br>Also, do not be shy about trying out a sex therapist -- in reality, sex therapy often has a lot to do with love and romance and emotion, and depending on the factors leading to your divorce, it might have a lot more to say about your situation than you think.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133680676168">2015-12-19 19:14:29</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133680676168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133680676168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>my one crippling fear is that i will run out of things to say, and i'm known for that i can talk a lot. usually i'll think of something absolutely unrelated to what was said and it  weirds people out. i fear if i run out of things to say all possible things will have been said and then i can't talk</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's why you ask questions about the other person.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133680740680">2015-12-19 19:14:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133680740680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133680740680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you seen the new Star Wars yet? What did you think of it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Almost everything about its story (other than the very beginning and bits of the very end) was really bad. Everything about its characters (with the exception of the returning ones) was really good.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133690401096">2015-12-19 19:15:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133690401096&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133690401096&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>have you ever been without friends? my ex distanced me from everyone i knew but i only made them in the first place because he was there. people joke around and we make small talk fine but i can't seem to make any real connections. i never share my nerdy hobbies with anyone after my ex.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I was without friends in college, when all of my friends had gone to college. <br><br>This was when I decided to start doing HAWP, because I was so lonely. Maybe you can funnel your creative energy and loneliness into something similar?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133681285192">2015-12-19 19:15:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133681285192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133681285192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I think The Force Awakens is a good litmus test movie like Fury Road, if people think that it didn't "tell its own story" and miss how really only one or two of the plot beat echoes feel arbitrary and the rest are all character centric, not forced, not to mention ignoring the plethora of new stuff.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That seems completely wrong to me. Fury Road *does* tell its own story with completely new characters (except Max, obviously) and not only doesn't rely on the past Max movies to provide enjoyment, but actively disregards every single thing about the series in general.<br><br>I dunno what to tell you if you didn't think stuff like the space chess, 3PO's arm, the out-of-nowhere trench run, the trash compactor, or any number of other moments didn't feel totally forced to you.<br><br>Honestly, the movie begins to fall apart for me the second Han shows up -- until then, it's an interesting new story about interesting new characters. Then it starts rehashing tons stuff and not letting these fun new characters do things of their own volition.<br><br>I can go on for pages and pages about how bad and nonsensical the plot is, to the point where the film's own stakes are undermined because of how vague its plot andj world state are (to the point that even Phantom Menace actually has a better *plot*, even though its shitty characterization means it's a worse movie), but it doesn't really matter, does it? <br><br>You liked it, I really didn't. That's fine. Neither of our lives should be drastically affected by this.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133730366280">2015-12-22 03:42:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133730366280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133730366280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'll admit it's partially to make it chemically "feel" like Star Wars, as a jumping board to new ideas. But if you didn't enjoy the brutality of the grounded lightsaber fights or the stomach sickening Starkiller base (I don't know how it's possible that gave me chills but it did) then *shrugs*?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, Starkiller did absolutely nothing for me. It felt like the most lazy, obvious scale-up from what the death star was, except without any of the narrative context to make me understand why it exists or why it matters or what it's even doing (wait, they're blowing up Republic planets, but not Resistance ones? What's the difference? Do we know anyone on these five planets? We cared about Alderaan because Leia cared about it, because Luke and Han and Obi-Wan are headed for it, and because when Tarkin chooses it as a demonstration of power he does so just to be a lying sack of shit, so it shows what a taint he is).<br><br>Sorry, it's easy to get caught up in slinging shit about a thing that everybody else likes.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133730429256">2015-12-22 03:44:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133730429256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133730429256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You made a comment on twitter about Max Landis. It sounded like there was more to it than just disagreeing with him about Star Wars. Is there something I'm missing?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I have heard many stories (and know people who have also heard these stories first-hand) about him beating the shit out of women and using his industry connections to sweep it under the rug.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133719899464">2015-12-22 03:45:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133719899464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133719899464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>can i still get a girlfriend if i like to be sad and or apathetic</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Not likely. People don't want to be with bummers. I say this as someone who was a bummer for a very long time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133693341000">2015-12-22 03:45:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133693341000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133693341000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What Star Wars video game(s) do you like?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">KOTOR, KOTOR2, bits of TOR, Tie Fighter, Shadows of the Empire (for pure nostalgia reasons -- that game probably sucks ass), Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133738362696">2015-12-22 03:47:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133738362696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133738362696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why didn't you complain that MI:V 'didn't tell its own story' and was the exact same plot as ghost protocol and the first two</blockquote>
<div class="answer">MI:V told its own story, it was just kind of a boring one. Though, to be fair, MI as a series is known for basically doing the same thing every time ("big heist!") whereas Star Wars, even in the prequels, tried to generally make every movie have at least a different plot.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133747853896">2015-12-22 23:13:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133747853896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133747853896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I guess a bad plot is inconsequential to me if I love the characters as much as I did. You've talked about that a lot too, how you don't care how amazing a plot is if the characters suck, what didn't you like about the characters that the plot ruined the movie for you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I loved the characters, generally, which is why I say I had fun at Force Awakens even though I don't think it's really too good of a movie. <br><br>Though I do wonder if I just liked the actors more than the characters -- I loved Rey, but I dunno how much of that love is "holy shit a girl with a lightsaber who is nice to people and not annoying".</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133742049096">2015-12-22 23:14:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133742049096&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133742049096&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your opinion on mistletoe as a Christmas tradition?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">feels like something ugly men invented</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133745508680">2015-12-22 23:15:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133745508680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133745508680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I agree that the plot for TFA was paper-thin. I think people's enjoyment of it is a testament to how much the audience is willing to forgive if your characters are likeable and have good chemistry.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">very much so</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133759493960">2015-12-22 23:15:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133759493960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133759493960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What about the next Star Wars film? Are you looking forward to Luke being the next Obi-wan?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, because I think the weakest parts of Force Awakens were those that relied on old characters. I wanna see the new folks doing new shit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133760219464">2015-12-23 02:10:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133760219464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133760219464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Sucks about Max Landis, I really liked his wrestling video :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah. He's very good at pitching.<br><br>(which is why he's written lots of movies but all the movies are bad)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133759737672">2015-12-23 02:10:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133759737672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133759737672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So it seems TFA has lead to a re-examination  of the term "Mary Sue". I understand the desire to stop the term getting too gendered, but I feel it just needs to be more nuanced. Like why do I love hanging out with Rey, while this Christmas' Doctor Who being River Song heavy puts me off entirely?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because River Song is fucking smug and irritating, and the entire universe bends over backward to try to convince us that she's badass. Like, you're gonna have a Dalek beg for mercy from her? What the fuck?<br><br>Rey is just really good at everything, but she's at least nice. And Daisy Ridley has a lot of charm about her.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133746728008">2015-12-23 02:11:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133746728008&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133746728008&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>my wife (borat voice)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NICE</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133761354824">2015-12-23 16:20:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133761354824&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133761354824&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>David Tenoutoftennant?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">NICE</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133774350664">2015-12-23 18:53:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133774350664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133774350664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just Cause 3 = Torgue's new favorite game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">torgue's favorite game is red faction guerilla</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133774234952">2015-12-23 18:53:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133774234952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133774234952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you have any recommendations for video games with a lot of emotional impact? i've spent the last few months jumping between mindless shooters and i'm trying to find something heavier, but most of the suggestions i've found online are just games with nostalgic value.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">walking dead, life is strange, passage, fable 2 (imo), mass effect series, dragon age series, gone home</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133761414472">2015-12-23 18:54:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133761414472&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133761414472&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I think the visual storytelling makes you feel for Rey more than if it was said over dialogue. She's in the shit more than Luke, and her naivity and *flying by the seat of her pants* makes her compelling to me. Kylo wanting to be more evil than he actually is I liked. Poe is more acting > character</blockquote>
<div class="answer">fair</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133762300744">2015-12-23 18:54:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133762300744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133762300744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>no judgement but why did you tweet at dan harmon about the borderlands reference and immediately delete it rejection anxiety?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133786745928">2015-12-24 17:39:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133786745928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133786745928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I caught up on Adam Ruins Everything. So is the whole No Fap thing a result of the shame tactics from religious groups?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no, those are two separate schools of thought. one is masturbation = sin, the other is masturbation = decrease in sexual performance and weird dopamine addiction.<br><br>The latter is actually true.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133782801992">2015-12-24 17:40:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133782801992&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133782801992&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hey anthony. I just finished chapter 1 of mgsv (30/50 missions) and am feeling a little burned out on the game. I've liked the gameplay, and the story is...yeah. Is it worth it to push through and finish the game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">the story and gameplay only get worse.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133781421640">2015-12-24 17:40:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133781421640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133781421640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i know this is annoying but could you bullet point how you got over your divorce? just had a bad break up where it was her depression, not something with me, which stings even though its selfish. would have to scroll back for 30 minutes to reach that month. or if you've answered recently, thanks</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I've answered recently, just go back a bit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133849660488">2015-12-27 17:56:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133849660488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133849660488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you still stand by the purple ghost shirt you wore in the Christmas hawp or have you changed your ways</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't have it anymore :(</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133841575496">2015-12-27 17:56:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133841575496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133841575496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you do when you feel really tired for a long period of time, and not sure what to do in general?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hang with friends, or play a game or something</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133839662920">2015-12-27 17:57:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133839662920&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133839662920&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I suggest you stop talking about feminist shit. Now. Because I'm about to expose you for who you really are.  And I have a paper trail.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">pahahaha<br><br>I get a few of these every so often -- it's like they read the story about Arthur Conan Doyle writing "we are discovered, flee now" to his friends and then wondered if that'd work on a real person</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133824200520">2015-12-27 17:57:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133824200520&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133824200520&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Over the last couple of days I've been watching your SGDA talk and Character is cool talks and they're excellent. Do you have any other talks I can watch and are you planning on more?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I did some GDC talks that are (I think) in the archives, and I did a GX3 talk this year that should be up sometime soonish.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133825604680">2015-12-27 17:58:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133825604680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133825604680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is that Christmas HAWP not really awkward for you and Davis? Why release it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cause it's funny</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133803560264">2015-12-27 17:58:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133803560264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133803560264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>On the topic of games with heavy emotional impact, have you played To The Moon? If not I highly recommend it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I really didn't like To The Moon. I felt like its interactivity sabotaged its story, and that the whole thing woulda been way better as a film or a book.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133780389704">2015-12-27 17:59:17</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133780389704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133780389704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Ashly losing her whole XCOM squad (named after your group of friends) during a terror mission  and having them all come back as zombies is still my favorite emergent gameplay/narrative moment of all time.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh fuck I forgot about that <br><br>so good</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133800491080">2015-12-27 17:59:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133800491080&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133800491080&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Well, I don't see how a decrease in sexual performance would matter that much, considering a lot of compulsive masturbators ain't bangin' anyways</blockquote>
<div class="answer">There's also arguably a self-esteem correlation, as you're essentially giving yourself a dopamine addiction</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133798176072">2015-12-27 18:14:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133798176072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133798176072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How easy is it for you to fall for people online?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Pretty easy</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133861642312">2015-12-29 01:54:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133861642312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133861642312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you see this pacifist walkthrough playlist for Fallout 4?  (potential spoilers in videos)   <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpA4nO9xD-0p4ARq2mxfBY-7osEl6E5FG">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpA4nO9xD-0p4ARq2mxfBY-7osEl6E5FG</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah. It's amazing and ludicrous and basically proves why I don't like Fallout 4 very much.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133823680584">2015-12-29 01:55:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133823680584&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133823680584&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Okay, it's none of my goddamn business and I know you've probably told the story a million times, but what happened between you and Davis? Just found out, and I'd like to know from you, and not the crap info Reddit or the YouTube comment section is spitting out. I just want to know the full story.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The truth is incredibly boring: she kinda just outgrew me. I lose a lot of my luster after seven years of uninterrupted company with me. I didn't want to split, but she did, so we did.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133806152520">2015-12-29 01:57:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133806152520&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133806152520&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thanks a lot for that kind of frank honesty. I'm sure you know you had people wondering, and we all appreciate you speaking about a private matter honestly, even if you had no obligation to in the least.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Only so many times I can hear people talk about someone I love cheating on me when she didn't.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133887438664">2015-12-29 05:27:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133887438664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133887438664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I think you are great. I'm glad you exist. you've made a better person from hearing your hawpcasts and reading your tweets. thank you, anthony</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thax</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133889755976">2015-12-29 05:28:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133889755976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133889755976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think about Kylo as a villain? It seemed a strange choice to me to have him be so weak and ineffectual and I can't decide if I like that or not.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I liked him. He's not scary, sure, but he's interesting and that's enough for me.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133779114056">2015-12-29 05:29:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133779114056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133779114056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Don't talk shit about anyone. Game development's a very, very small world. - chris avellone. Hope no one digs up the revrants when looking at your resume</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes, just imagine if I'd ever tried to get a job as a lead writer of a AAA videogame</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133891081544">2015-12-29 15:55:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133891081544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133891081544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>My girlfriend broke up with me out of nowhere because of her depression, which kind of cuts deep, the idea it wasn't my fault. I don't know what I'm supposed to do to support her. If I block her would that be for her sake or mine? Would it make me seem angry with her 1/2</blockquote>
<div class="answer">.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133901098312">2015-12-29 19:56:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133901098312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133901098312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't know what's the caring, positive self that I want to be and my shitty angry self talking right now. I don't know how I'm supposed to be supportive or what she wants. I want to be happy for her, and her to be happy, since I loved her, while still taking how miserable I am into account... 2/2</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Personally, I think you're kind of allowed to do whatever you need to do for self-care after somebody dumps you (within reason). If it'd make you feel better to block her, block her. It's no longer your responsibility to do everything you can to make her feel happy if doing so will make you feel worse.<br><br>Would just like to remind everyone that I have no basis whatsoever for giving advice, I'm not a therapist, and everyone should ignore me.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133901101128">2015-12-29 19:57:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133901101128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133901101128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In BL2 there is an ECHOlog, that apparently didn't make it into the game, where Jack explains that he poisoned Wilhelm to make him more killable by the players. I am probably literally the only person who cares, but do you remember why this was cut? (If you ever even knew…)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">somebody forgot to put it in</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133922535240">2015-12-30 17:30:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133922535240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133922535240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have a public email that it is alright to send fanmail to?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">this ask works</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133927524680">2015-12-31 16:35:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133927524680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133927524680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you have got a ass</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ya</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133958250568">2016-01-01 23:10:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133958250568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133958250568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hi Anthony.<br><br>I'm going through some really bad stuff right now, and Borderlands is one of the few things that make me genuinely laugh these days. Thank you for being awesome.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thank YOU. I hope things turn out better.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133990708808">2016-01-02 18:10:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133990708808&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133990708808&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have your relationships hurt your ability to trust partners, or have you gotten over the heartbreaks with time?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I have no problem trusting my partners. It's me I'm more cautious about.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133969061960">2016-01-02 18:10:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133969061960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133969061960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you dislike about Fallout 4?  How's it shown in the pacifist run of it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">1. It's a shooter. It's not a game where you can sneak and talk and sprint your way past stuff. <br><br>2. It's pretty linear. You can kill EVERYONE or NO-ONE in New Vegas, and the game is completely fine with it, because it prioritizes your story above that the writers wanted to tell you. The fact that Fallout 4 almost entirely breaks down when you try not to kill certain people in the pacifist run, or to kill other people in a non-pacifist run (try shooting anyone in a major city, and then realize that there's literally NOTHING you can do other than reload your game, in which case why even let me have a gun at that point), shows how little they really prioritized player expression. Which is a shame, because, to me, that was where Fallout always really shone.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133911520840">2016-01-02 18:12:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133911520840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133911520840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What did you like about Everybody's Gone to the Rapture? I personally enjoyed it, but didn't find many who shared my enthusiasm. If there's another place to read your thoughts on it, please link.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I liked it a lot. Yes, it's not very interactive, but walking around in that gorgeous space, listening to that music, trying to piece together the character plots while listening to fantastic writing about a bunch of flawed three-dimensional people just trying to do their goddamn best? That was really satisfying.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/133907430984">2016-01-02 18:13:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 133907430984&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 133907430984&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Wait, so you said you disliked Fallout 4 because it was a shooter, but you wrote Borderlands 2... Is it just because Fallout 4 isn't as good as New Vegas, or do you not like shooters in general? Just seems weird since you wrote Borderlands and that's essentially just a shooter, albeit a great one.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I like games that are honest and certain about what they are. Fallout 4 is trying to be an RPG but isn't one. New Vegas tries to be an RPG and is. BL2 is hopefully in a similar vein.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134025210696">2016-01-04 06:19:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134025210696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134025210696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Not a question, but thank you for all of the representation in BL, especially Athena. Just finished the series, & as a lesbian still struggling to accept her sexuality, seeing such a badass character also be shown as a non-stigmatized gay woman absolutely floored me. You're awesome, dude.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yussssss thanks i'm glad you dug it</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134029612872">2016-01-04 19:15:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134029612872&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134029612872&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I want to give Fallout New Vegas another try, but my problem in that game is role-playing itself: What's my motivation? What headspace did you find for the Courier? The game is very open ended, which is great, but I felt like all I should do is report to the Express and ask for a new job.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Really? To me, my motivation was always to get revenge on Matthew Perry, and then to use my newfound power in the form of the chip to make Vegas a better place.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134022131272">2016-01-04 19:16:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134022131272&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134022131272&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i am addicted to PMO and i can never make it past day 4. tips?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Can you surround yourself with people as much as possible? I find that helps. Also, try weening yourself off only one, rather than trying to cold turkey both? (I recommend stopping porn but continuing to masturbate, as the inverse is really hard)</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134134630728">2016-01-09 03:35:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134134630728&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134134630728&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>prostitution is legal where i am. i'm 20 and a virgin. should i hire a girl, i think the experience could boost my confidence?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I certainly wouldn't think any less of you.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134134586696">2016-01-09 03:35:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134134586696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134134586696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you get scared that there's a remote chance that you could slip back into your angry, bitter self-pitying 20's personality if you lost all the support systems and people you have right now?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Only every single time I'm alone for more than eight seconds</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134102899784">2016-01-09 03:36:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134102899784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134102899784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What are your goals for 2016?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Keep exercising</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134118194760">2016-01-09 03:37:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134118194760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134118194760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you played Talos Principle? What do you think of it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I really really really liked it</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134141521224">2016-01-09 19:53:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134141521224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134141521224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how tall are you and ashly?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">slightly short, really short</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134196010312">2016-01-12 06:52:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134196010312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134196010312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>THE TINY ONE AND THE SAD FACED MOTHER AND THE BLUE TATTOO FOREVER AND EVER<br><br>i still haven't forgiven you for that</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nice</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134317007688">2016-01-18 04:27:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134317007688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134317007688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why are people mad about meme references in bl2? there are many references and parodies to other stuff too. and it's not like the whole game is about memes.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">see you get it</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134305002312">2016-01-18 04:29:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134305002312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134305002312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you know what was behind Handsome Jack's mask from the beginning?  How did the idea of a mask come about?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I never had any idea what was behind jack's mask -- the art team came up with the mask, and then they also came up with what was behind it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134260868168">2016-01-18 04:29:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134260868168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134260868168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How'd you stop being so judgy about people's tastes(I'm assuming you were because of Rev Rants)? I never tell people they have shit tastes but I definitely think it and I wish I could stop. It's probably not healthy.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You kinda just get older and it stops mattering.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134212640840">2016-01-18 05:13:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134212640840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134212640840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What was your favorite rocket jump video that you've worked on?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Fan Friction</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134248913480">2016-01-18 05:14:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134248913480&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134248913480&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BroTeamPill/status/689127223794774016?s=09">https://twitter.com/BroTeamPill/status/689127223794774016?s=09</a> So this is getting passed around. Any comment?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I've said the same shit on this askfm, and twitter, a few times. I hate that gamergate hijacked what could have been a legitimate discussion about breaches of consent and what a complex problem it is (if you have unprotected sex with someone else, then have unprotected sex with your partner without them knowing about it, and they catch something, is that a form of rape?). It's, of course, now impossible to have that discussion in that particular context, because then it becomes just part of the screaming cacophony of abuse and vitriol directed at her, and thus serves no purpose.<br><br>He seems to be under the impression that because it was a private conversation, it's some sort of crazy stanky reveal. It's a pretty assholish thing to do, but it doesn't say anything I haven't already said a few times.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134352316232">2016-01-19 06:08:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134352316232&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134352316232&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote><a target="_blank" href="http://www.playboy.com/articles/assholes-pussies">http://www.playboy.com/articles/assholes-pussies</a> Does this make you angry reading it or are you open to her having her own view cause I sure as hell don't know what to make of it</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I despise this woman</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134381401416">2016-01-20 07:38:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134381401416&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134381401416&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thoughts on the Suicide Squad trailer? <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmRih_VtVAs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmRih_VtVAs</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">looks fun!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134383957064">2016-01-20 17:00:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134383957064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134383957064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is dating people you're not really interrested in good practice for taking on more personally desirable people? i heard that somewhere basically but it just feels kinda shitty to me? like using other people as a stepping stone for your own confidence??</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Eesh. I dunno what dating somebody you don't like would teach you, other than how to manipulate people into thinking you like them.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134399146568">2016-01-21 06:11:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134399146568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134399146568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can you be a Liberal and Muslim?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134443249736">2016-01-24 08:07:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134443249736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134443249736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is Finn's bumbling and 'emasculated' character racist or is that overthinking it? i just fell down the rabbit hole of articles it didn't even occur to me people had a problem with him for 'propping up the girl'. isn't that conforming to patriarchal ideas of masculinity and fucked up?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Iiii dunno if I'd go that far. That's the kind of thinking that led to us having, for about twenty years, female characters who were only ever Marge Simpson -- intelligent straightmen who never got to have any fun.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134442244936">2016-01-24 18:13:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134442244936&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134442244936&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Steven Moffat is stepping down from Doctor Who next year and Chris Chibnall will be taking over as Head Showrunner and head writer for the eleventh series. Sounds about as good as can expected to me. Thoughts?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Chris Chibnall wrote Cyberwoman.<br><br>Chris<br><br>Chibnall<br><br>wrote<br><br>Cyberwoman</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134441387592">2016-01-24 18:14:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134441387592&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134441387592&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You used to lament that HAWP was just dick jokes. That last episode was just one dick joke. I'm glad you guys are growing. Bravo!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">we have a strong brand</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134421866312">2016-01-24 18:14:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134421866312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134421866312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Favorite Steven Universe character?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Amethyst, easily</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134434617672">2016-01-24 18:14:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134434617672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134434617672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just saw your gaymerx talk (LOVED IT). Can you please tell more of the story when a bunch of gamergaters emailed Gearbox to fire you? How'd Gearbox react (other than forwarding the messages to you)?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">That's all there is to the story, really. They spent a weekend flooding Randy's email, he forwarded all of the emails to me, eventually they stopped.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134418214984">2016-01-24 18:15:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134418214984&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134418214984&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Does anyone ever call you Tony?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">no</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134420866376">2016-01-24 18:15:12</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134420866376&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134420866376&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>there's a girl who works at the same place that i do that i like but i live very far away and don't have a car/ just take public transportation (like a train and a bus) would that make asking her out a bit weird?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The transportation thing isn't really a big deal, unless she's some sort of dick who thinks you're not a worthy person because you don't have a car.<br><br>I'd be more concerned about the fact that you two work together.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134398985032">2016-01-24 18:15:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134398985032&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134398985032&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You never seemed to fall into the GOAT camp for The Last of Us. Why not? (P.s. You fuck goats)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I loved Last of Us, but my brain just doesn't put games of that particular genre (play a level, then watch a cut scene that has nothing to do with the gameplay) into GOTY category because I find them to be inherently flawed.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134381836616">2016-01-24 18:16:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134381836616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134381836616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>why do people insist Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the most unwatchable Indiana jones when Temple of Doom is a thing that exists</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YOU TAKE THAT THE FUCK BACK WHAT ARE YOU EVEN SAYING</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134489993544">2016-01-25 17:14:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134489993544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134489993544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Chris Chibnall wrote nearly all of the episodes that you recommended in your torchwood skippable list and he also wrote Broadchurch. Surely that's enough to forgive him for Cyberwoman :'(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Did he? Hrm. I mean, the Torchwood episodes I "recommend" are really the least painful ones -- ultimately, only Children of Earth feels really worth it to me, in the end.<br><br>But yeah, I did like Broadchuch.<br><br>I'm mainly just irritated they didn't ask Paul Cornell.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134488832840">2016-01-25 17:15:38</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134488832840&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134488832840&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In fairness to Chibnall RTD PITCHED CYBERWOMAN. Anthony, could you have saved Cyberwoman. COULD ANYONE. And he wrote the few bits of quality in S2 like Owen and Tosh's outs, and Broadchurch which people seem to enjoy and presumably is character focused not space lasers focused.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeah fair yeah fair yeah fair you right you right</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134474461256">2016-01-25 17:16:11</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134474461256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134474461256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your Hogwarts house?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Hufflepuff<br><br>fucking ugh</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134480431688">2016-01-25 17:16:20</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134480431688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134480431688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>in your gaymerx talk you mentioned being friendly and nice when requesting things from your team. don't you think any discussion should be approached this way? if you get angry about it then you'll both get into defensive mode and just keep arguing endlessly.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">ya</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134496569160">2016-01-26 18:26:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134496569160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134496569160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Netrunner looks like such a great card game but no one plays it in my country, is there any hope of a digital version?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You can use OCTGN!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134521349960">2016-01-27 04:37:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134521349960&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134521349960&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do you feel about sword and board style games that use physics combat systems (like Mount & Blade and Examina)? I feel like a lot of people praise them and yet I find them to be utterly unplayable.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I fucking LOVE Mount and Blade. It's one of the few games about swords and melee combat that make me actually think in terms of swords and melee combat -- I'm not just thinking about how far I need to be before I can smack the attack button, I'm thinking about how fast I'm approaching, which side of my body they're on, etc.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134518468680">2016-01-27 04:38:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134518468680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134518468680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Looking kinda buff in that new BTS Rocket Jump vid. Been lifting bro?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes and this ask made me happier than nearly any other i've ever received</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134540698952">2016-01-30 17:27:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134540698952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134540698952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What cyberpunk films, books, comics and games (apart from Deus Ex and Shadowrun) would you recommend?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">A(s)century, Neuromancer, Netrunner...<br><br>Honestly that's kind of it, most cyberpunk sucks as much as I wish it didn't</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134530629448">2016-01-30 17:27:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134530629448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134530629448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you enjoy season 9 of doctor who at all? I dont recall seeing you post about it anywhere. I thought it had a lot of really fun episodes in it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Assuming season 9 is this last one, I enjoyed it a lot.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134538019400">2016-01-30 17:31:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134538019400&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134538019400&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>SHUT YOUR MOUTH, HUFFLEPUFF IS AWESOME. HONEY BADGER DON'T CARE</blockquote>
<div class="answer">WHAT DOES HUFFLEPUFF EVEN STAND FOR<br><br>"LOYALTY"? THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHIT</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134546369352">2016-01-30 17:31:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134546369352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134546369352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what happened to the world? What happened to the time when would could trust each other? Why must everyone be so untrustworthy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Everything has always been bad. We are generally less violent toward each other today than we have ever been in the history of society.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134625826888">2016-02-05 16:21:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134625826888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134625826888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>if you could only read articles from one gaming site which would it be?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Rock Paper Shotgun</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134619237192">2016-02-05 16:21:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134619237192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134619237192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hi want to be friends</blockquote>
<div class="answer">k</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134616687944">2016-02-05 16:21:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134616687944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134616687944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I wanted to say that your writing made me play BL2.  BL2 had all the charm BL1 promised and never delivered on.  It was the same core loop as the first game, which was a mediocre one, but my BL1 playtme? 3 hrs, my BL2 playtime? 136 hrs.  You made the difference, thanks.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">wooooo thanks</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134591377992">2016-02-05 16:23:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134591377992&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134591377992&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Which episode of Monster Factory is your favorite so far? I think I've watched the Bloodborne episode like 10 times. "no guns all funs".</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's all about Truck Shepard for me. Or Borth Sompson.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134610032200">2016-02-05 16:23:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134610032200&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134610032200&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just got the Pre-Sequel, I enjoy the borderlands sense of humor, but I'm not great at FPS, mostly cause of shitty aim (which is why my main bl2 playthrouh as zero and was frustrating as hell)  Who should I play in BLPS that would work for someone who's not good at FPS?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Athena.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134589711944">2016-02-05 16:23:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134589711944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134589711944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you won't admit TLOU is the GOAT game, will you at least admit it is the GOAT 6 hour short film? (P.S. You lift goats)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">sure</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134731120456">2016-02-07 19:03:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134731120456&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134731120456&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how good is mgsv gameplay wise?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Very, until the halfway point.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134719066696">2016-02-07 19:03:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134719066696&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134719066696&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How does one break out of the feedback loop where you feel like you need to publish a creative work online to feel confident and break out of a depressive funk, but you just eat junk food and watch youtube in bed all day instead of working on any of your projects because you're depressed?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">You work on a project.<br><br>It's the hardest part -- getting started -- but you have to do it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134714702408">2016-02-07 19:03:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134714702408&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134714702408&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>did you actually kick uli in kerbal space problem or is he just a great actor</blockquote>
<div class="answer">We're BOTH great actors. I pulled my kick like a CHAMPION</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134713258312">2016-02-07 19:04:02</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134713258312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134713258312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your current gaming platform?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">PC/PS4</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134707534664">2016-02-07 19:04:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134707534664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134707534664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'd also suggest Timothy and Wilhelm, to the Not Great At FPS anon, since I've been in the same boat! Having pets at your command helps a LOT.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Righto</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134699899208">2016-02-07 19:04:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134699899208&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134699899208&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What makes you special or unique?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">fuck good</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134642117704">2016-02-07 19:04:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134642117704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134642117704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I named a character after you in XCOM and he got mind controlled and killed two other characters with a grenade. The blame is entirely 100% yours.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Least I went out HARD</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134746986312">2016-02-08 03:32:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134746986312&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134746986312&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I've been wondering, does the last of us have a worthwhile story to tell? I started playing it and the gameplay is fucking atrocious, but the cutscenes kind of interested me. Does the gameplay ever get good enough to justify this actually being a game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If you don't like the human-on-human combat, then you never will (I dug it) but the story gets very good, yes.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134746736712">2016-02-08 03:32:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134746736712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134746736712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>speaking of the doppelganger, but just fyi anthony to this day timothy lawrence has a super hardcore fandom and art of him gets hundreds and hundreds of likes and reblogs, he may've been a goofy dlc side character but people *really* connected with him, you did good please be proud</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yaaaaaaaaaay</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134745615432">2016-02-08 03:32:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134745615432&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134745615432&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you broke up with someone, and it was nothing to do with them, you really liked them, just bad life circumstances, and you told them that, then a month later they asked you if it was even partially to do with them, would you find it more... commendable? or appreciable? for them to have not asked?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I generally try to be forgiving of anyone who's been broken up with. A shitty thing happened to them and they need to deal with it, regardless of whether or not the way they go about doing so is, I dunno, dignified.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134663689032">2016-02-08 03:34:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134663689032&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134663689032&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>what music do you listen to when writing?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134740716104">2016-02-08 03:34:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134740716104&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134740716104&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why are you so mean to Uli?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Cause it was our dynamic in high school, and it's all joking. That said, you're right, and I should be nicer.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134637546568">2016-02-08 03:34:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134637546568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134637546568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>HUFFLEPUFF STANDS FOR NOT BEING A DOUCHEBAG AND LIVING NEXT TO A MAGIC KITCHEN FULL OF DELICIOUS FOOD. WHY, DID YOU WANNA BE A MAGIC NAZI INSTEAD? COME ON</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Ravenclaw: learning<br>Gryffindor: courage<br>Slytherin: self-interest<br>Hufflepuff: FUCKING NOTHING</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134595783240">2016-02-08 03:34:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134595783240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134595783240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Anthony, I'm curious, you have many, many asks giving you compliments but you said recently the one about your weight-lifting made you the happiest, why is that?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Cause I've been doing tangible work on weightlifting in an effort to see tangible results, and to know that I am achieving those results from people who have no reason to point them out is really satisfying. Getting compliments on my writing is...I dunno, it's different. harder for me to take them.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134591398984">2016-02-08 03:35:58</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134591398984&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134591398984&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you do with a game who's main mechanic you suck at, but you want to see what happens writing-wise.  It feels disingenous or less interesting to just watch a video, as it's not your experience of the game, but gameplay frustration so often overwhelms even excellent writing for me.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, just watch a let's play. Games are really weird in that they use gameplay to gate story content, and there's no way to get just one without the other, and let's plays nicely circumvent that.<br><br>That's weird, right? Some people care about story and not gameplay, and vice versa, and almost no games (other than Painkiller or other games with easily-accessible god modes) give a shit about people in either of these groups.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134590696264">2016-02-08 03:41:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134590696264&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134590696264&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>RE: Cyberpunk, have you ever played Shadowrun, the new videogames or the tabletop?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I played the videogame. Little too linear and party-based for me.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134590225224">2016-02-08 03:41:57</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134590225224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134590225224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Have you listened to the soundtrack to Hamilton?  It is the absolute shit, seriously, one of the best musicals ever.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I can't bring myself to listen to it without seeing the actual play.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134591493704">2016-02-08 03:42:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134591493704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134591493704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I watched the first 5 or so episodes of the new doctor who (the one starting 9th doctor) and didn't really like it, like I spent most of the Dalek epiode which many of my friends love going "why the fuck do I care about any of this?"  Is there something wrong with me?  When does it get good?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If you don't like it by the end of the first season, you can just stop.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134590259784">2016-02-08 03:42:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134590259784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134590259784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do people see in the Dark Souls franchise?  Every time I've died many, many times in a game, I get frustrated, depressed, want to stop playing, and wonder if I should find a new hobby.  Is this my temperment being inappropriate for the game or does DS do something unique? If so, what?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If your reaction to failure is frustration and depression, Dark Souls just might not be for you. Which is totally fine. <br><br>I feel like Dark Souls is like -- like, it's like really weird porn for people who have watched so much regular porn that they've become desensitized to it.<br><br>If you've spent your whole life playing games and find the openworldskilltreeleveluprandomizedlootsidequests shit really tiresome and not demanding, Dark Souls is for you.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134590929224">2016-02-08 03:44:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134590929224&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134590929224&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just wanted you to know that I've been following your work since that Shadow of the Colossus review on the Destructoid forums and in a weird way I'm super proud of how far you've come even though we will never know each other. Thank you for the decade of great content.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">oh jeez thanks</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134757904200">2016-02-09 17:01:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134757904200&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134757904200&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>ANTHONY what are your favorite borderlands ships? Canon and non-canon :D also you are really cute bye</blockquote>
<div class="answer">honestly, all of them. Except for the ones that ship Athena with dudes or like Jack with Angel<br><br>also thanks</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134764633416">2016-02-09 17:02:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134764633416&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134764633416&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I also put you in my XCOM 2 character pool, and you appeared as an alien supporter VIP who I had to punch and arrest. Get it together, Burch! Don't sell out your race for burgers.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">daaaaaamn</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134783781192">2016-02-12 07:20:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134783781192&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134783781192&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hi! So, I literally just went through every question you've been asked here, and I've nothing but the highest admiration for you. <3 Your insights into the BL verse were so exciting to read & I'm happy to see writers truly take stock in the characters they create. You def have a new admirer! :D</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks very much</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134858895944">2016-02-15 05:21:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134858895944&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134858895944&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Favorite Metal Gear Solid game, and why?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">4, because it's ultimately the best kind of fan service</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134854221384">2016-02-15 05:22:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134854221384&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134854221384&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Yo Anthony, did you play The Witness yet? What do you think? Also you guys are doing a crazy awesome job on those rocketjump shorts!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Loved it a lot. Can't remember ever being so happy to cut out pieces of graph paper. And thanks!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134862340936">2016-02-15 05:22:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134862340936&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134862340936&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just moved and now I have exactly 0 friends, how do I make new friends again? I can't seem to remember. It's hard after you graduate from uni.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Try comic shops? That's what I did for a little while.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134822552904">2016-02-15 05:22:42</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134822552904&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134822552904&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just watched the Overwatch gameplay 2 trailer and felt shocked by what seemed like overt racial stereotypes. Pointed it out to my bf and he said I was "looking for something to gripe about". The game looks fun (and yay female body diversity!) but I can't help but sideye the racial thing. Am I crazy?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean it is a little weird that the one asian dude is a samurai<br><br>But it does a lot of other things really well!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134811931464">2016-02-15 05:23:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134811931464&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134811931464&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your opinion on Truffaut's 'every film that features war is inherently pro-war' as someone who made Borderlands and consumes content about how exciting fighting and shooting stuff is (ie. is it mostly harmless escapism or is making exciting stuff set in war morally murky)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think if you're making shooting stuff exciting, you sorta kinda have a moral responsibility to contextualize that violence as bullshit in some way, or else you run the risk of, say, kids growing up playing Call of Duty and finding themselves supporting foreign wars and shit.<br><br>If your game isn't either legitimately making an attempt to explore the consequences of your violence, or obfuscating/making light of that violence so much that it's clearly just bullshit, then it feels disingenuous to me.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134808380488">2016-02-15 07:38:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134808380488&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134808380488&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Are you a Scully or a Mulder? I'm kind of thinking a Scully, be ashamed!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm a Scully, definitely. Which means I am wrong all the time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134799607368">2016-02-16 02:28:27</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134799607368&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134799607368&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>[1/2] Gryffindor and Hufflepuff seem like two sides of one thing - one is about stepping up and doing the right thing in the big flashy moments, and the other is about doing the right thing in all the little, less dramatic moments.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Man I don't even do that shit</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134799686984">2016-02-16 02:28:41</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134799686984&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134799686984&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So, played Firewatch yet?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, I dug it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134803280968">2016-02-16 02:28:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134803280968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134803280968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey, Anthony, have you ever seen the LP of [MODE] by Supergreatfriend? It's probably the closest an LP has ever come to being an art installation. I recommend. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il3epSTfHx0&list=PLaSPgE4K0SB3Vi6N13DtVRF-uJq0WLCC3">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il3epSTfHx0&list=PLaSPgE4K0SB3Vi6N13DtVRF-uJq0WLCC3</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">What makes it special? I can't tell what's going on other than the fact that the guy is playing a weird game.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134776595784">2016-02-16 02:29:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134776595784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134776595784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hey, Anthony! a lot of people have probably already asked you about this, but... is the Zaford family dead in canon? Hodunks showed up in TBL (although Jimbo didn't, even though his appearance had been teased a lot), also Tector was in the GOTY celebration video... any thoughts, confirmations?:)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">(shrug)<br><br>I dunno. Maybe the vault hunter, in canon, didn't do that quest.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134984257096">2016-02-22 05:24:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134984257096&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134984257096&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How do you feel about the illustration on this Engadget article? <a target="_blank" href="http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/27/a-first-hand-quest-for-the-future-of-sex/">http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/27/a-first-hand-quest-for-the-future-of-sex/</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">PAHAHAH<br><br>I mean it's pretty mean-spirited, but the look on that dude's face is hilarious.<br><br>Also if people wanna fuck in VR, cool, whatever, you ain't hurtin nobody</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134934408776">2016-02-22 05:25:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134934408776&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134934408776&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>have been in a really dark place for the last 2 months straight. just found out about HAWP, watched the whole series in one night. gave me the belly laughs I sooo baldy needed. wanted to thank you and Ashly from the bottom of my heart. also, Pre-sequel got me out of a similar place a while back:)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thanks so much!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134962195528">2016-02-22 05:26:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134962195528&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134962195528&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>About that overwatch thing, wouldn't it be wierder to make the samurai a guy who wasnt asian? I thought it was a japanese thing?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's more that the ONLY asian guy is a Samurai.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134896295240">2016-02-22 05:26:30</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134896295240&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134896295240&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>You probably already answered this.. Do You agree with Anita Sarkeesian view of death of Angel? How was this misogyny? I'm trying to stay open-minded but She sounds like person who don't play games, or even like them, and want find reasons to hate.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Firstly: Anita definitely plays games, I promise you.<br><br>Secondly: yeah, I agree that it's kinda fucked up. We needed a way to add Stakes and Relevance to the end of the game, so we made the story about an abused girl, which is kinda fucked up and lazy and trope-y.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134895299912">2016-02-22 05:27:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134895299912&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134895299912&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's the secret to bangin'? Is it the dick?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No, it's caring about how to make your partner feel good, while also finding a way for you to feel good as well. Sex -- even if you have a dick -- doesn't have to involve the dick as much as you might think.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/134901833288">2016-02-22 05:28:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 134901833288&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 134901833288&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I just got fucked over by a technicality (fucking bureaucracy) for my degree and can't complete it, would you say having your degree benefitted you at all?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Not in the slightest, but I am VERY lucky and VERY much an outlier as far as I know.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135137548616">2016-03-01 16:41:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135137548616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135137548616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>*watches the behind the scenes vid for Sleep Fighter*. daaaaamn, those pythons look sick!:) keep it up, the results of your workouts are undeniable!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thx bb</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135063843912">2016-03-23 18:58:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135063843912&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135063843912&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you ever skip leg day?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yeahhhhhh</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135350766152">2016-03-23 18:58:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135350766152&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135350766152&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Watcha think about zootopia and how it deals with racism?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Loved it. Loved that nobody was out-and-out evil, just blinded by their upbringings.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135350846536">2016-03-23 18:59:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135350846536&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135350846536&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't think what you did with Angel was misogynistic or tropey. I think it was perfect and it was needed and it was fine. Plenty of abuse victims who played the game have stated how important she is to them, including myself. I don't think it was fucked up. It helped me, so much. And others.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Well, that's good to hear. Part of me thinks, though, that she'd been even more empowering and helpful if her rebellion hadn't also been a self-sacrifice.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135549098056">2016-03-23 19:03:49</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135549098056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135549098056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't understand, was Athena meant to be mentally ill-coded or was that an accident? And why the choice to have Janey suddenly switch from "don't vault hunt because we're wanted" to "don't vault hunt because i say so"? It painted her in a way that made her seem like an unhealthy partner... :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">She whatnow? I guess it was an accident, because I didn't notice anything like that -- can you be more specific?<br><br>To me, Janey's "don't vault hunt" always came from a place of "you are putting yourself in undue danger and it makes me worry because I love you," rather than any attempt at exerting control over her.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135494834504">2016-03-23 19:04:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135494834504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135494834504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey Anthony! I'm working on a comic book series rn and I wanted to ask your advice on software for story representation. It's nothing big, and I'm a total amateur, but still I would love to hear your opinion on that thing</blockquote>
<div class="answer">As far as comics go? Dunno. But I always use final draft.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135453018952">2016-03-23 19:04:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135453018952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135453018952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>2/2 Should I just accept that as a truth of being a white, cis, (mostly) het dude? I literally don't know what sudden identification and representation feel like, so I just shouldn't bother getting involved? (those questions aren't meant as jerky and rhetorical btw.)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean...kinda, yeah. Ultimately, if you're a white cishet dude, then diversity in media isn't really *for* you -- it's for the rest of people who haven't had hundreds of years of media designed specifically for them.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135340889416">2016-03-23 19:05:47</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135340889416&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135340889416&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you s t ill like video game or just<br> spelunky</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I like Dark Souls, and XCOM, and The Witness, and Superhot, and Devil Daggers</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135325121352">2016-03-23 19:06:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135325121352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135325121352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>so... was the Mass Effect 3 HAWP supposed to be the end of the season? or you're just holding off the new episodes because of... reasons?:)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">We've got more eps comin</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135309646664">2016-03-23 19:06:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135309646664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135309646664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how to cope with being super not tall like at all</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Fuck shallow motherfuckers, that's how</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135263599688">2016-03-23 19:06:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135263599688&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135263599688&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How miserable were you in college, looking back?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Very. Totally disassociated to the point where I only have like two memories of that entire time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135222211912">2016-03-23 19:06:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135222211912&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135222211912&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thanks for recommending Pony Island.  It was awesome and very interesting.  Did asmodeus trick you?  I totally fell for it.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">YEP</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135113796168">2016-03-23 19:07:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135113796168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135113796168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have any advices for someone who wants to start a YouTube channel ?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Do stuff that you like. Do it because you're interested in doing it, not because you want fame or some external reward.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135295478344">2016-03-23 19:07:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135295478344&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135295478344&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>nothing has been affecting me lately, like i'll watch an inspirational video and only like this slim frontal bit of me will feel effected, and this massive grey cloud of nothing good and nothing bad remains stagnant and still</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Might wanna talk to a therapist?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135263606600">2016-03-23 19:07:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135263606600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135263606600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>awhile back you mentioned you owed Jack too much. a lot of creative people (including me) connect/relate to our characters in different ways and what you said made me think he must be personal to you in some way. what does he mean to you, if you're comfortable responding? are you sad he's gone?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">He's the encapsulation of what I wanted to do with characterization in games writing, basically. I'm not sad that he's gone -- I think he needs to disappear at some point or you risk the Loki problem -- but I'm glad he existed.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135340905032">2016-03-23 19:14:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135340905032&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135340905032&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Would Mass Effect be a better series if you removed the shooting and combat sections entirely? Speaking as someone who enjoyed a lot of them but can see they might be a turn off.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think if you had the option to do so, absolutely. I like playing with them in there, though, because they make me feel more like Han Solo.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135079334216">2016-03-23 19:14:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135079334216&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135079334216&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Thanks for helping to make funny games.  Handsome collection is one of the best co-op games on next-gen consoles because of the stories and characters.  Which of the BL2 characters' dialog was the most difficult to write?  Why doesn't Krieg's fence have a fence?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Maya was really difficult, because I had a hard time making her feel like something other than Powerful Hot Lady. I dunno if I even succeeded, to be honest.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135040610888">2016-03-23 19:15:03</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135040610888&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135040610888&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In the spirit of this new post-Zootopia world what would yours and Ash's fursonas be</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Turbo already figured this out a year ago -- Ash is a fruit bat, and I'm an owl with a bow tie</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135238977352">2016-03-23 19:15:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135238977352&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135238977352&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why are 80s action movies boring to me do you have any insight there?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Because current action movies have upped the level of violence and speed to the  point where the actual action of any pre-2000's action movie seems quaint and nonviolent by comparison</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135220713544">2016-03-23 19:15:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135220713544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135220713544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How heavily modded is your XCOM 2? Be honest, it is okay to admit you have a problem.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Stop Wasting My Time, Extract All, and Overwatch All, but that's it -- not really feeling like I need too many others</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135570637640">2016-03-24 05:53:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135570637640&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135570637640&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Favorite alcoholic drink?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't drank</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135568573256">2016-03-24 05:53:55</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135568573256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135568573256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's "the loki problem"?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Loki has made it very difficult for the Marvel universe to have a compelling villain, because he's so good and so frequently used (three movies, probably four with Dark World) that he's basically become the norm, and any other villain feels like a distraction from him</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135568539720">2016-03-24 05:54:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135568539720&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135568539720&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why do people like undertale? I played it and not only were the puzzles frustratingly simple, the "fighting" just involved dodging stuff I mean I just don't understand whats good about it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The story, the freedom it allows (pacifism), the incredible characterization, the small scale and focus</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135571263816">2016-03-24 05:54:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135571263816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135571263816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey, Anthony! Not a funny question.<br>What to do when you're 24, w/ no education other than full school, always been unemployed and feeling depressed? Also struggling with some kind of social anxiety (or Asperger, whatever) and living outside of NA. Even been familiar with it?<br>p.s. nice new HA episode</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm sorry, but I don't know what to tell you beyond a vague suggestion that you may want to seek therapy.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135573456968">2016-03-24 05:55:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135573456968&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135573456968&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>bro look at this rad art <a target="_blank" href="http://dapperowl.tumblr.com/post/141473910664/i-bet-you-think-im-a-monster-you-think-i">http://dapperowl.tumblr.com/post/141473910664/i-bet-you-think-im-a-monster-you-think-i</a> they have a bunch of gr8 stuff</blockquote>
<div class="answer">holyshit</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135785406536">2016-04-02 18:10:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135785406536&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135785406536&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>By mentally-ill coded I meant like, she comes off as sort of the "unspecified diagnosis mentally ill" character and I was just wondering if it her vibe of being a depressed, impulsive trauma victim who treats vault hunting as some validating addiction was intentional or not? Idk. Athena is neat.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It was not. I mean, we wanted her to have some emotional battle scars, but I certainly never intended her to come off as a flippant depiction of mental illness or anything.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135666444616">2016-04-02 18:11:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135666444616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135666444616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your take on this?<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thatdragoncancer.com/thatdragoncancer/2016/3/24/on-lets-plays">http://www.thatdragoncancer.com/thatdragoncancer/2016/3/24/on-lets-plays</a><br>A while ago you talked about watching  little-to-no narration LPs of visual novels on Youtube. In both cases companies don't actually see money for their work, so I was reminded of that.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think it's a bummer to do LPs of indie games. They're not that expensive, and you buying them makes much more difference to the creator than a AAA game.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135589956680">2016-04-02 18:12:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135589956680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135589956680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i kiss dudes, and kissing dudes is fun. but i get nothing sexual from it, which i don't want at this moment in time. what does that make me? ( i am guy )</blockquote>
<div class="answer">On a spectrum, like everyone else is. imo you don't have to be super stressed out about labeling yourself -- just do what feels good.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135810782536">2016-04-04 16:19:52</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135810782536&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135810782536&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why would Mordecai and Brick work for Vallory (a villain/bad person)?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The Vault Hunters work for bad people all the time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135807902536">2016-04-04 16:27:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135807902536&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135807902536&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>1/2 | Recently played the Pre-Sequel and was pretty upset by what happened to Felicity, it felt really cruel + unnecessary. 1st part b/c of the gross situation she JUST escaped and what the constructor scene ended up feeling like. Second part b/c why didn't we just copy her military codes and--</blockquote>
<div class="answer">f</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135648821064">2016-04-04 16:27:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135648821064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135648821064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>2/2 | --NOT her as a whole entity + Jack's dialogue all but explicitly stating they didn't need to destroy her personality for it to work. Do you know what the thought process was behind doing this? B/c other than showing Jack being a monster again it just felt pointlessly nasty :(</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think the problem with Felicity is, as you said, it felt like there was a clear "out" for the situation where they wouldn't have had to kill her, which makes the decision seem more cruel.<br><br>We wanted it to feel like a moment where Jack does the wrong thing for the right reasons, to start his descent downward into evil. But we kinda borked the execution.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135648821832">2016-04-04 16:28:28</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135648821832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135648821832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Will you be at PAXEast this year? I have a gift...maybe.... if i can finish it...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, sorry</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135868585544">2016-04-07 07:28:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135868585544&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135868585544&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey, I'm trying to not play video games for a little while like you did (while at the same time quitting porn and weed) and I feel like it's taking so much effort to not do those things that I don't have energy left to actually do other things. I'm really tired all the time. Any advice?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Watch a ton of movies or TV, maybe? Something passive that still isn't any of those things.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135846678344">2016-04-07 07:29:04</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135846678344&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135846678344&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you look for in an apology? Do you believe in the notion of forgive and forget?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Forgive, but don't forget.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136102590792">2016-04-23 03:15:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136102590792&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136102590792&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I saw you said you enjoy most Borderlands ships! Do you ever delve into looking for fanfic/fanart, or does being the writer make that weird?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I briefly played around with reading a twitter fanfic between a Moxxi account and a Nisha account, but that was it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136094797128">2016-04-23 03:15:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136094797128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136094797128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's a movie generally considered to be bad that you enjoy anyway?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Equilibrium.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136074005064">2016-04-23 03:15:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136074005064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136074005064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>NOOOOOOO Stephen Fry, nooooooo :c well no one's perfect, I guess...? Pree fucking shitty though</blockquote>
<div class="answer">?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135977130056">2016-04-23 03:16:44</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135977130056&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135977130056&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>hey ! do you think that ocelot ever had a thing for big boss? like it doesnt have to be sexual but something more romantic-like?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Definitely. I mean, he can kiss him at the end, and he's not interested in EVA, which means that he's at minimum ace or gay</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135970469448">2016-04-23 03:17:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135970469448&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135970469448&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What have you been reading?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">House of Leaves, The Ice-Bound Concordance</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135993842504">2016-04-23 03:17:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135993842504&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135993842504&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you think games with strong narrative elements like Borderlands 2 will ever start including "No Gameplay" modes for people who are willing to pay full price to just sit back and listen to the audio in a sensible order? (And do you think that would be prohibitively expensive?)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah. Let's Plays have already basically filled that role.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135961847624">2016-04-23 03:17:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135961847624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135961847624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>It was only today I became aware of your struggles with your marriage.  It made me pretty sad. But looking at the timeline and the recent Christmas boom boom episode made me wonder. Have you and Davis worked things out?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Nah, we're divorced. I'm in a very happy relationship now, though.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136002394952">2016-04-23 03:17:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136002394952&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136002394952&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I'm a HS English teacher & our curriculum was redesigned this year--same novels, but now each unit has a lens to read them through. Quarter 3's was "gender." So 1, I wanted to let you know that a LOT of my lectures/assignments/etc are inspired by things you've said or RT'd, and also to thank you :D</blockquote>
<div class="answer">woooo</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135957713992">2016-04-23 03:18:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135957713992&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135957713992&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If they asked you to be show runner for Doctor Who would you abandon Rocket Jump or have to think about it</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i'd abandon my fucking family to showrun doctor who for a year</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135610636616">2016-04-23 03:18:22</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135610636616&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135610636616&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>GamerGate aside, how much do you think an actual discussion on ethics in games journalism is due? If at all, how would you go about it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">basically none</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135942199624">2016-04-23 03:18:40</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135942199624&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135942199624&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did OJ do it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">prob</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135885763144">2016-04-23 03:19:14</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135885763144&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135885763144&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>i think without you i guess i would be accepting of a lot of people, people now in my life that are just great. i legit think i would still be an MRA if it hadn't been for you.<br> so like thanks for that <3</blockquote>
<div class="answer">holy shit thank you so much</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135886008392">2016-04-23 03:19:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135886008392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135886008392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you guys ever laugh at your own material when spitballing HAWP episodes? I picture you all sitting round a table just being like "yeah.. I guess that's funny."</blockquote>
<div class="answer">We have to laugh or it isn't worth doing.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135900090184">2016-04-23 03:19:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135900090184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135900090184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>If you could change one aspect of the education system in the U.S. , what would you change? Why?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Honestly, almost everything</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135885305672">2016-04-23 03:19:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135885305672&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135885305672&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>how do you feel about this trend on tumblr re: "calling out" people for liking villains or relating to them (w/o excusing their actions)? i know there are a handful of abuse victims and people with bpd that relate to HJ for example and they get a lot of shit for it. i don't think it's fair.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yeah, it's not fair at all. People need to (A) have a more complex relationship with media and (B) be cool with other people doing so as well</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135882453320">2016-04-23 04:14:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135882453320&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135882453320&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Okay Stephen Fry apologized... which is something... BUT HE STILL SAID IT <a target="_blank" href="http://smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/stephen-fry-apologises-for-saying-rape-victims-should-grow-up-20160414-go6wqa.html">http://smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/stephen-fry-apologises-for-saying-rape-victims-should-grow-up-20160414-go6wqa.html</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">YO WHAT THE FUCK</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136152772168">2016-04-23 05:37:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136152772168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136152772168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Justin says it "Pok'AYE'mon" have you talked to him about this?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">i mean i say it like that too</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136174445128">2016-04-25 04:04:34</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136174445128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136174445128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Should circumcision be illegal?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">yes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136160505928">2016-04-25 04:05:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136160505928&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136160505928&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you have any collections that you actively work on?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I used to collect Metal Gear stuff because The Overarching Metal Gear Canon used to mean so much to me, but MGSV's shitty ending cured me of that.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135941306184">2016-04-25 04:05:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135941306184&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135941306184&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Sorry to add on to the people who constantly bring up BL, but I want to thank you for Handsome Jack. He feels like awesome subversive deconstruction of "protagonist centered morality" and how fucked up it'd look like if someone actually thought and esp. *behaved* like a gamer-controlled protagonist.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nice nice nice thanks nice</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136153144392">2016-04-25 04:06:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136153144392&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136153144392&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Do you worry about how in relationships you can be completely in love together and a week later one of you can wake up with no feelings for the other? And that can just happen</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep. It's unfortunate. Nothing you can really do about it, though, so it's not really worth worrying about.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135923517256">2016-04-25 04:06:43</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135923517256&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135923517256&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>when i'm with a lady, and we are in the same bed i'm scared to make the move to spoon. like i had the chance but i have to wait for they're move first ( lets face it who wants to spoon with an ugly ass muh fugga like me :^) ) and talking wth her the next day she waits for the guys move. what do?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Personally, I always ask. There are some girls who hate it when a guy asks for permission, but whatever, fuck them. Plenty of girls find it cute, and you can quickly and easily establish consent that way.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135810641736">2016-04-25 04:07:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135810641736&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135810641736&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's the thing in BL2 that you're most proud of? What's your favorite joke/line in the game?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Butt Stallion, probably</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135807947336">2016-04-25 04:07:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135807947336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135807947336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Read an article that Enter the Gungeon is almost as addicting as Spelunky. Have you played it?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I have, and it isn't. It's just very pretty. It's nowhere near as fast or strategic or freeform as Spelunky is -- it's basically just very slow Nuclear Throne where most of the guns are garbage but you have to very carefully spend your main currency.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136189278280">2016-04-25 04:08:45</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136189278280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136189278280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How can I be just like you?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Don't be just like me, I'm a doofus</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135807937864">2016-04-25 04:09:01</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135807937864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135807937864&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>is there anyway to become friends with someone through twitter without coming off as a weirdo?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Be hilariously funny and cool, I guess?<br><br>Twitter's rough for this.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135596213832">2016-04-25 04:09:23</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135596213832&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135596213832&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Just wanted to express my gratitude here.<br>So about 2 days ago I just found out about HAWP and then I instantaneously started a whole series marathon (yeahhh i sound a little lifeless hahaha)<br><br>But truly thank you and your sister and everyone involved in HAWP.<br>Really made my day for the year :D</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Thanks, glad you dug it.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/135588507976">2016-04-25 04:09:31</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 135588507976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 135588507976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How IS House of Leaves? I've wanted to start it but I've heard it can be a little strange to get one's arms around, kinda David Foster Wallace-like, almost.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm BARELY into it, but I'm liking it a lot so far. Though I say this as someone who made it through Infinite Jest and only, like, ten percent understood it despite really enjoying all of the individual bits.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136153454664">2016-04-25 04:10:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136153454664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136153454664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I hope this isn't too personal to ask, so apologies in advance if it is...<br><br>Do you think the relatively young age at which you and Davis married at all played into why it didn't work out?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't think so, to be honest. I mean, we were together for seven years, and seven years is the average age at which marriages tend to end, for a variety of reasons (it's when monotony can set in really intensely, seven years gives both parties a lot of time to change, etc).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136153936712">2016-04-25 04:11:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136153936712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136153936712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Dude, there are legit medical reasons for being circumcised,  y'know? I had to have a circumcision as a child due to the foreskin being too tight. It's kind of shaming to lump aesthetics and medical reasons together. I know you don't mean to, but please consider how it can effect people.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't think it's unreasonable to assume I was referring to aesthetics or religion-based circumcision. I'd never oppose something done for the health of a child.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136192304200">2016-04-25 05:59:32</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136192304200&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136192304200&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I know you have problems with the game, but what do you think fallout 4 does right? Personally, I think the game is way too linear, but I love all the robots and companions.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think it's an open world shooter, and a decent one. I just don't want my Fallout games to be open world shooters.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136193206600">2016-04-25 15:01:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136193206600&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136193206600&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What do you think is the best way to turn someone down?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">By being honest and empathetic. The best rejection I ever got from a girl was, "hey, we could hang out, but only as friends -- I'm really sorry, but I'm just not physically attracted to you."<br><br>I was almost HAPPY to get that rejection, because it was clear and kindhearted and unambiguous.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136211268168">2016-04-26 15:15:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136211268168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136211268168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is there a good etiquette guide on whats cool to respond to your tweets with? sometimes I chip in with a fact or quip or compliment (or link) or something and I don't want to be irritating if silence if preferred. Would be good to know!!~</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Just don't be mean and it's all good</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136211136072">2016-04-26 15:15:36</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136211136072&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136211136072&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>do you and Lindsay Ellis know each other?:) you recently shared her video on Phantom. I've been watching her show for 4 years, but never imagined that you two would ever cross paths, for some reason:)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I don't know her, but she seems awesome.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136218659400">2016-04-27 03:59:35</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136218659400&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136218659400&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can you speak to anything about the development of aliens colonial marines? Also thoughts on the final product?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I can't speak to its development as I did not work on it.<br><br>The game definitely sucks, though.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136225429064">2016-04-27 03:59:53</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136225429064&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136225429064&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>RE: Aliens - Colonial Marines, wikipedia lists you as co-writer.  <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens:_Colonial_Marines">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens:_Colonial_Marines</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">Bah. I guess technically I wrote like three or four lines of dialog near the very very end of development (the audio logs you can find where you hear Newt's mom talking to her parents), so that's not completely egregious.<br><br>Still, though. That sucks.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136241702472">2016-04-28 02:46:09</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136241702472&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136241702472&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Did you do any work on Battleborn before you left Gearbox?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep. I helped come up with the basic premise (last star in the universe, many factions fighting over it) and wrote a pass of battle dialog for one or two characters.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136241715784">2016-04-28 02:46:46</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136241715784&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136241715784&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Please give your tiny button of a kitten All The Kisses for me</blockquote>
<div class="answer">k</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136226916168">2016-04-28 02:46:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136226916168&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136226916168&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Lol, I just wanted to say that you are awesome.……I know, that's like the most boring thing to say to someone………I'm boring so hehe>.></blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks!</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136230377288">2016-04-28 02:46:54</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136230377288&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136230377288&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>In your experience, how much does fan feedback play into improving games in terms of progressive content? If you want to see, say, more diversity, is there any value to trying to communicate that directly to company? Or is stirring up controversy in the community really the only way?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Companies don't listen to individual people unless you have a really awesome, emotionally affecting story to tell.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136223202632">2016-04-28 02:47:18</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136223202632&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136223202632&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Hey Anthony, are there plans to continue with the HAWPcast?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Yep</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136332234568">2016-05-04 04:24:33</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136332234568&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136332234568&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Tiny Tina saved my life. Thank you.<br>(and Ashly)</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'm glad we could help in some way.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136315356744">2016-05-06 15:44:06</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136315356744&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136315356744&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why are you so Attractive ?<br>how do I stop myself from being attracted to you ? XD</blockquote>
<div class="answer">listen to anything i say for more than eight minutes</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136299451976">2016-05-06 15:44:16</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136299451976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136299451976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I have one question for you. I hope this isn't a question constantly repeated because, even in my case, that's extremely aggravating. But, What would you say, Handsome Jack's ethnicity is?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I think he's white.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136281797704">2016-05-06 15:44:24</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136281797704&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136281797704&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Who's your favorite wrestler this week?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The New Day, forever.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136497567048">2016-05-14 03:26:05</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136497567048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136497567048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>For NoWrongWayToPlay: playing Dark Souls without rolling, blocking, or parrying.<br><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0WlFd7vHtk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0WlFd7vHtk</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS SHIT</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136477959496">2016-05-14 03:27:25</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136477959496&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136477959496&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>anthony this is really important ok I need to know what tiny kitten's name is</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Big Dad</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136667321160">2016-05-25 14:39:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136667321160&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136667321160&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>From one pro wrestling fan to another, I want to ask...<br><br>What do you say to those "don't you know wrestling is fake?" people?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">"so is game of thrones"</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136627981896">2016-05-25 14:42:51</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136627981896&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136627981896&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I went out and learned the essentials of Game Maker Studio and feel confident enough that I could create anything I need to make. And yet, here I am, staring at a blank editor with the same realization that hit me when I got my first video camera: This is really, really hard. hawlp pls</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Take an existing genre you like and make a super simple version of it with a twist. start there.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136624466760">2016-05-25 14:49:26</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136624466760&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136624466760&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Why you bad mouth Arthur? That show was okay.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Arthur was BORING AS FUCK</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136744031816">2016-05-26 15:11:13</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136744031816&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136744031816&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I love to write for people. I love to make emotions merge in my stories. I just wonder. Is it vital that I change the way I write, for people to love my work? I see people like, sexual writing. (BDSM blah). People ask for this and I don't know what to do. But I want them to luv my work, jusw/o that.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">If you're not writing, at least partially, to make yourself happy -- unless you've somehow managed to make a good living doing so -- you're kind of wasting your time.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136645982280">2016-05-26 15:14:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136645982280&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136645982280&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>As far as I know, Anita's input on Mirror's Edge Catalyst was pretty minor. Regardless, do you think her name being associated with the game has any chance of harming its sales? You know how people are sometimes...</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I'd never even heard about this before, so I wouldn't think so.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136627997000">2016-05-26 15:15:07</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136627997000&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136627997000&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Any thoughts on the new Doom? I actually like that the campaign takes the tone/story of Doom 3, but with the main character being an angry Doom/Doom 2 protag. It basically shows how silly it is to try and take the premise serious at all.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">It's incredible. Both for the reasons you mentioned, and because it actually cares about a basic core loop to the combat that promotes aggression and movement rather than cover and shit.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136532430664">2016-05-26 15:15:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136532430664&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136532430664&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>So notch is being a huge prick about how "mansplaining" is a sexist term to shut down men and calling people c-words and stuff, if you want to check his twitter. In case you needed the image of another cool, respectable guy shattered by reality</blockquote>
<div class="answer">cool cool cool</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136708811336">2016-05-26 15:16:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136708811336&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136708811336&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I named one of my succulents after you.  I call it my Plant'hon the Porch.</blockquote>
<div class="answer">nice nice nice</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136464749128">2016-05-26 15:16:19</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136464749128&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136464749128&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>How important is harsh difficulty to a game being fun? I was mostly bored playing BL2 (not a slam, I stupidly didn't play co-op) with only the writing pulling me through, but my True Vault Hunter mode run I seriously got into it. Same with hating FL4 & liking Survival Mode (though that's crushing me</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I mean, it's different for different people. I'm at the point where normal difficulty games don't do anything for me. I feel like a guy who's so desensitized to porn he has to watch stuff with horses.</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136557808712">2016-05-26 15:16:48</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136557808712&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136557808712&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I was looking through my old things, and I was reminded that your review of Mad Dog McCree is one of the best 10 videos on all of YouTube. Amazing job with that one :D</blockquote>
<div class="answer">thanks much</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136477186632">2016-05-26 15:28:15</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136477186632&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136477186632&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Full Metal Alchemist cosplay in Dark Souls 3: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aafmQMgHBc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aafmQMgHBc</a></blockquote>
<div class="answer">hot</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136735387976">2016-05-26 15:28:21</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136735387976&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136735387976&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Daniel Radcliffe hits on you what do?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">give twenty points to gryffindor</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136815320904">2016-05-30 01:21:56</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136815320904&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136815320904&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Can you recommend some books on feminism for a former "Hello M'Lady" type of guy trying to better himself?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">I hear The Geek Feminist is good, and I can vouch for Feminism is for Everybody</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136801823048">2016-05-31 02:19:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136801823048&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136801823048&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>What's your go-to game when you feel like playing something but you browse your games and nothing seems to do the trick? Basically, what's your gaming equivalent of comfort food?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">Dark Souls</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136779364680">2016-05-31 02:19:59</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136779364680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136779364680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>Is it insensitive to be hurting over your own problems when someone else with greater problems is hurting too?</blockquote>
<div class="answer">No. It's natural and fine to feel pain about stuff in your own life. It's impossible not to, as well-- can you imagine getting dumped by trying to FORCE yourself not to feel sad because other countries are undergoing civil war?</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136993469512">2016-06-08 19:37:00</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136993469512&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136993469512&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>DUDE just tell gearbox or someone to make zerhys (zer0/rhys) canon bc that ship, lemme tell u, it has a lot of potential</blockquote>
<div class="answer">haha</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/136977828680">2016-06-08 19:37:10</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 136977828680&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 136977828680&emsp;&emsp;
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<blockquote>I don't think I have the patience to play the first Witcher. Everything about it so far is boring me to death. Is the second game an improvement? Should I just skip to Witcher 3 or is that gonna mess up my understanding of the story? I wanna love this world like everyone else!</blockquote>
<div class="answer">The story is pretty fucking labrynthine no matter what, but you can skip the first witcher entirely imo (in fact it makes 2 and 3 make more sense, as Triss is a real piece of shit in the first but suddenly you're buds in the second).</div>


<a target="_blank" href="https://ask.fm/reverendanthony/answers/137162145864">2016-06-17 18:46:50</a>&emsp;&emsp;Answer ID: 137162145864&emsp;&emsp;Thread ID: 137162145864&emsp;&emsp;
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