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@humanity: Lorne Lanning actually said something very interesting in a interview. His creation, Oddworld's Abe, was a frail, sickly looking individual. He was a slave, had little to no physique and was stitch-lipped. The total opposite of a power fantasy. The reason Abe resonated with people was that he was closer to the representation of the average joe than the Residents Evil's boulder-punching Chris. I don't actively dislike power fantasies but if you look at the majority of male protagonists, they're all bald or short-haired, 30-something, grumpy white men. We don't have many female protagonists but I sure as hell know Bayonetta isn't the way to go. Regina (Dino Crisis), Claire Redfield (Resident Evil), Faith (Mirror's Edge), the old Lara Croft are much fairer representations of intelligent women.

What makes anyone think that women actually want a female power fantasy? What makes anyone think gamers want to play as power fantasies? Some tropes are tired yes but their is always a truth behind them. For example; the damsel in distress. If you watch 4/5 year old boys and girls play together, and this is documented in developmental psychology and behavioural studies, you'll see the damsel in distress trope play out. The girls will cry out for help being held hostage by a dragon and the boys will brandish makeshift weapons to slay them, all in good fun. In adult psychology, men often react quicker to violence against women. It's as if these tropes are ingrained in our DNA. Therefore our depictions of women is games is much more how we should protect them more than use them in battle.

I don't look at Bayonetta and say: "Damn, that's a femake power fantasy!". I just merely see her a woman who flashes her crotch too much. Even Dante didn't go that far.

What's the deal with softballs? It says soft but it's not soft at all.

@ajamafalous: In the field I'm working, that stuff doesn't even raise an eyebrow anymore. I had a friend once who had a knitting needle stuck in his peehole and called me for advice on getting it out.

So Sony intended to fully reimburse him pending an ongoing investigation and did NOT threaten with a ban. You should edit the topic title accordingly.

We'll see how the story develops, if Sony buckles to PR-pressure it might mean something else was going on. If Sony stands by their decision, it means this guy was a chump and a liar.

Because menthol activates your TRPV-1 (and TRPV-8) channels in the epithelium of your anus which leads to a burning sensation instead of a cold one. You might or might not know this but the entire digestive tract, from mouth to anus has heat/cold receptors. Menthol is a particularly strong one. Why specifically your anus I do not know.

Wounds may also have a factor in this.

It's not only Sony doing this but every digital storefront, including the praised and worshipped Steam platform. A chargeback always results in a ban, no matter the service. It would be much fairer to remove digital licenses individually but at some point Sony has already payed the distrubitor of the license. Sony isn't a charity either and banning an entire account is much faster than to pay an employee to sort out which digital licenses need to be revoked. Sony has already payed the license distribitor its cut so getting back that money is impossible.

You are solely resonsible for your account and any fraudulent purchases made with it. If this hack was truly Sony's fault, then Sony must fully reimburse him. Stories like these always involve more details that the, in this case redditor, purposly witholds to try to make a big story out of this.

So does Steam, Xbox Live and so on. There is no need to single out Sony for this. A charge-back on digital delivered goods/licenses ALWAYS results in a ban. I'm not condoning this but it's the risk you inherently take with going digital.

I'm glad it was posted on NeoGAF and not on their VERY OWN GODDAMN FORUMS.