Comments on: Gaming News: Red Shirt Guy immortalised in WoW, Kinect Launches, EA halves losses, Lego Universe, Genetic Algorithms beat SC2

By: Tesh

Tesh — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:43:20 +0000

I similarly suspect that Minecraft scratched the LEGO itch and outflanked LEGO Universe. I almost feel bad for the LEGO guys.

Almost.

By: spinks

spinks — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:32:51 +0000

Me too. I mention it because a lot of other bloggers have made quite a big deal of the Aspergers so I thought it was worth noting. I imagine he’s very high functioning.

I would like to think we could cheer the guy on as a ‘one of us’ geek without caring either way. But still, it’s worth noting that he faced additional barriers to interacting like that, let alone being hailed as an internet hero.

By: valkyrierisen

valkyrierisen — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:12:10 +0000

I found the addition of the Aspergers point under Red Shirt Guy totally… random. o_O Aspergers can be incredibly mild to incredibly severe, so is almost meaningless a descriptor, imo. And, really, I’d hesitate to guesstimate how many uber nerds on any topic do indeed have Aspergers. XD

Thanks for covering all this, though!

By: Ming

Ming — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:26:30 +0000

Also it’s now up on Beta, so presumably there’s a video on Youtube now or something.

By: Regis

Regis — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:47:56 +0000

No, there was a blue posting that it was actually true.

By: Canazza

Canazza — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:20:26 +0000

wasn’t that red-shirt-guy screenshot faked? I’ve yet to see a second screenshot from any other angle