It remains an inelegant phrase. Died by suicide means “died by killing themselves,” it’s like saying died by fatality.

Yup.

And damn I made myself wanna go watch Princess Mononoke for the 112th time.

They're eating her ... and then they're going to eat me ... OH MY GAAAAAAAAAWWWWDDDDD!!!!!!

This is why I more or less instinctively avoid any contractor/landscaper with a blinged up bro truck. You're literally advertising how much you're upcharging people.

I was working at a kid's bookstore when the DNC came to Boston, and a TON of celebs were in town for it, weirdly. I saw Larry King (no lie he was walking alone downtown, talking to himself), and one day at the bookstore a bunch of us workers were standing around, not being remotely helpful to any patrons, discussing…

are survival games the zombie movies of video games?

I just want it to look like this. Why doesn't it look like this?

If you're into classic arcade games, check out Michael Mateyko and Hans Thiessen's "A Field Guide To Classic Arcade Design." Very cool stuff. (Via The Verge)

Emperor Meiji abolished the samurai's right to be the only armed force in favour of a more modern, western-style, conscripted army in 1873. Samurai became Shizoku (士族) who retained some of their salaries, but the right to wear a katana in public was eventually abolished along with the right to execute commoners who…