That story played me like a damn fiddle. Dammit, Ricky.

The Tennis Racket Theorem at work.

Excellent! Now if only it also played Gilbert and Sullivan.

This woman is the EPITOME of sexy, and I can only hope her increasing popularity can lead to an even minor adjustment in standards of beauty to women embracing whoever they truly want to be. And, y’know, more women like this: (is it coincidence Michelle Rodriguez gets the only non-character shot??)

Vonnegut called it Ice-9.

wtf, I'd have bought this

Here he is going in for a kill.

Eh. I hesitate at the "THESE KIDS TODAY" argument. Every single person and every single generation has always thought their generation (or the one immediately after theirs) was the worst one to ever happen.

I try not to get bogged down geography in terms of defining it.
To me it's more of a stylistic breakdown of drawing (enlarge eyes to make it easier to add detail, decrease the simplify mouths and noses because they're easy to push animations into the uncanny valley), and other common attributes of the genre.
It's…

Converted. Thanks guys.

I randomly picked this game up when it came out, and I gotta say I'm really diggin' it. My boyfriend is a huge Greek mythology buff, so it's fun for him to watch me play (I also like hearing the backstory behind all the lore and whatnot) and the gameplay is surprisingly deep with more weapons and combat mechanics than…

I literally thought that is what the lede was referring to. Imagine my disappointment.

When I look at a building, I'm trying to figure out how it was designed and why the bathrooms aren't up to code. My girlfriend rolls her eyes. It's embarrassing.

Totally agree but I think those shin and arm guards were more to prevent a massive case of rug burn when he slid down the roof.

"the scanlines look like shit". there, saved you from commenting about it. Note that if you're playing through an emulator, they're entirely optional.

As one of those kids who witnessed—and then lost his mind over—the premiere of Robotech in the West back in the early 80's, I just want to say two things:

When I was in ROTC, I was in a group of several cadets who routinely had to get a body fat ratio test when we invariably did not fall within the weight standards. We all then routinely passed the second test with flying colors. We weren't unfit; we were well muscled. But we always had to get that second test done,…