I'm playing South Park: Stick of Truth at the moment. I'm imagining your post read out loud by one of the goth kids.

I'm kind of surprised by how positive everyone is. That vehicle and Batman himself don't seem to fit with the dour world Synder established in Man of Steel (A film too embarrassed to even call the character Superman). Batman V Superman still seems like a tonal disaster waiting to happen. I'll be very impressed if they…

I agree with the article 100%, well done James. I wrote a similar piece earlier this year but more relating to video games, and how we as players always save the world, to the point that it's lost meaning.

I recently watched some gameplay of Destiny beta for the first time ever via a youtube Let's Play, and man you guys weren't kidding. Dinklage sounds awful. Are they going to change his voice for the final release?

Well not to depress you even more, but Robin dealt with depression his whole life apparently. Here's an interesting encounter David Simon (creator of The Wire) had with Robin a long while ago.

I just recently watched an episode of Louie where Robin shows up. Hard to watch. :(

I haven't watched any anime since finishing Legend of the Galactic Heroes a couple years ago. Because honestly, what's the point? A show so masterful it made any other anime a trivial nuisance.

I feel like we're a minority in our lack of adoration for Kurzweil. I disliked the guy ever since he first bashed The Matrix for its humans as batteries plot (dude, it's a movie, chill out) but most of all if you look at all his prophecies over the decades, it's like he's just spouting random stuff and of course some…

My favourite article about the Fermi Paradox is here. Really put it all into perspective.

Huh, I did let them die*. Guess my memory's going, thanks for the reminder!

I'm still baffled as to why it took 3 games before we saw a single female Turian and Krogan. Don't think we ever saw a female Salarian though. I love the trilogy but it had some confounding flaws that had me scratching my head. (like dropping Liara from the narrative of the 2nd game. Why!?)

I wanted to romance Samara. WHY YOU NO LET ME BIOWARE? Anyway, glad to see cosplayers bringing her to life.

I've been following this all day on this neogaf thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre…

Unfortunately the ice bucket challenge reminds me of Dave Eggers The Circle.

I don't buy games when they first come out, instead waiting a year for all bugs to be patched, all DLC to be released, and the game to not cost an arm and leg. Same goes for consoles, so I've yet to buy a PS4, but as a Sony fan since PS1, I'll be getting it one day... Until then, my PS3 backlog awaits.

No the word 'timed' is only mentioned after a monumental backlash!

"The next entry in the Halo series will be EXCLUSIVE to PS4 2015."

Essential reading for anyone intrigued by the concept of white dudes in Japan:

Fair warning: Egan's prose can be very dry, but if you can push past it you'll find yourself absorbed in stories and themes that, to this day, still feel far ahead of our time. He's an underrated visionary.

Michael Arndt wrote a first draft, which was completely rewritten by Abrams with help by Kasdan actually.