As I was reading this treatise, I was thinking about STALKER, and then lo and behold, you brought it up. By far the best, most challenging, most surprising games I've ever played.

The one I can't quite remember was likely an original NES game. The main character is in some kind of cryostorage and gets awakened after the fall of civilization and the setting is closest to a fantasy. Your main weapon is a sword that you upgrade. That's about all I remember. Top-down actioner probably closest in…

I can't justify buying one, but a rat rod garage-built version would be fun. I've been compiling details about the bits and bobs that make this thing up.

I misspoke. You can get the midrow as captain's chairs or a bench. So, either a 2,2,2 vs a 2,3,2 config. So, either 6 or 7. I had a brainfart thinking the 3rd row seats three, but that is not the case. My mistake.

Yeah, it's a minvan. No ifs, ands, or buts. But if you HAVE to get a minivan, this is the lesser of many evils.

R350. I like it. It seats 7 (or 8, depending on config) with tons of space and still decent storage behind 3rd row. Handles great (I live in the winding, mountainous, rainy northwest) and has AWD and gets 21mpg hgwy. Panoroof, nice interior. Decent powerplants (both diesel and gas).

My opinion only, but I like the R350 now that I've gotten used to it. It's basically a minivan, without the sliding doors. 3 rows, configured for 7 or 8 passengers while still leaving decent storage behind the 3rd row. Decent powerplants, both gas and diesel and full-time awd and I get 21mpg on highway hauls. Call it…

Lust.

There's a lot of overlap between Disney's animation department and Frozen. I saw a few names in the credits I recognized as Pixar folks.

I've done away with the chair. I now PC game from the couch, PC attached to the 60" TV, keyboard on lap, mouse on the cushion next to me. Or I use the xbox controller. Is it a low friction perfect playing surface? Nope. Is it tons more comfy than my desk? Yup.

Mirror's Edge. A game that technically had guns, but made it much more fun to NOT use them.

Donate to children's hospitals.

Tron 2.0. Beautiful, but terribly empty.

Not just a good landing. Dare I say: beautifully done?

And yet, the r350 was a poor seller despite having much better looks (imo - see pic), more power, and a similar configuration and was basically an S-class rebody.

You would benefit more from a decent GPU/decentCPU combo than a really high-end CPU.

I'm in better shape than every TSA worker I've ever seen, so the only emotion they should be having looking at my scan is envy.

I have to say that my experience as a medical student and resident was nothing like what I see talked about above. Most of the surgeons were really pleasant and treat the patient respectfully, (even the trauma surgeons!) and I really never heard the kind of trash-talk described above despite scrubbing in on hundreds…

Actually, both are acceptable.

I've always felt that old, grizzled, creaky Batman was the best Batman.