I'm not sure about NZ, but in many parts of the world there's a kind of grace range, often 4 years, permitted between sexual partners crossing the legal age, ensuring that they are at least peers. Even where there isn't, there's unlikely to be a prosecution for such a narrow age gap, and given that he was only 16 (I…

I'm looking forward to getting the darkspawn back again (especially after their evolution in Awakening) but I do want to see more of the Mage/Templar conflict. It felt fresh and if they really followed through with it it would be the first game to really ask the player to make that decision about which side should…

I am hoping there is some followup to the DA2 story. It was building to a big mage/templar war... I hope we still get some of that.

Charmander. There's so few decent fire types, plus eventually you can use him to fly (and there are so few flying types!). There's plenty of grass and water types, but you'll keep Charizard on your team right to the end.

I wouldn't call it God's gift. For one thing, you're right, it doesn't have interesting characters or a particularly engaging storyline. Plus I prefer building a team, not just having one companion whose actions and progression you have minimal control over. Having played through it and the Dragon Age series, I…

Aha, interesting! So my theory remains... The TARDIS scene didn't bother me, as it was relatively downplayed compared to some of the attempts to demonstrate its sentience over the last couple of years (I love The Doctor's Wife, but in that it was the actual premise, rather than a random extra thing thrown in as it has…

It seems like season 7 has been one of the most divisive, with almost every episode earning a 'Best ever!' and 'Worst ever!' from someone. Just a few days ago I was reading http://www.leakynews.com/giving-up-on-d… which I understand the issues, but still enjoy the episode (but like I said, it was too short. If it were…

I actually enjoyed 7a for the most part, but they were all too short. Asylum was good but far, far too short for the number of storylines Moff was trying to cram in (could have, maybe should have, been a double). Dinosaurs I enjoyed surprisingly much for a Chibnall and the story fit into 45 minutes, but the sheer…

...Wow, that's quite a reaction. I see what you mean, but I'm going to go ahead and keep liking it, and hopefully not see HBC's smug face next time I watch it.

Goddamn you if you've ruined it for me, though.

Were they, though? The boy got kidnapped and the girl figured out Porridge was the Emperor, neither of which were important, neither of which were character (or even child) specific. Just because they had a role didn't mean they had a place in the plot. And it sure as hell didn't add anything to Clara's arc.

Yeah, some big problems... and yet it still managed to be my favourite episode of 7b (unless you include The Snowman, which just brimmed over with sadly unrealised potential). The kids had no real purpose (and definitely no need) in the plot, and neither did they add anything to Clara's journey or receive any real…

Now while I can understand what Moffat says his approach to hiring directors and writers to be (he hires based on pedigree, not fulfilling a quota, which is why all his writers are recognised in the industry and/or running their own shows), it's still not really a defence, since a) Who's had some fabulous female…

I loved almost all of the 2010 stuff, particularly Moffat's work, and could not have imagined how low in my estimations he would go through the following year. It was all so promising, and then he started rushing everything. And writing the same female characters again and again. And using 'because time' as a cop out…

I couldn't watch too much of the video, it was making me depressed for the human race.

I don't know that that's true; any culture can appropriate aspects of another culture. That's like saying that sexism, racism and persecution based on identity can only exist one-way.

I think people saying they have a right to make it backwards compatible are wrong, but at the same time it's a pretty great thing, especially when you've really enjoyed games on the previous console (and when some of them are in the same series). Lots of people have limited space around their television, and would…

There is one very good reason to make a prequel that you haven't mentioned: To inform what comes after. What I mean is have it as an extended flashback between stories in a chronology, so that you learn about the characters before seeing what comes next. It's why some people prefer the hatchet order to the Star Wars…

It's something that comes up occasionally in several places, where recognising differences between men and women is counted as being sexist, but there are genuine differences. Okay, it looks like he was wrong about his thinking there were fewer women hunters (I don't know any hunters at all so I can't say, but the…

Lovely article, thank you.

I haven't read the books and, actually, I don't even watch the TV series. I'm just a bit of a TV geek who occasionally finds the logistics of something more fascinating than the thing itself.