And yet I can chase down random pedestrians and use the ragdoll flop to spear-tackle them repeatedly (it really really looks like an actual tackle if you do it right) with no ill effect. I agree the level of depth is nuts, but it's also inconsistent.

Not really, here's just not many decomposing agents present in a typical household that can survive even a moderately salty environment that's also exposed to air. Can achieve similar results with home-cut fries that skimp on the salt.

A screwy marketing scheme and not much else. Being that it's the same potato, in the same batter (in different proportion, apparently), and fried in the same oil, this really strikes me more as a manipulation of volume more than any real new product.

It's not about it being an excuse, just a gentle reminder by which metric one should judge their expectations. Accounting for the scale, openness, and density of detail, it's important to note what caliber of hardware is pushing the experience because relative to everything else it shares that one important data-point…

I'd be curious what you are comparing it to, because The level of visual density and variety that they achieved in a free-roaming game on 8 year old hardware is unmatched by anything else in the category. It's not the most amazing-looking thing out there bar-none (no one sane would argue that) and it's clear where the…

It's not about trying to fake anyone out, it's about using the photography in-game as a vehicle for something more interesting than creepshots and selfies— elevating the feature into something worthy of consideration.

I sincerely hope such scenes were to open a dialog between children and parents regarding the gravity of such practices, but sadly I know that far too many kids will be taking in / participating in these depictions behind closed doors, far from any sort of mediation or conversation on the behalf of the parents who…

I accept that, but I would suggest there exists the possibility that while a person can distinguish the reality from the fantasy of a depiction of torture, they can still accept the idea of torture as a means to an end or color their justification of its real-life practice by witnessing/participating in such events…

The fallacy here is that there's not much room where any comparison of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and "torture this guy for a few minutes in a brutally realistic manner" share much common ground.

The new GTA really highlights the need for parents to start acting quite a bit more savvy when it comes to judging videogames and their appropriateness for children. Low moral character aside, we're talking about a game with glorified, fantastical depictions of drug use and drug effects, full frontal strip joints, …

How do you account for the legion of 360 users experiencing zero issues? There's something at work that's limited in spectrum. If it was the console meeting its match, wouldn't the problem be extremely noticeable and widespread across all hardware iterations instead of limited to people with older hardware?

If more soap operas were like Breaking Bad, I would watch more soap operas.

For perspective, one can run from one end of the province of Skyrim to the other in just under 10 minutes, and many would say that world suffers no lack of interesting things to see/do along the way. 6 minutes at 60+mph to do the same in this world is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you take R*s propensity for…

Just saw Tycho for the first time this Saturday at Red Rocks. Instant fan.

Venture Bros has the non-intimidating hero concept on lock.

A good choice indeed. His writing has been terribly boring and repetitive for the last 3-4 series (or so), and the 'Legends' series (which was not a trilogy btw) was a bitter disappointment. It's like he's not even trying anymore or is totally bankrupt on how to marry Word/Void and Shannara beyond the rough concept…

I would beg the same specificity of you, seeing as it's hard to identify exactly who speaks in a decidedly Elizabethian manner in the books, and also the distinct lack of 'humping left and right' over the course of the series. It's nice to string together generalities based on what you may have overheard at the…

You could always go the traditional route of quoting an article and typing your response underneath it in the discussions below each post, or you can just let Kinja do that automatically for you. Use your newfound powers wisely, friends.

Tadpoles and larvae have thin delicate skin that is very easily damaged by the slightest handling. The skin of larvae lacks keratin and has fewer cell layers than adult amphibian skin. Therefore, direct contact handling of tadpoles and larvae is to be avoided; instead, these amphibian stages are examined through clear…