I dunno, I mean... I’ve had plenty of books and stories truly surprise me. Like, for example, at one point I read James Joyce’s The Dead, and for however many pages it is minus 2, I just was not seeing what was so great about this story. Then, I read the last two pages and thought Oh, that’s why. Because this story is…

This argument drives me nuts. Most people think they are inherently superior to those who came before because we are, on the whole, better educated and we have iPhones. But the reality is this: if you were born when they were, you’d be as they were, almost certainly. If you were born in the South before the civil war,…

That’s correct. The companies can refuse to honor the warranty if they have actual evidence to suggest you opened it up and botched up something inside (part is broken cleanly in two and covered with fingerprints), but they can’t punish you for opening it up and trying, if your attempt at repairs doesn’t demonstrably…

You’re as bad as they are, and potentially even more dangerous.

Yes, that was the one. What a tragedy.

Unfortunately this isn’t entirely true. I’m aware of at least one airbus crash wherein despite being in a prolonged stall, the staff disregarded their instruments and pulled up for several minutes to try and gain altitude. The plane pancaked and all aboard were killed. Honestly it sounds like a fine idea to limit…

There was an experimental system in trials that used an expert system to assess what parts of the craft were still functional, then attempt to utilize them to make the aircraft do as close to what the pilot wanted through normal control inputs as possible, but I’m not sure it’s been deployed yet. Early reviews from…

I for one appreciate that you are trying to explain narrative theory to people who don’t understand narrative theory. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But disagreeing with such a fundamental tenet of writing at this point is like saying “I for one like it when stories are resolved entirely through…

No, no, he’s right. This isn’t some new idea. Imagine two books in your head. In the first one, take a character from books that you love (because they were well-written), and imagine that in the first book, that character gets cancer. Now imagine a second book, where it is described that a character you are…

This is no time to be making enemies, my good man.

I refuse to let anyone take ‘Ninja’ away from me! I’ll defend it to the death!

I didn’t know at the time that this was directed by someone else, and I always thought this was as good as either of the first two. A truly excellent game. Also, it led to the creation of one of the best songs in all of gaming, “A Pirate I was Meant to Be”.

Oh really? I will seek it out, thanks! Oh, and “Chorale”. So good.

Magnetic Rose is godly, but it has one major flaw. In my opinion, they should never have confirmed the cause behind the events they were experiencing. I think it would have been better left a mystery. But... it also has possibly the best final fifteen seconds of anything I’ve ever seen.

If you like economics, and want to understand why nothing ever changes in u.s. Politics, look up Moloch. We are all caught in the unbreakable grip of Moloch.

Here’s the thing, though: I think the jury got it right in the O.J Simpson trial. And I think the jury got it right in the Zimmerman trial. I think O.J. Simpson murdered Nicole Simpson and I think that George Zimmerman very probably murdered Trayvon Martin. But it’s not about what you think, it’s supposed to be about…

Chess strategy is highly applicable to this game, and if I had to give one tip based on that it would be this:

I suspect that in some jurisdictions this may actually be a crime.

To make this up to you, we promise that we will remain marginalized, mostly ancillary characters in most of the Hollywood blockbusters for the rest of the year. We also swear that we will allow you to win and be nominated for the bulk of Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, Tony Awards, Peabody Awards, Billboard Awards, MTV…

There is a visual novel called Kara no Shoujo that I played several years ago. In it, you play a detective trying to solve a series of grisly murders. (Warning: Game is graphic, optionally x-rated, horrifying, and depressing.) But anyway. This game had something going for it I’d never seen in a mystery game before. At…