Well, the voting results (thus far) make dinosaurs the underdog; that means - if this battle has anything to do with American storytelling since Horatio Alger - the dinosaurs are pretty much guaranteed to win.

I'm not saying this to play the "X did it first" card, because the truth is it's always interesting to see how immortality is tackled by different games and stories, but for anyone who is interested in that kind of immersion the mythos of EVE Online actually does grapple with the (technology-born) immortality of…

That D&D title the documentary uses looks so much classier than any of the official dragon-ampersand titles I remember.

It probably wouldn't win any popularity awards (though I think it was nominated for a Nebula), but one of the most memorable romances in science fiction for me is that of the narrator and her unnamed lover in Vylar Kaftan's "I'm alive, I love you, I'll see you in Reno," published in the first issue of Lightspeed…

I would love LEGO Star Trek, and now I'm sad that whatever comes after LEGO The Hobbit will assuredly not be LEGO Star Trek. Thanks a lot! >=(

Thank you! That is very interesting; I'm glad to have learned it.

I can see how that would be so. Thank you very much for that confirmation/clarification.

You're right, it was the headstone placement. However, as I don't actually know how long after a funeral service that typically occurs, the "issue" could stand.

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I did not expect to see an adorable spider video today. But I am happy I did.

Thank you for including Earthsea. I am of the firm opinion it doesn't get enough play when people discuss fantasy. I know it's subjective but I've always felt it's such a strong series that has brought much to the genre, including thoughtfully-placed feminism in the later books and smart anthropology throughout.

I cannot describe how much I am looking forward to berating Portalbendarwinden once more.

I never realized it before but she sorta looks like Jewel Staite.

It sounds like a pain, but the thing is that the ability points you earn to spend on abilities don't become more expensive as you get more of them, and 90% of all the quests in the game are repeatable. The further you get into the game, the more experience you get per quest, and that means the more ability points you…

Hold on, hold on. There's really a red-and-white-striped candy-cane pole marking the poles? How did I miss this vital information? Is the other one in Santa's front yard?

They addressed that in a recent episode, actually. Sort of.

It's like how when you get really meta about it you conclude games without some form of immersion are pretty much some combination of one or more spreadsheets, random number generators and (possibly) reaction timers.

Same game. There's also Magic Tactics and Magic Online, but here Kirk's talking about Duels of the Planeswalkers.

It's my birthday three! Yay us!

Thanks for sharing that! I was wondering.