Ah that's the life: hanging out with Kurt Russell and Wilford Brimley and serving drinks to people who want to assimilate you. I also like the doggies. :D

One of the most famous examples is Merlin Stone - she was an Art and Art History teacher - who wrote the very uninformed "When God Was a Woman" (1976) which the dusk jacket informs us is "archaeologically documented"! It was written for a popular audience (because a scholarly audience would just laugh at it's…

Exactly. Some of the posters are too busy being offended to slow down and think about it.

My only complaint concerning the change from DS2 to DS3 was the change of the L2/R2 buttons to triggers. The previous style was fine and useful for all types of games. I have to use an old PS2 controller to play fighting games and others that require quick and repetitive input. Triggers are very limited and do not…

Petty people, punishing others because they disagree. But no problem giving money to corporations that have sweatshops and other human rights violations. Because - you know, gotta have the latest tech. All the people in those corporations are saints!

He has considered it...and rejected it. Just like Tomb Raider has never had a "Larry Croft" as a playable characcter, some stories cannot be told from a neutral-gender perspective. And as he said: if you don't like his choice, don't buy it. Not everybody is a sellout, thank God for that. Oh, I hope my use of "God" in…

Probably the "Sea Peoples" - they destroyed many cities and nations around that time.

Long term vision can be fun! I purchased two games the other day.... on disc. I actually went to gamestop to buy them, and they were used. The surprising feature was that if I did not like the games, within 7 days I could return them for a full refund. This is a very welcome development, because there have been many…

I was using synonyms for variety. :) You scientists and your biologizing! :p

Venomous babies that spit poison in my face instead of their apple sauce? MADNESS!!!!

That's right. Many people don't realize that archaeologists depend on funding and are constantly facing this exact problem. Many sites are not adequately protected and this happens (as well as looting, not to mention political problems). Its a huge problem everywhere.

Its called courtesy plain and simple. If you're interacting with a human being right in front of you - put your call on hold momentarily. And DONT apologize to the person on the phone for the "inconvenience". Bunch of spoiled brats with no manners....

I fail to see why people should not discuss specs, even if Microsoft says we shouldnt. They say a lot of things. There ARE some people who do understand specs, and components do make a difference. Just remember how the PS2s specs made trouble for developers. I guess we should not have discussed that - not even the…

Why, from the Fisher Price Rule Factory that has been supplying the more sheep-like among us with a working system of rules and other conformatory advice, silly!

And I don't care about a made up rule. :)

Exactly. People want this. Others don't. They don't have to buy it. Oh no! A video game peripheral without a stupid plastic tip! If this is such an issue, start making the guns IN the games look like they were made by Fisher Price. The hypocrisy is amazing.

Having access to a digital library of games from any Xbox One just isn't that appealing of a feature to the majority of people: realistically, how mamy people do I know whose house I will be at where 1) They also own an Xbox One, 2) where I would want to even play one of my games, let alone wait several hours for a…

I was thinking the same thing...

This opens up glorious new opportunities to mess with people, like when I had a Universal Remote Control programmed with all my apartment neighbor's TV codes. Oh the fun I had making people think their television had become self-aware and was critiquing their viewing habits by randomly switching channels. Thank Ishtar…

Pussygalore, that would have been the best answer to give, indeed! But also the worst one for her chances at winning heh heh. I like to imagine that whoever posed the question was really out to get her, and the whole time she was standing there she was thinking "Oh come on! Really? ..... Say something deep that won't…