This is going to be a forgettable, jingoistic turd pile that completely cuts out the interesting and socially-relevant aspects of the novel in favor of jock jams and war porn.

There wasn’t and still isn’t an online economy the way there is in Diablo or WoW. It’s a static, one-dimensional system where money is generated from missions and goes straight to moneysinks like clothes, ammo, and replacement cars. Aside from wagers and cash gifts, player-to-player transactions aren’t much of a…

Exactly. It boils down to this: everyone in the United States who can read a menu knows what “scooped” means. The same cannot be said for “dipped” and countless other quaint little flyover bumblefuck regionalisms. Page one of the Steak & Shake employee manual should include a brightly-colored aside about “scoop vs…

This is why I don’t understand why deadlifts are recommended to total newbs. Deadlifts are supposedly the greatest “bang-for-buck” compound lift, but the slightest form imperfection can put you in traction for the better part of a year. Seeing my awful deadlift form and realizing I could have permanently ruined my…

This is something that still confuses me. We’re told the best way to burn fat and lose weight is to increase muscle mass. But to add muscle mass, one must do resistance training and eat a slight calorie surplus so the body will have the “building blocks” for muscles to recover and grow on non-lifting days. In other…

The furrowed brows have been sculpted into every bat cowl going all the way back to Keaton's suit.

Robotech wasn't a flawless work of genius to begin with, so we really won't lose anything if the film adaptation is a dud. I liked the series as a kid because the robots were cool, life didn't just reset at the end of each episode, and it didn't pull any punches about people dying in war. That said, I wouldn't blame a…

And I thought I was all alone in my Dakota Johnson-as-Lisa advocacy. She really is perfect for the role. Connery is too old and too retired to ever want to play a space captain in a CG robot movie, so my vote is for Giancarlo Giannini. Gerard Butler should be Breetai. Sonequa Martin-Green as Claudia, Ryan Gosling as…

Well there's the problem. How would an uncultured dullard like me determine which art critic knows what they're talking about and which one doesn't? The world's leading theologians may be extremely well-read and able to articulate the finer points of their field in an engaging way but it's not enough to get me to…

Hate to break it to you but all art criticism is superficial. As in random blather. As in completely subjective, and completely devoid of meaningful information. The Sistine Ceiling? Meh. Schmaltzy chocolate box art. No wait, it's a breathtaking work of genius. It's both. It's neither. It's whatever, man.

Well, think of this "bullshit cynicism" as the chickens coming home to roost. Long before this video, "everyday folks" had gradually become aware of their status as philistines incapable of appreciating that which can only be understood by an elite group of sophisticates steeped in bleeding-edge critical theory. So…

Consumer broadband is nowhere near what it has to be to stream a live sporting event in detailed, realtime VR. We can't even get our HDTV stations up to Blu-Ray quality yet.

Opening with a brief sentence or two and then going straight to kissing is an aggressive move. Aggressive as in "boldly assertive", not "hostile". Your specific situation (in its entirety) isn't grounds for demonizing – now that we know the guy practically put a sign over his head saying "go for it".

Guys do things like this to women all the time.

I was going off the story as described in her first post, without the additional details she revealed in her reply to me. I'm glad it worked out in this special case. In general, leading with that degree of physical aggression isn't "game" or comically whimsical.

And if he was of a different sexual orientation, was already in a relationship, or was simply uninterested in you, your actions could have easily qualified as sexual assault.

That's assuming the final shots were the fatal ones. You're also overestimating the time it takes four people to fire 59 rounds from their pistols. It probably took less than 10 seconds from the first shot to the last.

Ideally they'd divulge the video to a disinterested, independent investigator before anything else. Also, the family of the deceased may not want their relative's violent death plastered all over the internet.

If they kept Garfield and the ASM storyline they'd have trouble explaining why nobody in S.H.I.E.L.D. or the Avengers thought a wall-crawling superhuman crime fighter swinging around NYC was worth mentioning. Or why they chose not to assist him in his spectacular battles with super-powered villains.

When it comes to multi-century time spans, it's pointless to try and faithfully predict or recreate the genuine speech of the era you're trying to depict. Languages themselves would be radically different. A 14th century English king would need a translator to converse with the modern-day English royalty. Even in…