But that was a true piece of wisdom! Except, of course, in cases of acute stomach flu.

I still make connections to the show all the time ("oh, this is just like that time when Miranda…" and so on). But I've stopped saying it out loud, because Sex and the City-references are WAY past their expiration date.

So a bit of a technical question: Is it hard (or impossible) to "vectorize" pixel graphics? I mean so that every pixel becomes an infinitely scalable area of solid color, and you could increase the size without getting a "muddled" result?

Ahem, yeah – I cheated a bit there to make my point and pretended Blitzball was fun…

Well, you're not wrong in that FFX and FFXIII both kind of play like Crash Bandicoot. But FFX still has a few more diversions: looking for al bhed primers, playing blitzball, the puzzles in the cloister of trials, the occasional chatty NPC (love that old history buff). The world of FFXIII is just so… aggressively…

I would be happy with a 2d remake (with cel-shaded characters in Yoshitaka Amano's art style and a completely orchestrated soundtrack). It doesn't seem like it would be impossible to do either (I think the key is to keep roughly the same perspective, like you're looking from kind of far away, so they don't have to do…

Oh, I saw the outrage on Kotaku. It was… yeah, it did not look so good (also there was a typo that drew ire). Very chibi. I agree with those who wondered why it couldn't have looked more like that FFIV remake for PSP. (I emphatically do NOT agree with those who wanted a Nintendo-64-style 3D remake like the FFIII for…

Yes, the dudes totes look alike. You should always have a blond and a brunette in these kind of situations.

Was the earl really so wrong though? There were two doctors there, and he chose to put his faith in one of them. Seems like it was 50/50 to me, but I may be remembering poorly.

Er, yeah I guess she has to be at least 80 by now?

Also, about the rape – isn't it a little… I mean of course I'm not saying things like this never happened, but I think I was probably so, so common that 'upstairs folk' took advantage of servant women. It seems like that would be a natural route to take if you necessarily want a sexual assault on this show (not saying…

But he's one of those murderers with a heart of gold!

I find Mary charming, she's like a young version of the Dowager Countess really.

Yes. Exactly that.

Apparently the guy who plays Branson wanted to stay on the show. Otherwise I think they would have gone that route.

I'd like to finish more things, especially video games. I take very little pride in "beating" a game (I guess that's the reason I often abandon them two thirds in) but I think it might be nice to work myself through something methodically and then put it away with a sense of closure instead of constantly rushing to…

worst plots of the season

"insistent on injecting plot into a series that works best without it" is a perfect description.

Yeah I was a little shocked by that actually. And here I was, thinking nothing in a Dan Savage-type column could faze me!

I still wonder why they asked Harmon back (grateful as I am). Was there a Community fan who was promoted at NBC (or Sony?) or something?