You are missing out on the occasional movie tie-in promotion, or avatar gear sponsored by Gillete or Verizon, and the occasional "games on demand" sale. Basically: not a whole heck of a lot.

Buckaroo Banzai definitely earns the cult favorite status, and it is not for everyone. Still, if you enjoy the film, be sure to watch the DVD extras. The production team for the DVD knew their fanbase, and play along with the concept that the film is actually a "theatrical documentary" attempting to recreate actual…

I feel your pain; I started playing back during revised (1993?), and only recently decided to get back into the game. It was a little odd to be buying cards surrounded by kids who were not even born when I first played. This led my girlfriend and I to head home and play there against each other rather than the public…

1.) The Android/iPad 2014 edition is the same as the Xbox 360 2014 edition.

Having as many adherents in a little over a hundred years as a "classical" religion like Judaism which has over a thousand years of tradition under its belt is respectable.

Rekluse is speaking to "theistic evolution", a concept favored by the Catholic Church, certain orthodox Jews, Deists, and indeed - many protestant seminaries and some agnostics.

Digression: I suspect that both the Mormons and Scientologists would dispute your statement that Islam is the youngest of the "major" religions. One could even argue that the Mormoms now have the historical endurance and number of believers to merit their acceptance as increasingly important long-term players on the…

Concluding that there MUST be a higher being present because (to follow Sherlock Holmes) "once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" is a logical fallacy. You may develop a hypothesis that suggests that there is a higher being behind phenomena - and you may even…

They taste similar to lobster.

No, they still got a car. No matter what, the taxes paid are only a proportion of the value of the car. If they wanted, they could sell the car, and keep all proceeds (except the taxed portion of the sale).

All I can say to your never losing internet access is "lucky you". I live in Miami, allegedly a major metropolitan center, and only a few miles from the Turkey Point nuke plant. It is an unusual week where we do not have at least one brownout and an unusual month that goes by without at least one blackout of an hour…

The digital games options haven't been removed. Those will still be tied to your account, and presumably available for "trading" or whatever. I would agree that aspect of the X1 system was novel and interesting, but to limit physical media as if it were digital was precisely that: limiting. The consumer gained nothing…

This absolutely! We need to change the costs for poor behavior, be it through public embarrassment or firings. I would hope that somebody at Bungie would read about this, recognize the guys in question, and fire them on the spot. If you are at a trade show, you are there in professional capacity, even if you are at an…

And if it does happen, make sure you do what the girl in the first example did: follow up with security and go up the chain of command. The girl who had the business card slipped into her blouse should really get her boss to talk to his boss about the expectations of professional behavior at a trade show - and the…

Cost benefits analysis: acting like jerks costs these degenerates very little, but they believe it makes it more likely that they will have sex with the girl in question. If it doesn't work out, they have expended very few resources, and can move on to the next girl until they find one that for whatever reason does…

For the record, the new Batman was shot in art deco Chicago and industrial Pittsburgh.

When we first heard that Jeff Goldblum had been cast as Ian Malcom in the film adaptation of "Jurassic Park", both my mother and I were puzzled because when we had read the book, both of us had imagined him as black. I suppose that we were both just channelling Neil deGrasse Tyson or something, because when we went…

Ever try playing Halo4's "Spartan Ops" mode offline because Comcast is down again, or because something wacky is going on with 343's patch of Microsoft servers? There is absolutely no reason that you should not be able to play the missions solo (and you can, provided that you are connected to the outside world), but…

Near as I can tell, optimistic idealism drives people to become teachers. The desire to "make a difference", and to change the trajectory of some young person's life by leading through example and helping them to figure out what it is they want to do.

Man - I totally feel you about the "stays in because she has to finish her grading" thing. When my girl was still a teacher, I was the bad boyfriend who tried to cajole her out the door so that we could go to a nice dinner, and she always returned with that whole, "I promised them I would have their tests back in two…