Why exactly?

Its also pretty clear you are only talking about what only amounts to one portion of the gallery scene and art market - cornered by the extremely wealthy and/or investment groups.

My last comment should have proven my point though.

What was the Mona Lisa exactly?

Youre right in that I dont feel the need to elaborate. My view isnt really opinionated though - since I dont make any appeals to authority or purport to know about things which I do not.

I dont write dissertations for people, or do their research for them. I can tell from what youve said (and the paintings that you…

You sound like you dont know anything about the art world or art criticism. It is often very silly, yes, but not in the ways that you describe at all.

I qualified that statement in a number of ways - and the claims put forth in that dont seem to reek of conspiracy quite like all the stuff youre talking about. I cant say whether either one is good/bad though because I havent done much research (esp original) on the case. I do operate on Occam's razor though and…

You should read up on Stephen Jimenez's take on the Matthew Shepard case (it is supposed to be very well researched), because there is a lot more going on there than most people realize, and that it may not even been motivated by homophobia:

http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/09/24/the…

That is not to excuse the…

I can agree with that - esp mechanics in those games moreso than just story. I like(d) most of them, but Tom Clancy is also famous for being one of the more prolific "authors as a brand" kind of people. Not knocking him for that, since I dont think he compromised himself (and made a lot of money), but I also think he…

I dunno the setup from the line all the way to the finish was pretty spot on. Not very often do you see a play go that well with every touch being near perfection.

Gamesmanship is just a florid way of saying cheating.

Yeah its really silly to ask the guy with every incentive to keep it in what he wants.

they dont exist in soccer though. You have to have SOME talent to get out there since substitutions are few and far between - you cant just pull a 1.5 minute line change to get the asshole who cant skate/run out there. Punishments meted out are also too severe.

Retaliation certainly happens, but no one is going to be…

I dont think he started a video game genre - and everything that i have read about GR and SC has said that (aside from the title) he had nothing to do with them, besides getting that check.

Lionize him for his writing if you want, but lets not ascribe false deeds to the dead - Good or Bad.

Sorry but youre wrong about his role in games. The only thing Tom Clancy ever did in the video game industry was allow Ubi to use his name for branding and marketing purposes. From what I understand it would be impossible for him to be more hands off, even now.

"best known in the video game world for his work on big franchises like Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, has passed away."

What work was it that he did on Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon exactly? I dont remember him being an artist or a developer and I am pretty sure he didnt have any writing credits on there either.

It is…

No - thats the result of burgeoning marketing segment that has little overlap with the "hardcore" gamers segment. Most of the people playing Zynga games are also completely unaware of their unabashed stealing or the games that preceded Zynga's FB offerings.

unless youre not white, in which case some of those people may or may not run in terror.

Its not just that. Having visited - there are a lot of assholes there because there are a lot of people there (IOW not necessarily a higher % of assholes).

The thing is most people are going to remember after visiting are those rude pricks who were being assholes and not the other hundreds of people who they didnt…

Youre totally right. He should have just stopped and waited for the nice motorcyclists to clear his path so he could calmly accelerate, because its really clear in the video that these bikers have every intention of leaving this man alone.

I dont think that Tom Clancy did anything other than cash the check for them putting his name on those games.