Well, it worked against the tobacco companies.

No One Lives Forever remains the gold standard of spy games IMO, especially goofy retro ones.

Kefka's motives are pretty clear. He is powermad. He was definitely a straightforward villain, but he was a villain with a lot of flair, and one that really got you to actually hate him. He was interesting because he wasn't some crazy badass endboss type villain, he was a conniving little fuck that accumulated power…

Definitely didn't hate season 1. Just had a bad plot twist at the end with Amon that undermined the very thing that made him dangerous. It made the season go from one about the power and danger of ideas to a cheap parlor trick. If it had followed through on Amon, I think it would be remembered as a great season of…

I don't hate 7, though I didn't enjoy it as much as 6. The difference between the two is primarily in two areas: the villain and character development.

Thomas Ligotti isn't actually a philosopher, but a horror writer, and he didn't just take the ideas, something which is entirely permissible under copyright law, but lifted several passages from Ligotti's works and had them spoken almost word for word by Cohle. The implication being that he could have still had Cohle…

In the absence of a doctrine of corporate personhood, you could bring suit against individuals, not a corporation as a distinct entity. For all sorts of purposes, this makes it far easier for an individual or group of individuals to being a suit against a corporation for the purposes of being awarded damages. The…

Tell that to casinos.

The primary point of corporate personhood is that it gives corporations the right to contract and sue, and it gives us the right to sue and contract with corporations. Imagine the nightmare of litigation against a major corporation where you couldn't bring suit against the corporation itself. You want to only be able…

Ilúvatar? I hardly even knew her!

The Hound's cynicism ultimately cost him his life, as it caused him to incorrectly evaluate the situation he was in and immediately initiate hostilities against one of the premier swordpersons of Westeros despite being offered a clear out.

I like the idea of imagining that Brienne was just trying to get The Hound to put on the damn sunglasses.

She must be going east to Braavos, presumably to figure out how to do what her BFF could do with the face shifting.

It's the next book in the Song of Fire and Ice series.

Training Day 2: Electric Chooa-choo.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the possibility that Shae is actually doing this to *help* Tyrion. We don't know exactly why she is there, but one possibility is that Tywin offered her two alternatives: Testify against Tyrion and he will spare his life by sending him to go to the Wall, or don't testify and he will…

As a long time Portland native that has lived around the state and who only recently moved away, I have literally never heard anyone from Oregon pronounce it Orr'gun. Or-u-gun or Or-e-gun sure, but Orr'gun? The e is definitely not unambiguously silent.

Kung Fu Kid for the Sega Master System. That was an odd game very steeped in Japanese and Chinese mythology. Weird bouncing vampires, brick throwing, lots of weird enemies. Loved that game. Hard as shit though.

Planescape: Torment is the best RPG I've ever played by an order of magnitude. Definitely give it a playthrough. Just be aware that the first 25 minutes or so of gameplay are a little unusual, so try and force yourself to slog through that so you can give the game a proper chance.

I always wonder how much these trend predictors actually create a self-fulfilling prophecy. If she is telling all these major companies that such and such will be a trend, and they listen to people like her, then of *course* they will become a trend *because they are following her advice*. Then, she looks like she is…