Also it's been a while since I updated the news ticker feed at the other place, so that's done now.

No! Six seasons and a movie for Orphan Black!

I watch Al Jazeera English. It's actually very good and basically my favourite 24 news channel at this point.

Because Breaking Bad fan's temper tantrums made them the centre of attention. I'm not clear what about that you don't get.

Same idea crossed my mind.

Ha. I almost took the watch and then thought… 'wait, this isn't an RPG!' My RPG instincts to steal everything that isn't bolted down jarred with the reminder this is the kind of game where that actually matters (thank you,the Stranger.)

Right that's a fair point re: Westernized. It's been a while since I read it - I sought it out because I loved the movie when that came out. I've largely heard only praise for both, in contrast.

Fair enough. Since I never had an intention of getting even a good console I didn't follow the whole kerfuffle that closely, beyond DAVID CAGE NEEDS POLYGONS FOR EMOTIONS, which is good for a laugh if not exactly a good premise for judging a console.

On average you know, what, around 150 people at any one time in your life? Obviously someone who grew up in Iran and spent many years of her life would be familiar with more than just her own perceptions of her time. The book always prioritizes gets because it is a memoir but it is not ignorant of the others. So yes,…

Shut up with your logic and your rational reactions. I was just peeved that when it came down to it there was literally nothing I could vote for in the gaming section. I mean I guess I'm out of the zeitgeist but I didn't realize by how much.

You'd think that, but Democrats used to be the Red party back then and Republicans the Blue. It flipped a bit later.

The memoir does not pretend to be 'the' story of Iran, though. It is one Iranian's story of Iran. One thing it is trying to do, though is to push back against precisely the perception you cite there - the idea that all or most Iranians are Islamic fundamentalists, which is in the West a convenient Othering (I remember…

Precisely.

True, as early as the next movie they have Kirk and his new foe (Christopher Lloyd taking over for Mr. Fantasy Island) do a punch-up on an exploding planet.

I couldn't vote for a PC gaming rig. I mean come on now.

I don't think I've ever seen that commercial. The song is one of the most unforgettable things about Donnie Darko though.

I love Big Love a lot, but I feel that's mostly due to the wide array of interesting characters and the performances and the pretty thorough research into fundamentalist, non-LDS Mormons… and just this kind of sincerity about suburbia. It's a mildly subversive bit of the 'burbs but it's their bit, it's sweeter than…

It's interesting that as imitated as Khan is by later Star Trek movies, none of them ever repeat the choice of having the protagonist not ever be in the same room as the main villain.

I don't doubt it! I guess I'm venting a bit, it at least got more discussion and viewers than Borgen.

There have been some interesting discussions about how since all HBO stuff is unavailable on Netflix this is basically removing it from conversation.