In my experience, Desert is a lot harder. Play Island first and get a feel for the co-op style, and once you're pretty good at it, go for Desert.

Try to transport fuel now, you pipeline jerks!

I saw Quadrophenia for the first time the other day too, exactly the same circumstances. I had no idea what to expect, but I was not disappointed.

It looks like his parents transformed into Froud puppets in their old age, too.

I started a blog, then almost immediately went on a hiatus due to work travel! But I'll be getting back to it in the next day or two. I got a copy of the Harvard Classics, this 50-volume collection of what the early 20th century thought was important, and I'm blogging my way through it. So far I'm partway through…

"Past times"? Really?

It was a regular-ish game at first … before it got all metaphysical and shit. But yeah, I'd love to play either version of it. Magister Ludi just seems like an amazing job to hold.

Penes.

Finally the reenactment can proceed!

Nobody's mentioned the granddaddy of all the Shepard adaptations: Phantom of the Open Hearth. I think I saw it a few times on the Disney Channel growing up and was upset that it wasn't the same cast as Ollie Hopnoodle.

A-HA!

It looks like nobody else has mentioned the intermittently delightful Adult Wednesday Addams.

Ever-shrinking and soon to be gone entirely?

What I Talk About When I Talk About Talking Heads

Try and transport fuel now, you pipeline jerks!

I'm not ashamed to admit that it's my ringtone.

I saw them last night in Seattle. Bring ear plugs.

I ran into a couple of mudcrabs not long ago. Annoying creatures!

@avclub-b5e54b8379a1cec1ea981e47bfb5ada1:disqus : Well, obviously. Though I don't think I named it beyond 'hey, drink this'. My friends were very trusting … at first.

Back in college (I'd keep a six-pack of Moxie in my refrigerator in the certainty that nobody would ever, ever steal it) I had some luck mixing it with Jägermeister.