Detail I'm ashamed to say I sussed out? You can tell which race you're dealing with by, I shit you not, the shape of the doors on the outposts and in the space stations. They vary, but there's only three types, and they correspond to the various races.

No, you're right, I misspoke: I played through the original two or three times as well. The only *games* I've beaten more than once were Deus Ex games. (Except for Invisible War, which I liked,well enough but would never ever revisit)

Human Revolution remains the only game I've ever beaten more than once. The music, the aesthetic, the storyline, the gameplay…I love it. Replaying it, I found the same thing: It's impossible not to indulge in all the details and world building

Ah, but she's a *middle-aged black woman* who wants to make people laugh, so, you know, we gotta publicly humiliate and harass her like Cersei Lannister

Waaaaaaaaaaay different. She's grounded, funny and actually comes off like a human being. The others are ciphers, but McKinnon comes off second best because she plays her cipher with zest and weirdness. Jones's character, far from being the racist caricature I was afraid she'd be, is actually fun and witty.

The thing that staggers me about this is that in addition to being racist and sexist and awful, it has to be because she was in Ghostbusters…despite the fact that she is *easily* the best part of it, terrible trailers be damned. Being awful to her is mean and terrible and crazier than a shithouse rat, but being awful…

This was awesome. I'm always delighted when she shows up; I've been a fan since she played Stokely in "The Faculty" (where a young, teenage Barnaby developed a massive crush on her.) Speaking of, how is that movie not more well regarded? It's clever B-movie trash, and it's wonderful. Also, Jon Stewart's worst…

This would be 16-bit, wouldn't it?

Everytime I see his name, I always assume they're talking about Chris O'Donnell and I think, "Aw, good for Robin."

So, we're wringing our hands over the mockery of the wringing of hands (and outsized media coverage) back in May?

Aw, Real Life Beavis…c'mon, man.

I will have you know his name is (inexplicably) Action Bronson, and he is a 300 lbs Albanian former gourmet chef turned rapper and he is a resin-soaked delight

No love for Pardon the Integration?

While I disagree with you immensely on everything else, I'm with you here: Poe's "Haunted" was a really great, underrated album

Yep.

1-800-SLP-KNOT

Agreed. And he needs to use his natural accent; it seems to loosen him up, performance-wise

Agreed. Deadshot is, on his own, super bland. He's Carlos the Jackal with wrist guns and a pencil-thin mustache

Paul Giamatti as Superman, Thomas Haden Church as Batman, and Alcoholism/Depression/Mid-life Ennui as The Joker? I'd buy all the tickets for that movie

Damn. Right, that was Sam Worthington. Jai Courtney and Sam Worthington are my Bill Paxton/Bill Pullman. I'll edit that.