It was pretty small. I bet you could make something really engrossing on a much larger scale today.

It was made by the people who made Myst. Same sort of game, but aimed squarely at children: pure exploration, whimsical characters, no stakes or consequences. I remember assorted things about it: climbing the beanstalk at the beginning, navigating the sewers in a teacup, the turtle who spoke in French and his nearby…

Odell Lake was fucking frightening. Probably the only "modern" video game (by which I generally mean NES forward) I can think of that comes close to capturing how brutal nature can be is Ecco the Dolphin, and even it's nowhere near Odell Lake's level. Every fish was so cold with those blank stares, and the crunch…

oh man, MECC. I was born in '84, part of the first generation that came up with computers in the classroom from the very start, and MECC edutainment was a huge staple of the experience. Everyone hated doing CommuniKeys but that's how I learned to type and get up to ~75 wpm (which I'm often told is good for a man,…

If you're accepting that nitrous oxide can give you super speed, surely it's not that great a leap to headlight eyes.

"Why, for example, does Turbo’s exposure to nitro also give him headlights for eyes, a car alarm, and an internal radio?"

There is actually a playable beta floating around the internet that is substantially better than the final product. I wonder what went wrong. (Cheeky answer: Titus made the game. But for real, I do wonder.)

@avclub-ae1846aa63a2c9a5b1d528b1a1d507f7:disqus What? You love to be that guy! You made it your name!

I'm partial to this exchange from the Bonestorm episode:

No, you can't get rid of the bell. The bell, like all aspects of the spelling bee, is part of a beautiful extended psych-out tapestry. It's kind of like how you feel worse when your parents are disappointed with you rather than angry. There's nothing worse than that sound. It's even worse when they put a pregnant…

I was 12 when Voyager premiered, and I haven't given it any serious watching since it ended, so I'm mostly going on raw memory here, but to my mind at the time Voyager was more fun than TNG or DS9. It was more …… rompy, I suppose, and certainly more accessible. I can definitely see kids preferring Voyager, because it…

I laughed at "Meesa trading!"

"Glee: What the fuck?"

"Yeah, I had to go to the bathroom OUT THE WINDOW. Rest assured when I get back, I am leaving Carnival a VERY NEGATIVE Yelp review."

I like this show insofar as it is an effective tool for portraying likable actors delivering jokes that make me laugh. If I try to analyze it on any level other than that it just crumbles. It cannot withstand even the slightest bit of critical scrutiny.

Sky High and Zoom were one of those similar-ideas-in-close-proximity pairs, like A Bug's Life and Antz or Shark Tale and Finding Nemo. Sky High is plenty good on its own merits but looking good next to Zoom just gave it even more of a boost.

Came here for this, was not disappointed.

That was great. "I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but: cool it with the rape jokes, man."

"The president is dead. Congratulations, Mr. President!"

Pretty sure he said he wasn't interested, not that it was going to be terrible. Cool your jets, turbo.