Just catching this now on DVD (gotta review it). I'm kind of enjoying it. Really—there's something charming about the goofiness, and the rapport between the trio of protagonists is a lot of fun. Is it a good show? So far, I don't think so. But it's enjoyable in an gleefully stupid way that I kind of dig.

I worked in a bookstore when his first few books hit the shelves. We couldn't keep them in stock—we'd get a new shipment of the one on "natural cures" and the 50+ copies would be gone over the course of a weekend. (This was in a fairly small suburb outside of Pittsburgh, too.)

I had the opposite problem! As a young teen trying to find UO's back catalog, I always found albums from Overkill or The Urge.

I really liked the atmosphere Lovering manages to maintain, which is based almost entirely on the sort of fear people actually get. (I know more than once I've run low on gas in a creepy wooded area, and at that point every reflection and sound outside makes you jump.)

I'm still deciding on which one to read next. I just finished up The Honourable Schoolboy (which I loved). I don't necessarily want to dive into Smiley's People right away, so I might read one of le Carre's post-Cold War novels. Maybe The Night Manager?

I always appreciate these reading Q&As, gang. It's a good way to check out some new stuff.

Parmestan from Gymkata, of course.

I made it through about an hour and a half. As motivation to get my work done so I can go home, see.

As a friend asked, "Which one of those buttons plays Siamese Dream?"

EXACTLY. My uninterrupted good memories of this band stopped right around the time he donned the ZERO shirt and went Uncle Fester.

While I'm not the biggest fan of the Bioshock games, I'd argue that Levine pulled it off just fine with Thief: the Dark Project and System Shock 2.

City of Heroes got great reviews when it was released in 2004, for the most part. Game has build up quite a legacy over the years, too, especially since its cancellation made a lot of MMO players realize how unique it was.

…System Shock 3?

I think think this is a great list, especially since "Mr. Superlove," "I'm Her Slave," and "What Jail Is Like" are among my favorites as well.

I don't think there's a bad Mogwai album. I'd probably recommend Hardcore Will Never Die or The Hawk Is Howling, which I think compare favorably to that soundtrack. But you can't go wrong checking any of their previous releases out.

Yeah, I think Rayna's in trouble—as cool as that album might be, I bet it's going to be dead in the water when she tries to release it.

"That's not me!" http://i.woofmaker.com/BO2v…

Dominion is a good game. I got burned out on it pretty early on, though, after playing a ton over a half-year period. All of the expansions I played were briefly fun before, well, more of the same. So, it's me, not Dominion.

This. Netrunner is fantastic. And, in case anyone didn't know, Netrunner was designed by Richard Garfield, the guy who made Magic. In a lot of ways it reminds me of a band's more mature, well-crafted third album to Magic's spunky debut.

Speaking of Arkham Horror, Richard Lanius (who designed the original version in the '80s, and was a co-designer for the FFG version) has a bunch of house rules that he uses in his game. It's worth looking them up, since they add a lot of neat variety to the game.