Whereas I, a dyed-in-the-wool, still-playing-2nd-edition-and-keep-the-1st-edition-handbooks-around-for-inspiration AD&D Original, loathe the idea that a fighter would expect the core rules to support something for them to do besides roll a 20 sided die every round. That is 100% video-gamey cater-to-the-lazy-player…

Maybe as a way of heading off the accusation that "British people have awful teeth" is a lame cliché. They gave him a character-driven reason to have awful teeth.

I guess I'll be the shitheel and say what nobody else will: despite the naked self-interest of it all, Jimmy was and is right to pressure Irene to take the settlement, even to the point of turning her friends against her in order to make the issue real to her. He is absolutely correct that the years of delays HHM has…

I love Kent seizing upon his random opportunity to correct Dan's broadcast stating that Bruce Hornsby was a member of the Grateful Dead. Right is right, damn it, and these things are easily Googled.

The right-before-the-credits, here's-what-happens-next-week ad (SPOILERS) shows Justin all zombie'd out, but also indicates that the next episode is going to be even busier than this one, with multiple fight scenes involving all our zombie friends and Major as well. Like Carrie pointed out, we're getting close to the…

That's true, but they've been on their "last remaining option" for at least the past two seasons. Now they're forgoing VC funding altogether and trying to market directly to customers in order to get the scale they need — if this goes wrong, I don't see how they have any realistic (even SV realistic) moves to make. …

(Which is not to say that patent trolls don't deserve every bit of misfortune that comes their way. Rent-seeking is capitalism in its most vile and parasitic form, and only the fact that it's so lucrative keeps it from being killed with fire.)

I may be late to this party, but in case nobody else has pointed this out yet, Richard didn't find a loophole in copyright law to defeat the troll — he straight-up conned the guy by using the original Pied Piper build to forge a totally fake copyright claim from an earlier song, and then intimidated him with a…

I know, right? Sure, according to Sturgeon's Law, 90% of Eskimo sitcoms will be crap, and because "sitcom writer" has not really been an avenue available for a whole lot of First Nations people, it's likely that the first nine pilots you get will all be crap.

That's kind of why I started watching Big Love on HBO back in the day. Before it descended into crazy prime-time soap territory, it was a window into a culture not often shown (except in parody) on scripted TV. I've seen every possible episode of a generic cop/doctor/lawyer procedural — unless you have some kind of…

"Let me go, damn you! I've got five mail carriers who haven't eaten in days!"

What he means is that the sensibility of his content acquisitions team is too similar to the sensibility of people who already subscribe to Netflix. If they're not being pushed out of the middle of the bell curve, they're missing both the lowest lows — crazy passion projects that will never find an audience, thus…

I DM'd the inaugural session of my first campaign in 25+ years the previous Saturday night. 2nd edition forever, baby!

Made famous (in political terms) as the theme song for the Clinton/Gore campaign, debuting at the 1992 Democratic convention.

TV conventions demand that at least one member of a group being forced to play D&D for the first time hates the whole idea and tries to get out of it as soon as possible. Just as they demand that at least one person who hated/mocked the idea becomes totally invested in the game by the end of the first session.

Hasn't been seen since Moira Queen's funeral way back in Season 2. The Wiki says he's been mentioned as recently as the "Invasion!" crossover this season, but I'm damned if I remember that happening. He still loves Oliver and Thea and has offered help and support, and he's still a bigwig at Starling National Bank.

Honestly, I am so used to her as zombie Liv that she looks weird to me any other way. I think the last time we saw the actress au naturale was when she went on the fake job interview at Max Rager last season, and it felt a lot stranger to me than it probably should've.

Apropos of nothing, Walter Steele from Season 1 happened to pop into my head a few weeks ago. Remember him? He was pretty cool. They should bring him back.

In an episode studded with much more important characters, I expected Digger Harkness to get short shrift and I was right. Nevertheless, hurrah for Spartacus reunions on the CW. Too bad Weather Wizard (a.k.a. Evil Spartacus) didn't happen to be flying over the island to join in the fun.

I still find it funny too, but it's undeniable that they've been plowing the same ground over and over again, and I can already feel myself starting to get bored. Is there really any humor left in Erlich shouting "JIAN-YANG!!!" at the top of his lungs?