The hacking minigame in Alpha Protocol ended up being more of a word search than anything else. That was a little disappointing.

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It might be a reference to Obama's remark: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people
who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment
as a way to explain their frustrations."

So, I have to ask: was the heroics on Mars a dream planted in his brain or was it real?

4chan /pol/ also gets attention these days as being nastier. A bunch of /pol/ trolls decided that the best way to troll people was to pretend to be racist and anti-Semitic (Jews did WTC, etc.) but any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be anti-Semitic will soon be flooded by actual anti-Semites that…

One Alt-rightist anime fan has given up on 3D women entirely and now has a 2D "waifu". That wouldn't be "racist", more "species-ist".

I have been randomly "glomped" by fujoshi girls because of my cosplay, one wanted my cosplayed character to act yaoi with another character for the sake of her fanship. I told her no. Conventions also ban paddles for some reason. It goes both ways.

Japan just likes to indulge in this fantasy of having a super powerful military that can save the day without the need for the United States, which constitutionally cannot happen. Seen any of GATE?

Well, Tell, Don't Show was basically what Code Geass reveled in and Code Geass became one of the most popular anime of 2000-2010. Many fans think that Code Geass R2, which managed to be even more unsubtle than season one, is BETTER!

Most unpleasant experiences at conventions that I have seen aren't due to cocky bros like the ones in the comic, but more due to awkward socially-inept virgin nerds who still live with their parents and are getting out in public for the first time in awhile.

Attack on Titan is really weird. It is what could be considered classic "Late Night" anime, like the violent anime that made it stateside in the 1990's. But then it went so completely mainstream you see billboards now in Japan where a Titan is advertising a cheeseburger. Completely unreal.

I don't know how many people here subscribe to Every Frame a Painting (or if not, almost every video gets the Great Job Internet! treatment here) but Tony just posted a video on Temp Music and how that tends to make scores so bland and forgettable now. I imagine a lot of tracks in this new score and going to sound…

I live in Columbus, and we have a Budweiser brewery here. For those not in the know, a few years ago Budweiser asked the twelve brewmasters of their breweries to design a "new bud" that had a little bit of craft beer characteristic. They couldn't go wild, of course, and I sampled all twelve (I was in the test market)…

Resident Evil 4 also provided a lot of fun in trying to experience every possible death animation. I find it fascinating thinking about how much YouTube and GameFAQs have changed gaming in this way. Nowadays finding every death animation in Resident evil 4 is one YouTube search away. Back in 2005 you didn't have that,…

Not a bad saying. The crust on a loaf of bread has a different taste because of what is called the Maillard Reaction. In beer, the Maillard Reaction is accomplished through the malting process of the barley used to make the beer. Its chemistry.

I always go back to the 1986 film The Mission, with the Jesuit missionaries making Christians of the Native Americans and standing up for their rights and helping them not get captured by slavers and finally paying the price for their love.

You remember when everyone was comparing the Star Wars Prequels and Palpatine to George W Bush and the War on Terror? oh, the nostalgia.

Are we going to get an article with a list of all the celebs who are moving to Canada?

It seems that making a drug palatable is a lot of work, but possible. If people want drugs, they are willing to endure pretty bitter stuff. Kola nuts were originally chewed to get the caffeine. Chocolate was originally unsweetened and drunk as a beverage, if you have ever eaten unsweetened baker's chocolate, you know…

You have played Long Live the Queen, right? That game fits your first sentence almost exactly.