@TKBriareos: Bravo... I was about to commend the commenter above who compared Patrice to Zach Galifinakis, but I mysteriously felt that I should hold out for something better...

@Yankton: I had the same reaction!

@WookieLifeDay: Weird... I was replying to the following comment, not yours... not sure how my comment ended up in your thread, apologies.

@WookieLifeDay: I don't think the post was making the argument you claim. It's not blaming the trend described on the Clarke Awards or the publishing industry. The one actual reason that's examined is that women authors are either leaving the market, or never coming on board as SF writers in the first place, as a…

@dsmeek36: Sue Bird? Perhaps, like with professional womens' basketball, the problem is that there are fewer jobs for women (or women that want the job [perhaps they're paid less]), plus a lack of marketing and exposure for those that are working. There are a ton of female basketball players, especially if we include…

@dragonfliet: I quite enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, but I wouldn't consider it to be sci-fi. I'll have to check out Sarah Canary and The Alchemy of Stone. i09 is really causing a backlog in my library.

@The Squid: The one explanation that the post actually gives for the decline, is, in fact, the possibility that fewer female writers are writing in the SF space. In fact, the point of concern by the end of the post seems to be that the overall health of SF publishing seems to have squeezed out some female authors or…

@ROCKBOLLIX: I played and enjoyed Fable 2, but the combat was shallow and the ending was extremely unsatisfying, in a 'wait, that was the final boss?' kind of way. In fact, most of the systems in the game were kind of shallow, although there was a lot of variety. Again, a game I enjoyed, but one of the least memorable…

@SirTruthington: Could you also talk to M. Night Shyamalan about motherfucking Unbreakable 2?

@Balmut: Fillion: Fillion Fillion.

@Arsenal0206: Ryan Reynolds can't be in every movie... I think Fillion would be fine, anyway. Yes, Drake seems younger in the game, but I don't think his age is crucial to the storyline. Well, within reason. Obviously, Kurt Russell is too old, and Harrison Ford is too old and too damn cranky.

@Balmut: Handjobs: the perfect gift for every season.

@WookieLifeDay: If it were Tim Burton, I'd be stockpiling weapons. Sam Raimi and Robert Downey jr.? Even if it's a mess it'll be worth the price of admission.

@hurley_cat: I would drive to Florida, Flintstones-style, to see Soderbergh's Cleopatra. If Cameron fucks it up for me, I'll be pissed.

@antisocialfatman: I don't see Spielberg getting cancelled after one season, and when he won't need to run the show for 8 seasons just for the money, either. Fox sucks, but they'd like to work with Spielberg again.

I've only played the demo... but I watched my son play about 2/3 of the game, and while I agree with many of the points made (repetition, enemies with too many HP), I did find it funny, and it seemed like the game was constantly shifting to a differents style of gameplay or a different visual look, which kept it fun…

Can anyone advise me as to roughly what level of brutal violence and sex (including how tastefully sex is handled, if at all, in Banks' novels) might be found in these books? I have a stack of books to read before getting to Culture, but my son (age 13 but reads at a higher level) goes through books like water, and it…

I'm still upset I never got to see Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face! Not that I have anything against Aaron Eckhart, or Rhys Ifans, but I do feel bad for actors that know they're playing a role that could break out in a sequel, then... Reboot!

@Geurge: I was typing quickly, at work... but I swear I know how to use the idiom correctly!

I could honestly care less whether they include or don't include jumping, but it seems like optimally, they would design their levels around one or another. When one designs a Super Mario Bros. or Bionic Commando level, it seems like there would be a lot of measuring, fitting the jumps or swings so that they're just…