Torchlight, Blur, which I just picked up belatedly (sorry, Bizarre), and probably some Geometry Wars Retro Evolved. Kind of a Bizarre weekend, really, but anytime someone asks me to play Retro Evolved, I end up addicted to Pacifism for a month afterwards.

I felt sorry for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind going up against The Empire Strikes back, which was critically acclaimed, made a ton of money, everybody has seen, iconic, etc. I would have liked to see it matched against Dune, since in many ways it tells a similar story with similar themes, better.

Both Solaris movies are better than The Fifth Element. And I like The Fifth Element.

I thought I was the only 12 year old boy with Battletoads screenshots taped to the bathroom mirror, shooting 'roids and shoving a finger down my throat after my daily meal...

Definitely going to rip into Torchlight, and I'm headed to my sister's on Saturday, so probably some You Don't Know Jack. Actually quite looking forward to that, haven't got my Jack on in years.

That's exactly what I thought of when I saw the new posters... Awesome!

That's exactly why I am clamoring for Fantastic Mr. Fox to get the Criterion treatment. I wonder if there is any other active director whose entire body of work has been canonized by Criterion. P.T. Anderson only rated one such nod, for Boogie Nights, and only on Laserdisc. And he's no slouch.

I couldn't find the exact statistic, but according to a study commissioned by the ESA, the average age of all gamers is 35. 60% are male, and women over 18 (33%) outnumber boys under 17 (18%). I agree. I'm 38 and male, and EA's marketing department does not speak for or to me.

Always glad to see love for Fantastic Mr. Fox. Looking back, I don't know if it's the best film of the aughts (but it deserves consideration!), but it's certainly the most endlessly rewatchable. At 84 minutes, there's simply no fat on its vulpine bones, each scene is special, and the colors, especially the yellows and…

If you've got a 360, make sure to download Toy Soldiers while you wait for Trenched.

When used with a posessive, doesn't old lady mean wife or girlfriend? These are funny, but the canon's not that loose...

I agree with the many folks who recommend reading. But! If it makes you feel better, or more au courant, I have a Kindle, and find that because the screen is not backlit or reflective, it does not leave me feeling 'wired' when I use it right before bed, nor does it seem to cause eye strain. Books have long integrated…

'Be active'... heh heh.

Awesome! Download play is what makes the DS so fun to play with others... In many cases (though sadly not all), one game cartridge means my whole family can play, and you can always check out the multiplayer on your friends' games (which often leads you to purchase the game yourself). Now if we could just have an end…

Some of my favorite games are Zelda games, but I got through maybe 20 percent of Twilight Princess before losing interest. More of the same, without the visual dash of Wind Waker (if anything a throwback to the muddy look of Ocarina of Time [not dissing OoT as a game, but the graphics were ugly to me the day I brought…

If Mortal Kombat has online or local multiplayer, sign me up!

I'm wondering... will 3DS games continue to support Download Play? I sure don't want to buy 2-3 copies of games to get my local multiplayer game on with my kids... If SSFIV has download play, I will pre-order it immediately. I have a creeping fear that one of the best things about the DS/DSi generation may be phased…

My eyes are stinging just from looking at Bash's. I wonder if Mrs. Bash has to take breaks from watching him play, in order to reduce the strain.

The moment in the comic where Supes told the jumper 'You're much stronger than you think you are' reduced me to tears. I missed that moment, and how it focused the theme of Superman's belief in humanity, through the device of a tormented girl, upon the reader. We all have a better self, and the reason why Superman…

Or if all of us, man woman and child sent him $8.11, we wouldn't have to involve the lottery at all...