I haven't even seen any of the Alien movies yet, and I'm weirdly excited for Prometheus.

I'd like to see someone name their son Polycarp. It was my great-grandfather's name, as well as the name of a saint, but I doubt it'll see much use ever again.

This made me laugh uncontrollably.

Same question as the one to elevatordemons. I don't understand how anyone would have trouble with a name like Melanie.

What? Do you meet a disproportionate amount of idiots? I honestly never thought anyone would have a problem pronouncing that name, outside of those whose first language is not English.

Interesting! The one you showed does seem familiar to me somehow. And I like the song!

Quite a few years ago there was this segment on Cartoon Network called "O Canada", and the Canadian cartoons they showed kind of freaked me out. Do you know if these cartoons ever played on Canadian television? Or are they well known or something?

Easy recommendation: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Right on! Still making my way through Book 5 myself.

Yeah, it's certainly not very ergonomically pleasant, like having to reach down to hit 1 to bring up the map, or controlling the camera with C and the D-pad. :/ But I get by for now.

Nope, just the Wii-motes for now.

Yeah, I currently have a three-star affinity with Colony 9, and I've noticed how it changed the citizens' perception of me and how they offer me new quests with higher rewards. Great stuff. :)

Yeah, it's definitely taken me quite a while to get out of Colony 9. And I tend to be pretty slow anyway! But it was nice that my side-questing could be coupled with exploration of the colony's more distant surroundings (and some close calls with very high-leveled monsters).

Yeah, I know the feeling of stalling out on side-quests like that. It's been fine so far, and I hope I still enjoy it down the line. Also, The Cave seems to be a rather story-driven section, so it's balancing out for me right now.

Awesome. I can't wait. I'm looking forward to meeting some new characters.

Yeah, I wonder why he didn't even try not to make these people look loopy and strung-out. I'm not sure what effect he hoped it would have, but it doesn't seem to be a very positive one.

I've been playing Xenoblade Chronicles over the past few days. 1) It's been an interesting transition, because I guess it's been quite a while since I last touched a JRPG. And 2) How does anybody make any progress in this game? :-P Sooo many side-quests! I'm still just making my way through Tephra Cave on my way to…

I would like to second this question. Must one use imgur or something? Or is it possible to just use the source URL or upload it from one's own files?

Thanks for the advice! I wondered if it might be something like that, but it seemed like an odd thing for power save to do. I poked around and found that the eco option was already set to off. Then I found that the shadow detail was set to -2. After a bit of searching as to what shadow detail might be, I returned it…

I need some help understanding my TV. I have a Samsung LED TV, and I've noticed that the picture becomes much dimmer when the display has fewer light-colored or bright figures on it. Do you know what I mean? I've particularly noticed this with my Wii. For instance, if I'm playing Super Mario Galaxy, and there is a…