As a certified (literally: ASE, Subaru and Nissan master tech certs!) car guy, I've never stopped wanting one.

Stegosaurus here. Land Before Time convinced me a pet Stegosaur would act like an overgrown puppy, and no joyless asshole scientist will ever be able to convince me otherwise.

And before anyone asks: no, no feather fossils found like skin imprints. Examination of the foream bones revealed quill knobs like birds have.

I'm most excited about the power armor treatment in this game. It's like strapping on a tank, more of a vehicle than just clothes with an armor rating and a STR boost. From what I've read it sounds a lot like it finally feels like a cranky old machine.

Plus it had a cupcake recipe! Best. Game. Ever.

See also: Dawn of the Dead remake.

What about the school booster's kid who just listened to her first show tune album, so before every school event sings it thinking: "I'll just add a little Bette Midler to this. That's never been done before!"

There was an old PC game called World in Conflict, where the Soviets invade Seattle after getting bogged down in Europe. I LOVED that game, because as silly as the premise is, you gradually realize they're NOT trying to open a beachhead and colonize the Pacific Northwest when they make a beeline for the Colorado base…

And it didn't fucking work!

Do you ever look back at how much human existence since 1950 owes to just dumb fucking luck, seeing the horrific consequences of things, and/or one dude not doing a certain thing and, like, shudder?

Anyone who doesn't understand how important Crimea is to Russia, strategically, has a poor grasp of history and a shakier grasp of naval politics. Without access to Crimea, the Black Sea Fleet has no home port, and Russia loses any access to the Mediterranean. Beyond military issues, they lose a vital shipping point…

I agree wholeheartedly, but that was the prevailing thought in 1914. It's obvious in hindsight now that the world was a powderkeg about to go off (and to a few it was obvious then).

There's also a fair number of military personnel whose only knowledge of nuclear warfare is giving guys like that an atomic wedgie. As much as they like to claim to, the midwest high school football coach megachurch types don't have a stranglehold on the armed forces. The ones with that worldview are, however, the…

When I visited the nuclear science museum in Albuquerque I impulse-bought an old Civil Defense geiger counter. The simple, tube electronics, bullet-proof armored shell, and friendly yet ominous bright yellow paint, and, well, the museum
I had just gone through convinced me a "realistic" Fallout game would be just too…

You say "illegally selling missiles to Iran in order to fund Central American genocidal squads", I say Reagan's best job creation proposal to date! Gotta keep those poor, starving Raytheon execs paid.

There's an old Avalon Hill ROTC-type tabletop strategy game I've played that simulates a conventional ground war with the Warsaw Pact. As you play, and casualties mount, the alert level keeps climbing, and once it hits a certain point it pretty much instructs you to douse the board in lighter fluid and toss a match.…

Those two and The Day After are why my wife doesn't get my indifference to horror movies. I've spared her the revelation that instant incineration of a couple million people followed by the inevitable slow death of most of the rest, kinda makes spooky ghosts and goblins a little less intimidating.

"And I thank GOD that I memorized all the words to Enter Sandman…"

I read that in the voice of Nathan Lane and it made me giggle out loud.

I always assumed "the invisible hand" was just shorthand for the collective market pressures, social, economic, political, etc…