He did the right thing for the wrong reasons. I found the character irritating to start with (the 90s, loud shirted, bequiffed quippy guy was annoying archetype anyway and his shitty actions cemented my dislike), but it coloured him for me for the rest of the series. When Giles doesn't have the patience for someone,…

Buffy isn't the same person. That's why it works so well!

Buffy ranking is incredibly compelling for some reason.

Whenever I hear the 'blonde cheerleader' story, I'm kind of at a loss for what horror Whedon was actually watching and often feel he was never that big a fan of the genre. I'm not denying that that stuff exists, but it's something I've seen parodied or inverted a lot more than I've seen played straight.

I genuinely do wonder if a few alt-righters will move on and chill once they get girlfriends, but I'm sure there'll be more lonely nerds to take their place.

And do do it, doit before it BECOMES a biggie. If you are going to get knocked back, have it happen before you've built something up in your head. On the other hand, if she responds positively, then you have something to build on. Keep in mind crushes aren't feelings about a person, they are feelings about your idea…

I loved Timesplitters and there was some genuinely funny moments in it, but the monkey stuff never amused me at all.

I played the, retrospectively, rather awful SNES port of Doom first and definitely enjoyed it as a game that allowed me to explore 3D space, something I hadn't been able to do as a young console gamer at the time.