The other bleak state of American fiction: Maine.

There's a lot of reasons why the American novel has decayed in quality over the past decade. On top of the reasons given above there's:

I've been splitting time between Assassin's Creed 3 and Knytt Underground (maybe some Threes, as well). I'm really enjoying Knytt, as it's gameplay style takes me back to the C64 games, when all platforming was done one screen at a time, instead of a scrolling screen.

In defense of Gump: If you view it as an American fairy tale, most of the hate for it goes away. It doesn't deserve an Oscar, since it's more Baby Boomer nostalgia trip than film.

Well…one dimension for each twin he plays.

Much like the games of that era, I expect Sandler's performance to be two-dimensional.

So…he's completely changing the story, just keeping the title. Why doesn't he just not adapt it (and not use the title) and make the movie he's writing instead?

So, I guess the four on the far right is the "ugly, compared to the rest, column."

Star Wars: Episode VII: No Hope

My parents, having been one-year divorced in 1988, both got me NES. So, rather than trucking one system between both houses, I only had to take to move games. That's when I decided to buy a NES cartridge travel case with my Target gift cards that year. Whoever made that case knew about the game-playing habits of…

Thanks! My friends do call me the Morley Safer of the Disqus comments, but that's mainly because of my jowls and homespun charms.

Oh, I love Galaxy 2. I know the Galaxy series sold something like 2 million copies, but I don't know anyone other than me, you Jay, and some gaming reporters who played either game. Such a waste, because it's so good.

Look, John Teti, you're great, but did you not play Galaxy?

Super Mario Galaxy was awesome and recent. Go fun yourself.

Did someone say, "Magic!"

Not tethered by the events of the comic book? Then it's a Utopian zombie apocalypse?

Petaluma Cemetary

This is not the Johnny 5 prequel I was expecting after reading the title.

I hadn't heard of this movie until I saw the review, but now, I'm truly upset. This isn't the Johnny 5 prequel I asked for.

Donald Glover. Although he's more a sidekick, I guess.