Ah, interesting, thanks.

I wonder why the people who went out on reward weren't mad about the others killing one of the chickens. Maybe they were but the editors decided it wasn't worth keeping in the narrative?

Heh. I like them quite a bit. Good live act, too. But I rarely find myself recommending them.

The Submarines, another charming-but-inessential indie pop group, had a song or two in ipod commercials. It really was a seminal time for gentle pop and high-end electronics.

I guess for me the difference is at least in part in the racial politics. Dynamite Hack sending up hip hop makes me feel a little icky. A white (Israeli) lady covering a white (American) lady feels less troubling. To me.

Counterpoint: The majority alliance voted off someone in the minority. They edited it to make the outcome look up in the air, but this is definitely just the expected outcome given what we knew coming in.

L.A. Noire was a disappointment through and through.

Civilization V is always unfinished. CiV is love. CiV is life.

Recent seasons seem like they're featuring mega-alliances too much - people are playing too conservatively. I wonder if the producers could come up with a way to shake things up when this sort of thing happens. I can't really think of one, outside maybe bringing back the auction.

My friends and I in college around ten years ago used to be pretty into this SoCal alt-country pop band called Limbeck. Their whole ethos was just like, hey, our songs are about road trips and bowling. It was a lot of fun. They toured pretty much constantly, so they could usually be counted on to open up for someone…

If you're Mike and you're gonna pull that move (I'm surprised Probst didn't give him more shit for throwing the challenge), why not just vote Rodney out? Is it because you don't believe he can possibly win? Because I remind you, Tony won last season, and he was possibly more annoying than Rodney.

Well, Orange is the New Black ISNT a comedy, so at least that got that one right.

1. The Iguana thing was truly terrifying. What was that?

I got annoyed because that flintlock pistol was clearly 18th century, not Civil War, but then the show let me know that it was there with me. And I appreciated that.

God, I miss Dave's Old Porn.

The Southern Reach Trilogy.

I'm pretty much all Civ 5: BNW all the time these days, so I either do podcasts or watch TV while I'm playing. Otherwise, just TV audio of the original game.

Excited to see my favorite recent bit of SciFi literature (Southern Reach) adapted by the writer of my favorite recent SciFi film (Dredd)!

But Roger Ebert said video games can never be art!

"the crisp, meaty taste of autumn"