Yeah, I never played a lot of those games. I question whether I could go back to that style of gaming at this point (for any purpose other than metaphorically spiking the ball in the endzone once I beat it).

Oh, absolutely. I remember issues relating to, for example, the speed of your processor. If it was too fast for the software, some sections were unwinnable. That sucked. Also, it was total bullshit that the game could be put into a state where it was unwinnable because you screwed up, but you DIDN'T die. Like,…

I never got all that into D&D, mostly because no one in my neighborhood really was, but I had a bunch of the books when I was younger.

To be fair, part of the fun of playing games like the Space Quest series was seeing all the wacky ways you could die.

Thanks!

Chris Albrecht runs Starz? That's surprising, considering I like a number of shows on that channel, and yet I remember being disappointed at how he handled a lot of the non-Sopranos lineup on HBO during his tenure there.

Ok, I'll bite.

Yeah, there's more centralized distribution, and there's been a ton of consolidation within the industry in terms of publishing, but the indie developer/publishers have made a resurgence in recent years that, in my opinion, has helped offset the impact of the EA/Activision/Ubisoft/Zenimax type publishers, and the…

They still are! They're just fun in a different way. But yeah, could be the shareware of Doom or Wolf3D…or could be the shareware of Isle of the Dead or something. Gaming in the '90s was, it strikes me, a much more varied experience in some ways, but with far more rigid boundaries between game types. Adventure…

Yeah, I actually remember yelling out loud in surprise.

Yeah, see, I started FPS gaming with Wolf3D, which is absolutely cartoony and arcadey, and is so by design. It's also meant to be comical in a way (especially the secret level with the Pacman ghosts).

Does this actually get used outside of Rob Schneider trailers?

Mick kind of is the Leeroy Jenkins of the group.

I heartily agree. I'd love to see the character come back. While I don't expect total fidelity to the comics, I think he'd fit in in a very interesting niche within the Berlantiverse.

They did — once. And he's been referenced since then. Alas, they haven't renewed the show, which is a damn shame because I really did enjoy it. Constantine was an ambitious production, but I think it would've been better run by Berlanti rather than Goyer.

Well, one uses silicon and the other uses silicone, so…kinda, yes?

It makes me wonder what the initial thinking was. Like, was the theory that Supergirl would somehow bring over CW watchers to CBS, where they'd watch more CBS shows? That seems….unlikely.

I know him best as a different upper crust dick, on Downton Abbey.

Visited Watchers on the Wall and remembered that I'd heard that theory, too. Makes more sense than Lord Too Fat to Sit a Horse. Oh well. Also, didn't realize that James Faulkner had been cast as Randyll Tarly, which is actually a TERRIFIC choice.