Being forced to watch every movie/TV show ever with someone who is offended at the slightest non-G-rated content. Story of my childhood. Love you, Mom, but come on.

Here's the screenshot the site provides for the original graphics. Count your blessings, o VGA user!

The best part of that was the added, "DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200." If there's a statement that perfectly encapsulates the spirited individual being crushed by The System, that's it.

Mid twenties, which means that I'm old enough to remember having experienced most of the '90s (and therefore technically could have developed nostalgia for it). But I was just a tad too young for American Pie when it came out.

Yeah, that's what it's looking like. I like the same Apatow movies everyone else does (Knocked Up, Superbad, etc.), and even then, I wouldn't say I LOVE any of them.

I see what the article-ending rundown tells me, but I'm curious what everyone else thinks: is American Pie worth a watch for someone (aka me) who 1) isn't necessarily inclined to gross-out comedies, 2) has little cultural nostalgia for the late '90s, 3) wasn't in the movie's target demographic in '99 anyway, but 4)…

Are you sure it's the one on GOG.com? As I said before, I haven't played it, but the comparative screenshots on the website for the VGA upgrade (the link below) look miles ahead of the original. Either way, though, as I said, it's not an accessible game in the least. If you really want to get into the game, I'd…

Yeah, I see what you mean about the Island. The Hatch did look really excellent—in addition to its lighting, etc., it also had that cool '70s look. I'm a sucker for old computer tech.

Aw, hell, I totally forgot about those. Are we going to get those reviews at all now? I got the impression that Todd was the main advocate for covering the show among AVC staff.

I wonder how much of that more "TV" look has to do with the increased use of studio sets in the other seasons. As someone else has already pointed out here, there's something inherently cinematic about real beaches and jungles that man-made sets can't hold a candle to.

"It just didn't have any weight to it otherwise."

It's always striking to me how episodic Lost's first season is. That's not to say that there weren't story arcs or serialization or anything, but episodes like these two are interesting for how little they rely on what would become somewhat of a hallmark of Lost, the "holy crap, what a cliffhanger!—cut to 'L O S T'"…

The older ones are pretty damn inaccessible, granted, but the engine has a lot of depth once you get used to it. If you're looking for better graphics, thought, there's a modern remake called xu4 you might want to look into. I haven't played it, so I don't know if the interface is any more friendly, but the…

I think that all the time when I play that series, especially the later entries. Ultima VII has one of the greatest open-world engines of all time.

Well, I can't say that I agree with you, but kudos for having the ideological stones to call The Godfather and Apocalypse Now schlock.

This movie made me fascinated with Ringo Starr for a time. His little existential odyssey is wonderful and the highlight of the film for me.

I vote going classic with the Ultima series, which admittedly is not very much like Game of Thrones at all except that it is a game that has thrones, but it's still awesome.

Wait, so… what movies do you like, then? I mean, I can think of like two movies that don't have editing.

Did you listen to The Whole Love? It's not A Ghost Is Born fucked up, but the opener at least captures the Television-meets-The-Band spirit of their more experimental era.

I'm not going to argue that Tarantino doesn't suffer from a perpetually adolescent sensibility in his filmmaking, but I guess my above point about Basterds and Django is that it seems like he's lately been trying to use that sensibility toward expanding his philosophical repertoire, which is a commendable goal…