I thought it sputtered a bit early this season, but for the most part it seems to be going as strong as ever. Admittedly, the tone of it has changed, which could remove the appeal for some. I'm just not one of them.

I feel that this review is more critical than necessary; while it's not a top-tier episode, I think [i]Take the Cake[/i] works well as a zany breather from the recent philosophy-heavy episodes, and as a reminder that its brand of humour doesn't always require carefully-crafted plot lines.

Yes, because things like http://www.patreon.com/ exist.

"the sweet, sweet tears of artists whose dreams will never become a reality because the Internet spent all of its money on a dumb joke about potato salad."

Just popping in to second this guy.

Pretty sure the episode was sort of a jab at stories like itself. Yanno, the overly-symbolic artsy stuff.

I had to stop watching it a few times midway through. Not only did it have its on feels, it resonated with some things that I'd rather leave un-resonated.

The take-away from that scene was that taking it out didn't help. You're interpreting it backwards.

Try it! It's actually entertainingly story-centric, backed up with excellent voicework and well-considered lore. The gameplay is fairly typical of MMOs, but still has enough character to be fun.

After a shaky start to the new season, this episode more than makes up for it.

I can't help but to see the radioactive mutants as a wasted opportunity. The episode's predecessor poised them as a legitimate threat — something that could've come into play for real down the line — but this plays them for little more than an incoherent throwaway gag in a filler episode.

As an aspiring illustrator, I know that feel. I'm feeling it right now.

Doing something so well that it rewards a glowy powerup is a bit overdone in RS, and the instruments not actually having existed could be seen as a subversion of that.

Does that mean we should be shipping Mordecai and Benson, now?

Yeah! What's more, that scene didn't even get a mention in the review =/

Didn't Klorgbane already come back once before his return in-series? This could well have been set 300 years ago, and the presence of the cameras could be anachronisms in the same vein as "Forever Young" and the school goths and such.

Poor Lady Rainicorn..

John Weldon's "To Be" ( http://www.youtube.com/watc… ) is what comes to mind when you present that scenario; I've long-since adopted my own separate views of ontology, but seeing that as a child was enough to completely change my perspective and question what it really means to be.