@Pirandello: I'm in panic mode already. I recently transferred to a much larger store and am having trouble adjusting to all the different ways of doing things.

@Valeria Heart: I don't think it's a universal thing with every debuff on every boss, but on the difficult ones where positioning is key, it's a real boon.

@TheRealDoshu: They're handy in raids sometimes, when you need to keep your eye on a particular member and debuffs from bosses remove raid symbols from the actual players.

I've watched Conan with varying frequency since 1999 (when I was old enough to start saying up late on Friday nights without getting into trouble), and I can honestly say that this show's opening sketch, monologue, and musical guest killed it. Incredible. I really dug the old school feel of the set, too, like he was…

@csanders984: Save it. If last year is any indication, the random

@Hongo: AP Calculus exam, Spring 2005.

@meowmix: Slagthorian mentioned Zeal, and I'll go ahead and second that one, but my runner-up is probably Burmecia in Final Fantasy IX. The environment and music come together and always break my heart a little when I get to that point.

@Behrditz: AMC gets some kudos though for its original series.

Good news, everyone! Someone made a kick-ass Putricide & Rotface/Festergut team!

@Yankton: I occasionally post across the board on io9, Gawker, and .tv. I'm starred on .tv, but the general idea I got was that it was pretty damn easy to get to that point there.

@Vanderhuge: Last night after raiding, my buddy and I were discussing how irritating some of the more recent bugs were as related to the first of the pre-Cataclysm patches, as well as how one of the tanks in our raid was bitching about the changes to threat and aggro mechanics.

@VincentGrey: Get them to buy it today on Amazon. It's $25 bucks, give or take.

@Troubadour: The RE story was an adaptation of the game, which is particularly interesting when you factor in that I had played through maybe the first 10 minutes and only had a cursory knowledge of the rest of it (thanks to GamePro's awesome strategy guide in its June 1996 issue).

@Troubadour: I wrote a Resident Evil short story when I was a kid. Christ, was it awful.

@Toshi: I sometimes wish I were still required to read textbooks. The amount of substantial, non-internet reading I do daily has simply plummeted since I graduated.

This week I'll be taking a break from games of the video variety to play another game I wasn't hoping to get involved in so soon:

Something about his letter gives me the impression that he's got a lot of character and integrity.

@MrNose - FOR THE CHICKEN!!!: Good God.

@Frosted Mini-Wheats: That's not necessarily true.

@Dan2593: You have asked a dangerous question, my friend.