I could form a design committee from my nieces and nephews and get a more eye-pleasing design.

Didn'r his sister slap Deadpool with a restraining order?

If we find life, we won't be sure if it's really local. Also, invasive species and all that.

So, does Mephisto get his soul, or what?

That's a yacht? Looks more like a cross between a modern naval frigate and an office building...should have been impounded for crimes against aesthetics...

Why do I keep getting a 'Susan' vibe...?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the problem may not have been the games.

Australia: Everything Here Wants You Dead

EA and BioWare put hundreds of millions of dollars and countless man-hours into The Old Republic, but instead of bringing the beloved Star Wars universe to life in a new way, they hurt the already fatigued brand.

If you were with the Party, it was probably great. Anyone else, not so much.

You laugh now, but wait until the Transsolar Scientologists throw down with the Christian Objectivists...

It won't happen. Not as long as one man's utopia remains another's hell.

...aaaand we have a late candidate for 'most cringeworthy scientific event covered in a story during 2012'.

I can't be the only one who read that as 'R'lyeh-Taylor'...

India-Pakistan may not be the best paradigm for this argument—unless I've mistaken, they've still managed to get into conventional border battles since both went nuclear. What changed is the calculus of a given action—how far can you push an advantage before the risks become too high? When you're fiddling with…

OK, I've wondered about this for a while, but don't recall having seen it addressed, so here goes.

I'm better with balsa wood. Not so great with oak, though.

You must be new to this planet...

Oh, they know we're here. They just know better than to want anything to do with us.

Fine, but I draw the line at telemarketers.