Seconded. I used to work at a Greek pizza place (one of many pizza joint I worked at), and our tool of choice was what was basically a machete. The blade was at least a foot long, so one rock of it against a medium pizza was all it needed. Unless you were dealing with an especially floppy pizza or a 16 incher, you…

He’s principled, which, in the context of Washington, makes him a rarity. And that makes it easy to think there’s something conspiratorial at play. But he’s always seemed like the type of dude who sticks to his guns.

That said, I don’t think that’s inherently a virtue. Few Republicans are principled, but few Democrats…

I don’t think anyone has had strong feelings about Moby for years. Hell, most of us probably haven’t ever had strong feelings about Moby. But then he released a memoir that made him seem like a really creepy and insecure dude, and we all laughed.

To conservatives, perhaps, framing it as an issue of choice, and creating a parallel to gun rights and taxation might help persuade the more libertarian crowd? I haven’t had any success on that front yet, but it’s been more readily received than other arguments at least.

The most frequent pushback I get is that the…

My dude...

Cis male, pro-choice supporter, and Georgia resident. Apart from protesting, reaching out to my representatives, spreading information on the legislation and means to protecting yourself, and acting the role of bulldog in social media spaces where the fanatics come out of the woodwork, I’m not sure what all I can do.…

I can’t wait for the extended universe movie that digs into the origins of why Walter Peck has no dick. Maybe they’ll set the groundwork here as a way of teasing the film.

I can’t agree with that. The one thing that appealed to me when I was a kid, and what I think appealed to a lot of younger people, was how lived in the world it seemed. There was so much ambiance that was unexplored and made you feel like the setting was endless.

I think the problem is that instead of capturing the…

This.... seems like a VERY specific product.

So it’s a movie that’s great if you’re into the high concept, but the execution is weak.

Sounds like a miss for me on both counts. “Superboy but evil” doesn’t exactly excite me.

Exactly this! You have someone on staff who’s being paid next to nothing to basically do what you don’t have time to or don’t want to do. More often than not, whatever monetary pay they get is barely enough to cover the necessities of maintaining the internship. The real currency they’re dealing with is in experience…

Interplay’s old Lord of the Rings games for PC absolutely got the shaft here. They weren’t perfect, but they were complex little RPGs that captured the breadth of world and the sense of discovery that’s so crucial to the franchise.

Shadow of Mordor was a fun game with some really interesting systems, but it sometimes felt more like a proof of concept than a game in and of itself.

But I think the point most salient to this article is that it didn’t really feel like a Lord of the Rings game to me. It felt like an interesting concept with some LotR…

If you treat it with the right amount of camp and levity, I could see it working. If you try to go grimy and realistic.... probably not so much.

Why do you think that? If they’re reviving this franchise, which has been off the board for quite some time, wouldn’t they want to do as much cross-promotion as possible?

I’m honestly curious about what Sony’s approach will be regarding how they manage their franchises across multiple multimedia platforms.

That said,…

Even when Anthony Bourdain ragged on him, I got the impression it was that he found his style irritating and not necessarily him as a person.

It’s easy to rag on Guy Fieri, and it’s perhaps appropriate. But I don’t think anyone really doubts he’s a nice guy.

Dear Broke,

You’re working a low paying internship that offers you significantly less than the full staff coworkers. Mention politely that you can’t afford to go drinking every weekend. They’ll understand why you’re pacing yourself more, going out less, opting for soda instead of drinks, or bowing out of sharing…

The Fountainhead is what he calls his penis.

I’d argue that even Watchmen is of questionable value.

I haven’t watched the show for a couple seasons, but my social media feeds largely range from disappointed to ambivalent.