Counterpoint: build an outpost to farm perk points.  There are too many skills, too many tiers, and too many challenges to unlock them.  They should have picked two of three

Nah, I'd call this "Mass Effect Andromeda-style scanning and walking"

(NCIS is a civilian agency)

Yes, they patched that out.  It was in the article

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Spiders?! Hell, Australia is the only place in the world that I can think of where the national mascot carries an STD

Uh...... how, exactly? 

Cue the ol’ “it’s not the size that matters, it’s how you USE it!!” cry.

Somehow, this will also confirm Half-Life 3

Yeah, I knew all of this, but mainly just because a flight attendant was sick and tired of having to try to get people to sign up for the airline credit card and explained how these programs work instead of giving the normal sales pitch over the PA

When Channing Tatum's character in 21 Jump Street, who is so dumb he can't even remember Miranda Rights, is a FUCKING UPGRADE....

I'm sure there is no way this can go poorly

You’re making me think of a Jawjah-inflected spinoff of The Californians

You mean like how in the late 20's, various organized crime groups (mostly Italian, but not entirely) got together and negotiated territory along the boundary lines laid out by the Federal Reserve?

Oh, you mean like how he recovers from cutting his finger off at the joint almost instaneously, when in fact it’s a good-many-months-long ordeal?

Does it explain why Winston has Ruska Roma tattoos?

Remember that the video game market has also grown more, in general.

Has Sam Barsanti ever heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? I thought not. It’s not a tale the AV Club would tell.

To be fair, the reason I knew about “Hello Newman” was because one of best friends in HS had a chemistry teacher whose name was Newman, and my friend said that Every. Damn. Class.