Cocky. http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/16/maxis-on-simcity-ea-investing-quite-a-bit-in-making-always-online-work/

The cheery response to the announcement of a new SimCity game was quickly tempered back in March by the announcement that it’ll require a permanent online connection to work. Videogamer caught up with Maxis’ Lucy Bradshaw to ask why SimCity won’t end up mirroring Diablo 3′s launch. Bradshaw says that EA are “investing…

Rather than outsource things like waste management, power, law enforcement and fire protection to another city - which is not exactly how real cities function, Oh there's a fire in Yonkers, better call NYC to send up some fire trucks! - I'd rather purchase electricity and sell my waste in a sim-economy. But knowing…

Re: UCB, Matt Walsh is now on Veep with Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Arrested Development's Tony Hale.

Awesome!

Jesus. Those names belong to some kind of Celtic or Middle English revival movement.

Ruth.

Thanks, man. Being in Iceland is like being on another planet, but you don't have to be a rocket scientist to take beautiful photos here - it's mindbogglingly gorgeous.

(In case you wondered, the snow looks soot-black from the large volcanic eruption the month prior.)

Thanks!

(If you look closely, you can see two people off for a walk with their dog.)

One more. Similar themes.

Thanks! I find that Nikon's kit zooms are actually pretty nice and crisp. If I weren't planning a wedding this year, I'd have my hands all over that D800, though — finally, a full frame sensor housed in a fully featured "pro-thusiast" body.

No, thank you! I rock the D7000, too, and I always like seeing it used well. I'm not a professional, but it's an awesome, affordable camera for the enthusiast or the professional looking for a backup. Did you use a prime super wide or a zoom?

Great shot. A little off topic, but what did you shoot with?

"By the way, Sonja, I told the Daily Mail all your business about having breast cancer, and me paying for your mastectomy. And that you're going to have a mastectomy. BFFs?"

Not for nothing, email scams sound over-the-top fake and absurd for a reason (e.g. i is a nigeriAn prance and need to givz u $!$): it helps the con artist weed out the less gullible, less intelligent, or otherwise more victimizable marks. I'd wager pick up artists use the same strategy: treat women bad enough and you…

Girlfriend: "Those kids are so lucky...."

I actually think many developers have moved into the "mature" territory, in terms of adult themes. The problem (I think we agree on) is that poor execution results in low brow, run and gun CoD offal.

.................This one goes to eleven.