Read this and immediately thought Book of Dave.

Review seems even. Appreciate it.

I would say the game has features of both those games- negative and positive. Haven’t been bogged down by ME:1 elevator fatigue, yet, though!

I felt like combat got much better as I gained experience points to develop a skill set. I went from thinking, “my god, this is terrible and clunky and why did I start with insanity!” to “okay, this is entertaining.”

I like that analogy!

ME: Andromeda needs more elevators!

If this is in the context of Christmas, then I think akin to a work-related white elephant gift exchange. I expect crap, and I usually get crap. Once in a while I’m pleasantly surprised by the quality of the item.

Probably. He gives them a lot of material to talk about. Once he’s gone the news will go back to covering strange but important events like an alligator that rings doorbells in Tupelo.

As far as possible I try to bracket categories I think shouldn’t inform my vote, like race, gender, sex, economic background, and so on. These things without doubt inform a politician’s decision, but they don’t amount to a record. Additionally, is the politician’s promise (the promise I buy into) consistent with their…

Cool learning. Reminds me of a short story by J.G. Ballard where some patient’s brain was altered to remove the need for sleep. Worked out well for a while (felt great! accomplished a lot!), but then the build up of gunk and garbage in the brain that resulted from not sleeping did him in.