While ridiculously convoluted codes of formality normally make my skin crawl, I have to say this sounds really fun. God knows Jane Austen formality is as complicated as any magic system.

I don't see how it would hurt his portrayal. If anything, it strengthens it. The asshole in the show is played by the asshole in real life :)

I'd also say Mass Effect deserves this fictional "between T and M" rating. There's a fair bit of violence, yes, and even some (gasp) partial nudity, but none of it is any worse than what you would see in a PG-13 movie, and overall the game has quite a "positive" message. There's no reason to hold games to a stricter…

That... surprises me. It might be just a case of me hating the canned laugh so much that I simply can't see any viewpoint that likes it, but I literally cannot think of a single reason why anyone would prefer it. Oh well, I guess there's a lot of things in life I don't understand.

I've always felt that it depends on the child, and on the game. If I had a kid, I'd have little problem with them playing Skyrim, or even Mass Effect (as I feel this has very positive themes), but would tell them to wait a few years for stuff like GTA and Call of Duty. Similarly, I'd have no problem with a…

Exactly. An AO rating is just a fancy term for "banned", which is just completely wrong. All it does is reinforce censorship.

Canned laughter has to be up there with mankinds worst inventions. I have no idea why we continue to use it.

Indeed, one of the most cringe inducing shows on television. I've always been astounded at its high IMDB rating.

To be honest, I think it's a good thing that it makes people uncomfortable. Games are an immersive art form, after all. When you're playing a criminal, I think it's imperative that it actually gives you a closer, infinitely more unsettling look at being that kind of person. Games should push the envelope on what's…

My friend, the biggest Pokemon fan I know, goes for Bulbasaur every time.

Heh, I sometimes think I'm weird because, when I play GTA, I actually prefer to minimize casualties. It's just a way of helping me get into the game, like I'm playing someone who could reasonably be able to avoid the cops, rather than go on killing sprees every day.

Ah, but he has escaped from being Loki. He is now Owen Wilson as Loki.

Really? That's pretty great.

Projected reason: To give it a collectible sensibility. In order to catch them all, you'll have to trade between both games, so it's not as easy as just playing the game you have non-stop. Also, there are subtle differences in the environments of the game, so it's also to give the same game a different touch

And then the Pokemon would rebel and we'd have the bloodiest war in human history.

So, in a game that builds its premise around the world ending, where literally every living person is infected with a disease that dooms them to become a walking brain eating corpse upon death, where survival is arguably no better than death, you find it unrealistic that the characters would use the word fuck?

You don't need to read all 100+ issues. Just a trade or two would be more than adequate.

The use of profanity- which, for whatever their social stigma, are merely words- does not reflect immaturity.

You're misremembering the Tuco scene. Though I was referring to their first meeting- where by only the fourth episode he's displaying an aptitude for planning as he walks into Tuco's den with an escape plan firmly set- but Hank didn't save their lives. Tuco was bleeding out from a gunshot wound. He would have been…

Much as I love this, I have always gotten the impression that cancer was just Walt's excuse to "break bad"; he'd always been angry and unsatisfied. The cancer was just what made him take control of his life.