I don't think there is much of a stigma, really. People just tend not to have long public transit commutes unless you live in certain areas. And I would never have something expensive like that out on a New York subway.

Remember how one of the initial inspirations for the aesthetic of DX:HR was the Renaissance? I find it interesting how they moved away from that, and what they kept.

Nope.

As someone who speaks several languages and has seen the reactions of plenty of people who don't, it really does.

The squad, seven Shepards, and some random dude in jeans and sneakers.

Historically, I would say that bad voice acting is correlated with poor writing and localization on the part of teams that had different ideas about the audience and goal of localization, or were culturally ignorant. That was 10 years or more ago, though.

True in some cases, but lack of comprehension can make one miss bad voice acting as well.

I can't help but roll my eyes when people who don't speak Japanese start up the whole (subs > dubs) thing. In many cases, the Japanese voice-over is not necessarily better. It's just weeaboos' inability to recognize bad acting in a language they can't understand. (and anyone who believes they "learned the language"…

This is supposed to be a good example, right?

Oh man, I just thought of this. There is going to be some asshole who puts bombs or guns on a drone and ruins it for everyone. Aside from the military and CIA, I mean.

I don't know what they were expecting. There are schools to take advantage of this, but it's not exactly known as The Hub of U.S. tech savvy and broadband penetration.

Right, I'm just stating the function. It's not a center speaker. Or rather, trying to make a center speaker do things it was never designed to do.

Well, the example here is of a strongman, like a weightlifter or dedicated heavyweight wrestler who focuses his training on lifting/burst strength. The point being that body builders aren't as strong as they look because they train for form, not function.

If you're going to use a chemical spray that's almost certainly going to get you into legal trouble, you might as well go all the way and pick up some bear mace.

The placement is similar to a center speaker, but soundbars are designed to bounce channels of sound off the walls of the room to simulate a surround sound multi-channel setup.

Read the article.

No worries.

Derp. I saw the iPhone UI and just assumed.

Oh. I did not know that. Yeah, it must've never worked for me, then.