I hadn't even heard of Red Green until my family stumbled across it in a hotel room on vacation. At the time, I thought someone in Canada had pulled a Blizzard on "Home Improvement": stolen the idea outright, but then upgraded it in every way. It wasn't until a good deal later that I learned they both came out the…

Did you ever play the Game of Thrones mod?

No. No, no, no. If he were doing this in a garage somewhere with three of his lady friends and we chased him down and laughed at him, we'd be bullies. If he goes on national television with women in lingerie, the whole point is that he doesn't get to tell us what to think. His friends who cheer him on because they…

"Depressing" is exactly why it took me this long to even get it. I've heard so much about how great it is and all, but I typically don't enjoy depressing games at all. We'll see.

It's funny: I usually don't actively want to play the Lego games in general, but every so often I'll have a little time to kill, zero brainpower to spare and a deep need to unplug from the universe. In the right moment, they're the perfect digital drug. They're "gentle" games, in a way: straightforward, only as…

That's impressive! I actually wonder if your sense of malaise is the normal kind that follows an accomplishment long pursued. It's a terrible parallel, but have you read about post-Olympic depression? Whenever I set myself to achieve a longer-term goal in life, I actually expect a mild depression to set in after I…

Playing: Mechwarrior Online - this weekend's event looks much, much easier than that Faction Wars slaughterhouse, thank goodness. Plus, that heavy mech sale means I finally own a freaking Warhammer, which is all I ever wanted out of Battletech since I first saw that first game box cover when I was like twelve years…

That's just like the time Brian called Lois an ignorant slut and she gave him incredible sex for it! And then he insulted her for that sex, and she gave him more sex!

I could see naming a band that, too.

It's like the worst possible case of "You like Family Guy, right?"

On paper, Cassel playing the Beast in a version of Beauty And The Beast done by the guy who did Brotherhood Of The Wolf is my brand of bourbon in eight different ways. Hearing that it's boring is about the very last thing I expected. "Brooding" Cassel? I know he knows how to use Cassel; I saw BotW! What the crap…

Late to the game, but I'll add "…or Sylvester Stallone's."

Replying as a second upvote because one just ain't enough. Your second line sums up exactly how I feel about her character, and her performance with that character.

SadShades(tm): They'll make you go, "Aww…"

I get that they wanted to make sure that Papa Doc was unmistakably, unquestionably destroyed in that final battle. That said, I'll grant that it felt like a boxer winning his last prizefight in the ring with a Glock 40.

I'm still not 100% sold on her being well-cast, to be told. She looks great and she's a natural quipper (crucial on this show) but she never once sold me on being an elite super hacker, just like she never once sold me on being a homeless person living in a van or an unstoppable force in close-quarters combat. She…

That was a recurring beef I had with last season, too. They'd grouse about things like Hunter and Bobbi being allowed to live and I'd think "no spy, ever ever ever ever ever."

Every single season of this show, I spend the first half of the season bored and irritated and swearing off the show for good—and then the second half of the season, eyes glued to the screen and ready for more. Here we go again…

Titanic's fine and all, but it's a one-note chorus compared to L.A. Confidential. Not even in the same ballpark in terms of structure, pacing and overall complexity.

That might be my single favorite onscreen death. He just goes, recognizably but not overdone.