This episode should have been required viewing for sex ed courses in the 90s. It was the biggest thing on TV, and it normalized the idea of masturbation, for men and women. As a newly minted teenager at the time, it was an awkward period, and this was so helpful to alleviate any shame, embarrassment and isolation I…

People shit all over the themes of morality, justice and evil that are in this show; they’re down on how cliche it is, how simple it’s treated. They shit on the characters being stupid, shallow, caricatures. And to some extent, I agree, it’s often true. This review is full of points like that.

One general criticism in fiction that I’ve always had a hard time fully understanding is that people “say how they feel instead of showing”. I’m not saying it’s not a valid criticism, but wanting characters to always behave that way isn’t necessarily always true to life. I’m the kind of person who is regularly open…

I was going to say the same damn thing.

We definitely have opposite experiences playing both games. I don’t think I’ve ever had a Kingmaker situation in Power Grid. Our games are usually pretty tightly contested. I also enjoy how there are 3 ways to interact with players: the bidding, resource buying and building new power plants. There’s a lot of hate…

I honestly hate ticket to ride. It’s a game where there’s potential for a deeper strategy, but most people can do just fine ignoring each other and minimizing any player interaction. Board games that make interaction easy to ignore or just plain difficult to achieve bore me.

My vote’s for Clone Beth. I think the answering machine was a tip-off when Rick said he’s got Jerry’s back. I suspect it’s because Clone Beth would try to bring the family back together and reconcile with Jerry, so Rick needs him around to keep up the ruse.

The first 30 minutes were pretty terrible. It was loaded with really clunky exposition. Green’s Vulcan-like delivery was grating and the camera angles were jarring. My wife was suggesting that she wouldn’t bother staying awake to watch the second episode.

I find this topic really strange. First, I haven’t had any lag problems or disconnects at all since I picked up the LAN adapter. Second I definitely haven’t noticed ‘advantageous’ lag for Japanese players or a huge skill gap between Japanese and non-Japanese players. Perhaps it’s because most of the players that play…