I was massively disappointed when they introduced the Balrog. It’s a massively epic fantasy series, can they not introduce a new baddie rather than just bringing back something we’ve all already seen?

Yeah exactly. It’s just good memories. Charlie basically plays himself in everything he’s in and hasn’t changed in the least.

True story: Charlie Day was a good friend and classmate in Newport, RI, from 2nd - 4th grades, and used to come over all the time and play with my Space LEGOs. This is back in the mid-80s.

That anchor operator had one job...

Makes sense. You guys are not exactly “just around the corner” for anyone. I was going to make a joke about maybe a laying a cable from Auckland to Los Angeles but looks like that’s already a thing - the “Southern Cross Cable Network”.

Out of curiosity, are online competitive games playable with other countries?

You talk like the only options are “all cloud” or “all physical media”, when of course it’s going to be a wide mix for many years to come.

Very true. See: every Avatar article ever published. Holy shit do these people not get tired of posting the exact same things over and over?

This is a great post, and gives me hope in humanity.

Huh, it’s almost like people might still be adjusting to the name of a game that was just announced and which isn’t released yet.

The common denominator in all of these stories is Olivia Wilde.

The written world needs more tiny snapshots of life like this one.

Reformed?

So the takeaway is that rankings can’t possibly be perfect, but instead weight a number of criteria and you should choose based on which criteria are right for you?

Have you watched the show through this week’s episode? Because it just doesn’t sound like you have, and I find it difficult to imagine how the story told this week would have worked without those scenes included.

I mean, those scenes are the critical focal points for both the character and the show. You do not have to love what the show is about, but it seems a little nitpicky to say “I’m fine with the show being about the agency of young women in a male-dominated society but I would prefer that their intimate scenes be the…

Anyone who follows Kojima on Twitter will not be surprised to learn that the guy is all over the place. But maybe that’s what really creative people are like, I have no idea.

Five years? I think we’re already there.

Just wait until we get to the point where a machine can analyze all the songs someone adores and begin creating soundscapes and melodies designed to maximize emotional impact via dopamine release.

It’s all good. I care about a lot of things, it’s just that the exact difference of models of a product I don’t own and don’t plan to buy isn’t something I burn a lot of bandwidth on.