The launch titles for the next generation of consoles always look only a bit better than what the previous one offered and generally aren't as optimized as later games. Just look at GTA IV versus V. The latter has higher graphical fidelity and is much larger in scale. Yet it seems to be running better than the first…

Rule 4 is the one most broken, at least in sci-fi. Star Trek is one of the worst in this. It does a lot of other stuff right, but this part of worldbuilding ST is just terrible at.

I love the Landmark idea.

Watched it with a mate of mine. I'd seen the trailer, nothing else. Thought that was funny enough, but the movie itself was even better.

Making a decent argument is perhaps the greatest internet achievement of all time!

The E3 2013 code ran at an even 30 FPS, with sometimes a 2 frame or so dip during more intense scenes. Maybe they're running it at a slower FPS to make sure its evened out (so the presentation doesn't vary between 40 and 60 FPS), or 30 is simply what will be the cap in the release version.

I've been mispronouncing Awry all my life.

I love that that guy kept his suit on while getting into the pool with this model. Always stay classy!

For some reason I'm reading this with Thatcher's voice in my head. Maybe because I don't know the Queen's...

Some genres just don't fit some platforms. I applaud them for trying, but I think we're never going to get a touchscreen FPS that was what Halo was for consoles. Third-person cover-based shooters might have more success though, as they're generally slower-paced and when in cover it'd could work more like a shooting…

It was an okay episode, but they need to start tying everything up in a neat bow. Only five episodes left. I want more Zapp (his episodes are some of the best). There needs to be closure to Leela and Fry's love story, but there also has to be time to say goodbye to the rest of Planet Express. There also needs be…

Did not know that. It's definitely in a different league of it's own compared to the more blatant rip-offs in this list.

The Buran is a bad example. It wasn't something they took apart and studied. It started only five years after the initial idea for the Space Shuttle was put forward and it has major differences in design. The Buran doesn't have main engines: the Energia booster does all the work. It was also designed to be flown…

That strapped-down monkey must go crazy, with those free-floating monkeys going all crazy around him.

I agree. My heart was pumping that first half, but the rest had a bad aftertaste. I'm not looking as forward to #3 as I was to #2 of the reboot. If it were up to me, I'd just leave the movies and go back to the roots: television. Then you can do cerebral or character-based storylines without being forced to adhere to…

Compared to Elizabeth, Alyx is barely a companion in HL2. She's a constant in the storyline, but you only fight with her for a few short sequences. The episodes make her more into a real companion.

That says more about your friends on Facebook, than Facebook itself.

Lara, LARA, LARAAAAA!!!!!

The largest fictional space battle from a well-known TV series or movie that I've come across is Operation Return, from the DS9 episode Sacrific of Angels. The sides combined had around 1854 ships.

Forget about becoming a viable third-party system and go for your exclusives and your casuals Nintendo. Its were your strengths like in the home console market.