Or it could possibly be that “creepy” is the correct word to use when referring to the way an uncanny object can make you feel uncomfortable, chilled, or unnerved. Uncanny has a specific definition as well - in this case, you probably meant it to mean “weird or unusual,” which is fine, but there’s no reason both words…

Man, I’m starting to think people like us aren’t anybody’s target market anymore. :(

No Luna? No Ginny? No dice.

The only things nunchucks have going for them are size and leverage granted by spinning one stick to grant increased striking power. There are dozens of more effective small weapons, and you get more leverage power swinging a baseball bat. They’ve got no real advantages that counterbalance their unreliability and lack…

To be fair, whacking yourself in the head is probably the most likely outcome of fighting with nunchucks - the weapon that probably has one of the tightest “looks cool” to “is unbelievably stupid” ratios of all time.

Do you have any good recommendations for an external drive that works well with an XBox? I’ve never needed to run anything off an external HD before - only use them for storage - so I’m not sure how to rank their performance for gaming.

Do you have any good recommendations for an external drive that works well with an XBox? I’ve never needed to run…

I’m getting a little tired of being so deeply disappointed in DC comics all the goddamn time. Like, I can never not be frustrated by them. They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Besides the failed “Archiefication” of these lines, it’s the gross misunderstanding of the entire point and purpose of Scooby…

As somebody who has never been able to make a playthrough of SimCity last more than an hour before it collapses into an unmanageable mess of failure, I disagree with their categorization of the game as “EASY fun.” ;)

The A-wings and B-wings were named before they had models. The letters were just shorthand for the fact that they wanted two new starfighters in the last movie and it sounded more lore appropriate than “1-wing and 2-wing.” After the designs were finalized, they just kept the names because they vaguely fit and…

STAT | 18% - The average revenue increase of all Steam apps not in the 500 top sellers over the course of its recent Winter Sale, thanks to the lack of Flash Sale promotions.

I’ve got the first 2 Hobbit extended cuts on DVD. They were really hard to get - had to order the Desolation of Smaug from Canada. The B5A is so expensive for its rarity that I think I’m just going to buy the extended trilogy set on Blu-Ray when it’s on sale, now that I finally have a player (got a good deal on a PS3,…

I’ve watched the making of docs from the LotR/Hobbit extended cuts more often than I’ve watched the movies. For a guy like me who loves process stuff, they’re fascinating and fun as hell. If Star Wars did something on that scale, I’d lose my ever-loving mind.

I can see how one could be resentful of the trend that Gears started, and in a lot of ways the Dead Island trailer (which I’d honestly never seen until this list) is a better version of everything the Gears trailer was doing, but I agree that it’s silly to hate the trailer because of what came after. It’s like people…

When thinking of great game trailers in history, two immediately spring to mind: Gears of War and this. Every time, this. So, so perfect. Encapsulates everything that made the game amazing - the setting, the radio, and the madcap mayhem.

I know. I thought he was gonna be onef the good ones.

I... would play that.

Thanks for the tips. Sounds like you and I come from a similar place as far as what we like in games, so I’ll take your recommendation. If I were to get the game, it’d be a while regardless. I’ve got a backlog of stuff I’m much more immediately interested in, have at least one must-buy game dropping in the next month…

That’s extremely reassuring. I hear so much about how people enjoy the gameplay of the AC series (some installments more than others, obviously), but discussion of the storylines always seem to come with an asterisk. 3rd person action/adventure is one of my Top 5 gaming genres, and if the story is as good as the rest…

In a related-ish question: how is it for people who’ve never played AC before? I watched a roommate play AC1, so I’m aware there’s some pretty convoluted overarching plot stuff about genetic memories and whatever - do I (as a weirdo for whom story is AT LEAST as important as gameplay) need to understand any of that to…

I’ll give you that Scatman Crothers was one smoooooth mf’er, but I don’t see any way a Porsche beats a Lambo for coolness. Also, Jazz is trying too hard. I mean, the slang talking, the sunglasses - and that’s to say nothing of the overtly racist Bayformers approach. I still give it to Sideswipe.