That's about where I fall on his recent movies. I appreciate what I think that Hateful 8 is doing, but what I think it's doing is so nihilistic and depressing that I didn't really enjoy the movie. On the other hand, what I think Inglorious Basterds is doing is more intellectually stimulating, and the movie is more…

Man, now I'm thinking of the weird title "War Criminal and Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger."

The other day I was singing to my toddler while I changed his diaper, and I found myself singing the "Bunny and Kitty" song without even thinking.

For real? If nothing else the revelation that the songwriter or "Daddy's Boy" was murdered in prison was one of the funniest lines in the series.

This is the curious role of political comedy. If someone actually needs Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart to tell them how to feel about Henry Kissinger, that person needs to turn off the TV and open a fucking book.

I agree with you in the sense that it would be nice to have sharper political comedians making fun of the current administration.

Liberal is kind of a non-sequitur in this context. If people feel okay about one cable-TV celebrity because he seems okay with another cable-TV celebrity, politics are nowhere in the room.

The ironic thing is that in the current political climate his brand of kneejerk reactionary gainsaying seems almost quaint. "Aww, lookit Billy, he still bothers to couch his racism in euphemisms."

The avclub HR department only took the job so they could masturbate to the harassment complaints.

Oh not from Utica. It's an Albany expression.

When I was in school there was a doctor I worked with who was from Italy, and one week there were some Italian students visiting. When I asked if they were here to see him, they looked very confused and said "No, we're here to see…" And pronounced his name with the correct accent. Apparently I butchered his name so…

I liked the first season, and I liked the second season more, in part because it's better written and in part because it has a few moments where the characters seem like functional people. But if you found the characters grating… They're still grating.

His kids are at least a little bit fucked having such a piece of shit as a dad, but even though he's a loathsome human being and their lives would be improved by a better dad, all of this stuff is pretty tame within the realm of "reasons to lose custody of your kids."

I have a cold, so…

Yeaaahhhh… To be fair, Apocalypse Now is a great movie, but saying it's "superior" to one of the best novellas in English is kind of a stretch. I guess you could consider Heart of Darkness a "slog" in the sense that it was written in the 19th century, but… come on.

I don't know that I've encountered a recent game that didn't use either an Xbox controller or the standard WASD/mouse control scheme, and DirectX has pretty much eliminated the need for individual hardware configuration. Steam handles software upgrades automatically, and I don't update my video drivers more than once…

The secret no one acknowledges is that newer games look perfectly fine at (gasp) 720p resolution with low-res textures. You could cap yourself at $150 and have a card that runs older games well and newer games with consistent frame rates but no bells/whistles.

EA is kind of a shit company, and it's conceivable that after the shitshow surrounding the end of ME3 BioWare decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.

There are some mods that help make the gameplay a bit less punishing and also eliminate the oppressive graphical fog (trust me, the game is more atmospheric when you can actually see the Dwarven ruin looming over the town), and I think there are some fast-travel mods too.

I remember when Oblivion came out a bigwig at Bethesda said something to the effect of "these games are hugely popular, and they sell well, so yes, we plan to make a fifth one."