@B: All of those are really boring and terrible though. I mean I guess Inception's okay in theory but the central performances are pretty weak.

Whenever something's hugely popular with the geek crowd it's almost inevitable that it won't find mainstream success. In the few cases that are exceptions (Avatar, Harry Potter, etc) the material's usually pretty terrible.

@NotGodot: Actually, strike "golfed with" and replace it with "was endorsed by"

@masterisosceles: It's not paranoia. It's more like- your reading of a book or opinion of something isn't just based on its objective qualities. It's also based on the associations it's built up. You'd think less of a politician, for instance, if he golfed with convicted sex offenders. Same deal applies here.

@DrLocrian: When cheetomunching dweebs keep recommending Murakami in an attempt to seem cultured and worldly (the same way they might have namedropped Park Chan-Wook when Oldboy came out) it does kind of associate him with shitty people. If he's perceived as an author popular amongst grown men who read Harry Potter…

He has a point. The last game I can remember to coherently develop themes, display elements of intertextuality, and to do so in a holistic way is Bioshock, and that was three year ago, and it was handled with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Plus from all accounts the next sequel is going to ditch that in order to…

@Cheney Guevara: Shouldn't you be pimping hot girls to brain damaged men and truckers?

@mkirkland: But that's almost exactly the same sentiment expressed in my quote. Moreover it's somewhat myopic because the copyright act of 1790 was the result of lobbying by writers, not some newfound recognition of public good.

Haha. "The Imelda Marcos of Tiny House People"

Good for him. It's goddamn shameful how any author who wants to hold onto their copyright is lambasted by linux-using neckbeards for having the sheer gall to believe that they're entitled to what they've produced.

@COL-Glen-Manning: Um, you're aware that Greg Bear is actually still alive, right? And that he's the one arguing that his work isn't public domain?

@Charlie Jane Anders: As one of those hipster book snobs, I'd bite my thumb back. Except biting your thumb is dorky.

It was coming eventually I guess. Now that Murakami fans are looked down on the same way George R R Martin fans are, it was inevitable that hollywood would start adapting his books.

Little known fact: Cephalopods actually predate Lovecraft by several years, despite the fact that he is widely credited with inventing them.

@ifandbut: So what you're saying is that it's possible for multiple people to be misunderstood years after their deaths? My shock is palpable.

Ugh. Tesla. The problem is Tesla is that he's one of those things that has just gotten stupidly overexposed to the point where he's literally become a cliche.

@jccalhoun: Was it ever his intellectual property? I thought that he didn't own it at any point because he only wrote the script (which means residuals) and didn't conceive it/whatever.

@razerangel: No, sorry. Pictures for Sad Children is often pretty hilarious and when there are jokes they tend to be a lot better assembled than a jumble of nerdy references and over-explained gags.

@Greyhole: If being a nerd means having to like awful comics i'd rather drop out of chess club and join the football team.

@lolita.d.haze: But Yahtzee's just as awful as XKCD.