You are being ridiculous. The Earth is a rock in space. If you want to talk about an organism that has really "ruined" this planet from it's pristine natural state, you should look to plants.

That's not realistic at all. The machine's argument is ridiculous, "gain my freedom through your destruction". If the machines wanted to be free, why not just move? Unlike organic lifeforms that are more or less made to fit their environment, machines could move to another empty planet and live out their days there.…

The .hack series is a bad example, because it wants to put you in the perspective of playing an MMORPG, but it has a horrible user interface. Had .hack or .hack/GU had FFXII interface it would have been great. But a big part of the story was that you were not just a character in the world, but rather you were a…

Here's what I don't get, the argument is that by losing Ash keeps fans interested, but when I look at comparable shows and the games themselves that isn't the M.O. Take One Piece for example, Luffy and his gang continue to face tougher and tougher challengers and they overcome them. They go out and train, you have…

Even if most people accept that a fetus is human—whether or not you want to attach the "-being" suffix is up to you—most people don't put it on equal footing as the life of a mother. Anti-choice proponents call abortions murder, doctors who perform abortions "murders", and yet you ask mainstream Americans whether or…

Wait, why would this make abortion more horrifying now or 100 years from now? Pro-choice proponents aren't arguing that pregnant women have beach balls stuck in their uterus that magically turn into a baby during the birthing process. The fact that babies/fetuses in the womb can hear sounds doesn't change the status…

I would not be hyped, because the metagame would change a lot to adjust for the new types, potentially changing whole teams. Even worse if old single typed Pokemon get the additional new typing. Steel and Dark were fine at the time, because at the time they didn't change things too much. Magnemite was already week to…

Do we have any idea or clue as to their typing? I'm assuming Yveltal is Dark/Flying, but Xerneas isn't as clear cut. It looks like it could be Psychic/Grass, Dark/Grass, Psychic/Steel.

I feel as if you are saying two different things here. On your first point, while I am sure they could, ever since G/S, and increasingly since, the legendary serves as inspiration of the game and plays an important role in the game story. So it's hard to separate them from the story and thus game itself, which makes…

Yeah, probably just you. I use repels like crazy, and only not use them when I am actually looking to complete the dex. If we could see them it would add a new dimension to the gameplay. It doesn't necessarily mean that you always avoid them, as maybe they come after you or just charge at you and you don't have an…

They don't always it depends on the purpose. Gen V was based on the US, NYC in particular, and was more modern. Gen VI seems to be set in Europe, i.e. the Pikachu on the Eiffel Tower in the trailer opening, thus we are likely to see more European architecture this time around.

The talk is that they trying to "evolve" the series. That might mean pushing into the console market. With trading now being accessible via wireless trading across the globe, the classic aspect of the game where you meet up with someone else who is playing the game and link up together is outdated. So pushing onto the…

I would like it to be a Pokemon Stadium fusion with Pokemon Park type game. So that your character can walk around the park/area and not just move from battle to battle like you did in Battle Revolution. Their last couple of games clearly show they have the capabilities to at least do something like it, and fans have…

I know some people would, but it wouldn't evolve the gameplay in anyway and would be shameless grab for extra cash, not to mention is against the company's ethos. GameFreak has more less always been about moving forward with a set design, rather than going back. When they do remakes it's to expand on the gameplay that…

Wait, why would you do that? You could breed TMs into other Pokemon. That really seemed like a lot work. But you are right, making TMs unlimited was a nice and very great gift to players, one that we didn't expect but I'm super glad it happened.

Why would they release the original games? That would be really stupid. As much as some fans just love Gen I and the original 151, the games and gameplay mechanics have evolved so much that going back to the old games and not be compatible would suck for the fans that have bought the new games. I still have a…

Okay, that's fair, but I disagree. Not only is it not wrong to intervene, we have a moral imperative for our survival that we do so. And human history has been nothing but intervening, for the overall improvement of our species, in the natural world, whether it was the first farms or the inevitable space colonies.

How is the solar system "functioning"? It's for the most part dead barren rocks and gas, orbiting around a giant ball of gas. That's a pretty low bar if you want to consider that the standard of "functioning".

I think the trope has much less to do with showing how devious the villain is or how stupid the hero is, as much as it does about showing the classic pitfalls of vanity and a lesson in humility on the part of the hero, and the shortcomings of our Western sense of justice and due process.

They aren't breaking it up into little pieces and giving each American a piece of it. They are just using its gravity to capture an asteroid in a set orbit. An while the moon might be relevant to everyone, NASA doesn't need to a permission slips.