Thank you for pointing this out, we're updating the story now to reflect that it was a hoax.

She kind of looks like she's wearing Iron Man's helmet as a diaper.

The Alpha Protocol aside brings up another weird little quirk of Avellone's design: dialogue as a weapon. Alpha Protocol is the only game that comes right out and says it, by telling players that dialogue isn't a tool for expressing your true self, but for manipulating your conversational partner, but it's all over…

KOTOR I is the Dark Knight of Star Wars games: One big, flashy element, executed perfectly, that manages to mask a lot of mediocre shit on either side.

Depending on Internet access and friend availability, I'm bouncing back and forth between Majora's Mask and Monster Hunter 4. It's crazy how readily that game emulates the weird sense of obligation that powers an MMO. If I don't spend some time crafting new gear, I'm going to let my buddies down the next time we go…

Some spoilers:

Yeah, got shoved out the door for a Christmas release. The legend is that the devs wanted to put out a patch to fix all the stuff that was broken with the game, but the publishers wouldn't go for it.

Being six seasons into a binge of the series, I'll debate that point - Frasier's biggest flaw is blithe inconsiderateness and selfishness toward others, which I would argue is the primary failing of the shitty-dude archetype - Michael Bluth doesn't REALLY listen to his son; Homer doesn't care about how things affect…

Sadly, you're kind of through the good bits of SMT IV. I found exploring Tokyo to be tedious as hell, and while I plowed through to the end, it wasn't especially happily. Not to diminish your SMT experimentation; there are some great games in that series, including for DS/3DS: Devil Survivor and Strange Journey are…

My favorite thing about KOTOR 2 is how much your teammates hate each other. A lot of games do the "ragtag misfits who slowly grow into a team/family" thing, and the glee with which that game shoots the idea to hell is so lovely. 2/3s of your droids are psychotics and they all loath each other, EVERYBODY is dragging…

Yeah, I'm a huge idiot. We'll get that fixed.

I like to think of us as crackerjack lackeys who don't lack to pick up the slack!

Sorry if that wasn't clear - I meant she's getting another 3 years of her reported $50 million a year.

Don't forget the perfectly preserved head of Kevin J. Anderson, kept forever alive in a jar of the bile spewed by the fans of every series he's touched.

I really wish your name was Vennerable Monk.

A year later, I am now watching this episode, and AM ALSO a delighted Hautean reacting to that shout out. Here's to the Crossroads of America.

Better men/cryptids than you have tried.

Fun fact: 1999 may have been the single worst year in recorded memory to be a middle-school aged child named Will.

He knows.

I just thought it was appropriate for the spigot of the piece.