Well, there's lightning redirection, if you want to get nitpicky. When Iroh taught that technique to Zuko, he specifically stated that he was applying waterbending philosophies to his firebending. So there, good enough for ya?

Then she might ask, "when did your handwriting change?"

I for one think they should bring it all the way down to 24 for that authentic film look and also so they can really ramp up the tessellation. Because if I sit down with DriveClub and the in-game steering wheel is not perfectly round I will yell loudly about it on the internet. That's really all I care about in games:…

They all seem to be specialized benders, like how Sparky Sparky Boom Man's fire was so intense it exploded — even though the most that other firebenders could do is just project large gouts of flame, or maybe lightning.

My guess is the villains will get their humanizing morality play later on, once we're invested in their villainy, and probably only after Korra has defeated them. Which I think may be better in the end. Trying to justify their cause so early makes it so that you're not even sure if you should root against them.

Amon and Tarrrlok's characterizations seemed to point that they might not be outright villainous; that Konietzko et al were attempting to pull a switcheroo on us. At the very least, it seemed like Tarrlok would only be an obstructive bureaucrat, and that Amon's rebellion may be wholly justified. It's only when the…

Sparky Sparky Boom lady?

Have people forgotten that the same thing was going on for Mao Zedong? So yeah, the China metaphor still sticks, well past Ba Sing Se's industrialisation.

This guy was supposed to be a dig on Korra haters, yes? Via the time-honored "basement dweller" archetype?

Irony: by calling out someone for their douchiness, you have, in fact, proven that you are a douche.

Right before they started in on that three way alley oop of holding Michael Bay in extreme contempt, Luke acknowledged that this is how the generation that grew up on the original Transformers sees its new form. Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo said something similar to me this week, adding that what ticks people off…

More like level 3, and poured all his skill points into Bluff and Sleight of Hand.

Did you even read the novel? It's described there that the only two people who could use the jackets efficiently were Keiji and Rita. Most other soldiers, despite any protection the suits offered, didn't stand a chance against the javelin attacks of the mimics.

In the novel, the jackets were ridiculously expensive, as they were lightweight and provided protection. Still worthless against mimics in the hands of someone without time-loop powers.

But if they do Flashpoint — which is quite possible since they're starting off with Zoom killing his mother — then does that mean season one will end with both Arrow and Flash getting rebooted into a New 52 continuity aligned with the impending JLA films?

Seriously, I'm a fan of Kojima and his work. I honestly am. I even loved Metal Gear Solid 4. But yeah, I don't think the spirits of Dostoyevsky, Stanley Kubrick, and Caravaggio have entered Kojima's body. The spirits of Tom Clancy, Brett Rattner and Rolf Harris? Maybe. But not those other guys. Jesus.

The guy also directed the highly pretentious Valhalla Rising, so that's just par for the course for him.

He had arm-mounted machine guns, swivel cannons mounted on his back, and all the ammunition needed to keep those guns a-killing. So yeah, the weight was an issue the suits definitely solved.

Agreed, Shadowplay is superior to FRAPS. Even on my GTX 690, I struggle to get a 30fps video. With Shadowplay, I have no worries like that.

Looks like an ex, so yeah, definitely terrifying.