I had someone order an Americano once. I made it for her, pushed it across the counter only for her to say 'no, I said an Americano'. I told her that's what it was. "No, I want an Americano - an espresso with hot water'. I tried pointing out that that is precisely what I'd made her, but she wasn't having it. In the…

Someone else who has the same problem with GTA that I do! From a technical standpoint it's an incredible achievement, and there's something compelling about just being in the world messing about (there must be - I sunk about 70 hours into it last year) but the 'intelligent writing' and 'satire' that so many people…

Models may still have been used for many of the locations, but that doesn't change the fact that there was a hell of a lot of CGI in those films, and less forgivably *bad* CGI. Any time orcs were seen in close up in LOTR they were practical and looked great, the CG orcs in the Hobbits look shiny, weightless and fake.

"I really liked this thing so no-one else is allowed to say anything bad about it"

We are either pro-vaccination, or anti.

That's why you have the Nintendo console for the exclusives, and someone else for the multi-platform. I cleared out my Wii backlog last year and played games that were unlike anything else on any of the other consoles, and it wasn't just Nintendo exclusives. Due to its lower power and large install base the Wii was a…

The 'we didn't know where we were going with this at the time' line pisses me off more than possibly anything else when it comes to TV writing. And like you say, writers often seem so proud about it, like 'we did something we thought was really cool, just because of how cool we thought it was, and managed to bumble…

They watch you pee.

Digital ghost towns...there's a creepy short story to be written there!

He's obviously very talented, and has certainly done his research, but there's no mention of the skills and techniques of English (and Welsh) longbowmen. I'm not sure how they'd stack up against all other nations, but when it came to Europe in the middle ages there wasn't really another force that could compete.…

I worked on a film a while ago where a Mercedes gets destroyed in a shootout. (We'd bought this pristine Merc from the owner for £600, promising that we'd take 'just as good care of it' as he had for 16 years...)

I've taken out regular Star Destroyers with a TIE Defender.

I fail to see how being different to GTA is a problem. GTA already exists. If I want to play something like GTA I'll...play GTA... Personally I like the fact that the Saints games have carved their own niche (and they have - 'let's be as crazy as possible'). Not enough games do that, far too many are obsessed with…

Like Hershey's? It tastes like it's made from the sweepings up from the floor of a factory that makes real chocolate.

Son of a bitch Kinja! Four multi posts? Sorry everyone!

It's interesting - the original poster basically said 'this is a well written piece' and the comments fall into two camps - those who think they meant "This is well written, for a black person" and those who think it was "This is well written, for the internet (Gawker especially)". I'd say that the assumptions made…

It's interesting - the original poster basically said 'this is a well written piece' and the comments fall into two camps - those who think they meant "This is well written, for a black person" and those who think it was "This is well written, for the internet (Gawker especially)". I'd say that the assumptions made…

It's interesting - the original poster basically said 'this is a well written piece' and the comments fall into two camps - those who think they meant "This is well written, for a black person" and those who think it was "This is well written, for the internet (Gawker especially)". I'd say that the assumptions made…

It's interesting - the original poster basically said 'this is a well written piece' and the comments fall into two camps - those who think they meant "This is well written, for a black person" and those who think it was "This is well written, for the internet (Gawker especially)". I'd say that the assumptions made…

It's interesting - the original poster basically said 'this is a well written piece' and the comments fall into two camps - those who think they meant "This is well written, for a black person" and those who think it was "This is well written, for the internet (Gawker especially)". I'd say that the assumptions made…