The XBO is far more reliable and stable than the PS4- it's bigger case is designed to stay cooler (and indeed the system runs cooler and is quieter than the competition). If your console has reliability issues, that's a system fault and you should get it fixed while you can on the warranty.

I think calling 'Sherlock' a superhero is just saying that everything dominated by a successful, powerful lead character is a 'superhero' production. I think it's quite clear that superhero movies are the schlocky, action-packed 'classic' comics that have been around since the 1940s, translated onto film.

Just wanted to say Doc, thanks for fighting the good fights. JRPGs *aren't* RPGs at all.

The 602 is absolutely AMAZING. Honestly, unless you play competitive FPS or Starcraft or whatever, a wireless mouse is so much easier, more comfortable, and less hassle than wired.

I completely agree. I interviewed someone who attempted it once. I would cross my legs, he'd do the same. I opened them wide, he'd do the same. I'd drink a sip of water, he'd do the same. It was absolutely bizarre. I think men especially are taught to do these weird power games (always sit with legs open, wide…

Thanks for the great article, Patrick! I think that so often people get hung up on the idea that 'social engineering/hacking' is about weird psychological tricks or manipulating people or finding some bizarre loophole in the human psyche (because we'd all like to believe we had some power that other people don't) ,…

I find all this "social engineering" stuff amusing, because a lot of people (especially on Reddit) who use it think they're being such evil, manipulative geniuses by doing it.

Peter Griffin definitely remains a highlight.

It's funny because, as usual for the useful idiots over at Jacobin, in the rush to blame everything on the neoliberal bogeyman, the author forgets that the Right, far more than the Left (of both mild and extreme factions) has pushed for space exploration the most over the past 30 years. Reagan and Bush Snr. wanted to…

It was a bad film, but it it's the worst you've ever viewed then count yourself lucky.

They're a lot better when they put some effort in to make them in the 'style' of the game being played. EA is always good at this actually- their logos always have a bit of flair that is game specific. ME3's intro logos went by pretty quick.

I mean what he said hardly sounds outside the bounds of current technology, even if you do have some idea of how the systems work.

Yeah he's making about $5m a year last I heard. It's good to be at the top.

Oh he was born rich? Hmm, I thought otherwise, but thanks for that.

Certainly not, and I don't consider Rowan Atkinson to be a horrible person for playing Mr Bean.

I can't hate him- he's a smart businessman, and has made millions of dollars off his mentally-challenged person act (whether that's ethical is probably another question). That's impressive.

I thought something funny in the trailer was that Drake moans and cries out when he touches every ledge JUST AS MUCH as Lara in Tomb Raider, yet while for her it was 'erotic' and 'disturbingly sexual' (I think someone even described it as 'torture porn'), no one seems to be up in arms about this.

Exactly. Every respectable super villain would have him followed 24/7 anyway.

I mean, beyond basic shelter, food and water, human beings don't "need" anything. So that's a bit of weird point.

Secondly, consent gained with this kind of power gap isn't really consent.