They are easy to make and people buy 'em. I have no idea why. Most celebrities don't have lives that are anymore interesting than an average person.

Thanks, publishing industry. I was just lamenting how few pointless celebrity memoirs we had.

It's been this way since Peace Walker, unfortunately. It's a shame too, since this game had a pretty good rogues gallery work with. Skullface was as skilled in combat Big Boss and the Boss and the Man on Fire would have been a cool fight for obvious reasons. Considering that Skullface was getting these fucked up…

Also, the ice cubes melted in real-time. The whole tanker section was a detail setpiece.

It's hard to watch, but the people in it sign to Comedy Central the right to use the footage. They're duped for the show, but I imagine that legally they have to sign a waiver and are told what the show is about and how they will be portrayed before the footage can legally be used.

Even from a budget POV they failed. I get it, we can't be spending big money on shit like thousands of extras in makeup, military hardware, the sfx budget for a big battle scene, etc…

It's unfortunate that this band was relegated to such a shitty subculture. If anything endures from the height of mid-2000s emo, it would be this, an album that's not even particularly emo. It's dark and funny with some pretty emotive writing and a fairly unique blend of glam, emo, and punk. I still listen to it every…

I really like the Stand but Stephen King had the military do another Kent State massacre which was just too on-the-nose for me.

Exactly. And we learned a lot from Katrina. However, in the Walking Dead, we're talking about a plague where anyone who dies of any reason comes back to life. That means that every house, town, and city in the country is simultaneously falling apart. The government response would be chaos at best unless things move…

In the Walking Dead universe we have literally no idea how the west coast held up. It would be interesting if LA and the west coast past the Rockies never slips into outright post apocalypse and remains in a place where civilization is semi-stabilized but there's always this idea that everything is hanging on a thread.

Imagine if they made a show that was like a cross between Contagion and World War Z, something where we follow an ensemble cast of characters operating at a variety of levels across the spectrum of healthcare, government, and the military as they all try to salvage the unsalvageable. Maybe have these different groups…

The Walking Dead will win a prominent Emmy in the near future. Mark my words this year is an omen for our future awards show dystopia.

"You want a good girl, but need the pussy"

B is really generous for episode 18. It's an episode juggling a million and a half plot threads none of which are particularly interesting. I could smell burning rubber from the tires of this show spinning. It's a shame they were forced to pull the Leland Palmer reveal when they did, though it was a beautiful hour of…

Will Graham should probably have never been consulted on a case again after he almost fell in love with the worst serial killer in America who is pretty much a manifestation of satan. Also, how Jack Crawford keeps his job after flying to Italy, disrupting an Italian and INTERPOL investigation, and then actually…

I see now why Fuller wanted another season of new material before tackling Silence of the Lambs. It would be basically impossible to do a main character switch at this point. Unless they introduce Clarice and it becomes the most beautifully fucked up love triangle in television history.

Hm, you're correct. Regardless, having his own production company on it ensures a similar amount of freedom that having Dave's company would. In theory it's the same.

I don't know man. For one, this is produced by Letterman's company Worldwide Pants so it isn't like CBS has total control like NBC has over the Tonight Show. Also, CBS has always given Letterman a fair bit of slack in the past.

Just gotta have patience and use the wigs to your advantage.

I love love love Platinum and feel like a dope for failing to attach to this one. I have platinumed almost everything on Bayonetta 2 and got full S ranks in Metal Gear Rising on the hardest difficulty. I think I just miss the tight control schemes of those other games and am having trouble coming to terms with the…