Leo (as Belfort) does a great job of acting like he buys his own hype. I also loved the ending shot; he's an addict, he hasn't changed a bit, and there's no limit to the number of people that the high that he's riding.

I listened to In Rainbows some more and it might be my favorite Radiohead album. At least, it's easier to listen to in the background compared to the few albums before it. I also listened to Fang Island's two albums, but if I'm not paying attention, the songs tend to blend together. They're relentlessly chipper,…

I haven't played too much of the original for comparison, but Avalon drops the plot cards and adds the different roles , the "Lady of the Lake", and some other additions in a set of promo cards. Nearly every rule and role is optional, though.

Right on both counts! I occasionally play the Avalon version, but at lunchtime with people I work with, so I can't speak to it's value as a drinking game.

Still not the grossest header image that's been on this site (but it's up there).

Christoph Waltz. A western. What do you need, a road map?

I can't wait until they come out with the Super Cardboard and Plastic.

Speaking of board games that can be played alone, has anyone here played Robinson Crusoe? I heard about it from two different people I know within a couple weeks of each other and I'm curious how it stacks up, solo or otherwise.

"Aw, look at the cute kitty."
"Hey, where'd my wallet go?"

Lucky you, I haven't heard of half the things I've heard of.

It's certainly an opportunity for the PR team to find the most tactful way to say, "We fucked up."

It's not even a strong interpretation of the paper. Of course, "linguists find stylistic similarities among old, successful books" isn't quite the attention-getter as "linguists discover formula for good books". At least it's more of a jumping-off point for the rest of the article, rather than the entire thesis.

The edition of Batman: The Long Halloween I bought has an introduction by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer (I think) talking about how it inspired elements of The Dark Knight, so they were definitely open about their influences.

Aw, I liked No More Heroes, but I tend to forgive a lot for novelty. I felt like the game was crazy enough to work despite whatever half-hearted commentary it had; it's better when it's unabashedly silly, at least.

I liked Frozen, but I was underwhelmed by the villain turn near the end. Some other commentors mentioned hints from earlier in the movie, but they were really vague hints, and it felt like that character turned into a villain to guarantee the running time.

Music! I bought Gotye's Like Drawing Blood and Making Mirrors a little while back and I've listened to both of them a few times apiece by now; I like them both, but I also like the second one a little better. I also picked up Fang Island's two albums and Radiohead's In Rainbows a few days ago, but I haven't had time…

I remember my earliest game consoles using coax adapters. You could also chain more than one, in case you wanted your NES on channel 3 and your SNES on channel 4. Ballin'!

Even better, they may have TVs with VCRs in them. We're living in the future past!

Nothing you own has the composite red/white/yellow jacks? That's weird. My HDTV is only a year or so old and it still accepts composite, but that shares some of the jacks with a component input.

I'm not sure, but the article seems to move further and further away the more I walk towards it. Perhaps this woman in red could help.