The first time the modern-day stuff hit in Origins, I was actively angry. I’m having a great time running around ancient Egypt and doing missions, but now I have to go play as Layla Hassan for awhile? Why? Who cares about her or her buddy or what happens to them? Just keep it in Ancient Egypt, i.e. the game I paid for.

In the mid-90s, Rareware did a study and found that 90% of their players never reached the end boss. This was even more true in Donkey Kong 64, which was INSANELY difficult to finish (to reach the final boss, you had to complete all four levels of both the original Donkey Kong and Jetpac arcade games, on Hard mode,…

You can play as Alexios or Kassandra because most guys (i.e. the series’ primary demographic, although a lot of women play it, too) want to play as a guy, given the option. I’m a straight man, and I always play a game as a guy given the chance. Now if it’s a Metroid or other game where the protagonist is a woman, so…

Maybe she pulled a Leonard Nimoy or Harrison Ford and said “Yeah, I’ll do the sequel, but only if you kill my character off.”

You’re thinking of “Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.” I saw it in Tucson with a live Q&A afterwards with Smith and Jason Mewes. I’m glad I went, enjoyed seeing the film with a raucous crowd, but have had zero desire to ever watch it again. Jason Mewes’ comeback from the hell of drug addiction has been inspiring, but his Jay…

I played Witcher III not having read any of the books or played the previous games. I went with Triss because she always seemed happy to see me, whereas Yennefer was so dour and demanding. It was a little sad when Geralt broke it off with Yennefer, but c’est la vie. The last time I played the game, I left Geralt and…

I remember reading that the duration of the Apollo 11 mission itself was the only time a majority of the American public was in favor of the moon race, and even then it was something like 55-45.

Exactly. If you live in the United States, learning Spanish or French (if you live near the French-speaking parts of Canada) would be way more useful than Esperanto, Klingon, Elvish or whatever.

I especially love one-ton or larger lifted trucks with truckbeds you could eat ice cream off of. Most of these idiots don’t haul anything heavier than this week’s groceries in their monstrosities.

I love my new Rogue Sport, but my wife and I constantly argue over whether it’s a “hatchback” (per me) or a “SUV” (per her).

My wife drives a 2008 Escape and loves it.

The Model T was the first mass-produced car, and it literally changed the world. In no way does it belong on this list.

It’s OK, but they pump it so full of fat and salt that it’s no better healthwise than a regular Whopper.

My wife has AAA because she travels more than half the year and doesn’t want to try random-calling a towing company in some town nobody’s heard of.

The first thing you’ll have to do if you win: Get interdiction training for your entire family (to recognize and escape from potential kidnapping attempts), and beef up your home security (there have been documented cases of lottery winners having their homes broken into before the first check even arrived).

I came on here specifically to hype those microwave popcorn bowls. After the corn is popped, we add Irish butter, salt liberally (using iodized sea salt), stir it, then salt some more.

Great review! We have a Lucid dealer (or store, if you’d prefer) in our local mall (Scottsdale Fashion Square) and I’ve been interested from a technological standpoint, even though one of their cars is way outside my price range.

It’s actually a lot worse than that: the volatile compounds in gasoline (i.e. the parts that ignite in a conventional engine when compressed and subjected to a spark) will gradually evaporate away over a period of months. Ever fill up at some El Cheapo gas station out in the middle of nowhere and notice your car…

My grandfather had a Pinto station wagon and liked it well enough, but the Pinto coupes and hatchbacks were cramped, uncomfortable deathtraps.

This is one of the cars that killed the American auto industry. Kids would grow up missing soccer games, movies, etc. because the POS diesel engine would constantly break down, then would watch their parents buy a Toyota or Mazda or whatever and rave about its reliability. When the time comes for that next generation…