Ayup. In high school when Half-Life launched.

Worked the Half-Life 2 launch just after graduating from undegrad.

No fucks left to give now.

Valve can launch it—and I’ll buy it—on sale.

Been too long. They’ve plumbed the well of public goodwill as hard as they ever could; at this point, they’d do better to forget it than…

I’m actually at a point where my reaction to HL3 being released would be me saying “that’s nice,” and clicking next on my queue.

You’re not alone in this, Kevin.

I’ve thought a lot about what I should say here and it basically boils down to this. If you put money in this, under no circumstances are you allowed to bitch about anything. Tim’s trackrecord is such that every game he’s ever made has gone dramatically over budget and was released far later then any reasonable person…

It probably stems from how Tim Schafer lost a lot of goodwill after what happened with Broken Age.

I enjoyed what I played of the game, that fucking meat circus though. Fuck.

I think the problem with the Halo games currently is the lore is so far up it’s own ass it can’t find it’s way out. None of it makes sense anymore without having the dig into all this spin off content.

Miller’s earlier stuff (Born Again, Year One, TDKR, early Sin City) is not overrated. His later stuff, though, is crap. So it’s easy to let your feelings for the latter color your impressions of the former.

See also: George Lucas.

Just starred you. I'm doing my part!

Plus NPH’s military intelligence outfit is, like, straight up Nazi. The other movies may be trash, and this might be a “terrible” adaption of the book, but it’s a great film once you get what’s really going on.

Muslim Republicans

I eat that shit up when I’m on the treadmill. I love Guy Fieri because I can live vicariously through him.

YES! So what, Ina’s rich. She’s a good cook and a good TV personality. And she owns it. Unlike Pioneer Woman and her fake homespun persona/story.

While I would never step foot in one of his establishments, I do enjoy Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, for the fact that it gives national exposure to local chefs doing great things in the culinary world.

I would love to see an HD remastering of Warcraft 2.

ITT: FemShep fans giving bronies circa a few years ago a run for their money for most annoying type of Internet nerd.

...but my Shepard was male...

If you know of one who has played through all of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, as Whitaker has, I’m all ears. His credentials are not merely his expertise in British history but also his expertise in video games.

A special shout-out to the Michael Mann-influenced The Way of the Gun by Christopher McQuarrie (screenwriter of The Usual Suspects and director of the upcoming Mission: Impossible 5). The obvious influence is in the tactical knowledge, how the characters do not waste bullets and use cover properly. The entire film is…