But think what you could do with them...

I think he’s at the stage in life where retiring to the country, raising rare breeds of sheep and making his own jam is somehow a more attractive option.

Just leave this man locked in a radio studio with Karl Pilkington and press record - the end result would be sublime.

That’s a lot of unused space - a clever developer might wonder what they can do with that, in terms of reverse cover designs (remember Doom’s reversible cover from last year?), manuals, mini-novellas...

If you reduce people to tools and props in a polemic or a contrived scenario. you dehumanise them. There are plenty enough sermons, and they are doing little good as it is.

In shock news, z-list ‘celebrity’ turns out to be a rather appalling human being.

One of the great flaws of our society is how it idolises the family, unconditionally, to the point that our popular media is full of stories where physically, mentally and/or verbally abusive arseholes are always given a ‘second chance’, are forgiven, or even portrayed sympathetically.

People are attracted to charismatic vermin; nothing more. Though, the ‘Hipster Stromfront’ scene was already taking hold on Jim Goad’s site before Obama had even stood for his first term.

as David is holed up inside his study

As with football, American Football’s off-pitch drama and slagging matches are far more entertaining than the sport itself.

Good to see people were spouting shite online back then too.

Anti-intellectualism is a massive con, and like other cons, it depends on the mark being complicit in it.

You never get this level of nonsense with Blood Bowl.

How would you market the Nintendo Switch, given the chance?

The problem is, there is a contradiction here - a requirement towards unity and a requirement to address division. This fundamental tension cannot be easily resolved. How, then, to square the circle?

Can America have her and send Trump over to Somalia? Or would that cause an even bigger refugee crisis?

If it wasn’t for network news constantly chasing ‘spectacle’, Trump wouldn’t have got so much free publicity.

First it was the Battle of Tracer’s Arse, now it’s the Battle of Mei’s Body Fat Percentage. What next? The Battle of Soldier 76's Prostate Management?

When in Rome etc.

Bet their mothers did, in hindsight.