Recent content by Alarien

I don't disagree with a good portion of what you are saying, particularly in regards to the "blindly following orders" portion and why people dislike the military system. However, you are skipping right past my point, which was not about what we think of Holdo's orders, but Poe's behavior. His...

I'm a bit tired of the whole "Admiral Holdo" thing. Look guys, if you're complaining that Holdo could have fixed everything by explaining all of her plans to Dameron, then you really don't understand the military. Oh, and yes, the Resistance, in all depictions, attempts to behave like a...

My wife and I started at $175, anticipating some interesting add-ons, but at the minimum we're probably already expecting to get two of the larger dragons and the frost giants. Looking good so far, but I'd like to see some more things: *Illithid variants *Drow variants *Male and Female...

I'm probably the only person who saw Ayla on 18 and the only thing that occurred to me was blonde Betty Rubble.

The thing about attraction is, frankly, that most people don't *choose* who they are attracted to. I am attracted physically, chemically, without brain input, to certain "types." My wife spots them, all the time. "Oh, she's totally your type"... and she's almost always right. I don't choose...

I do get the argument. As much as I loved Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite, I felt like the shooting was generally unsatisfying. If I'm playing a shooter, I like to feel a bit more punch from it, like Wolfenstein: TNO. That said, I enjoyed both games for the other mechanics and story. Still, I...

I do think the thread should be limited to games that actually have an ending, because, eventually, we all tend to quit playing open ended and/or multiplayer games like MMO's, Destiny, TF2, etc. Also rogue-likes, since they are really made to be played infinitely. I usually make it a point to...

I am significantly more fit than my wife, who has a very delicate/petite frame and has never really developed muscles, though she has recently started working on it. I have never had any real feelings on it one way or the other, besides occasionally encouraging her to develop a bit more...

I think your comments are fair here. I understand why people can be generally against it, but the first post painted people who would disagree with you into a specific corner, which is why I came out strongly against it. I think I explained my thought process in my earlier post to answer some...

Working with and having experience with children is not remotely similar to being a parent and understanding your individual child. There is a significant difference between working with children and raising a child. One puts the responsibility for development entirely on your shoulders while...

I am guessing that a lot of people in this thread aren't parents. No offense to anyone, especially those that are, but just an observation. If you aren't a parent, your perspective might (probably will) change on this after you have to deal with your own. The question is not one that can be...

Not really sure how you make this thread and leave off The Binding of Isaac, but ok. I agree with most of them. I'm looking forward to Darkest Dungeon (have it, waiting for it to be out of early access before playing it) and Hand of Fate when it's a little bit cheaper.

As said above, a lot of the arguments for consoles over PC made here are valid, a while back. Even as late as the first half of the Xbox360/PS3 generation, there were a lot of solid reasons to pick up a console version over the PC version, but most of those have evaporated. I have hundreds of...

I think the most important arguments against vegetarianism and veganism are the ones that counter their actual reason for becoming such in the first place. Namely, that vegetarianism (more correctly, veganism, in this case) is not, in fact, more healthy than an omnivorous diet and, in light of...

Honestly, I don't see how this could be possible, given the variations in actual meat. Also, since "leading" nutritionists still completely misunderstand how the words "diet" and "health" are related, I doubt that any attempt at creating an artificial meat would, in fact, provide the proper...