Recent content by Alex Laird

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    Toys 'R Us Pulling Breaking Bad Action Figures After Mom's Petition

    Do you remember how gory the original Robocop was? I think I can say categorically that we are all better for living in a world where Toy 'R' Us never sold action figures connected to that movie franchise... wait...
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    Doctor Who As Watched By Someone Who Doesn't Really Watch Doctor Who

    Moffat is a great writer, he has amazing dialog and really excels at single episode stories. However since he has taken over the overarching story-lines of each season have become a jumbled mess; major plot holes, characters without clear and understandable motivation and an over-reliance on...
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    Doctor Who As Watched By Someone Who Doesn't Really Watch Doctor Who

    Don't judge it too harshly, it's gone downhill since Moffat took over. If you're interested I would highly recommend trying watching David Tennant's tenure under the direction of Russell T Davis. :)
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    Game of Thrones Abridged: "Oathkeeper" - Man, The North Seriously Sucks

    The outro was a little overly echo-y :)
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    Game of Thrones Abridged: "Breaker of Chains" - Thenns Hate Potatoes

    Thanks god, I thought I was the only one who noticed Littlefinger's weird Irish/Cornish/Pirate accent on the boat!
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    Getting More Women to Work in Games Is Easy

    Just because women as a whole have equal skill in math to men doesn't mean that women have equal desire to study mathematics. Not only is mathematics considered to be a pretty dry subject by the majority of women, as LadyTL stated above women are much more likely to be looked down upon by their...
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    Getting More Women to Work in Games Is Easy

    Couldn't agree with you more, see my above post for more details :). again, couldn't agree with you more.
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    Getting More Women to Work in Games Is Easy

    You write that the exec's and recruiters responses are excuses or myths. This is explicitly stating that all of the reasons are they give are invalid. Let us see if you are able to support that position. Firstly, having someone who is directly invested in the outcome of a study conduct it on...