Recent content by AlexanderPeregrine

I'm looking for graphic novels to take with me on a week-long trip. My only stipulation is that if you recommend anything that involves superheroes, was translated from a foreign language, or is longer than three volumes, you need to recommend an equal number of things that aren't any of those...

There was one year where the same performance was nominated for both an Oscar and a Razzie, but won neither. I'm pretty sure there have been other nomination overlaps, but no dual wins. Since the Razzies have gone from mocking overblown Oscar bait to focusing on pure schlock, I doubt we'll ever...

I have three extra Steam keys each for Insurgency and Risk of Rain that have expiration dates, so I'd like to see them get used. I figure I can make this a small contest of sorts. Please write no more than 150 words or so about your stance/thoughts on the past couple months of video game...

Bob should clarify that Captain America: The Winter Soldier came out March 26 internationally and April 4 in the United States. Since the article is largely about the American box office (the one all the trades use for their "showdowns"), it's inaccurate to keep calling it a March movie...

While not technically Japanese, Anachronox plays very much like a Japanese RPG. I haven't played it since it was new, but I liked it back then, at least. It's one of the entry tier games on the latest Humble Bundle [http://www.humblebundle.com] (along with Daikatana if you're morbidly curious).

Hooverphonic is a good band that started out as trip hop, but has since branched out to more of a symphonic sound that probably doesn't fit your description. I've only listened to three albums so far, but I'm definitely on board for more. Here are some choice tracks I've heard so far...

They're admitting that they're going forum shopping [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_shoping], which is where you file a lawsuit in whatever court you think will give you the result you want. I don't know about copyright law, but the United Kingdom is certainly the go-to place for defamation...

The short version for those who don't care to watch a documentary: most movie adaptation rights lapse after a period of inactivity. Somebody bought the rights without ever having a good plan to use the property, but didn't want to give them up. Thus, he teamed up with Roger Corman, dumped a...

Rather than this mess of intermediate-level configuration that assumes skills a person watching this almost certainly doesn't have, I instead recommend getting Amahi 6 [https://amahi.org/]. The cons are that you have to install a fresh Ubuntu 12.04.1 and you're not going to want to use the...

I have a relative that really likes the free card games that comes with Windows and wants more like them. He's really, really bad at computers, so it should be similar to those games (i.e. single player, simplified 2D, mouse-driven, starts right upon opening, no action takes more than two...

For some quick and free Flash games, I recommend Level Up! [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/503833] I don't know why, but the last one is this weird masterpiece that should not be, but is.

Soldier of Fortune is a first person shooter from 2000 that has aged really poorly. Even back then, it was full of stupid enemies, boring level design, floaty controls, and the absolute worst kind of Hollywood ripoff storyline... but goddamn, does the dismemberment system tap into your scary...

The answer to the question is because of a cultural mindset that places animation as the cheap, inferior option to live action and because the areas where it excels (free reign of color and visual design) are not valued by western adults nearly as much as they should be. (When you really look at...

The 11:06 guy is why radio talk shows have call screening. I know he's clearly just looking for shock value in the cheapest, least creative fashionAlthough "females" brings to mind Mark Twain's awesome smackdown of Fenimore Cooper [http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings_fenimore.html]...

This is similar to this thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.829983-What-Would-You-Do-If-Money-Were-No-Object], but quite a bit more specific. That thread is mostly about personal fulfillment and never working again; this is about grandiose plans. Let's say an alien...