Recent content by Diana Kingston-Gabai

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    Tarkin And The Star Wars EU: Same As The Old Boss

    The problem with using Grand Admiral Thrawn in the new setting is that he was a distinctly non-Sith opponent - you can't really have antagonists like that now that everything's been pushed into the "Jedi vs. Sith" framework.
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    Alien's Sigourney Weaver Hopes to See More Women in Games

    The best way to think about why that controversy makes sense is to ask yourself whether Nathan Drake would ever be threatened with rape.
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    Fantastic Four Reboot Delayed Again

    Roger Corman's probably laughing his butt off right about now. :)
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    Robert Orci No Longer Scripting The Amazing Spider-Man 3

    Woot! Somebody call MovieBob, this should make his day. :)
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    EA: Dungeon Keeper Failed by "Innovating Too Much"

    Yeah... that's really, really not the reason why, Frank.
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    Escapist Podcast: 143: Assassin's Creed: Unity and the (Brief) Return of Phil Fish

    Given that this very podcast has Skyped in guest commentators like Jim Sterling in the past, that strikes me as a problematic argument.
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    Escapist Podcast: 143: Assassin's Creed: Unity and the (Brief) Return of Phil Fish

    Escapist crew discusses Ubisoft neglecting women, has no women on the panel. *rolleye*
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    Image's Rat Queens Are Coming to Television

    A band of foul-mouthed, bar-fighting female mercenaries wreak havoc in Middle Earth. There are also assassins and a murder mystery. It's funny, it's entertaining, it's clever. If you need further justification to read the book, you're probably not going to like it anyway. EDIT: Also, this is...
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    Image's Rat Queens Are Coming to Television

    I feel like there's only one way I could possibly express my reaction to this wonderful news: Can't wait to see it - "Rat Queens" is one of the best books Image is putting out at the moment.
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    YouTube Issued Copyright Claims Against Miracle of Sound

    Can't wait to hear the song this will surely inspire... :)
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    Shadow of the Eternals Second Kickstarter Fails

    That just goes to show how crucial reputation and word of mouth can be for Kickstarter projects - sometimes it can literally come down to a single name.
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    Ender's Game Author Asks For Tolerance After Boycott Threat

    Really? Can you guarantee that? Have you read his contract with the studio? Because it's far more likely he's entitled to a certain percentage of the film's overall profits, which is exactly the point of the boycott - he tithes a specific amount of his earnings to the National Organization for...
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    Lone Ranger Goes Boom! To Tune Of $150 Million Loss

    And I had "Square root of 912.04 is 30.2... It all seemed harmless..." :)
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    Mass Effect Writer Reveals Discarded Ending Ideas

    MEHEM [http://www.youtube.com/embed/9dolmJZ0ZvU] is the only ending we need. Made me want to play the trilogy all over again.
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    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Barred From Sale

    From the baldursgate.com website: Dear Friends of Baldur's Gate, We recently removed Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition from sale on Beamdog and the Apple App Store. We've taken this step at our publishing partner's request as we attempt to resolve a number of contractual issues...