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It's one thing to be constrained by your boss and resources and time and make a lack-luster product. Then, there's someone else to blame and a sense that "this could've been better, if only." But Tim basically got to write his own budget for his last Kickstarter. And then got an order of...

It's a tough call. You should know that I love BG2. Everything about it. All-time favorite game. PoE didn't have that hook for me. I was able to put it down and I've been dreading to go back and pick it up since the plot is so convoluted, I'd need to look up every word to remember. It's...

Death is worse because it is irreversible. I oscillate back and forth on the death penalty, I really truly do. To me, the biggest objection is that the person could be innocent. But, in a case when it is so clear-cut like this one, I'm really not sure. Can people forfeit their right...

MovieBob always struck me as trying to be Roger Ebert, but without any actual education in the history of movies. In short: Boring. As for Extra Credits, the whole split-up looked bad for everyone and was a great example of "Contracts: Why You Should Have Them." I still enjoy their work on...

It's a touch more complicated than that. In say, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, the genotype is XY, but the phenotype is generally heterosexual "female." In fact, in CAIS/PAIS, the person might not even be aware until they try to get pregnant. No luck? Here, have an ultrasound. What's...

Nooooo! I love this phrase. Here's some word porn for you: The phrase originated in the Catholic Church. You want to declare someone a saint, so you assemble a council of all the top religious scholars. Then, you appoint someone to argue *for* canonization, they are "God's Advocate."...

You know what they should do, and this might sound ridiculous, but let you "tip" in Steam items. Got a freebie game that's tradable? Tip-it. Got a few digital cards? Hand 'em over. Most of those items have some real-world value, with many cards floating around ~30 cents or so. It would be...

My PC broke about 6 months ago and I just finished putting together my new one. I install Steam and I come back to this? THIS? That's it. Uninstall Steam. Disassemble the PC. Put the parts into their boxes and send them back. Just because you *can* monetize something, doesn't mean you...

Do what you love, but have an escape plan. What do I mean by that? You need to think about what you want and how to get it. Do you want to study history just because its interesting to you or do you want to do something with that degree. It's a lot easier to be under-employed without...

For me, the most unobtrusive cutscenes either: 1. Occur within "acts." Example, in Halo where you seen things happening, but you are "in transit" from one point to another (not on this level, not on the next one.) I feel like they did this best in the first one and got progressively worse...

I don't get it either. Can someone explain the continuity between the panels? I guess doing anything for XP could make someone an inhuman abomination. I suppose. But, I don't really recall there being a lot of pointless slaughtering in Baldur's Gate 2, unless you purposefully played it...

There.... there was more than one movie? Paul Blart definitely feels like one of those characters the creators still cry over, hoping, dreaming, that someday he'll breakout.

Haha, I knew someone would get that reference! Thank you! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXOpjgYMISw) It didn't help that they used the same soundbyte for all Infinity era games. That actually sounds like a major improvement. It used to be worth it to have everyone "Haste'd" all the time...

The old-school isometric cRPGs are a bit daunting, but they are immersive unlike any other game I've played. Every little scrap of paper and bauble has some sort of awesome back-story to it. Now I haven't played this one yet, but if you're looking to get into one of the older ones, I...

Fortunately, the game lets you tailor the difficulty level easily based on your starting character. You can start as a Count, Duke, King, or Emperor (or Merchant Republic with the DLC, but this is a wholly different playstyle.) So if you wanted to just start and end your game steamrolling...