Recent content by KingHodor

The Elder Scrolls was always kind of a mixed bag for me. They had some really goofy and/or generic-looking armors ("hey, remember the Imperial legionaries wearing equipment inspired by the real-life Roman legions? Well this time we gave the Blades Lorica Segmentata-style armor, so the actual...

Yeah, that kept bugging me about MGS4's "war economy" in which most of the world's armies had apparently been replaced by PMCs handling every aspect of the war for them - why would governments pay these guys several times the salary they're paying their soldiers for doing basically the same...

I find Sherlock's portrayal of Holmes (and to a lesser extent Watson) to be superior because he's shown to be this deeply dysfunctional individual. Eschewing romantic love for a fanatic interest in crimesolving may have been considered admirable in Victorian times, but in today's world, we...

It really depends. When it comes to cutting through flesh, broadhead arrows outperform bullets. When it comes to penetrating hard stuff, the bullet wins out. A high-powered compound bow with a good broadhead can humanely take an elephant (which otherwise requires a really big gun or a lot of...

It's good that at least some of the people in this thread know their archery. Also, to re-iterate my point on why the "bows are great because you can re-use arrows" argument is flawed: Do a Google Image search on "carbon arrow injury". Or better yet, save yourself from nightmares and don't...

Wooden arrows may be easier to craft than bullets, but they are also not particularly stable. Making carbon (not to mention aluminium-carbon composite) arrows is harder than making smokeless powder, casting/swaging bullets and re-loading empty casings. Re-using possibly damaged carbon arrows is...

A modern compound bow uses strings made from ultra high modulus polyethylene (i.e. the same stuff that top-of-the-line bulletproof vests are made from) and requires a bow press to be re-strung. Pressing a modern parallel limb compound bow in an outdated press can lead to damage to the limbs...

One of my favorite concepts from the show: The power of Lactokinesis (i.e. psychokinetic control over dairy products) Not only do I applaud the creators for coming up with something so brilliantly outlandish, but also how they managed to turn it into one of the most frightening powers that...

Loved that show. However, I will also recommend its polar opposite, "Spartacus: Blood and Sand". You see, everything about "Rome" screams "classy": Highly talented actors, amazing sets, great dialogue. However, the action kind of has to take a back seat - we are told about all these grand...

Seconded. Actually, I not only wholeheartedly recommend their sketch comedy show, "That Mitchell and Webb Look", but even more so their sitcom, "Peep Show". "Angel Summoner & The BMX Bandit", a superhero spoof from Mitchell and Webb Look "In-character racism" from Peep Show

My grandpa gave everyone in his family a book containing his memoirs. As it turns out, unfortunately, he was a high-powered businessman in the 60s, and "Mad Men" is pretty much a spot-on depiction of all the sex and drinking that goes along with that. So yeah, grandpa goes on and on about how...

My point is: People get stigmatized everywhere, but the American media does its best to un-stigmatize mental illness. You might think it is stigmatized in America, but try imagining what it is like in Europe where people don't have that Zoloft ad that tells you (in extremely simplified terms)...

I disagree. From my impressions of American TV shows, everybody in America can probably name at least one antidepressant, and a lot of the characters (like Mr Monk or Charlie Harper) regularly visit therapists or psychiatrists, which is generally treated as the right thing to do. "Glee" in...

Actually, that gives me an idea for another unpopular gaming opinion: I believe that there are shades of grey between "great" and "crap", and I respect a game if it's well-made, even if I didn't enjoy it. For example, while I did not enjoy Dark Souls and cannot understand the completely...

I think I'm going to take a cue from the Dark Souls community and assume that anybody who didn't read the entirety of Ebb Creakknees explanation on the nature of the planes in Planescape Torment is a dyslexic imbecile. Scratch that, anybody who didn't play Planescape Torment is a dyslexic...