Recent content by Mouse One

A great man. As someone said, yeah, he didn't get games. But he understood film with the intimacy only a true lover can have. I mean, everyone's a critic these days. But Ebert could take apart a film and explain exactly why and where it worked (or didn't). His reviews always made me think...

A lot of bagging on dressage here. Never done it competitively, but no, it's not "the horse doing everything". It's kind of hard to explain how freaking difficult it is unless you ride, though. Horses at the top levels read the slightest movement, weight shift and pressure. Joe Sit on a...

Thanks, DocM. I'm a Gulf War 1 vet myself, and what the heck about "no conflict"? May have seemed that way if you were a kid, I guess. And the hair. We can never forgive the eighties for the hairstyles. Yes, I am a guy and in my teenage years used a blow dryer on a near daily basis. May...

This could be great. I loved Sid Meir's Pirates (both of them-- thanks Good Old Games for the first :) ) ACIII was a snore, but honestly it just had to do with it's perplexingly boring choices for setting and character. The Age of Piracy, on the other hand, was rife with real adventure and...

Hey, anyone else remember the beached whale from Zeno Clash? Pretty sure they must have seen this interpretation of the Helicoprion

Yep, that's exactly the type of joke they were making. Like Colbert pretends to be a brainless right wing commentator, the Onion frequently pretends to have articles written by idiots who hang themselves with their own words. Clearly, from the number of people posting here who are asking "What...

Thanks for a breath of sanity on this one, Bob. Yes, the joke failed. It was badly delivered, badly aimed, and just bad. But no, it wasn't an attempt to attack the girl. I agree, it would have worked better if they'd done something like a fake opinion piece by a gossip columnist saying over...

Videogames and I kinda grew up together. I was a toddler when Pong came out :) Put my share of allowance quarters into Asteroids, Missile Command and Space Invaders. First console was an Atari 2600, first PC a Commodore 64 (it's for word processing, mom! You know, school!). You know...

Doh! Maybe I need to go grind a few more levels...

No, really. A study by University of North Carolina researchers found that subjects age 60-77 improved in various measures of cognitive ability after two weeks of playing World of Warcraft compared to a non-gaming control group. Interestingly, the greatest improvements were with those who...

Just for all you Bronies out there in internet land :) http://boingboing.net/2012/09/19/eyeball-creep-a-very-special.html

Nice. That's the thing. Taking time to enjoy a good moment, whether huge stuff like you're talking about, or maybe just a damn fine evening with a couple of buds over. Call it a "vice" if you want, but so's ice cream. And you know, life's too short not to allow yourself any indulgence.

Really, cubanos? Pricey. Me, I buy my cigars in bulk online. Way cheaper, like two to four bucks a stick. Good ones, too (I generally smoke Partagas or Punch) But cigars are a different experience than cigarettes. You have one with a nice glass of whisky on your porch as the sun sets, just...

Completely agree. Keep in mind that a number of dictators (like Qaddafi) have just been ousted in that region, with tacit and not so tacit American support. The supporters of the old regimes are still around. But by using the shield of "We're defending Islam!", they can get their revenge on...

Hey, don't forget her bra. It was awarded best supporting role! /rimshot (are we allowed to make funnies in this thread?)