Recent content by OneCatch

Thanks for the heads up! Kind of thing I keep coming back to the Escapist for.

You can look at historical trends. Ancient Roman and Greek societies had fairly high birth/death ratios compared to peer civilisations, in spite of the fact that infanticide was legal, in fact routine. It's quite easy to argue that societies in which women were basically property and male...

The innate differences between men and women aren't nearly as pronounced as you imply. I think the answer is probably simpler - societies in which women are more heavily subjugated tend also to have higher birth rates, which both allows them to beat their peer societies, and arguably forces...

Oh, other films which should be there: Place Beyond the Pines - almost an ancient Greek melodrama, but modern setting District 9 - maybe not high on the list, but good B movie blockbuster

Some notes on the ones I've seen: 100. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) 96. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003) 94. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) - Yeah, fine 93. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007) - not sure it should be on the list, but 90's is ok I guess. 92. The...

British here. I guess it's just a different perspective. When I was in Florida I found it decidedly weird, and slightly claustrophobic, how friendly everyone was. I think that's probably because I'd regard friendliness as something you do with someone once you know them well enough, to...

Not to be excessively pedantic, but Chinese nationalism predates the modern era. Multiple wars of unification suggest that it was a cultural aim and aspiration for a very very long time. The claims by some (mostly Chinese) historians that the Chinese state has been a continuous entity since the...

I'm not going to beat it tomorrow. Important work meeting, which means jacket and tie, in a training suite (full of computers) which is inadequately ventilated and was getting uncomfortably warm last time I visited in early spring. Followed by a car journey at midday and another meeting in a...

From way back when, Ocarina of Time. The bit when you first wake up in the future world, where Hyrule Town has been devastated and is full of zombies. I was pretty small at the time, and I think it was probably the first game I'd played where your achievements up to that point are thoroughly and...

Shit - I lose, badly. Even without abilities and weapons, Corvo is pretty high tier. And if I got a punch in, that mask would hurt me more than him!

Oh, I'm aware of all this! I was suggesting flamethrower cavalry to poke fun at all of the other ridiculous shit they've already demonstrated.

Should also be carbines and pistols, possibly even lances for certain types of cav (though if the Russians aren't playable, probably not). Though, judging from what I've seen so far, they'll probably equip the horses with recoilless rifles, HMGs, and flamethrowers.

Much as I'd like loads of money, my life is more valuable, and this artefact would appear to be Euclid at best and definitely malignant. Not going to risk being subject to some of the more horrifying shit that happens to people who mess around with this stuff.

I frequent the SCP [http://www.scp-wiki.net/] site. So I drop the artifact, run like hell, and hope it's not already too late. And that I'm not about to be deemed acceptable collateral damage by the inbound MTF.

Not a chance. The plot of V for Vendetta hinges around V making a prediction/promise to the people, then climactically delivering on it. In 1984 no-one would even know about the promise - everyone would have been ordered to forget it, records would have been purged, and, perhaps most damningly...