Recent content by paronomasiac

I had the extreme displeasure of watching Elysium last night. I understand that immigration law, class disparity, and universal healthcare are all important issues to talk about, and a metaphor-by-movie is an excellent vehicle to inform the public on these discussions. Unfortunately, the...

I tried watching Pineapple Express and turned it off after 10 minutes. This is the End isn't built on references, and even the Pineapple Express scene requires no previous knowledge.

Bob, you said it better than I ever could. This is the End was raunchy, debauched, sacrilegious, crude, and managed to be one of the greatest comedies I have ever seen.

No, you weren't. From the comprehensive rules: 903.4. The Commander variant uses color identity to determine what cards can be in a deck with a certain commander. The color identity of a card is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card's mana cost or rules text, plus any colors...

That's not actually correct. Color identity is defined by any mana symbols in the cost and the rules text. (And color identifiers and CDA's.) Quagmire Druid [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=27188]'s color identity is Black and Green. There is no card in all of...

I admit that I love the splash of white to throw Vault of the Archangel [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=270938], and O-Ring is fantastic removal. I would disagree that black kill spells aren't universal in Standard right now. Geth's Verdict...

Given that Zombies just won a Grand Prix tournament (and $3500 cash prize), I strongly believe they are already "a stand-out competitive force" in Standard. It's also worth noting that it splashes blue, instead of white (Decklist...

Oh, I don't mean to imply that anything beyond the $10 'From Dust' is integral to the complete game experience, or even useful to players. My complaint is that it exists at all. I can't think of another game that, even considering multiple pre-order bonuses and collectors editions, came anywhere...

At the risk of shilling for another website: http://tinyurl.com/7tjy2hh For those who don't want to (or can't) follow that link, it enumerates the primary problem with Mass Effect 3 DLC: to get all possible DLC for the game requires an investment of approximately $860. As well, nearly all of...

To preface: I am not religious, but I do believe in at least one deity. I am also a rationalist. Religion is, by definition, irrational. It's looking at the world and saying, "There must exist an unobservable, untestable phenomenon beyond what can be absolutely proven." While there is plenty...

I didn't like HL2. I didn't hate it, either. The Half Life series has been spectacularly dull to me. I played the first game, and, perhaps because I'm supremely dense, found exactly zero plot. There was no reason for anything happening, and no reason for Gordon Freeman to be the protagonist: it...

The crew has a lot of marks for it and plenty against it as well. Stephen King is an excellent author, creating complete characters and worlds as to be completely believable. His adaptations have been both good and bad, with most of the fault being in the screenwriter, director, and actors...

Currently alive? Hayden Pannettiere. Of all time? Gráinne Ní Mháille.

Yes, it's been said, but I'll say it again: Final Fantasy VII is severely overrated. There are some fantastic games in the series (VI and IX easily at the top), and yet VII gets all the attention. Oh, and all FPS games. They all boil down to 'shoot a guy in the face' or 'shoot a guy in the...