Recent content by RobotDinosaur

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    Samuel L. Jackson Thinks Force Awakens Actors Need "Lightsaber Fight School"

    Agreed. Also, the one guy who did have Force training was a Sith with a claymore-lightsaber and anger management issues. I figured his preference for brutal power swings over finesse is a style he chose rather than a lack of training. Fits the character, and it'd actually serve him well since...
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    Cancelling the Apocalypse - Pacific Rim 2 Is No More - Update

    Also not sure what they would do as a plot for Pacific Rim 2, but not sure if I care. GDT could just release 90 minutes of Gypsy Danger wailing on monsters with an oil tanker (or other unconventional weapons) and I would watch it. Hell, steal a page from Mad Max's playbook - give Gypsy Danger a...
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    Game Theory: Why ESPN is WRONG about eSports

    The bit comparing how e-sports teams enter their league (qualify through play-in tournaments) vs. how NBA teams enter (buy membership in the NBA) is also misleading. Most non-USA leagues (particularly soccer) have promotion-relegation, where the worst teams in the league each season are kicked...
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    Whatever happened to the Reel Physics guys?

    Was lounging around, drinking, and wondering, "man, where are some movies of educated gentlemen showing how egregiously action movies violate the laws of physics." And I remembered how much fun the Reel Physics movies on Escapist were, and how I was sad when they got pulled. So, wondering if...
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    Gamefly Opens Digital Storefront, Discounts 2K Games Library

    Wait, this is new? I've been using the service since it was Direct2Drive, before they were bought by Gamefly, and the new storefront (which I think is great) has been there for a few weeks now. I am pleased that in recent months GameFly has been making efforts to improve their digital games...
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    Dealing with Unemployment

    *Make sure you have friends. Unemployment can do a number on self-esteem. I'm not assuming that you're on the verge of full-blown depression, but it happens, and you need to be reminded that you are more than just your job. *Try staffing agencies. They are free (reputable ones, at least - you...
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    Teach me about tea

    Another idea for a tea that's good by itself (no milk or sugar), at least in my opinion, is earl grey. It's smoother and less bitter than other black teas. You can get a lot of mileage out of decent quality tea bags and an electric water pot. I use this and can make tea without leaving my desk...
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    Jimquisition: I'm Going To Murder Your Children

    At the risk of exposing myself to an amount of stupid far above permissible exposure limits - is there a link to the original story? I'm wondering what exactly this writer said to provoke this, or if her only crime was having been a video game writer. And let me be perfectly clear, I'm just...
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    Ender's Game Movie Gets Final Trailer

    I was wondering about that myself. Been a while since I read the book, but I thought that Ender was pretty much just another Battle School student, maybe more promising than most, but he wasn't some sort of Chosen One like the trailer makes him out to be. At least, not until maybe late in the...
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    New Mass Effect "Moving Forward"

    I was hoping for something centered around a non-human, just for the sake of opening up more story/setting options they couldn't have used previously. First Contact War could very easily end up as Halo with a coat of Mass Effect paint if they do a sloppy job of it. But if they did a good job...
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    Oh right, that part...

    --DA:O: The Deep Roads takes hours and hours longer than I have patience for, almost quit halfway through. (Oddly, I didn't hate the Fade so much.) --DX:HR: All the boss battles. Supposedly they made them less awful with a patch, but still, not interested in going through that again...
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    Pacific Rim Beaten by Adam Sandler at Box Office

    A 65 Metacritic score for movies is actually pretty good for wide release action film. Usually only indie movies and oscar-bait dramas can do any better than a 70. That's just kind of how movie ratings work - regardless of how fun it is, a lot of movie reviewers won't give better than 3/4 or 4/5...
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    Good Rpgs on pc?

    Been a while since I played ME1, but I recall that the aiming at least was intentionally bad at the start and it was hard to hit anything reliably. Your stability with a weapon gradually improved as you sunk more ranks into the corresponding skill. They got away from that in ME2/3 - aiming was...
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    Harmonix Teases Imminent Game Announcement

    This might be what they're announcing: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/04/harmonix-and-disney-delve-into-fantasia-music-evolved-for-kin/#continued Not super impressed, since I'm not a fan of the XBox or Kinect, there's no actual gameplay footage, and it looks mostly like random arm flailing...
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    Pacific rim people. Get some excitement going :)

    I was inclined to agree, then saw some brief 'making of' video that explained it in a way that wasn't totally nonsense. Something about direct neural connections between the pilot and machine, and how the machines are so huge that they fry the brain of a solo pilot, hence the need for two. Not...