Recent content by Superbeast

I am getting really fed up with the writers' attitude towards the Dire Wolves at this point. Then ending of the latest episode visibly shocked my partner, but I couldn't get over the bad CGI in the tunnel and was still trying to get my head around the wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey nature of Bran's...

Hm, I thought this was one of the weaker episodes this season (even with the lack of Da Bad Pussy Crew), but still so much better than Season 5. Ramsay's plot armour is becoming annoying at this point, and not in the "Oh god, I want him to die horribly" Joffrey way, in the "I'm so fucking...

That trailer made me chuckle in a few places and was far less cringe-worthy than the first. Had this been the first trailer I'd seen I might have gone and seen the movie. I would have to dig it up and re-watch it, but the fan-cut version might have been better still...but that would lack...

You know what, I can't be bothered given your insistence that Will Wheaton is not a nerd/geek - which by the way is also saying I'm not a geek, given I have done far less geeky pursuits than Will has and I also criticise aspects of nerd culture. In fact, given SJWs are a part of geek/nerd...

So none of his comics work, outreach work, playing computer games, D&D, board, card and dice games with the community count all of a sudden? This is gatekeeping of the highest order, and complete bullshit and perfectly highlights one of the flaws of geek/nerd culture - that because you...

And this is why I dislike certain aspects of "geek/nerd culture". Will Wheaton and Felicia Day are "jumping on the cultural bandwagon"? Will Wheaton who was a main character in Star Trek; who went to work for a company product testing computer video editing software; voice acted in cartoons...

Depending on the space I think there are different types of issues - some issues can transcend all sub-nerd hobbies, but in many cases problems with the computer gaming community are different to problems with the tabletop gaming community, which in turn are different to the problems in the card...

+EDIT++ I think this is in line with Newclassic's nudge, it's got naff-all to do with Gamergate. Now, this doesn't speak to everything in the original "white male terrorism problem" document, however one of the major accusations in the piece is indeed true (the one about setting human...

There's a fan theory about that. It could be complete bullshit of course, but it is an interesting one to ponder. The way it has been presented in the show is something that GRR Martin/the shows writers would do in the name of grim-dark.

Final Fantasy XII on the PS2. It is flipping massive, has a pretty good story (it may be repetitive after a while but still fun to play through again after a break), and the tactical customisations mean you can go for different play-styles each time.

I think I remember reading that American newspapers are actually pretty good, it was in the context that British newspapers are more like American TV news, and British TV news is more like American newspapers (Silvanus has given a pretty good run-down on British newspapers previously). As...

Never been a Prince fan, but that video was awesome. This year sucks. It's taken David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Sir Terry Wogan, Ronnie Corbett, Victoria Wood, Chyna, and Prince.

Interesting videos. I must admit I still find the original origin story rather daft (not to mention, why have a magic ring that needs to be charged by a magic lantern that in turn needs to be charged on a specific planet - and the lantern looks goofy as hell too). I figured there were other...

I will admit, I am unfamiliar with the lore. A friend of mine posted the links up on Facebook and I recognised what was being talked about from the coverage of the "controversy" here. Reading statements from the creator of the setting, and doing the rounds of some gaming news sights, I'm...

I watched it a week or two ago. I am not a fan of superhero movies - I find them fun, but I can't get on with comics and so don't know a lot of the back-stories. My partner really likes superhero stuff (well, Marvel anyway), so typically I get a fun action flick and she gets the awesome fandom...