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As one of the seven people on earth who didn't like LOST I would probably be upset by this little announcement if not for one thing: I don't give a jet-propelled atomic f**k about STAR WARS any more. In the interest of complete disclosure let me say something radical: I actually ENJOYED...

Oh, good lord! Could the nerd world PLEASE do me a big favor and shut the f**k up about Firefly/Serenity? Seriously! It ran for 11 episodes TEN YEARS AGO! Give it a rest!

The movie I love but everyone else hates has got to be Speed Racer. I went into this film expecting to see a cartoon with actual people in it, and that's exactly what I got!

The question that popped into my head when I saw this poll was 'Which D&D?' I'm an ancient bastard that has played or read EVERY edition edition of the D&D rules from the 'white box' edition up to the current day. If given a choice there are editions of D&D that I would rather play than others...

This poll has no entry for District 9, and is therefore utterly invalid!

No new MMO can 'overthrow' WoW, they way that no new Sci-Fi show on TV can overthrow Star Trek, pretty much for the same reasons: While both brought very few new concepts to the table, the combination of being in the right place at the right time, as well as being a notch above similar products...

Well, it had to happen sooner or later: Yahtzee does a review that I thoroughly disagree with. I've been playing BL since it came out and enjoy it immensely. While he's more or less correct that the RTS element isn't the most fantastic in the world, the world itself and the background story are...

Hmmm, Dungeon world is looking good so far: Nicely crafted, solidly-written, malarkey free and you steer clear of NND (Novel Name Disorder.) You're definitely not reinventing the wheel here, but you ARE making a darn fine wheel. Keep it up!

Firefly was cancelled for the same reason that most of Whedon's other shows got cancelled: IT WASN'T VERY GOOD. Yes, the whole 'cowboys in space' thing had it's appeal, but when it comes right down to it series with ensemble casts require three things: 1)Good plots, 2)Interesting characters, and...

Okay, do you want designer hell? Here it is: You're a rookie designer, fresh out of game designer school, you've been hired by (insert name of game publisher here) and you want to put out YOUR game. The game you've seen in your mind's eye since you were old enough to hold a game controller...

I just finished the RTS classic Homeworld. Not an easy one to beat, that one.

Pay cash or go without.

The geekiest thing I ever said in public? Well, not so much SAID as SANG. I was on my way back home from an anime club meeting in Chicago, had my headphones on and failed to notice that I was singing along with my soundtrack CD, in Japanese, while I was on a bus full of Jewish Youth Group members...

Would I play a game if the main character was gay? No, I wouldn't. And here's the reason why: As has been stated several times over the course of this thread if the gameplay is good, the story holds your attention, and the characters interesting, it shouldn't matter if the main character was...

I have TWO roommates and while One is cool I am steadily losing my patience with the other: He has this blazing need to make sure that all HIS needs are catered to while the needs of the other people he lives with can be casually blown off. What's worse he seems to think that he's some sort of...