Recent content by Westonbirt

  1. Westonbirt

    Zero Punctuation: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    I got a boner just looking at the title.
  2. Westonbirt

    Agents of Cosplay: Harry Potter in Salem Witch Trials

    Deus Ex theme song ? I'd like to have that version. Good episode.
  3. Westonbirt

    Judging By The Cover: How Does Bloodborne Hold Up?

    I've applauded multiple times. A++ keep going.
  4. Westonbirt

    Poll: A sensitive question about transgender and locker rooms

    Excuse me I find this buttsilly. I get regularly confused for a woman because I have a small stocky build and long hair. This is yet another argument for unisex bathrooms.
  5. Westonbirt

    Why Completing All Objectives And Finding All Secrets Are Meaningless

    That's why I really liked Super Mario Galaxy 2. Once you get to the boss, you win the game. Then you collect all 120 stars, at which point you get to go after 120 more, which unlocks the last galaxy, after which you can try it again but nonsensically hard. No unnecessary stuffing, it all unlocks...
  6. Westonbirt

    Joss Whedon: Tony Stark as Ultron's Creator "More Interesting"

    Well Tony himself will eventually be replaced (By Pots or Rhodes, still split on this...), but that doesn't mean he must be phased out slowly. The most sound fan-theory I've heard is that Tony creates Ultron to defend the world now that SHIELD is down, and then his failure to control it leads...
  7. Westonbirt

    Joss Whedon: Tony Stark as Ultron's Creator "More Interesting"

    He's completely right. The MCU has 2 hours every few years, not a monthly 20 pages. Mainstream audiences will not get what the hell is happening, it's better to let it happen in the quite small environment already put in place than to let it explode all over the place. And besides, Tony is the...
  8. Westonbirt

    Time to put the Two-Weapon Limit Out of its Misery

    I think a way to make it work would be to make the 2-weapon system the implied default by allowing you to carry more weapons... and as much ammo. Or otherwise limiting the player's possibilities, not in a blunt stupid way, but encouraging diversity. Like how Half Life tends to give you ammo...
  9. Westonbirt

    MovieBob leaving The Escapist

    I don't remember who said that social media produces lots of conflict and trash because it provides a straight pipeline from people's brain to the world and therefore ideas and comments are not fermented in such a way that their raw emotional spite content is reduced, resulting in lots of...
  10. Westonbirt

    The Big Picture: American Sniper Sucks (And It's Okay To Admit That)

    Making icons is rarely ever about what things actually are, it's more about the zeitgeist and the way people chose to remember it. If a whole wing of the American society chooses to canonize AS as a celebration of military bravery, you can't do anything to stop them. Chris Kyle is an icon, and...
  11. Westonbirt

    The Big Picture: American Sniper Sucks (And It's Okay To Admit That)

    As it turns out, physical violence as an answer to criticism... not legal.
  12. Westonbirt

    The Big Picture: American Sniper Sucks (And It's Okay To Admit That)

    Depends - what qualifies as a veteran ? The western form of it is more military members in arms way, such that logistics personnel is not counted. If you count only people who have fought in a professional capacity, shed civilians and administrative work, it's quite a small minority. I mean...
  13. Westonbirt

    The Big Picture: American Sniper Sucks (And It's Okay To Admit That)

    Well isn't that just making my point. Considering your previous record, this is quite an accurate contrast between our answers.
  14. Westonbirt

    The Big Picture: American Sniper Sucks (And It's Okay To Admit That)

    What a fucking wonderful sentiment. One of the reason why societies who see the army as something other than a tool in the broader array of government institutions bother me is because when you enshrine something, you make respect to it mandatory, meaning it's going to devolve into a corrupted...
  15. Westonbirt

    The Big Picture: American Sniper Sucks (And It's Okay To Admit That)

    I liked the reference to the Golgotha Chainsaw Massacre because it's basically the same situation ; it's another piece of culture being used as ammunition by ideologues who don't care about cinema as much as how they can sharpen it to stab their socio-political opponents. And that's sad...