Recent content by Zoroastres

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    Escape to the Movies: The Adventures of Tintin

    Do you have to even ask? Watch some trailers. It's low quality is self-evident. If you want some good Holmes, watch the recent BBC series, Sherlock.
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    The Big Picture: Hollywood History 101: Part 2

    I kind of think that point is irrelevant. The point to look at is that the Beatles' music WAS widely embraced by American audiences and the American music industry. The Beatles could have been from Brazil, and the point would still stand.
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    Convince Me That I'm Wrong About RPGs

    Two things: firstly, if you're going to make a thread about ~all~ RPGs, you ought to be a bit more specific than one obscure MMO and, "everything else." In any sort of argument, really, speceficity is a necessity. I don't think I've ever seen a game where any one build will cripple you. The...
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    The Big Picture: Correctitude

    Geh. Now I really feel like watching "The Jerk." Shame I don't have the time this week. Damn you, Bob, damn you!
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    Poll: What do you think of MovieBob/The Game Overthinker?

    Loved his movie commentary. Just found out about Big Picture, and went through all of it. THEN I heard about Overthinker... and... couldn't find it here. Managed to find the 40+ episodes at the blog, and have that bookmarked. IMHO MovieBob is the best thing The Escapist has got going. I...
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    Poll: Adults and cartoons

    I'm 23 or 24. 23, I think. Anyway, I watch some anime, and don't feel bad about it. In terms of quality science-fiction, anime's pretty much the only venue open to me. I don't think format matters. If something is animated or live-action... who cares? It's content that's important. I'd...
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    Poll: So the F-22 has been cancelled

    This is all quite old information. As for the F-22... The United States has no money. It is dead broke. It is billions of dollars in debt. We're cutting science and education at a terrifying rate. We're also spending more money on the military than we have in our entire history. It's...
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    A question about learning on an instrument...

    It is too late. ...if You plan on becoming a genius celloist and making it into a career. The hardest part would be allocating sufficient time to become skilled. Children can spend multiple hours each day practicing... the older you get, the less time you have to play, and the more...
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    Poll: Doctor who: the current doctor

    Yeah, Matt Smith is pretty good. My main problem with him, as a character, is that while he retains the "funny" (or witty") aspects of 10, he lacks the "badass" elements of 9 and 10 that drew me into New Who to begin with.
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    Poll: Doctor who: the current doctor

    Only three seasons. The 9th was season 1 only, the 10th (Tenant) was seasons 2-4, and 11 was season 5, which just ended w/ a Xmas special (which was fairly good). Tennant was a great actor, and was fortunate to be in some very, very well-written episodes. I do like the 11th Doctor as well...
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    THQ: Girls Have Better Things to do Than Game

    I'll preface my comments by noting that I'm an unapologetic sexist. You know, I hold doors open for girls, and tend to be more polite, forgiving and patient than I am toward men. Call me crazy, but I'd much, much, much rather spend three or four hours playing a game or reading a book than...
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    Analysts Predict Bad Times For Xbox 360

    The 360 has a bigger variety of games than the PS3, that's for sure. It's got a TON of RPGs, Ace Combat (that's a BIG deal) and a lot of the big, bad, PC games... not to mention all the arcade titles. And what games the 360 doesn't have currently, it has release dates for. On the other hand...
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    What did you want to be when you were a kid?

    Fighter Pilot, then an Astronaut. In that order, of course. The first dream evaporated when I realized I had grown too TALL to fly, and the second when, you know, the space program fell to pieces. My new (idle) dream is to somehow (magic) obtain a ludicrous amount of money--bazillions and...
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    Survey Says Japanese Dislike Shooters

    Sadly, I know this. It's not really a fascination per se, though I suppose it MAY have evolved into a fetish of sorts.... Back in the day Japanese censorship laws forbade any graphic depiction of male genitalia, so you see tentacles as, essentially, euphemisms for penises, to allow graphic...
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    Survey Says Japanese Dislike Shooters

    I'm sorry... WHAT? ~__~ There an "ignore user" feature here?