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    Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams to Guest Star on Doctor Who

    From the quotes, it sounds like they want to give her a role that makes her more than just a guest appearance or villain like Simon Pegg and Bill Nighy. I wouldn't be too surprised if they brought her on as Jenny, the Doctor's daughter/clone. That episode had her running off to explore and we...
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    Star Wars Gets Its First Canonical LGBT Character

    Not straight, abstinent. Remember, Anikan was being bad by being heterosexual, or sexual in any form. I guess his kids were just carrying on the family tradition in episodes 4-6.
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    Escape to the Movies: Kingsman: The Secret Service - Can Lightning Strike Again?

    So this movie caught my attention because I am a huge fan of the old Avengers TV show (that's Steed and Peel, not Spiderman and Iron Man). I'm surprised that, despite the show's obscurity, I haven't heard any comparisons yet. The trailers reminded me of my favorite episode, "The Correct Way to...
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    No Right Answer: Tesla vs Edison

    Thomas Edison was basically the Steve Jobs of his time. He lead an innovative team that changed the way the world interacted with technology. Many of his big patents were for sets of technology that were packaged together in ways that revolutionized the entertainment industry. I wonder how...
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    The Big Picture: Mr. Mario Goes To Hollywood

    As far as live action videogame movies, I always thought Metroid would be a good place to prove the concept. I'd like to see a large portion of it look like the beginning of Wal-E, steeped in ambiance, Samus trekking silently through a dangerous and inhospitable world. It's not your standard...
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    Gamers Tend to Be More Libertarian, According to Survey

    Net Neutrality is an interesting subject and I'm not entirely convinced about where I stand on it. It is a great principle and the internet should be a place where thoughts can be shared without external groups getting in the way. In the US, people that support net neutrality worry that ISPs...
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    Dungeons & Dragons Next Shows Off Personality Generation

    I remember when 4E came out and people complained that these tables didn't exist. Wizards said they intentionally left out rules for role playing because they wanted to leave it up to the players. In fact they used an April Fools joke...
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    Escape to the Movies: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    So I'm sorry to rain on people's parades, but the book does a really good job of describing the capitol like San Francisco. I give you page 61 of The Hunger Games, in which Katniss complains about the capitol accent: While I do not feel this is pushing a feeling of homophobia into the...
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    Verizon Staff Busted For Allegedly Stealing Customer's Nude Pics

    I once heard of a study where people were asked what would be a just punishment for rape and their answers were grouped by the amount of pornography they had recently watched. Those that had "consumed" large amounts of porn were much more lenient in their responses. As I look at the diverse...
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    The Big Picture: You Are Wrong About Sucker Punch, Part Two

    Thanks for your interpretation; I really enjoyed it. The trailers of the movie caused me to want to watch it, but I was reluctant because the sexualization of the characters made me question the wisdom of watching it with my wife (the only way I watch movies). Last week, I finally decided...
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    To many depressing threads, What are you good at lets hear it!

    I'm pretty good at a lesser known sport called vaulting. It's gymnastics on horseback. For those that are confused about what that is, I'll embed a video I made of me vaulting to raise awareness of the sport (I really hope this doesn't count as advertising, since I didn't even put an internet...
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    Quotes that most people think they know the origin of

    This was part of George Washington's farewell address, which wasn't an address, but actually a letter that he had submitted to several newspapers at the same time. To be fair, he doesn't say that you can't rule a nation without god. He says that the principles of government, promoting...
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    So all the escapist adds are showing porn

    I really hope you are right about this. I don't want to have to worry every time I log on to this site that some one might see it and get the wrong impression. "It's just a gaming site. I promise!!"
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    So all the escapist adds are showing porn

    I just popped on to the site and found that all the ad windows are for some porn site that will stream to the ps3. I know that the site generally doesn't shy away from talking about such things, but I can usually control what pops up at work. With the current ads showing on every single...
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    The Big Picture: Mailbag

    Have to comment on the television father subject. It seems that there might be a swinging pendulum on this one. In early radio programs of the 1940-50's, the father figure was a bumbling idiot. "Father Knows Best" actually started as such a program. I recently listened to one episode where...