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    The Big Picture: The Devil & Mr. Parker

    Leisure Suit Larry? Really? You're going to use that amoral waste of time as an argument for your point? The whole point of the series is to move your unlikeable prick of a character into a conga line of one-night stands. Those are definitely not long-term, romantic relationships, and strong...
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    The Big Picture: The Devil & Mr. Parker

    Yeah, man! Love is for losers! It's not like you can get meaningful character development out of relationships, and the trials and tribulations that come with them! Comics should just be wall-to-wall fighting with none of that girly "plot" or "characters" slowing it down!
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    The Big Picture: The Devil & Mr. Parker

    The idea that a simple gunshot wound can't be solved by Dr Strange, who probably has gods as Facebook friends, or Reed Richards who builds Ray Bradbury-style wonder machines out of whatever he happens to have handy, is irritating already. I think on some level JMS was resisting this since it's...
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    Cutscenes/Cinematics - Bad Storytelling?

    I've got nothing against games trying to be cinematic, since to have a cinematic story has essentially replaced being operatic - i.e. telling a story on a wide scale, albeit with more set pieces thrown in and with a good dose of crazy awesome. I do have a problem with cutscenes when they show...
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    Escape to the Movies: The Expendables

    The Twilight films typically enter at #1 in the box office. Does this mean they're good because they made the most money? No. Popularity doesn't always equal quality.
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    Escape to the Movies: The Expendables

    (Edited due to malfunctioning sarcasm detector) I tried to get myself excited about The Expendables. I really did. I followed the coverage in Empire magazine, and from all accounts everyone had a really fun time making it. But for some reason, I just cannot get excited or even interested in...
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    Escape to the Movies: Alice in Wonderland

    So his main argument is that while it looks very nice, it's let down by a clichéd plot? This coming from the guy who's rooting for Avatar to win Best Picture... In all seriousness, I'm still going to see it anyway. The trouble with Wonderland is that the original book doesn't have much of a...
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    Zero Punctuation: BioShock 2

    Let's conveniently ignore the fact that Yahtzee is a busy man with his fingers in several pies, including a TV show, a bar, and a novel, on top of playing games for Zero Punctuation in the first place. I do agree with you, that the information was there, but all that really matters is him...