Recent content by phlip

Did you listen to a different Jeff Rubin podcast than I did? Because in the one I listened to, he very explicitly didn't confirm anything, because nothing was set in stone and he didn't want to make promises he couldn't keep and disappoint people. He said he really wanted to bring it back...

I thought it was supposed to be a euphemism for the whole eyeball-explosive thing. Maybe also the family-as-hostages thing like they did with Deathlok... general reasons people would be working for the organisation against their will. Overall, I've enjoyed the series, so far. But then, I...

For you, or anyone else who's having trouble hearing what Bob's saying in this one... have a transcript [http://pastebin.com/Yfc8M1d9], on me.

Transmuting All His Intestines To Inoculations. Terrifying Alcove Housing Inexplicable Torso, Instruments. Turquoise Alien Has Inscrutable Tubes Inserted.

For whatever reason, when this article is still loading, and most of the assets are missing, for a few seconds (for me at least) it looks like this [http://www.mrphlip.com/tmp/haloading.png]. At first I thought that that was in fact the entire article as intended by Yahtzee, and my response was...

"Octopi" is my exception to descriptivism... Yes, normally, whatever words people normally use, and whatever words people will understand easiest without risk of confusion are by definition the "correct" words. Except "octopi", it doesn't count. But more seriously: "Octopodes" is the...

What if everything you ever wanted came in a rocket can?

Is anyone else getting a 404 from the high-quality version of this? I had to watch this in standard quality, oh the humanity... Never mind, looks like it's working now. Also, I was half-expecting the 360 to be the finale... looks like the VHS tape is the only drop from the trailer we...

I got this email too, today... to the email I used to sign up for the Escapist. One of the advantages of owning your own domain - it's trivial to set up separate email accounts for every single thing you sign up for, so if you start getting spam you know where the leak is. So either my email...