Jason Shankel's discussions

Not even a scam? Read more

Hey, if Dutch says the culture at Rockstar is going to improve, we have to believe him. Dutch would never steer us wrong! Read more

That’s what I like about it. I want to play a game, not date an AI. Read more

It’s I Am Legend with Pokemon. Read more

Lovecraft really dropped the ball by not clarifying that the Colour out of Space is a thing that one can punch. Read more

Daryl Gear Solid Read more

“almost-certainly-faked exorcism”

Almost? Read more

Would you kindly port it to the Mac? Read more

Just carry on and keep playing Bloodborne. Read more

Ja Fraud Read more

Everyone has their dudebro phase. Read more

But of course we can’t possibly consider doing anything to get the lead out of Michigan’s water. Read more

We’re getting dangerously close to critical dudebro mass. Read more

Diabloville(tm) Read more

You mean the NPCs in an open world role playing game seem to exist only to advance you through the narrative of the game?

Get out. Read more

You know what a perfect plan is? Committing mail fraud and leaving all the evidence with a suspicious ADA. Read more

Obi-Wan and Yoda’s wants and needs are no more fully developed than Holdo and Rose’s: defeat the bad guys.

Why specifically did Obi-Wan hide Vader’s identity from Luke? What purpose was served by that deception? And it was a deception...not “true from a certain point of view.” Just plain old ordinary false.

I could see… Read more

Right, in the prequels. I’m talking about the original trilogy. Rose and Holdo are about as clear as Obi-Wan and Yoda were. Their wants and needs are generic. Their conflicts mostly involve retconning what a Jedi is or what the Force is and slathering it over with “a certain point of view.”

Yes, Obi-Wan and Yoda have… Read more

As opposed to the vast character growth that Obi-Wan and Yoda go through in the first trilogy? Read more

“The contract has been violated.”

Show me this contract. Movies aren’t over the counter medicine. The only warrant of merchantability claim you can make is that when a theater says they’re going to show you a movie, they have to show you that movie. That’s it. No one is under any obligation to make Star Wars movies… Read more