Ed Grabianowski's discussions

Terminator: TSCC! [sob] Read more

"As of 2009, there have been more than 18 million copies of Settlers of Catan sold worldwide (this is just the base set in its various incarnations, not counting expansion sets, spin-offs, and digital versions)."… Read more

Retail price is $50, you'll be able to find it cheaper. Inflated prices you see now are for copies purchased at cons — the game isn't widely available yet. Read more

True, but I don't really know how else to explain "building space ships between planets" within the context of the game. Read more

Wizards declined to renew the Star Wars license last year. Read more

This was really cool. I love behind the scenes and making of stuff. Thanks Charlie Jane! Read more

It really does sound like genuine outsider art. Read more

Something similar happens in Richard K. Morgan's The Steel Remains. The protagonist gets a trippy magic vision at one point, and part of it could be interpreted as seeing the modern future of his world. Read more

I don't want to throw anyone under the bus, but I didn't write the headline or intro to this. As numerous commenters/emailers have observed, the Triceratops name would be maintained regardless of the outcome of this debate. I've tried to fix it up a bit. Read more

Sexual dimorphism has been put forth as a possible solution, but there's really no way to test it one way or another right now. Read more

Minor #correction regarding GWAR being the only extraterrestrial heavy band: Valient Himself of Valient Thorr is from Venus. Dude stays in character all the time. Like, when he's heading home for a weekend, he talks about visiting his Earth parents. :-)

I actually really like the theme, but you know I always vote for more metal. Read more

This totally made my Friday. And hopefully many future Fridays to come. Read more

Yes, it's a competitive head-to-head game. Read more

[Firm, manly hand shake.] Read more

I guess we can name exceptions all day, but generally speaking, that was how it seemed to me. Anyway, you could just split the difference with crust punk. Read more

It's funny, it seemed like the exact opposite to me. Punk always seems so srs bsns (excluding pop punk, of course, and NOFX). The one thing you really can't accuse Dio of is ever taking himself too seriously. Read more

So many great suggestions in the comments. Pretty awesome planet. Nice job, Earth. Read more

You could make the argument that io9 is the new Omni to some extent. Instead of Bob Guccione, we have Annalee! Seems like a good trade. Read more

A key part of the manufacturing process is that they need to make them in the dark.