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You make me hush my mouth! Besides, there are five seasons (but don't tell Nando). Yeah, yeah - the fifth season hasn't been released on DVD yet. Excuses, excuses.

Do yourself a favor and watch Dexter instead. Because really, if you thought Matt was annoying in season one...

John Hensley was the worst thing about Nip/Tuck. And that's saying a lot.

But you also wear Hello Kitty headphones, so you're obviously not too concerned about keeping up appearances.

I'm so tempted to make you do my bidding under threat of spoilers. Dance puppet, dance! :p Curb Your Enthusiasm is great (I think my favorite season is probably the Seinfeld-themed season seven), but the box set will look awful on your shelf once they release season eight on DVD. You'll have to hide it in the closet or something.

Come on, this is Nightwolf we're talking about. She'll start complaining about her housemates after three days.

I can just imagine you having to enter any room ~dramatically~.

I hate it when my spirit guide doesn't call on time. I always start questioning why I was incarnated. I like being on time as much as the next guy, but my dad takes it to extremes. If the drive takes twenty minutes, it's okay if we leave half an hour before we need to be somewhere to account for traffic. Yet he always want to leave as early as possible, leading to half an hour of waiting around for no reason.

I'm not sure how you can wait for the DVD releases, Nando. The wait must be torture, and I'd be terrified of spoilers. But I suppose it depends on which corners of the internet you visit. Season four is probably my favorite, I think. John Lithgow was brilliant.

Wasn't that the one with the twist everyone hated so much?

Just listen to them on YouTube? I liked the covers more before they started writing the episodes around the music, instead of using the music to enhance the storylines.

Tell me about it. I still remember when Sam was going to be gay. I'm kind of counting on even him being smart enough to realize that you don't announce that you're cutting a large part of the main cast if you don't really mean it, though. But as I said, he could still change his mind. If Prison Break can reattach a woman's head due to fan outcry, I'm sure Murphy can find a reason to have the kids stick around after next season.

Murphy was asked if any of the kids would stay around after graduating, and he said that he didn't like that idea. So bar any changes of heart/executive meddling, it sounds like the best we can hope for is occasional guest appearances. Because... why would you watch any non-reality TV show if not for the writing? Glee was never going to be the next Mad Men, but the first thirteen episodes managed to be a surprisingly fresh satire on high school and other teen shows.

I haven't played Bulletstorm, but "entertaining" describes my impression of the game perfectly. It seems very over the top and doesn't appear to take itself too seriously. So yeah, it seems entertaining, but Enslaved is a game that tries to make you care about the characters. (Of course, I know nothing about the story in Bulletstorm, so if it's really moving, feel free to correct me.) When you first meet Trip and she's sitting there with her arms wrapped around her leg, you can tell that she's really freaked out about what she's gotten herself into. Or when you have to carry her as you're climbing on a collapsing bridge. Just working together to get through an area makes it feel like you're in this together. These are characters that feel real, with real emotions. I agree that the gameplay is severely flawed, but I think the game is saved by its well-written characters. Sometimes that's enough.

I quite liked the BioWare-developed DLC mission for the first Mass Effect (though, admittedly, giving people an option of playing it without having to replay the game would probably have been a good idea). The other DLC mission was pretty horrid, though, but only because it was nothing but combat without any real new content. I think mid-game DLC adds value to subsequent playthroughs, or if you're late at picking up the game. I like the thought of buying a game a year after release and getting a richer experience, or replaying it a couple of years later and having new things to discover. It's like a director's cut of a movie with additional scenes. Post-game DLC, meanwhile... It's like you watch a movie and really enjoy it, and then two months later they release another scene, and then two months later yet another scene. The Death Star is blown up, Darth Vader is defeated, everything's right with the galaxy... but wait, there's (a little bit) more! The script works up to a climax, and then they just tack this additional story onto it. "Yeah, you've spent thirty hours defeating the main bad guy, but here's another bad guy you can defeat in an hour and a half." Plus, I prefer playing DLC at the same time as the main game anyway. I'm unlikely to pick up a game again six months later just for two additional missions, and even if I do, I'm not going to remember what the story was or what gear I have - I probably won't even remember the controls. Basically, I think BioWare got it right the first time with the expansion pack for Baldur's Gate, I never got the hate for the DLC for Mass Effect (the first mission, anyway) and I love that Obsidian is outright refusing to make any post-game DLC for New Vegas. Agree to disagree?

This was finally cheap enough for me to buy and I finished it earlier tonight. I quite liked it, though I agree that the platforming was awful. You pretty much just hold a direction and mash X, and you can't fall down/make a mistake even if you wanted to (it usually looks impressive, though). There were a lot of times when I wanted to jump down from a ledge but had to climb all the way around because Monkey can only interact with the environment when it's been specifically been programmed for him to do so. The combat is decent, at least. What saved the game was the setting and the characters. I loved the bold use of colors and there were some impressive set pieces along the way. The story is serviceable, but I love the characters and the way they interact with each other and work together. I really felt protective of Trip after a while. I'm currently nearing the end of Pigsy's Perfect 10 and that's been enjoyable so far, too. It's a lot lighter on platforming and is more focused on defeating enemies with gadgets. The story's pretty lighthearted, but it's fun and fits Pigsy's character. So yeah, the gameplay is a bit wonky, but it's a good game overall.

I think it's ridiculous that he's planning to get rid of a large part of the cast after three seasons. It really shows that the focus on the show is on the music, not the writing. Which has been the case since the back nine of season one, but ugh. It's especially stupid since they've done such a bad job with the characters they already have. Artie's spent two seasons rapping and his only storyline (if you can call it that) has been dating Brittany. Mercedes has had a couple of episodes about her weight/being a diva, but nothing that has really led anywhere. Tina's such a non-entity that I had to look up her name. They tried introducing a couple of new characters in season two, but they didn't do a very good job at it. Other than walking around shirtless, Sam only had one episode with what felt like actual character development. Mostly, he just had scattered scenes here and there, but he was so inconsistently written they were all pointless in the end. The only thing I remember about Blaine is how he had so many solos it was ridiculous. So yeah, sure, ruin the show like you ruined Nip/Tuck, Murphy. I'm sure that by the end of season three, I'll be past the point of caring, anyway.

I wanna be the very best. Like no one ever was. Hey, it works!

Is it too early in the relationship to suggest a threesome?

His birthday wish wasn't funny enough.

Ryan Murphy has confirmed that a large portion of the cast will graduate (and leave the show) at the end of season three. Which... um... sounds like a pretty terrible idea, to be honest. Of course, there's plenty of time for him to change his mind. Wouldn't be the first time! Not sure if this was worth bumping the thread up for, but I had to voice my dislike somewhere. At least he's planning on keeping Sam around. Whew.

Oh man, I had that back in the day. Lego was so much simpler back then.

I'll watch the new episodes later tonight/tomorrow, but I can't say I'm too excited, since the horrible holiday episode is still fresh in my mind.

Donkey Kong never cared about Peach. He was always more interested in Pauline.

You know you love the Pokémon jokes. And I don't know how much more desperate you can get. It's been four and a half years!