Out of the Blue

I asked last night for opinions about ditching the bulleted tech lists here in favor of a more timely approach to game news as it arrives. The limited response to this questions was mostly in favor of keeping things as they are, which I probably should have anticipated, since those of you who frequent this site are most likely doing so because you like the way things are. This brings up the question of whether making the change would be beneficial towards growing the audience here, which is desirable, versus the prospect of disappointing the regulars, which is not. This has me contemplating the idea of doing things differently as a trial for a day or two to allow everyone to compare the pros and cons of doing things each way.

R.I.P.: Implantable pacemaker inventor Wilson Greatbatch dies. Thanks Acleacius.

Links: Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play: Arcuz 2: Dungeons.
Odd Ducks.
Links: Frank Zappa: the clean-living hellraiser.
Stories: Ice-Cream Shop Owner Forced to Clarify That Mascot Is Not a KKK Member.
Canada has best reputation in the world: study.
Asterix creator Albert Uderzo quits drawing at 84.
Science: Coffee may prevent depression, scientists say.
Rat cyborg gets digital cerebellum.
'Smart' window switches to dark mode to save energy.
Media: The Vote Off - Most Brutal Of The Reality Shows.
MAD TV - The Internet Invades The Thundercats.
If Darth Maul's Entrance was a bit more realistic.
Follow-up: UK medics lead Europe's first embryonic stem cell trial.
'Antimagnet' joins list of invisibility approaches.
HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire' Returns Down. Thanks Dark Horizons.
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The CGI was marginally better than I expected for TV. Lightyears ahead of the awful final season of 24.
But yeah, the writing sucked.


Also, c'mon, the father broke out of a maximum security prison OFF-CAMERA in about 5 minutes. Why? Why bother with ANY of this? The only real plot result of the 15 minutes they dedicated to the future was that captain whatshisname had to be a farmer for part of the show and slowly earn the respect of Stephen Lang. So what? We know he's a selfish jerk, as is the whole family, because he felt another kid was more important than the planet. I don't think the writers wanted us feeling that way about the 5 main characters. And we know he is impulsive because he punched a cop that wasn't really being a jerk about it (they were calmly, gently reaching for the girl, not angrily grabbing.) And sure, it made the stupid son angsty and annoyed at his father, but he's a stupid angsty stereotype and they could have found any reason.
Why have that subplot? It doesn't seem to go anywhere, and having him break out of prison off-screen just seemed wasteful. Why not just have him going back to be a cop, and why not have the son resentful because he left someone behind. All the negative implications of that stupid plot are gone and you cut the stupid time in the stupid future by like 75%.
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