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[rm]

I'm back in NYC and back at my desk. Nothing has gone overwhelmingly haywire: Patty's pacing herself well on her comps and seems relatively sane; the cats are glad to see me; work hasn't blown up. And damn, it is always so nice to be back in NYC; most other cities seem like summer camp to me, and Dragon*Con is its own special brand of

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[6_bleen_7]

The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas is a must for any hardcore pinball fan with a strong nostalgia reflex. My fondest pinball memories feature the ancient electromechanical games with the clanging bells.

[eumelia]

I'm a bit boggled at the executives being surprised at the whole women liking seeing other women committing violence.

I mean, Buffy was my staple, I loved Xena at the time, Hello Agent Scully!?!
Also there was a show Nikita back in the late 90's and early 00's which I didn't watch, but was based on Besson's Le Femme Nikita. I love Luc Besson... Leon *happy sigh*

Also, yikes on the seeing a suicide out side your window! Did it compute at the time at all?

[rm]

All those shows are mentioned in the piece, and they note particularly that the Buffy violence was not particularly intense (there's a lot of it, but not a lot of blood. Really, other than when she beats the shit outta Spike and some of S7, it's not that bad).

When the suicide happened we knew it was going on, because there was a long standoff thing, and a big inflatable thing to try to save the guy and all. So it was on the news before it went by our living room window.

[eumelia]

Yeah, I read the article and still, feel the need to mention why I'm boggled! My mother was concerned about me in my teens because I liked to watch a show with so much violence.

Yeah.

[redstapler]

A kid once jumped off the 59th St Bridge right in front of my kitchen window. My mom was on the phone at the time and saw the whole thing.

Worse, the kid was a friend of someone we knew.

Oh, the 80s.

ETA: Pinball is what's up. My favorite machines are The Addams Family, Family Guy, and for sheer absurdity, the KISS pinball machine.

[rm]

The Addams Family has really nice play, but the way it's designed, those fuckers break down all the time.

[1_mad_squirrel]

When I was a kid, during a patch of insider trading scandals, someone jumped off the roof of our building and we saw him go by the window.

Thant's horrible, I'm so sorry!

And ITA with the "Welcome to 1938" op-ed.

[rax]

Dr. Who is my favorite pinball machine too, and I've seen like three episodes of it ever. It's just such a great playfield.

[rm]

Right?!?!?!?!? I wish I could find one near here to play. I loved that machine SO HARD.

(Sorry, I'm just repeating myself, because it's SO EXCITING when other people actually care about pinball and particularly machines I like).

[rax]

I haven't found one to play since 2004, including spending a bunch of time on Google and thinking I had found two in Minneapolis only to be disappointed at both locations after like a twenty-mile bike ride. I ended up having to settle for Monopoly.

There are something like four tables at IU, only one of which I had even heard of before I walked past them a couple of weeks ago. If they are awesome, I will post about them.

[rm]

I decided to do a Google and may have just found one in NYC. Or so I hope! I did just find a Bride of Pinbot, which I actually hate the play on, but I love showing it to people because the whole concept is just so horrific.