I should really make a list of the stupid, terrible things I've bought due to Tycho's recommendation. The fact that I looked up the release date for the next book in the Anita Blake series and I know I will buy it despite the fact that Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter is the worst series of all time makes me really annoyed and has reminded me to never ( Read more... )

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/6/2/It really is amazing how true the text of this comic is. I can't believe these books started out as moderately interesting occult mysteries starring the most prudish woman ever and then became so fucking terrible. The last one of these books I read is >700 pages, and the mystery, such as it is, takes up ( Read more... )

is also terrible, but in a different way from the movie. Sometimes, I remember it as being kind of okay, but flipping through it today as a refresher reminded me that it is not. There are parts that are cool, but they are outweighed by the parts that are bad, so on the whole it is somewhere between average and slightly-below average. It is still ( Read more... )