Bumper sticker seen on a truck in the parking lot at Barnes and Noble: "Martyrs or Marines: Who do you think will get the virgins?"

...You know, I really didn't think there needed to be that many ways to say "Hello, I'm a sexist jackass," but people keep proving me wrong.

Was the world really crying out for a pink Ouija board? I really can't imagine the dead people caring all that much if the thing is properly color coded. I mean, what are they going to say: "I'm sorry, little girl, but I can't answer your questions because you're not using a pink Ouija board, even though you're a girl. Didn't you know that's the ( Read more... )

So, I decided to go back to Longtitle to look at my demon compendium to check my demons' skillsets, since I'm still trying to nail down Raidou's demon roster for CFUD, only to realize I was going to have to start a third cycle to see it. I made it through the tutorial mostly without incident, although I'd completely forgotten the control scheme, ( Read more... )

...Although there is something to be said for the big lead-in to the final boss battle being the usual boss battle transition animation immediately followed by a totally black screen with a howling wind sound effect behind it. Granted, that something involves lots and lots of swear words, but still ( Read more... )

You know what's great? Having a video game CRASH right at the final boss battle.

Fie. FIE, I say.

*goes back to Disgaea 2 for a couple of days*

There is nothing like realizing, halfway into a battle with a particularly nasty monster, that you have completely forgotten to re-equip one of your returning party members.

Amazingly, he only died once. Equally amazingly, he did pretty good damage. Still. D-U-M-B.

Okay, it was two weeks ago, but I totally wasn't kidding about the Wii article. It's here, with a rebuttal/correction from someone who read the article and actually did some research here. (That "child" quoted in the article? Actually an adult whose quote was taken out of context. Also, the Wii does in fact have parental controls, thank you very ( Read more... )

Pornographic comic books sold on Wal-Mart, Target web sites

(Again, via Journalista)

((Side note: Could we have a little variety in our sensationalistic fearmongering, please? I could swear I read this exact same article about the Wii last week.))

ICv2 has another article on the brouhaha here - the writer seems notably indignant about the posts ( Read more... )

Subtle. Reeeeeaaaaal subtle. [Warning: Very much Not Safe for Work.]

And now the books have been pulled from Wal-Mart's site [Warning: Also Not Safe for Work]. Way to go, Yaoi Press!

(Via Journalista)

[EDIT: *siiiiiiiiiiigh*]

Evolution suffers Kansas setback
"...Tuesday's vote in Kansas was the third time in six years that the Kansas board has rewritten standards with evolution as the central issue ( Read more... )