It's hard to respond to the question when everyone thinks it picked up from the beginning.  It does get less oppressively dark, at least.

This.  I'm guessing that if you thought the miniseries was awful, it's probably just not a show you're ever going to enjoy.  I would say move on.  I'm not going to attempt to convince you you're wrong (something I think I've done too much recently, methinks).  I'm just going to say I disagree with you a great deal.   

I think Mini-Kim looks like a shaved koala bear

 

I'm a Senior UX Architect for a startup called Spredfast. Our SaaS product is a social media management tool for enterprise customers.

I also publicly speak about UX-y things occasionally at local UX groups and at events like SXSW.

I agree since I support the death penalty when folks do something heinous enough to warrant it.

You trust the cops, prosecutors, and people not smart enough to get out of jury duty to convict the right people 100% of the time?

Nope.  But then again, I don't expect infallibility from humans in anything. 

Just because I believe that a guy who raped and murdered a child and has irrefutable evidence supporting that accusation should be put to death, that doesn't mean I automatically believe everyone who commits a crime should be. 

In other words, it's not a black and white issue...no matter how much folks would love to think it is.

I don't see how you can pick and choose who gets the death penalty. Irrefutable evidence gets thrown out 20 years later as technology improves or witnesses recant their testimony. To make exceptions in certain cases (e.g., Jeffrey Dahmer) is to open the door for innocent people being put to death.

So no crimes should be prosecuted?

Finished it. The ending... my mind is so full of fuck right now.

Make sure you sit through the credits.

Good grief, man!

Never compare a movie to the source material... therin lies the path to disappointment.

They started it

I'm disappointed in what I'm seeing. Looks like they jacked up the source material A LOT.

I don't see a big deal in eating horse (not watching the video, thanks).  But it should be labeled as horse...

of course, of course...

So I'm guessing the asian chick is Yukio (should have had shorter hair, but whatevs), but the chick in the green- is that Viper?

So, to be more precise, what is the exact error you are seeing?

The second issue is that if the whole scene changes, for instance if the show switches cameras, or lets say the action is fast paced, for a brief second the whole screen gets very blocky. I have all the blur options off because 1) they don't work and 2) all the posts I have read said to turn them off. I am not sure if this is a TV problem though  because an Apple TV playing on it rarely does this. My PS3 which is used as a blue ray player, does it a bit. Cable is horrible though, some days worse than others, but it can become very noticeable. Could this be cheap HDMI cables (everything goes through a receiver to the TV)? Does my cable company (Bright House) just really suck? I don't think this is the TV so much just because Apple TV looks great on it.

This is definitely your cable signal. Doubt it's the hdmi cable.

We were invited to the Portalarium offices during SXSW- check it out: http://gamingtrend.com/2013/03/19/richard-garriott-wants-to-bring-the-r-back-into-rpg/

Austin just went bagless. I keep on forgetting to bring my damn bags....

Wii U?

Can you alter the code so that these automated links are set apart from links made by the actual poster? Perhaps no underline, or a shade of the link that's different than normal links and closer to the default forum color for the user's theme.

Currently, it's annoying to try and parse whether the poster intends you to go to a link in his post, or it's an ad. If you refuse to separate the poster created links from the ad links, then that's the point where it becomes obtrusive. Instead, it should be a reasonable time saver to allow someone to quickly click an auto generated link if that post causes him to want to look something up, saves the small amount of time from googling.

Also, make sure that this software is also parsing shopping links posted by users, such as in the steals and deals, adding the GT reference code into them (and also stripping other referral code out). I noticed a while back that some posts on S&D and elsewhere don't have reference info added to the links automatically, and that's where you're more likely to get real sales and referral money.

No way to alter the code- it's injected via our CDN

And yes, it is parsing links already generated but only if they are links that are part of the affiliate group.

We have some special coverage from SXSW on this coming in the next few days!

When I was a kid I lived overseas in West Berlin, and was forced to wait an extra year to see Empire Strikes Back (in English). The nearby youth center ran an essay contest to win 2 tickets to see it the day it came out and I entered and won. Saw the very first matinee they played at the theater, turned around and used my second ticket and saw it again

So when the big reveal hit in the second showing, were you watching the screen or other people's faces?

Actually, I was in denial until Jedi- I was convinced Vader was just fucking with Luke and it totally wasn't true.

So I was looking for proof I was right

Not if you fill the moat with acid 

I wouldn't go that far (he was better than Whoopie), but some of his misses were just as big orbigger than his hits.  That Abe Lincoln joke wasn't funny because it was offensive, it was offensive because it wasn't funny, for example.  Which they knew because of the follow up remark they had ready to go.

OTOH, "We Saw Your Boobs" was hilarious.

I actually thought the Lincoln joke was hilarious. I also loved the Sound of Music gag

I thought he did great. First time I've laughed at an Oscars broadcast in years, possibly ever.

When I was a kid I lived overseas in West Berlin, and was forced to wait an extra year to see Empire Strikes Back (in English). The nearby youth center ran an essay contest to win 2 tickets to see it the day it came out and I entered and won. Saw the very first matinee they played at the theater, turned around and used my second ticket and saw it again

My other observation is that your attitude was condescending, and I didn't care for it.

Okay, maybe that last one is a complaint.

That's a fair cop.

I think it's funny that people think that all social network connectivity means is spamming your twitter and facebook accounts with granular status posts.

I think it's funny that you assume none of us know what social integration is.

Based on what everybody in this thread is complaining about, you don't

I think it's funny that people think that all social network connectivity means is spamming your twitter and facebook accounts with granular status posts.

It sounds more like they are trying to beef up THEIR social network with more practical functionality instead of it being some crap like Home or just a friends list, combined with opt-in ties to external social networks like FB and Twitter, with those ties being more along the lines of scanning those contact lists for PS4 owners and adding them to your PS4 friends list.

Actual status updates and shares will likely only happen when you hit that share button, or manually post video of your gaming sessions (which IMO is MUCH better than "I got this trophy in this game"). Seems like something easy to opt out of.

I think the social integration stuff is important for the kids, so I can see why it keeps getting added to everything, but personally, I don't want the rest of the world knowing how much time I spend gaming.  I imagine this will hold true for the kids as they get older, too.  It seems like this kind of integration is going to be flash in the pan.  We're in the flash now, though.

Good point.  I'm counting on there being an option to disable the public advertising of what I'm doing and playing, and I don't have to link to any social outlets.  But the option is there to have all of that integrated if you wanted.  Would you like to link to your FB, Twitter or Youtube accounts?  No.  And then it would just move onto the next part of the new user setup.

Frankly, social integration is likely going to be part of Microsoft's plan as well. If you think stuff like Facebook and Twitter, etc. are "flash in the pan" welcome to 2 years ago. The various channels have barely scratched the surface of what can be done in terms of targeted marketing, and believe me, THAT is what is driving this more than anything else.

I would as well if the overall price is not too high.  by that I mean over 400.  if they come out with another "five-hundred and ninety-nine US dollars" the internet will implode upon itself. 

No, Sony will implode upon itself. They can't afford to do that again.

I'm also keeping an eye on Target for them to likely eventually clearance their core sets for some fleet building

X-Wing Miniatures Tutorial Video

BTW, if anyone does not have this game, get it.

Got it at Gen Con last year, absolutely love it, can't wait to get a Millenium Falcon and Slave-1

You know what warms my heart? The fact that our front page is beating you guys to the punch on news posting more and more often

Twitter and social media is a big part of this job

I work for a company that focuses on social media- trust me- if the above is true, then your performance on Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. is as much a testament to your ability to do the job as anything else.

What is the gig?

Twitter and social media is a big part of this job

Up your twitter game. They are looking for you to put your money where your mouth is.

Our review is up :http://gamingtrend.com/game_reviews/questlord-the-spirit-of-1980s-rpgs-comes-to-the-ios-review/

Also, we are giving away two codes on our Facebook page!

As for Peter Dinklage, the only role I could think of off the top of my head that would be great for him would be Arcade, but that doesn't seem to make any sense for a time travel plot.  Or maybe they could put a giant goober suit on him and make him Mojo lol.

Puck?

So, I've never read the comics, only seen this storyline on the animated series in the 90s. Will Bishop feature strongly, as he did in the animated series version of this arc?

 

I sincerely doubt it. That was a retrofit of the original comic plot to include a character that came much later.

I mean, the movie is a re-tooling as well, but it seems highly unlikely.

WHERE CAN I BUY THESE!!!!!

Anybody seen this? http://www.questlord.com

"A new turn-based Role Playing Game in the classic style of the legendary Computer Role Playing Games that defined the genre."

Turns out it was made by a friend of a friend of mine We'll be giving away a couple of iOS codes via our Facebook page tomorrow sometime, and a review will be coming soon!

Don't you guys realize that the two party system has been playing 'good cop/bad cop' with us for decades?

[Game]

It's all over, man! All over!

"Game over"

I mean, c'mon....

That trailer had some terrible Duke Nukem voice-overs. 

Also, I know TimeGate Studios is (or was) involved with this game as well.  I'm not sure if TG was only working on multiplayer or if it was the whole game, but it has definitely been worked on by other studios.

Thanks! I was sure of that as well, but couldn't find anything about it.

TimeGate, huh? How the hell did I miss that at E3? Of course, I don't think anybody I worked with is there anymore...