Tel Aviv

Mass Effect's piss poor planetary side quests.

Radiohead - The Amazing Sounds of Orgy Best b-side ever, man.

Daggerfall was quite impressive for its time and a step in the right direction, even if it had too many flaws to be considered a great game. It was also ugly as sin, and catastrophically buggy. Morrowind on the other hand is game that "fixed" what was good about Daggerfall, and kept the crap as a central gameplay feature. Oblivion, I'd say it's a slightly better Morrowind. I dunno, Pidy. I kinda regard Oblivion as a simplified Morrowind. Morrowind places greater importance on class. The choice and level of major and minor skills determines the guilds you can join and the position you can progress to, whereas Oblivion doesn't give two hoots who you are, you can join any guild willy-nilly, irrespective of class (Knights of the Nine rectified this, I think, taking into account player infamy). In art design terms too, Oblivion aside, Cyrodiil's a generic fantasy land in comparison to Morrowind.

Check out those cans! What... anime is this, incidentally?

I know. What gives with that? Revy obviously had fuzzy feelings for Rock. But when Yukio showed up I figured her the romance interest instead but no, nothing came of that either... . What gives? Slug, was it you who recommended Gankutsuou? That too is great and, bizarrely enough, it's by far the most accurate (and fruity) take on Monte Cristo I've seen.

I thought nub was like... a superfluous third nip.

Initially, I figured Black Lagoon a plumb duff of the highest caliber. Gee whiz, was I wrong. It won me other big time and I'm ashamed to say it was the mild fan service what did it, err... amongst other things. I'm a man, damn it! Can anyone recommend me something similar?

The Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta Cool beans.

Xard? What the hell? David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

Leave him alone, you jerk! Man, Carth gets such a bad rap. He's like the Oswald of computer gaming... if Oliver Stone is to be believed.

Radiohead - Down is the New Up Easy to see why this almost made it on to In Rainbows.

What, Trans-Atlantic Drawl? It's an Amnesiac b-side, bro. Amnesiac has perhaps the best Radiohead b-sides. Check out Cuttooth if you haven't already, it was culled from the album at last minute. Great song though. Battles - Atlas (live on Jools Holland)

Radiohead - Trans-Atlantic Drawl

MATT DAMON! Hmm. That's... that's not as funny when typed.

Battles - Tonto

Planetes. I've not been this impressed by an anime since I first saw Cowboy Bebop. The last third is especially impressive, .

The Divine Comedy - In Pursuit Of Happiness "Don't be surprised if millions die in plague and murder. True happiness lies beyond your fries and Happy Burger"

BG2. Jaheira's romance is severely underrated and I bet she's a devil in the sack. ...I need a girlfriend.

Best Fallout ever!

Thanks Slug. I'll wiki all of these, Tengen Toppen Gurren Lagann especially. Last Exile I have already. Like a lot of anime it gets a little wacky towards the end. Great stuff though. I guess Ergo Proxy gave me a taste for something futuristic with a strong sense of art direction. I don't mind if it's steam or cyberpunk though, I'll take whatever I can gets.

Do any of you jerks know of some quality sci-fi anime? Slug, you seem a discerning viewer, what do you recommend?

Ergo Proxy flummoxed me up good and proper. Maybe Musty can clue me in. I enjoyed it plenty howevers, even if the protagonists are an unlikable bunch at times. It reminded me of Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Letham actually. Is that a spoiler? I'll spoilerize it... to be sure.

Jonny Greenwood - Future Markets From the There Will Be Blood soundtrack.

Anyone familiar with Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian? I've read The Road and No Country For Old Men, I figure Blood Meridian's next.

Bowie - Candidate