J.T.

Well, my point with the mic is that communication is key and in order to find a group of people you can trust, you may have to make a new friend or two and God forbid that you actually have to talk to someone. Tassi swears that Matchmaking is the answer to everything while being ignorant of the fact that not all players are helpful and as a matter of fact, there is a disproportionate amount of players out there that revel in discord. The ease of constant Matchmaking is hampered by the number of times you will have to cancel out of something because of quitters, idlers, team killers, and griefers until you FINALLY end up in a queue with players that are competent and even then there may be a language barrier or huge age discrepancy that some players hate. I'm not going to be lectured about gameplay by someone young enough to be my kid.

That is Sam Esmail's dilemma. He has to try to encapsulate the very things that make hacker counter-culture so interesting to the casual eye while dealing with the fact that their primary activity is about as captivating as eating a raisin. The price of failure is dramatic and the planning of a good hack can be a boost but the execution, not so much. It is funny how casually the word "social" is used in this show. It means two totally different things to hackers and non-hackers. Eliot cannot relate to people as human beings but as a hacker, he values the very personal things he finds out about them because information is the hacker's currency and it gives you a great deal of influence over them. The rub being that he has a wealth of information about the people around him, but he really doesn't know them at all. This came back to bite Eliot on the ass when he took Vera's lack of command of social media to be stupidity and completely dismissed Vera as a common thug, only to find out to his horror what the real Vera was truly capable of and how smart he really was.

There aren't too many things that make me happier than a Paul Tassi apology article in Forbes. I Am Dumb. Maybe Bungie Was Right About How They Do Matchmaking In Destiny. How sheltered is this guy not to realize the zero-sum game that is Destiny matchmaking. The time you think you will save by everything being matchmade will be lost in the aggravation of having to deal with idlers, griefers, team killers, and people that plain ol' have no idea what they're doing. And God forbid that you *gasp* actually have to interact with another human being while recruiting for a raid or Trials. THEY MIGHT EVEN REQUIRE YOU TO USE A MIC~!

I just think the Ally achievements are dumb because of my OCD. I am dumb and like dramatic effect so I cannot resist taking Liara along to Noveria and Ilos and I start to feel bad if I haven't used a particular character for a long period of time, so I'll break out Garrus and Tali out for Virmire since they've been on the ship chillin' since Therum / Feros

I'll be re-visiting Story Mode very soon to finish my 100% Completion playthrough. I have to find the Stunt Jumps, win one more motorcycle race, complete the Strangers & Freaks bullshit, and beat the story missions. Saint's Row and Watch Dogs are still in my muscle memory, so it is pretty embarrassing to discover just how rusty I am at simply keeping a car going straight. Haven't even tried taking Trevor up to Sandy Shores to pilot a helicopter or a prop-job.

Every two months I look at my ME achievements and think wouldn't it be great to go back and get all of those Ally achievements? And then I come back to my senses.

I think that Mudge says in the documentary that they did their best to avoid making computer intrusion look like magic and he pointed to War Games as the wellspring of the hacker mystique as well as a continued source of frustration for computer security professionals that got into the industry thinking it was a non-stop thrill ride. I have my EHC and have broken into a system or two during network intrusion testing and the act of breaking into a computer is about as exciting as watching grass grow and you will rarely come across the times where you are actively trying to stop an intrusion in real-time as Eliot does with the first fsociety hack on Evil Corps. .

HOLY SHIT PEOPLE SUIKODEN 2 IS ON SALE FOR AS LITTLE AS THREE AMERICAN DOLLARS ON PSN WHY ARE YOU NOT PLAYING IT~??

John Wick does have some scenes that were shot in NYC. The Continental Hotel (which most people assume is the Flatiron on Fifth) is actually The Beaver Building on 1 Wall Street Court. The really horrible thing about this movie is that it has a very interesting premise that was totally betrayed in the complete shit way the plot set you up for the ending. This would've been so much better if it had just been a buddy cop movie with an actual villain.

Two deal breakers spitting great lines in a movie that could be fucking awesome. Son of a bitch.

Mr. Robot and Suits start up next Wednesday on USA. Dark Matter and Killjoys started their new seasons on July 1st on Syfy! FUCK YEAH~!

Watch the new behind-the-scenes documentary. It is fucking aces. I was shocked to see Mudge from Lopht Heavy Industries and Dark Tangent talking about the technical aspects of the show because I've met both of those guys at DefCon and HOPE. Those guys are legit internet boogeymen, but they are really old school. Eliot's skills are going to have to evolve to handle new tech if he is going to maintain his street cred. He is going to have to add mobile device and cloud cracking to his resume in order to stay relevant.

NOW it is the end of an era. I have platinumed SR: The Third. After ragequitting nearly three years to the day, I returned to my SR3 playthrough to finish up Sad Panda Skyblazin'. Had to do that shit in two parts to get the achievements. 1) Hit all of the rings and fail the event. 2) Kill all rooftop mascots & tick the landing on Magarac island. Since SR4 controls were still in my muscle memory, it was time to knock out Gangstas In Space and The Trouble With Clones. Yeah, the Kill Seven Space Amazons With Melee Attacks did not sit well with me given that they were actresses on a movie set. Even if they were female aliens, I was not raised to shoot DDT a woman; even one that is armed with a laser pistol. For a game that professes to be unapologetic an filthy, I was bummed that my DudeShep did not put a move on Jenny.. Until we pulled the Flash Gordon and spiked the asshole director with our spaceship. Never ask the cray cray out for dinner.. The Kill 15 Cameramen achievement was fucking awesome. The Director screaming CUT TO CAMERA 1~! and STOP SHOOTING DOWN MY CAMERAMEN~! whenever I would murder one of the grip crew was Number One and the Best. The Trouble With Clones was waaay too short. The fight at Technically Legal was sweet. I hit the Bombs Away Drop and a Flying Clothesline on SWAT Team members. I could deal with Kill 15 Guardsmen at Technically Legal because 1) They were armed 2) Guardsmen in the game are always male so I'm not striking a woman and 2) I'm not fond of cops anyway. Even less so given the news of the past 24 hours. I really, really, really hate Jimmy as a narrator. Two achievements gave me pause 1) I thought that I was going to have to shoot down five Steelport Guard Attack Choppers with the Swarminator, but my Annihilator magically appeared in my hands, so I was good. 2) The Destroy 45 Guard Vehicles thing got dicey because the smart rockets would track targets I locked onto instead of the closest targets so explosions would hit behind targets that were still shooting at me. I thought I was going to run out of time before finding a good cluster of vehicles to blow up and hit the magic number. While under the influence of Saint's Flow, I kept forgetting that I could only Super Sprint and throw fireballs. I kept trying Super Jump at the worst times. I'm assuming that Johnny Tag and Jimmy bit the dust when Zinyak destroyed Earth. God, I miss my SR3 clothing, especially Crooks & Castles kicks and the Heydey Super Shifts. Oh the corners that got cut in this game. The re-use of the penthouse floor plan for all of the upgradable safehouses, no flags for my Saints crew cars patrolling the streets. Bwah,.....

THE SUPEREST OF SUPERGROUPS~! DON'T HATE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TIX~!

JT HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE~!

IIRC, BEs only count for the detonator. The primer only gets credit for an assist. Yes, you can detonate someone else's primer because that is how it works in Campaign mode. Now you know why I hold particular contempt for Asari Vangards as they are the perfect killstealers for someone playing a pure Adept or a Biotic Sentinel. Biotic Grenades that detonate Biotic primers should count as Grenade Kills but I am not certain as it has been ages since I last played ME3 co-op.

I hate unpacking. I finally got to the last box of books that I moved from my apartment to my new house and there is the paperback millionth re-issue copy of The Worm Ouroboros that I have had snce college. Now I have to read it again. Still hard to believe that the original print date was 1922.

So the answer is a resounding NO. Sad because I counted on Star Ocean to be my replacement for Phantasy Star when the makers of Phantasy Star went retarded and turned a perfectly good sci-fantasy RPG franchise into a shitty MMO.

It's not a useless weapon if you know what you're doing, but you don't find too many Javelin experts out there. I've never used the Javelin in Campaign mode because by the time I get to Rannoch, I've already got the Black Widow or am using the Indra as a quasi assault rifle. In co-op, it is obvious that Geth characters will make the best use out of it especially if they max out the Networked AI tree to add bonus damage to Geth weapon use, but the Javelin is so fucking heavy that most self-respecting Engineers or Soldiers will spec up the Pulse Rifle in order to have rapid use of Overload and the Flamer respectively. IMO, the only character that can efficiently use a Javelin is a Geth Infiltrator and even they are better off using the Pulse Rifle or the Plasma Shotgun in most cases. The weapon already gives you Geth Sight when using the scope and you already get that when you are in Hunter Mode, but there is more to the Hunter Mode perk than the lowlight vision. It also helps with Movement Speed, Rate of Fire and Damage output which is key when lugging this dumb heavy rifle that takes forever to vent when you pop out the thermal clip. The only downside to extensive use of Hunter Mode is that some players the HUD symbols distracting and it can be a targeting detriment if you are on a map with a harsh weather effect. The Javelin has one of the best cover penetration rates of any heavy sniper and the delayed fire is a minor thing to deal with because you are not going to be using this thing like a Viper or an Indra. You're going to sight down on a stationary enemy in cover and blow him a way with a precise headshot thanks to the enhanced scope that paints your target in that lovely neon red halo. You can still double tap and use the SR penetration mod and sacrifice a little damage for the ability to shoot through nearly anything, but then you are messing with your ability to do damage to armor unless you've specced Networked AI to compensate for the damage dropoff. I think the best mods for the Javelin are the Lightweight materials (to give you at least a little more cooldown) and the extra thermal clip mod to compensate for the feast or famine nature of the weapon thanks to the slow ROF and low ammo count before thermal clip ejection is required..

That was a typo. I was referring to BFG competing with Dory.

Well, shit. Down to the cellar I go since Dory is also going to punish the box office receipts of BFG and Tarzan and Civil War was my #1 blockbuster pick. Who at Disney thought it was a bright idea to schedule BFG so close to Finding Dory? Your biggest competition on opening weekend is coming from your own company and that competition is now the biggest money maker of the season! What a nightmare this summer is. Movies you thought were going to at least get lukewarm to slightly negative receptions are getting savaged and the 4th of July go to the movies hype is like zero.

What he said. While I like the idea of a movie about the Miracle on the Hudson, Eastwood still has a hand in it and it seems like it is Clint's new life's mission to be the right wing foil to Oliver Stone with each guy taking a notable American figure and turning them into an ideological urban legend or a folk hero. Stone has done it with Jim Garrison and Eric Snowden and now Clint is doing it with Chris Kyle and Chelsey Sullenberger.

Sweet! I was sorta hoping that movie would be awesome. Thanks for the stellar review!

Defenders really shine in Rift and Control. Strategic Bubbles placed on enemy rifts or on a capture zone during your defensive sequence pay huge dividends. I don't think that WoL is undervalued in PvP. Squishy Hunters and Warlocks prefer Blessings of Light for the overshield and defensive power. I've only found WoL to be beneficial in PVP when the Defender is in a coordinated fireteam and we're all working together with a solid game plan. There are some good hidey holes for snipers in Pantheon and Dungeons but I made a career out of flanking and murdering snipers thanks to High AGI build Hunters and map familiarity and not being dumb enough to rush back into a killzone shortly after being caught flat footed. For the life of me, I don't know why players zoom back to the exact same spot where they were recently kacked.

*sigh* The end has come. I am a complete idiot because I don't shop extensively enough at Let's Pretend or Leather & Lace or Nobody Loves Me. I look all over for the perfect super hero outfit and the Sim Suit is right there at NLM. I need to pay more attention to the photos in the Gallery or something. I suddenly get stoked because it looks like this shit is going to be ME3 Citadel and I get to form parties with all of my SUPER HOMIES~! That feeling goes away quickly. Part One of the Grand Finale consists of me blowing shit up while Asha and Matt Morgan drive a truck... Really?. Asha and Matt go super and hold the enemies at bay while CID and I go to insert the Key. Noble, but I have a feeling that I will need a little help inside. Yep. Zinyak is throwing the fucking kitchen sink at me. Lightning Buff is my best friend right now. I love you so much, Lightning Buff. Shit dies by the dozens and CID takes his sweet time dealing with the Key but the timer expires, we flip the switch, and we're good to go to Round 2. The Zin Matrix is nearly fubar now. Shaundi, Pierce, and I get a badass slow walking cutscene and then we go to work. This is more of what I hoped for in Part One. Super jumps and fire blasts and mass murder. PAUL MAKES A RUN IN AND GIVES ME A THUMBS UP~! What would a SR finale be without me and Johnny Gat killing dudes? And Ben Mother Fucking King is there too! Upgrading the Zin weapons pays off as my dual wield Alien SMGs obliterate everything in front of me and the hotter they get, the more damage they do. I finally find power armor and I now know why The Touch by Stan Bush is on the soundtrack. Hey, I am complete shit when it comes to freefalling in power armor! It takes me three tries but I finally crack the code. Hey, it is the boss battle with Zinyak! WHERE IN THE FUCK DID HE GET A MECH~? No matter, Buff is still my friend and now it is time for Fire. Zinyak has not heard of Damage over Time, but the devs have. I should've known this shit wasn't going to be simple. Zinyak puts up a force field and fucking sends explosive CIDs after me and I have to catch them with my TK and throw them back at him. It's like the devs figured out in advance out that TK was not going to be my go to super power. So much for that bonus 10 point achievement for killing Zinyak in under five minutes. The Saints come in like the cavalry and it is all over and it is now time to put Zinyak's ass away once and for all. I knew this game was violent but I didn't expect to Sub Zero spine rip fatality this asshole and show the head to the rest of the Zin like I am Conan The Barbarian. My dad has the unfortunate luck to watch in as my triumphant DudeSaint parades around with the grisly trophy and his priceless expression is a combination of I AM GOING TO BE SICK~! and WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU~? This is the same man that saw combat in Nam during the fucking Tet and can watch surgical procedures on television while eating pizza, but somehow cartoon violence sets him off...He feels better when I tell him that I don't play these sorts of games around my kid. That is a grey truth as I only shoo her out of the room during naughty sexual bits. Like any decent, red-blooded American, I am perfectly fine with her watching me blow things up. Usually she is the one picking out the best targets. I am okay with the adult language so long as she doesn't repeat anything she hears around me or any grown-ups. An important caveat because she is a 13 year old and has probably told someone to Fuck Off by now on the ride home on the big yellow school bus and yeah, some kids need to be told to Fuck Off.. RIP, Zinyak. All hail DudeShep aka Riddick~! I get the achievements for beating the game and beating the game with all loyalty missions done. So the final cutscene is a fucking Soul Train line-up. At least they're dancing to Montell Jordan...Matt Morgan tries to do the Kid & Play leg through the leg thing and fails miserably which is better than Gat who has NO RHYTHM AT ALL~! If I were Daniel Dae Kim, I'd be pissed off. Of all of the girls on the squad, I expected Shaundi to be the freak but KINZIE TWERKS HER ASS OFF~! and then gets embarrassed. Teacup, girl! KEITH DAVID IS A DANCING MACHINE WHAT THE FUCK~!!!! Zinyak goes old school and breaks out the Worm, but it is like 20 or so years too late for that shit. Oh, well. It never stopped Scotty 2 Hotty for using it as a finisher. Rob Van Dam is the voice of Bobby? Who the fuck is... Oh... Bobby is the Genkibowl announcer that is supposed to sound like Hulk Hogan.. The folks at Volition are awesome and give Michael Duncan Clark a posthumous voice credit for Ben King. Shit gets somber but the room does not get dusty. I still have a hard time believing that Neil Patrick Harris came back to do voice work for DJVC. How is it that he is cool enough to come back and Mila Kunis and Eliza Dushku (who could probably use a paycheck) are MIA? Ronnie Yuan, Johnny Yong Bosh, and Will Yun Lee are not just random dudes yet they do random voices in a video game and have their names buried in the credits. So, I'm now the ruler of the Zin Empire and we're going to bring back humanity by traveling through time and cloning the greatest personalities of the past... Starting with JANE AUSTEN~? WHO HAS BEEN MY NARRATOR THE ENTIRE TIME~! I wonder what her estate would think about her virtual representation being naked and hibernating in a hyperbaric chamber? I have seen portraits of her on the internet and I don't recall her being that cute. Jesus, Enter The Dominatrix and How The Saints Saved Christmas both cost seven US dollars and the Season Pass is like fifteen? Why doesn't Microsoft put the DLCs for the current Free Game With Gold on sale? So much for those other DLC achievements...