Fun game: Go to the front page of DA, set it to "Newest" and 120 pics at a time, and count how many Naruto pieces of art there are at any given time. Record number for me: 3. But there's always at least one. The gods demand it.

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The thing I like most about "Twilight" is that it's taken a mythical creature largely overlooked in pop culture up until now, the lowly vampire, and has given it the mainstream appeal it richly deserves.

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I'm starting to watch "Twin Peaks" and it's fairly brilliant thus far. Okay, I've only seen the first 40 minutes of the show because the DVD is busted, but I like what I've seen so far.

Seeing as how "Silent Hill" is partially inspired by "Twin Peaks", they should have gotten David Lynch to do the movie, instead of that French dude.

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I'm playing Metal Gear Solid 3 for the first time and I have to say I love it. Some things that irk me about the game, though? Besides the crappy controls (getting shot three times while trying to get out of a crouching position is no fun), there are a lot of anachronisms. A woman lead the Allied Forces to victory in WW2? I'm a strong believer that women can be effective leaders (the US just recently got its first female four star general) but it bites the believability bullet that a woman did anything in the 40's (due to sexism and misogyny) except factory jobs and nursing. These were important to the war effort but women military leaders in the WW2 era? Did Hideo Kojima even study history?

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If I didn't know any better, I'd say Michael Jackson was dead.

What a death of a musical god, though.

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Indy extraordinaire Dave Chisholm ( ) has put together a trade paperback collection of his superb comic, "Let's Go to Utah". I highly recommend purchasing one or more. I know I'm getting a copy.

You can buy it here: [link]

Or pre-order it here (complete with sketch): [link]


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Do you ever go to bed and hope that you never wake up? Welcome to my world.

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