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  1. Wombat

    Almost Human

    Well, eventually they got to answering these questions! Over at theavclub, they said the pilot's twist ending that was cut was finding out... Kennex's dad was a robot, or at least a robot duplicate of him exists, which brings even more Fringe-duplication into the picture. If you haven't...
  2. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    We're all in agreement that what they are showing now is the "oh crap emergency power outage" footage that they have been forced to use because they ran out of anything else 30 mins ago, right?
  3. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    What a crock on this Coke ad, we don't have black people outside of Milwaukee. (Seriously, there are so few blacks in Green Bay that there's a "roster" of black chicks there that the players rotate through for lack of anyone else.)
  4. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Is this really worse than 01's Ravens murder Giants? Honest question.
  5. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Is this the Super Bowl or a really high-res version of this week's "Breaking Madden"?
  6. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    So how long until all we have left is arguing over which SB this has been the worst since? I don't think it will top 03's "Err, Gruden knows all our plays", but the score looks closer to 01's "Ray Lewis murders Kerry Collins".
  7. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Wow this game is over already.
  8. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Manning-bot had better update his algorithms quickly, because this is rapidly getting out of hand.
  9. Wombat

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Supposedly they are all over Best Buys, and I actually saw two at the local Target today. If they are regularly in stock now,then the numbers for February and beyond should be an "accurate" view of demand.
  10. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Forget the snow, the only factor that matters is wind. If the winds are 15+ mph, I give it to Seattle. Otherwise, the Broncos win by 10. With the current weather forecast, I am going with the Broncos.
  11. Wombat

    Community

    Just because Glover and Oliver have similar last names doesn't mean they're interchangeable. Otherwise, I thought it was pretty meh, though Britta paying the deaf girl off was a pretty great move. (I'm not entirely sure I like 'Competent Britta'. I kind of liked that one Hollywood show would...
  12. Wombat

    Which Mass Effect installment is your favorite?

    Yes, they could have "fixed" the Mako... simply by cutting the size of each world down by 50% (or more) and having areas that you had to look around for the right valleys to get into. The problem was less the Mako's controls than the total time you had to spend in the thing to find everything.
  13. Wombat

    Which Mass Effect installment is your favorite?

    ME1. Then again, I'm on record (not that FoH exists anymore, but whatever) as saying every Bioware game is worse than the last one since at least KotOR. ME1 has flaws - the shooting is terrible (since in truth all they did was bolt on some weak realtime projectiles to the KotOR engine)...
  14. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I've got it on in the background on mute. I think I'm turning the sound on! Massive improvement from the Pro Bowl this year!
  15. Wombat

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Just because one of his numbers was right doesn't mean the other one is. I've never seen a PS4 in the wild. Ever. Whereas the Target I hit tonight had 5 XB1s sitting on the shelves, and I've seen dozens if not hundreds over the last couple months at various stores*, again, compared to zero...
  16. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    He was getting some action in the restroom. Insert joke about male stewards here.
  17. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Can NFL players stop doing the shoelace bit when they get the wind knocked out of them? They aren't fooling anyone.
  18. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Yep, make everything reviewable, but keep the 2/3 limit. It might make games five minutes longer, but fixes egregious errors like that.
  19. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Have we entered the "Holy shit this game is getting out of hand, refs call fouls on Denver" phase of the game? I am sorely tempted to switch my pick to 49ers. Wilson hasn't been great and no Harvin, and the 49ers have been to this rodeo. But I just think home field wins out by two points or so.
  20. Wombat

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    We've covered this before. Sure, smartphone chip technology continues to evolve, but heat dissipation, battery life, and file distribution (some PS4 games are 40 Gigs!) are much bigger issues than people consider. Not to mention control scheme problems and network reliability. The games...
  21. Wombat

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    As Sean said, last month was actually Wii U's best month, though it appears to be below every December the Gamecube had. (Note that December was great for the Wii U in Japan as well; it has then collapsed in January.) At this point, the Wii U appears to do Dreamcast numbers most months...
  22. Wombat

    2014 Oscars

    Not saying anything about relative quality, but Captain Phillips' and The Butler's weak showings reinforce that Ocasr Bait-y movies should only premiere in December. And to reiterate, to a large degree the Oscars are about voting blocks, and the Brits threw everything behind Philomena...
  23. Wombat

    Archer

    Well, they certainly shut me the hell up. Yeah, the ending was awkward, but you can't blame them for thinking the audience might be left undecided, especially after the bait-and-switch of all the office-set promos.
  24. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Yeah, Butler just saved the Chargers at least three points there. Hell of a catch.
  25. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    They entirely committed to stopping the run. Also, as I've already mentioned, everyone on the defense is either injured or mediocre. Sure as hell looks like its 1-2, 1-2 next week. Just because it doesn't happen often doesn't mean you should assume it doesn't happen ever.
  26. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Guys, I don't know how to describe what I'm feeling tonight. It feels dirty, and just...wrong. I kind of want the Patriots to win tonight, because I'm not sure Brady sees another AFC Championship game again, and because Luck will see at least half of them for the next decade. Ugh, I feel...
  27. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    I've changed my mind: I don't trust the Panthers with a gimpy/no Steve Smith over the 49ers. I still don't trust the Colts without TY Hilton over the Patriots. I still don't trust the Saints to have a better run game than the Seahawks. I still don't trust the Chargers to overpower a fired up...
  28. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Err, you do realize that the Bears and the Packers only play two times a year in the regular season, right? That even if the Bears scored 1,000 points per game, that the Packers still play 14 other games? I've stopped assuming any competence when it comes to your statements, so I am legitimately...
  29. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Like I said a couple weeks back, GB and the rest of the NFC North hope Chicago overpays all their veterans. Them turning into Atlanta North (two great WRs, good but not top tier QB, and no depth after that) has been fantastic to watch.
  30. Wombat

    Justified (Season 5 - Jan 7th)

    So Dave Foley is a Canadian Mob Boss. I love this season already.
  31. Wombat

    NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

    Please tell me the teams interviewing Jim Caldwell are just satisfying the Rooney Rule. The Manning-less season was a train wreck. Put me down for uncertain with playoff expansion as well. Frankly, this year would be pretty descriptive - you catch the rare 10-6+ team that doesn't make the...
  32. Wombat

    Should I buy a Wii U? Looking for pros and cons.

    The con is that the system sales areterrible. Nintendo will be lucky to turn this into a Gamecube-level also ran. In the short term, it means that Nintendo will have to cut the price again (though with the level of hardware you have, I doubt you care); in the long term, it means that there will...
  33. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Losing by 3 points is better than I thought that'd go. I still like every home team next week, though they should all be good games. Remember, the Chargers beat Denver in Denver a couple weeks back.
  34. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    The historic playoff formula is running game and defense. In that system, one of the best QBs in the league is Alex Smith. The larger trend that I think hasn't been investigated enough is if the NFL has turned into the NBA without our noticing - that to win, you need to get lucky at QB with...
  35. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    This going to be like a 10-7 game at halftime that turns into 42-38 final score, isn't it.
  36. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    True, the seeding rarely works out, but this year seems to be the exception. No one has gotten hot recently, and the seeds are largely as they should be. So all things equal, I am giving the win to the team without the travel and at home. E.g. I think the Seahawks and 49ers are basically...
  37. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    Are we really not doing a playoff thread? Going with: WC Colts over Chiefs Eagles over Saints Bengals over Chargers 49ers over Packers DIV Broncos over Colts Patriots over Bengals Seahawks over 49ers Panthers over Eagles XFC Broncos over Patriots Seahawks over Panthers...
  38. Wombat

    Community

    That bugged the shit out of me. It was clearly stated back in thee pilot that he had a law degree (he just faked the Bachelor's required to be admitted to law school), and the whole "Graduate from community college to practice law" was clearly predicted on having the middle step (law school)...
  39. Wombat

    2013 NFL Season

    The hyper-democrat dinging someone for (potentially) being gay? That's our Araysar! As for the game, yeah, I'm obviously hoping the cold is a factor. With the number of defensive guys hurt, I don't think it will be enough of a factor (and am frankly shocked how many people are picking Green...
  40. Wombat

    2014 Show to start again when thread...

    Err, you do notice that between Jan 25 and Feb 26 there are a total of two things on the list - and one of those is just on the internet! But for your larger point, its a no-win situation, as its the end of sweeps. From what I've seen, most networks are taking a grab bag approach, with new...