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Kelt · 05-05-2013, 09:53 AM

Girl_On_Fire · 05-05-2013, 04:23 PM

Is it me or is anybody else having difficulty getting into this season of "Dr. Who"?

always2late · 05-08-2013, 12:02 AM

thedivahrrrself · 05-09-2013, 01:13 PM

thedivahrrrself · 05-10-2013, 08:48 AM

Allison W · 05-10-2013, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

LISTEN TO NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is so fucking great. Just a few samples for folks here not familiar with him:

A lecture-series closing speech that has been referred to as a sermon, of all things, and I can see it:

NDT on scientific literacy (a concept I love):

NDT on coming to your senses, about the five human senses, artificial senses, and that "common sense" thing:

NDT on religion in schools (kind of a hot-button issue with "Intelligent Design" and all that):

NDT being awesome on Bill Maher:

There's a lot more out there. I just snagged some highlights.

Allison W · 05-10-2013, 09:42 PM

Pardon the double-post, but I just finished the new Tomb Raider game last night/this morning, and it was pretty great. I didn't play any of the previous installments, but this one actually looked like it was worth playing, and I was definitely not disappointed--it was pretty badass and like playing an action movie (albeit with slower-paced exploration and puzzle segments interspersed with the many high-tension fight and escape sequences, but it works). Lara just keeps getting progressively more fucked up over the course of the game and keeps on truckin' like this is Die Hard or some shit and I loved it. And you know how you get this feeling when a game is nearing the ending, with the buildup of tension leading to the climax and all that? The bulk of the game was like that.

Also, there was an observation Lara made early in the game which I found particularly apt, in response to Dr. Whitman saying of a powerful ancient queen that some said she had shamanistic or elemental power, not just political: "A woman wields that much power and sooner or later it gets called witchcraft."

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Allison W Member How Do You Identify?: TG Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Loner Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 366 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,414 Thanked 1,195 Times in 319 Posts Rep Power: 12203815	Pardon the double-post, but I just finished the new Tomb Raider game last night/this morning, and it was pretty great. I didn't play any of the previous installments, but this one actually looked like it was worth playing, and I was definitely not disappointed--it was pretty badass and like playing an action movie (albeit with slower-paced exploration and puzzle segments interspersed with the many high-tension fight and escape sequences, but it works). Lara just keeps getting progressively more fucked up over the course of the game and keeps on truckin' like this is Die Hard or some shit and I loved it. And you know how you get this feeling when a game is nearing the ending, with the buildup of tension leading to the climax and all that? The bulk of the game was like that. Also, there was an observation Lara made early in the game which I found particularly apt, in response to Dr. Whitman saying of a powerful ancient queen that some said she had shamanistic or elemental power, not just political: "A woman wields that much power and sooner or later it gets called witchcraft."