If you like the superhero stuff, I recommend Planet Hulk and the followup, World War Hulk. I wasn't a big Hulk fan, but these are both pretty epic and fun reads.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 11:25 AM on July 1, 2008

Yeah, I would just return it to where you bought it, and get a new one. XBOX360's have a notoriously high fail rate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 5:47 PM on November 12, 2007

Taco potatoes!

Bake your potatoes.
Throw cheese on top.
Add some cooked ground beef.
Cover with salsa.
(Lettuce, sour cream, etc.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 9:33 PM on August 14, 2007

It might be worth reading The Marvel Encyclopedia, and the DC Encyclopedia. Also, Marvel has a comic book called the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe that is a pretty complete rundown of pretty much every character.


Of, if you prefer to read actual comic books, spend a few weekends in Barnes & Noble reading graphic novels.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 5:08 PM on May 18, 2007 marked best answer

Man, The Learning Company made some awesome learning games.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 4:43 PM on April 15, 2007

Why would you do that? WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FROM ME?
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 8:45 AM on April 14, 2007

I prefer just to say "hehhehheh".
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 7:08 PM on December 9, 2006

I have this exact same problem... sort of. I had a playlist of maybe 25 or 30 songs that I used to listen to while playing Diablo II 4 or 5 years ago. To this day, whenever I hear any of them on the radio, I get Bloody Foothills flashbacks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 7:04 PM on December 9, 2006

He's in Georgia, people. I don't think the Prairie Home Companion crap is going to really get him anything.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 5:00 PM on August 6, 2006

The Office - both versions are great
My Name is Earl - best new comedy of last year
Sports Night - written by Aaron Sorkin, fantastic show
Freaks and Geeks - classic
Undeclared - underrated comedy
Veronica Mars - excellent detective show
Battlestar Galactica - best scifi on TV today
Adventures of Briso County, Jr. - newly on DVD
Six Feet Under - great drama
The Simpsons - not mentioned yet,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 3:32 PM on August 6, 2006

Seriously, do what rolypolyman and others have suggested: find a smaller SSA.

I recently had to take the written driver's test here in Minneapolis. I went to one location where the line was at least 100 people long. So I went to another location. 15 people, tops. Totally worth the extra driving time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 3:05 PM on August 6, 2006

Cube Trilogy, sort of? People stuck in close quarters, at any rate.
Saw, in a way?

Keep in mind that both of these are FAR from Twelve Angry Men in style and plot.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 11:37 AM on June 17, 2006

It's probably a processing hub thing, but it could also have been a simple sorting mistake.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 7:19 AM on June 1, 2006

Mafia. Great, underrated game.

It's like GTA, in the 30s. However, it is a bit more plot-driven and linear than GTA, but you can roam around if you want.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 4:35 PM on May 25, 2006

I'm sure Alias has done it at least once, but I don't remember specifics.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 5:03 PM on May 24, 2006

Because that's what preview is for. Once it's posted, there is no editing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 2:39 PM on May 24, 2006

For it to be on Mythbusters, we'd have to make up a myth about it. So think, people!
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 8:13 AM on May 20, 2006

"I liked Mafia, but I couldn't get past the damned race."

I know there was a trick to getting past the race, but I can't quite remember what it was. That damned race stumped me for a while too. I think I had to change my controller setup, from standard WASD to a gamepad. I think that worked.

Or, you can just cheat: (via gamefaqs)

Okay, after you've been driving awhile and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 8:50 AM on April 13, 2006

barjo, AND the mayor. It was when they were all in the car together. We didn't see part of that scene.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:49 PM on March 26, 2006

I really enjoyed the plan. Done properly, the constant shuffling of the hostages would work to inhibit recognition of the terrorists.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:55 PM on March 26, 2006

It was intentional. Just one more thing left out that we get later, I think. Without the mayor threatening him, it came off as a much less malicious meeting than it was. And it kept with the James Bond rule of always using a gadget that you introduce.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:58 PM on March 26, 2006

Did anyone actually think that was them speaking on the bugs? I thought that was pretty weak. It sounded like a political speech, not a group of guys sitting around BS-ing over pizza.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:59 PM on March 26, 2006

Maybe the rabbi WAS one of the people the rich guy screwed over.

*raises eyebrows*
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 4:17 PM on March 26, 2006

The Audible version of Diamond Age was awesome.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 6:17 AM on March 10, 2006

You can get them from Target, too. Just go when they open, and ask. If they don't have a bunch already, they can save you some for tomorrow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 5:43 AM on March 10, 2006

The reason Ennis assumes the worst is because that is the way he feels about being overtly gay. Remember the earlier scene, where he mentions the two old guys who lived near him? One was killed, and left in a ditch.

He knows Jack was more thinly veiled with his sexuality than himself, with the trips to Mexico and whatnot. So he automatically assumes the worst.

I don't really know what to make of that unemotional phonecall. Did she know he was gay?
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 5:41 AM on March 10, 2006

I don't think it is. That's not stopping me from doing it, though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 7:38 AM on March 4, 2006

For the love of God, do not print out the thread. That may be the worst idea I've heard in a looong time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:04 PM on February 12, 2006

That's a sweet Twilight Zone episode.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:53 PM on February 11, 2006

Just a couple of notes on a few of the mentioned ones:

The Dark Tower series -- is really quite good for, oh, the first 5 books or so. But once King inserts himself into his own series, it kind of lost it for me. Great up until then, though.

Both Gormenghast and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell are slooow. Good. But slow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 5:45 PM on February 1, 2006

Does he keep an iron hidden somewhere too? Because, every time I compress my clothes into little wafers, They come out all wrinkly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 10:28 PM on January 28, 2006

Thanks, clarkie! I've been procrastinating on that replacement box for a while now, but with the website, bam!

Personally, I don't like to store my DVDs in a hollowed out human head. But maybe I would if they'd started out in that style.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 10:02 PM on January 27, 2006

I've always pronounced it oo-moo. Just a guess, though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 7:08 AM on January 27, 2006

Well, I've always been dumb. :)
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 9:42 PM on January 27, 2006

Holy balls that's cool.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 7:33 AM on January 27, 2006

That is pretty easy to read, kevin, but it seems like it might be hard to write.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 1:15 PM on January 2, 2006

I have the RoadTrip, and I think it works great.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 9:35 AM on December 14, 2005

Also, sort of a side question, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fast forward. I hold down the forward button...nothing happens until I let go and it goes to the next song. Broken?
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:28 PM on November 9, 2005

But Hitler did love Coke!

I would totally by some blurred shirts. Like a blurred Nike symbol or something semi-readable but not really. Would those be legal?
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 11:55 AM on November 4, 2005

The Apartment
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 8:50 PM on September 16, 2005

I can't tell you about Wal-Mart's, but I can explain Target's policy for you.

If there was a tornado or storm of some sort, we gather the 'guests'/customers in the back of the store. We cannot force them to stay there, but we recommend it, for safety.

If, for example, you set off the door alarm while you leave, you don't have to stick around. If you run for it, there's really nothing Target can do, except probably check the video of your... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 9:37 PM on August 19, 2005

This was just a really hard mission. I recommend skipping it for now, and coming back to the Zero missions later if you're aiming for 100%.

If you run low on cash, and could use the 5k/day it generates, gamble on horses. The third or fourth ranked horse wins 90% of the time, so making a few bets will leave you sitting pretty.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 3:12 PM on July 20, 2005

Damn that movie was awesome.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:39 PM on July 20, 2005

I didn't know two was evil.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 12:05 PM on July 12, 2005

Psychonauts
Ico
MGS2+3
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 7:32 AM on June 25, 2005

We always played the alphabet game (searching for just the letters, not words beginning with the letter. It's a fun game, but there's seroius slowdown at J and Q.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 1:42 PM on June 14, 2005

Hell, we don't care about rude. If we answer questions about STDs, we can answer questions about porn.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 10:19 PM on June 10, 2005

dersins, I've still got that teen orgy "Cold Case" clip somewhere on my desktop. For..uh..research purposes. Yeah.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 10:18 PM on June 10, 2005

Jon-o...you don't need the PIN to charge shit to the card. It just gets treated like a regular credit card pretty much everywhere. (If it is like mine, that is. Mine's VISA-backed, though, so that may be different. But I doubt it.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 10:16 PM on June 10, 2005

Newsdemon. I'm getting all/most of the parts, but the extraction phase is screwing up for some reason.
posted to Ask Metafilter by graventy at 10:22 AM on June 2, 2005