ThisDudeRufus's discussions

Oh, they'll have a welcome home at the Hystry Channel. Maybe Dyscuvry. Read more

The Booster Gold show really needs to be the Booster Gold and Blue Beetle show. Read more

The Japanese are ahead of the curve again, I see.

Looks more like Commander Riker than Russell Crowe. Read more

How terrifying.

Well, specifically you. I'd meet EVE Online players any minute of the day. But you? Oh man, my keyboard quakes at the thought... Read more

If I had any interest in meeting you people in real life, I wouldn't be on a computer right now. Read more

Hey, I'd buy a ticket for that movie.

I maintain - do what Jonathan Frakes wanted, only make it an anime so they aren't restricted by effects budgets as much. It could have the flash and color of the new movie, but with a unique style that isn't beholden to the movie. Read more

How very Floydian.

io9: The Show! Read more

Ask I learned from io9 long ago, it got worse.

So I'm about halfway through the video, and I have to ask, what kind of 'problem' is he describing, exactly? I can't seem to think of a time where I've had two weeks to come up with a solution for something without a series of intermediate steps. Is he speaking about writers, for the most part? Read more

After the firecracker goes off, you can see the balloon settle and deflate slightly. I'm guessing that the laser still weakened the spot enough to let the air out. Read more

"I've always wanted to dance before an executive audience..." Read more

I have a feeling io9 already did a thing on this, but Samsung actually cited 2001 when it contested Apple's copyright on the iPad concept. Read more

Color correction. It's always color correction. Read more

As opposed to an ironic motor, which could get us to the moon on a tenth of a liter of PBR. Read more

The choice confused me at first, too, but I guess the point is that actual, mundane reality is actually really bizarre sometimes, and a fantasy writer shouldn't get complacent and say "See, I put a wizard in there! Now I'm cookin' with gas!" Read more

It's like Deng Xiaoping said, "I don't care if the cat is white or black, as long as it doesn't get eaten by the xenomorph". Read more