I've swapped in an unblocked Vimeo embed... Fingers crossed this one stays up.

I'll grant you that early Wonder Woman comics often played up bondage themes, but I haven't seen that exploitation post-Crisis.

I can't speak for all DC superheroes, but I think several good writers have really given Wonder Woman a well-rounded personality. Conversely, some have made her flat as paper. Still, I admire the character. If she had consistently good writing and a few top-notch villains (Cheetah's good, but the others are somewhat lacking) she'd be a top seller every month.

For a while Joss Whedon was attached to a Wonder Woman live-action film, but he's not now. If they could get him back I'm sure it would be a great film, and Wonder Woman's popularity would skyrocket like Batman's did after the Nolan films. Unfortunately the WW film is still in development hell, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.>> ^xxovercastxx:

I was pretty much a Marvel-only type of kid; the two-dimensional DC characters could never hold my attention.
That said, early Wonder Woman stories were (in)famous for being riddled with bondage & domination themes. WW lost her powers when she was tied up, so she was constantly being chained, cuffed and restrained. It was no accident; her creator was very open about his intent and (confusingly) somehow felt that women being tied up was empowering them.
Power Girl was a parody of the over-sexualization of women in comics right from the get-go, but became very popular in spite of it.
>> ^kronosposeidon:
Superhero comics are pretty much where US comics started (the Golden Age). In the superhero genre I like Wonder Woman, but I'll be the first to admit that story quality has varied wildly over the years. That's what happens when you have a character who's almost 70 years old: You get good writers, and you get bad writers. Same goes for the artists. Maybe the whole superhero-type mythology ain't your bag, but that's cool. To each his own.
I don't see the softcore porn aspect that you mention, at least not in the superhero comics I've read, and I've read a lot of Wonder Woman, and a little Batman, Superman, and Green Lantern. (I stick to the DC universe. It's hard to keep up with just one universe of superheroes. Learning the Marvel characters would be too much for my poor brain.) You'll see some ample cleavage with some of the ladies (Wonder Woman and Power Girl, I'm looking at you), but never more than that, and no sexual body parts of either sex are ever grabbed or fondled. That's what I think of when you say "softcore."
I like other types of comics and graphic novels too, but I think I've established my nerd credentials by now.

While playing the new content, my wife said to me "I can't believe I even played this game before." That's how good the new content is.

I have to admit, I look back at the original game, and I wonder the same thing.

>> ^Jinx:

Its amazing how much hard work people put themselves through to play WoW.
I've tried it multiple times on various trials and offers and each time I burn out somewhere in the mid20s. Leveling just isn't fun, too much of that game seems boring and repetitive. It frustrates me that they go to so much effort to great such a amazing vast world but then fail to make the gameplay or leveling etc at all engaging. And then they ask you to pay for it.
To enjoy SC2 I think you really have to enjoy playing games competitively. Its nowhere near the vastness of WoW and it just doesn't offer the same escapism, but the adrenaline rush I get from winning SC2 games is really beyond compare. I haven't even completed the campaign, the only progression I care about is ladder ranking.
Different games for different gamers I guess. Got fingers crossed for Guild Wars 2 though.

Its amazing how much hard work people put themselves through to play WoW.

I've tried it multiple times on various trials and offers and each time I burn out somewhere in the mid20s. Leveling just isn't fun, too much of that game seems boring and repetitive. It frustrates me that they go to so much effort to great such a amazing vast world but then fail to make the gameplay or leveling etc at all engaging. And then they ask you to pay for it.

To enjoy SC2 I think you really have to enjoy playing games competitively. Its nowhere near the vastness of WoW and it just doesn't offer the same escapism, but the adrenaline rush I get from winning SC2 games is really beyond compare. I haven't even completed the campaign, the only progression I care about is ladder ranking.

Different games for different gamers I guess. Got fingers crossed for Guild Wars 2 though.

>> ^40_Minus_1:

Anyway to confirm whether or not that guy lived? People who are kicked in the noggin by a horse kind of have an unfortunate tendency to die from it.


Fingers crossed.

Hopefully this one won't have some stupid protection with limited activations, I skipped Bioshock because of that, and it did look a nice game... Hopefully it will end up on Steam, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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I do think it would be pretty big news. Here's this paragon of heterosexual manliness that we're being compared to by Proctor & Gamble - it would be sweet, sweet, sweet if he was gay- and it would help us schlubby pear-bodies out with our SOs as well.>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

>> ^Xax:
>> ^dag:
Is the Old Spice guy gay?

Fingers crossed, am I right?!?

Right. And I'd only need him to be gay for an hour or so, then the straights could have him back.

>> ^Xax:

>> ^dag:
Is the Old Spice guy gay?

Fingers crossed, am I right?!?

Right. And I'd only need him to be gay for an hour or so, then the straights could have him back.

>> ^dag:

Is the Old Spice guy gay?


Fingers crossed, am I right?!?

This is great! Fingers crossed for the Supreme Court.

I must LoL at the toss from Sanchez too... "Hey you, reporter.... do some reporting for us!"

I, too, loved Goldeneye but didn't understand it being touted as "revolutionary" and game changing. This looks like it might be pretty fun to play.

With that said, I wish Nintendo would re-release Tetrisphere for the Wii virtual console. That game was an absolute blast, and was truly the next evolution of Tetris in every sense of the word. And I didn't even care for the first Tetris that much.

I guess I can continue keeping my fingers crossed.

Looks so much better than the last several. I ended up getting bored with Twilight Princess, Windwaker didn't appeal to me at all, and Majora's Mask was a huge step down from Ocarina. Maybe this will be the next REALLY great Zelda game. Fingers crossed, lol.

Thanks! Fingers crossed!

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Alright, we're all onboard. Let's hope this gets a vote. *Promote the first Aussie rock band exports!

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And he did. Yay!>> ^dag:
Fingers crossed for Waltz to get an Oscar tonight.

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Fingers crossed for Waltz to get an Oscar tonight.