Comedy
In mid-September we discussed a case of mistaken identity at White Castle; the The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker–shaped hole in the Postmodem family, which game may or may not be excellent, and also the other 3D Zeldas; the flaws and virtues of the Wii; the pervasive culture of design-by-project-management and Nintendo's cultural inability to say no; Colin's foray into improv comedy. Feelings and anxiety received an extensive, video games and literature–tinged treatment and we had another potentially family-ending argument this time about Credence Clearwater Revival; Patrick and Colin sang the Crossfire jingle and we all sang the praises of Nick Harkaway once again. Patrick told of his internet-less vacation to France, Phillip called out sanctimonious Internet quitters, and Colin complained about the addictive nature of social media. Hideo Kojima broke the 4th wall, we discussed the Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes trailer and the possibility of Christian Bale as Solid Snake. We discussed a bunch of films including the new Judge Dredd movie, The Raid: Redemption (2011), Shoot 'Em Up (2007), and Bunraku (2010). And fulfilling our music quota, we discussed the new Lil Wayne, the documentary The Carter, the new Atoms for Peace, GZA's classic Liquid Swords, and Pitchfork's practice of re-rating albums including the first Andrew W.K. album. And finally we asked: what if someone quit Wikipedia?