Ironik

I'm betting that RDJ asked for him based on his experience with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I found it hard to believe that the guy who wrote the atrocious Lethal Weapon could create something as amazing as KKBB, but he pulled it off.

Also, he's on the far left of this photo. I don't think anyone needs to be told what film this is from.

If Paragon Studios is smart -- and they are -- then Boosters will cost about 2400 Paragon Points. Minimum. So anyone who wants to get all of the ones they're going to release per year plus the existing ones will have to pay extra money for them. There's no way they'd set up a system where they would earn *less* income from VIPs than they make now with subs. And giving away Boosters for P-points would do just that. They definitely *aren't* going to be selling new powersets for only 400 P-points. They simply aren't going to do something so counterproductive to their bottom line.

...neek neek neek...

>thwap!<

::: runs away :::

So true. Since comic book superheroes originally derived from science fiction (Superman, Human Torch, Shock Gibson, Blue Beetle), pulp mystery (Batman, Crimson Avenger, The Clock, The Arrow) and fantasy (Doctor Occult, Namor, Zatara), even from the genre's earliest days almost any kind of name was appropriate.

I'm always amazed at how many pretty cool names are still out there. When I was making Quick Red Fox I had second thoughts on the name. "Sly Fox" was taken everywhere I looked (4 servers), but "Sky Fox" was free. Sky Fox is kind of a cool name, I think. I decided I preferred QRF, so stayed there, but there were plenty of other options still available for that general concept. And as you can see from that very short list of names above, descriptors are common and just sticking "Doctor" in any of its forms in front of your name is a tradition from Day One. (Literally. Siegel and Shuster's creation before Superman was Doctor Occult.) I have Doctor Omen on Virtue who's only a couple years old. I mean, seriously, nobody snapped up "Doctor Omen"?! That name is so awesome, I'm taking it with me wherever I go in the future.

And with the invention of Captain Marvel, you don't even have to be affiliated with any sort of armed forces or even a boat to call yourself "captain". How cool is that? Yeah, plenty of cool names left. It'll be a while before we have to resort to "Capt. Dr. X".

Yeah, that's annoying as hell. It's like a damn pyramid scheme. The games that give you a slight bonus for having friends who play is better than the constant spam.

I meant to tell you that I really like "Rise of the Heroes."

I've long wanted for the statues of Paragon City to come to life and go on rampage. That would be a good way for it to happen.

I totally forgot The Predator was in that!

If you take out Daredevil and Bullseye it might approach watchable. Retitle it "Kingpin" and you've got a movie!

We can be the latest sitcom! The theme song writes itself!

Alts, he has too many
And she has too few!
Forced to play together
Whatever will they dooo?

He's old, she's new
He's tried, she's true
Forced to play along
They must chooooose juuuuuust twoooooo!

Fridays at 8.

I would like for you to come to my defense every time some hosehead tells me to "just buy a better computer, loser!" when I mention the lag in the Incarnate Trials and RWZ raids and ITFs.

Yeah, but you're Exodus FIVE. I mean, c'mon, just GO already!

"Exodus Five, the fourth sequel. We're really leaving this time. We mean it. We're serious. This is us, going. Look! We are leaving now!"

What are you talking about?

Seriously, I can not make heads or tails of that screed. How do you make the ludicrous mental leap from "game downloads in the background" to "attention ******"? Downloading in the background is what's known worldwide as a "time saver". AKA, not having to look at a damn loading screen for a minute and a half.

The Closet