Derek

You're missing the fact that every facet of facebook - from spying on others to friending and unfriending people with the click of a button - represents a shallow way of thinking about life that is unique to this generation. This movie shows how the world-view of facebook's creators has been reflected in the makeup of the site itself. I also think that Zuckerberg, as shown in the movie, is a pretty typical nerd, except that in this day and age a nerd can become a "rock star" in the form of a tech CEO.

I've always assumed that the Aliens were a biological weapon, based on the fact that the Space Jockey was transporting the eggs in a temperature-controlled incubation chamber - not a naturally-occuring nest. Also, what sort of eco-system could possibly support this thing? They kill everything in their path.

I think the Navi culture was incredibly detailed and realistic - more than the elves in Middle Earth, for example. Personally, I loved that they were actually linked to the environment, not just defending their land because they were "here first". Also, the filmmakers combined traits from various native cultures to create the Navi, not just Native Americans. There were many parts of the world where advanced cultures exploited and destroyed primitive cultures in pursuit of material gain . Do you really think native groups are going to be offended by this message?

Premier!

Anybody remember the "story" screen?

The President has been kidnapped by ninjas!

Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?

I agree that arts education is important. I also think that start-up money and tax-breaks for new game developers are great programs. HOWEVER, these other programs that fund plays, movies, and books are a total waste of money. They pay for artists to create new work - regardless of if the work is even released to the public.

I'm sorry, but a system that spends billions of dollars a year to make nothing is a waste of money.

How many plays/movies/books made in this system are never even released to the public? The answer is THOUSANDS every year. Then these artists get another grant the next year to make another "masterpiece" that the public will never see.

In other words, the government is funding projects that will later be turned down by a private company - a book publisher, a movie distributor, a live theatre company, etc.

The only point of these programs is to employ people who would otherwise be on welfare. There are artists who have entire careers in Canada milking this system!

@marshmatter

You're right. The system is not open to "amateur" artists. The system is designed to keep the same people who got into the system in the 80s working in the arts for the rest of their lives, as if working in the arts was the same as working at the post office.

Most of these "professional" artists spend more time filling out grant applications than they do making art. The system rewards all stages of making a play, movie, or book, except for the part where it is actually released to the public - that part is unimportant. A movie, for example, might make no money at the box office, but it doesn't matter because everybody involved with the production has been paid to make the movie by the government and they don't have to pay the money back.

It's a broken system that wastes taxpayer's money to the tune of billions of dollars per year. It's designed to employ mediocre artists who can't hack it in the private system.

That said, the game development programs in Canada are not in the same vein at all. They are mainly tax-breaks that encourage private developers to set up shop in the country.

The other arts programs in Canada should be looking at the success we're having with the games industry - it's a true public/private partnership that is creating high-quality art.

I would love to see Cooper working on new cases - outside of Twin Peaks.

Two questions:

1. Can you exit back to the SD card menu after playing a game?

2. How long until they add Gamecube games to the Virtual Console?

Great design. The "spokes" work well. I would love to see a tab to link back to the main site, rather than a text link under the other spoke tabs. That's my only small criticism...