The latest Stolen Pixels, wherein Louis makes astute political observations in the face of tyranny, is now available for your enjoyment.
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The Dumbest Cutscene
This is it. This is the dumbest cutscene ever created for a AAA game. It's so bad it's simultaneously hilarious and painful. This is "The Room" of video game cutscenes.
Who Broke the In-Game Economy?
Why are RPG economies so bad? Why are shopkeepers so mercenary, why are the prices so crazy, and why do you always end up a gazillionaire by the end of the game? Can't we just have a sensible balanced economy?
Games and the Fear of Death
Why killing you might be the least scary thing a game can do.
The Best of 2013
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2013.
Stop Asking Me to Play Dark Souls!
An unhinged rant where I maybe slightly over-reacted to the water torture of Souls evangelism.
T w e n t y S i d e d

I love the expression on Louis’ face in that shot.
You know who Louis looks a lot like? Matthew Abaddon, from Lost. http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Abaddon
Democracy is the proud government of committees: the only known animal with more than two legs and no brains.
I second the love of the expression. I think the face-poser would be worth the price of Garry’s Mod.
I think he looks like a slightly less mucscular version of Chuck Liddell from the UFC: http://www.icemanmma.com/
Okay, so far, this series is exactly as hilarious as I thought it would be.
Which is damn hilarious.
Best… Facial… Expression… Evar!
Wow. That game is a lot prettier than I realized. (I know you’re on an HL2 map, I meant the character models.)
Man, that last panel really slayed me. This strip could replace whole text books in PoliSci.
“Democracy is the worst form of government ever created by man, except for all the others.”