I'm disgusted to see that they did not fix ANY of the problems of LEGO Star Wars. Player 1 can still drag Player 2 around the board. Characters can still warp back from a fall into infinite spirals of death. Players are still randomly turned off and on under certain conditions. Unbelievable.

That said, Clark was digging it. With some coaching, he was able to jump to a vine and swing himself to a higher platform all by himself. And he liked Indy's whip. Rhonda and I enjoyed his truncation of the series's name, LEGO-da Jones.

All of Siren available already.

So, like, what's the point of episodic DLC that arrives all at once? All three parts of Siren are posted for purchase, comprising twelve episodes. I don't mind the bundling, but if you're going to carve up a dramatic, story-heavy game into prorated chunks, wouldn't it make more sense to post the segments over the course of a few weeks or months? You know, like episodes of a television series? Build anticipation, keep people talking about the game, create suspense?

The pricing works out to $40 for the entire 8gigs of game... or $60 for the blu-ray import. I still haven't decided what I want to do yet. One or the other will go on sale at some point.

On this week's Aeropodcast, I...

• ...posit the existence of a PS1 curse.


• ...offer up Katamari, Ratchet & Clank, and Guitar Hero as franchises that have lost their way.


• ...graciously remain silent when George calls the DC heroes boring.


• ...vow to never again play Lair.


• ...use the word "scumbags" when referring to third-party peripheral manufacturers.

Watchmen Motion Comic makes critical fail.

By having a single narrator "do voices."

Don't about a million books on tape just let the reader read, without having to put on a one-man show? It comes off really amateurish, which is a shame because the motion comic part is actually pretty neat. It's panel-for-panel from the book, which I like.

But as soon as the male narrator affects a high-pitched falsetto for Laurie's lines, it's over. Can't wait to hear his Old Lady voice for Sally Jupiter.

I wonder how long the Kart tourneys will last?

Nintendo is still running two tournaments a month, ranging from boss fights to backwards laps. The newest one takes you through N64 Jungle Parkway, but with DK and Diddy just ahead of you littering banana peels all over the track.

Since nobody ever talks about this, I don't think anybody has ever figured out if this is the kind of thing that Nintendo can keep doing forever... or if it's a Professor Layton kind of thing where once Nintendo exhausts the secret supply of hidden tourneys, it's over. (Unless they simply start over from the beginning.)

Very cool feature. Seems criminally undiscussed.

Penny Arcade's stupid-titled game coming to PSN.

Probably definitely a purchase. Although I hate their tendency for self-indulgent digression, I love their art, honesty and voice.

We're no longer a household without Clue.

For whatever reason, we've never owned Clue, even though it is easily my favorite "classic" board game. (Surprise, surprise, it tells a story.)

Target had a recent edition on sale for $3.57, which is insane. That's on par with a single comic or a single booster pack. I haven't opened it up yet, but I think the sculpted pawns are close to scale with the zombies from Zombies. Now I'm trying to come up with rules for a Clue/Zombies mashup.

Hey Panera Bread, order more fucking bread bowls.

I swear, one out of every four times we go there, they're out of bread bowls. And I don't mean one specific Panera, I'm including every one we frequent. I know it's August and I guess people don't buy as much soup in the summer, but running out by 6pm on a Saturday night is completely fucking unacceptable.

Let me tell you about the bread bowls. I need the bread bowl. The cup of soup and withered baguette is not even close to a real supper for me. The bread bowl turns their combo from a snack to a meal. At least come up with a Plan B where you sell me a comparable amount of dipping bread or something.