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He likes the batshit crazy ones. Specifically MGS 2 and 4.

The only movie you listed that you could have a reasonable argument for "forcing" women in and diminishing men is the Ghostbusters reboot (as it was basically a gender swap). The rest are just movies with female leads (or co-leads) which make perfect sense in context and fit well along with the other movies in their lineage.

And the month I posted in this thread, I started talking to a girl from another country on the Giant Bomb forums, and married her 6 years later. Weird.

Bowsette is about as relevant as Waluigi, so why not?

I absolutely recommend against Americans renting cars when visiting the UK. We don't adapt well to your roadways; the signs and paint are all different, the roads are much narrower and the steering wheel and roadsides are reversed, and Americans are next to clueless on properly utilizing roundabouts. And Rorie is from San Francisco, and I don't think he drives much in the States, so driving in the UK would be doubly troublesome. I do get why you'd recommend a trip through the countryside, but... I just think renting a car is not realistic for your average American.

@rorie To add on to my last post, you may want to check out Borough Market in London too, a busy market full of hanging pheasants and local honey and all kinds of food stalls. It's definitely worth seeing even if you're not interested in buying anything. Maybe get yourself some fish & chips or a lamb burger while you're there.

If you have the time and the inclination, try booking tickets for some Shakespeare at the Globe theater. Or, since you're a drinking man, stop at the Anchor Bankside, the oldest surviving riverside inn that existed during Shakespearian England, and was used by river pirates, smugglers, poets, and Globe actors in its time.

Hey @rorie! Don't know if you remember, but you met @duskvamp and I for some drinks the week after Ryan passed. We went to a bar after you finished recording the memorial podcast. Dawn is from Wales, so we've spent a lot of time in the UK and London specifically, so DM me if you have any questions from an American tourist perspective. I'm there for a few weeks at least once a year, and usually stick with AirBNB in London.

The good news is that most of the tourist spots in London are pretty centrally located around Big Ben and the Thames, and their public transportation is amazing. Get an Oyster (transit) card and use that on the Underground or the buses to get pretty much anywhere within 15 minutes.

I've found that the best touristy thing in London is the Tower of London. There, you can spend a day or half-a-day seeing the Ravens, beefeaters, Royal Guards, the Crown Jewels, some old castlework, and all the "British" stuff you could want. It's also basically right next to Tower Bridge, which gives you another great photo op.

If you like curry or hookah bars or more of a "bohemian style", check out Brick Lane. It's a bit more of the "British Indian" style, so less "traditional" Britain, if that interests you. There are night clubs and street art, and you might see a Banksy or two. I saw it for the first time on our most recent trip to London last month, and I was upset that I had waited so long to see it.

I'm the opposite, and feel guilty or bad when I calculate how many full days of my life I've spent playing a game. Different strokes.

This. Taco Bell is essentially the fast food American equivalent of a Doner Kebab (the British drunk food).

May I suggest Chicago, which is like New York, but without trash up and down the streets.

What's that you say? They said that feedback would be appreciated? Huh, I guess that's exactly what this thread is that you're shitting on the OP for providing. They are giving their feedback, and you're jumping to Giant Bomb's defense over it, because apparently it's hard for some to digest information that they don't want to hear.

The thread title was a bit more combative than necessary, but I don't see anything out of bounds in the opinion.

Take it easy.

Don't worry, yours is a close second!