Neckbeard & Wolfshirt: We’ve Made too Many Compromises Already

Star Trek Episode of the Week: Justice

Image: Star Trek: The Next Generation. Copyright CBS Paramount Studios.

This week’s Star Trek episode is mined from that seemingly bottomless pit of hilarity, season 1 TNG.

Plot: This episode begins with Riker reporting back from an away mission to the newly discovered planet Rubicun III. He describes the planet as beautiful and inhabited by extremely human-like aliens. Dr. Crusher suggests shore leave on the planet for the crew, and Geordi is especially excited about the idea, noting that the inhabitants have a special fondness for others. In other words, Geordi thinks he might have a shot at getting laid. Things quickly fall apart once the crew goes down, however, when Mr. Liability himself, Wesley Crusher, falls into a garden, crushing some plants, and winding up with a death sentence. Picard dicks around with some energy being which is the local god, and eventually beams Wesley up despite the prime directive.

Character Development: In this episode, we learn that Worf is made uncomfortable by the sexual advances of those who cannot handle the harsh reality of Klingon mating rituals.

Forehead of the Week: Aside from being one of my favourite fast food joints, Edo is also the name for the humanoid race which populate Rubicun III. They are a bunch of free-spirited sex-lovers who protect their way of life by dishing out executions with enthusiasm.

Memorable Quote: “They certainly are… fit.” – Riker, describing the Edo, in typical Riker fashion.

Crazed gamer Erik Estavillo drops all lawsuits

December 7, 2009, a date which will live in infamy. That’s when I named Erik Estavillo Shameful Human of the Week. He’s the guy who decided to try to sue Nintendo for blocking homebrew on the Wii, Sony for banning him from PSN, and Microsoft for the red ring of death. Somewhere along the way, this plaintiff gone mad apparently added the likes of IGN, NBC, Kotaku, SarcasticGamer, and many others to his list of sue targets for making fun of him. I guess Shufflingdead didn’t try hard enough.

Well, unfortunately, Erik has run into health issues due to all the stress from waiting for his various cases to be heard. He also discovered that his celebrity experts like Bill Gates and Winona Ryder cost too much to subpoena. For all these reasons, Erik has sadly decided to drop all his lawsuits.

Honourable Erik, unwilling to admit defeat, has come up with a wealth of excuses as to why he no longer needs to sue everyone in the games industry. Sony doesn’t need to get sued because he was only going after them in defense of the kids, but joining PSN requires a parent account, so he’s no longer worried. Microsoft doesn’t charge for RRoD repairs, so they don’t need to get sued (he claims to have just found out about this). Nintendo is okay too, because there are websites that Erik can get help from to reinstall the homebrew channel. Oh, and Activision Blizzard, who Estavillo was suing for slow-walking avatars, is okay because you move faster in ghost mode in WoW

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