Sashiel

That's what I've grown to appreciate about Ex Machina; every time I read another post about it, I feel as if I've learned something new.

Yep, Stan was literally nobody, outside of his being an employee of Frank. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to the episode tonight!

The Luclin expansion for EQ is probably an even more striking example of an MMO graphics engine update, among other tweaks.

Are we allowed to talk about the Ex Machina spoiler section here?

I would put those in two separate categories. "I just did" was completely unnecessary, as it was a character talking to themselves, aloud, about something that had just happened in front of the audience's face. Similar to "I pissed myself", which was at least a little bit funny, but could have been shown instead of told. The Viagra callback to two weeks prior was at least a believable part of the dialogue, and while it wasn't subtle, it did feel more natural to me than the apoplectic volleying. The reality is, probably half the audience of a TV show is checking facebook during any given scene, and the people who are watching critically will often have to pay the price of a bit of hand holding here and there. Thus far, this show has been a strange mix of convolution interspersed with some dumbed down exposition. For instance, I have no recollection of Frank's murdered henchmen, or if I'm supposed to care about his death beyond there being a power play against Frank. On the other hand, there will be an occasional line, like you mentioned, that seems meant for someone who has been listening to the show with their eyes closed. I agree with Richardco, the Ani+Velcoro dynamic has been the best part so far. I want to know more about Ani, in general, and I want to see Velcoro progress as a character. Frank feels too heavy handed, and Paul may be on the wrong side of cliche at this point. In any case, I'm still in for the duration, and am looking forward to S1 recap. Btw, this is my first post, but I love all the podcasts and figured I may as well participate a bit! Edit: Oh, one thing I wanted to note about Paul. I do like that his orientation started out as only being hinted at, and became more obvious over time.