From
Kung Fu Monkey, this blog entry is just too, well, too.
. I also resolve NOT to play City of Heroes. These guys have single-handedly done more damage to the editorial schedule of the comic book industry than the arrival of DVD porn. There have been nights I signed on, and the writers of every book I bought that Wednesday were on playing.
A friend called CoH "gaming crack." FOOL. It is not just gaming crack, it is like gaming crack which not only has all the feelgood ride of standard crack but in the midst of your mind-blowing high, visions of people who have done you wrong appear to apologize and beg forgiveness, only to have the double-team of Salma Hayek and the girl who was your major crush in high school appear in cheerleading outfits and, while being rained on, bludgeon these wrongdoers to death with your Emmy. And it comes with pizza. CRACK PIZZA.
People who talk like this? Are why you want to be a TV writer. Not that he seems to be doing TV these days, he's too busy with features. But if he were doing TV, you would be willing to pay money to sit in a room with him and break story.
And the best part of it is, they would be paying
you to sit in a room with him, and break story.