It’s officially colder here at the Chicago offices of The A.V. Club than it is in Sochi, Russia—which means that while well-dressed athletes wave their nation’s flags during the opening ceremonies of the already-controversial 2014 Winter Olympics, we will be on our couches, wrapped in blankets, sipping hot beverages. And live-chatting, of course. How did we ever engage in displays of international peaceful competition without live-chatting?