Writing about a movie most Good Smart People on here would enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTzp...

On my annual winter e-break I came to the conclusion that basically every facet of our lives has gotten worse because a majority of people now primarily "live" online and thus only experience the world in the abstract. The loudest voices online/in culture aren't actually living real lives anymore.

Reminder as the new year begins that I head up GameSpot’s opinions section and would love to read your pitches! I’m always on the hunt for timely and thoughtful criticism and analysis on games and gaming/internet culture, so feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] if interested ☺️✨

Adding @tvaziri.com's evergreen post to this video about how messed up the bidding process for VFX is in Hollywood. Also, Todd's post might as well be about AAA games 👀

My personal idiosyncratic top ten of the comics I read this year? The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For Absolute Martian Manhunter FML Absolute Wonder Woman Witch Hat Atelier Assorted Crisis Events Aliens Vs. Avengers Runaway to the Stars Batman: Dark Patterns The Power Fantasy

Wild assortment of “bug media” under glass at NJ’s Insectopolis. Respect.

I thought IT TAKES A WAR is a great little meta game about online friendship and FPS stuff. I think it is a little too "neat" in terms of the writing, so I'm not in love with it, but it does do some clever tricks and the final level is A+ fun. store.steampowered.com/app/3919530/...

It’s 2026 and they haven’t made loading Pez any easier

nother damn year, let’s make it good and do it right

8:30pm update: watching the 1999/2000 new year broadcast and stupid nostalgic for commercials

Just hit publish on @avclub.com's year in review, which could not possibly include ALL of our favorite pieces of 2025, but it does reflect where we've been and where we're going. www.avclub.com/best-of-the-...

Happy new year

Got a landline phone for Christmas and my kids literally do not understand how to hold/talk into it, which rules

non-exhaustive list of creator-driven comics and works that i really loved this year

ICYMI: and Roger is a short, hard-hitting interactive novel that's worth your time on Steam and Switch. www.rewinder.co.uk/and-roger-im...

From Öoo to Silksong, classic movement mechanics were changed and challenged in some of 2025's best games.

Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial https://theonion.com/musk-weighs-return-to-politics-after-60th-death-on-elden-ring-nightreign-tutorial/

I’ve discovered that people do not appreciate my comparison of James Cameron and Chloé Zhao… but at least I didn’t say Avatar was culturally irrelevant

Sources tell me the second act of Avengers: Doomsday is a word-for-word staging of night, mother with Mystique in the lead role

There’s so much I want to accomplish in life but I also feel compelled to organize an HDX box full of assorted Lego pieces from my youth.

Whatever started this new Avatar debate is now dark matter, invisible but clearly existent thanks to gravitational pull on discourse. Can only experience the aftermath of its big bang.

Thankful for Diet Coke

"6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park" is available again (on Paramount+). It's cool to see it again 15 years later, translated and in HD.

Gave the 7yo a physical edition of Echoes of Wisdom and it was not immediately recognized as a video game.

Eephus hive hopefully wise enough to be watching Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point tonight (another gem from the Omnes Film boys)

Cheers

Missing family

Gonna be a little bit ~different~ today and pay tribute to the queer icons of Christmas. Starting with fussy, frustrated, child-hating Professor Hinkle from "Frosty the Snowman."

Taking a minute today to appreciate the lighting/shading in Chuck Jones’ Grinch

Nice to have a really great show.

Can a comedy be “so bad it’s good”? I feel like no.

If you were assigned to the U.S.S. Enterprise would you bring your kids

BOOOOOOOO www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

#DontSpoiltheEndgame www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMg...

The conundrum of needing coffee to make coffee

Sleeping rules! I love dreams.

Somehow I'd never seen Charles Band's TRANCERS (1984), but somebody tipped me off that it had some Christmas stuff in it, so 'tis the season! Tim Thomerson comes from the future to stop psychic-powered zombies from killing the future L.A. City Council. Young punk Helen Hunt helps.

Reading some raves of the 2005 Narnia movie on Letterboxd… was I wrong about this one? Remember the very definition of mid. Is this a Hook sitch or do I need to revisit? Was McAvoy with goat legs a certain generation‘s Leo/Winslet in Titanic?

this is TODAY!!! in just a couple hours. join us and get ready to laugh at our goofery

This reduced my daily anxiety by 5% www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

Huzzah www.polygon.com/best-games-2...

movies are just the best

Öoo is on this list. Therefore it’s a good list. https://www.polygon.com/best-games-2025/

The absolute definitive correct choice for #1 in my opinion. The list is certainly going to piss a lot of people off but regardless I think it’s pretty perfectly ordered.

State-adjacent single drop www.youtube.com/watch?v=7epG...