I have discussed it some before but if something interests me I will learn EVERYTHING possible about it. I don't write or discuss things in depth I am unfamiliar with. If I am talking about a movie, book or game, I have watched it, played it or read it. I absorb all the information.

I should do a series of Criterion reviews but then be like "this movie....it was ok."

Tim realizing he can't sing in Detroiters is one of my favorite scenes in anything

So much of the creative experience is understanding that it isn't good. Like, really, no, this is the worst thing that's ever been written. But then you keep working it.

This is not just about what he became: even in 1999 it pissed me off that Kane was in nearly every piece of WWE food, candy, clothes, whatever. They just jammed that big red oaf into everything.

There's a very specific texture to this style of matte painting that I can not get enough of

Oh we're back in "nobody talks about Avatar" territory again. We did this several years ago and I'm over it.

So one of the things thus says is that they will no longer go back to back Black Ops or Modern Warfare and it's like...yeah, we already knew that was a terrible idea. You did it as these pseudo dlc you called a full release but it didn't change the burnout or for that matter updating.

This is not what happened and it's sort of wild

The more things change, the more they stay the same

My little brother had an idea for a game while he was still just a kid in high school. 8 years later, he has managed to bring UNBEATABLE to reality through nothing but blood, sweat and tears, and with the incredible contributions of his teams at @dcellgames.com and @playstack.com

A core part of the issue I have with genai is that the people most pushing it are fucking losers who have no friends or family. Why would I take advice or information from them?

The core selling point of genai is that it has to seem like a normal part of workflow. They learned from NFT's, crypto and metaverse: none of those things were ever pushed as being normal parts of your day. The whole roll out has been tied to saying it would "solve your problems".

I should never have to wake up and have it be 4 degrees. That's not right.

I love the new Superman for its inversion of the idea of punk. The concept that it is punk to do the opposite of expectations is pretty standard. It's a movement originally built to contest conformity of a different kind but now unconditionally believing in the good of people makes you punk

This is a good general reminder for me to rewatch Catastrophe.

Philip Rivers saw Joe Flacco and said "I believe I can do that too".

I'm going to make a game about a specific type of loss

Mahomes is a 2x MVP, 3x Super Bowl champion that has gotten the most press possible for the last 8 seasons. Pretending that he's underrated is absolutely a troll post.

There's some clear obfuscation tied to Paramount's hostile takeover attempt. It is more per share but it's clear from the beginning that WBD did not want to sell the entire enterprise. They want to split the debt into whatever the new company is and pick and choose the high value things they keep.

There's a video of Ben DiNucci (former NFL QB) "going undercover" as a flag football game. I refuse to believe that is necessary. He was a backup QB that played in 3 games. The moment he is out of (maybe) the Dallas market, only real sickos would even remember him.

I'm not sure Stefanski or Gannon have jobs by next week

I am thinking about QB velocity in relation to anticipation and it's something where some guys can almost ignore anticipation by throwing 100 mph but also, each hit and each season, maintaining that is impossible forever though.

Tradition. Pageantry. Pride.

One of the strangest aspects of capitalism is that a handful of companies won and year after year they absorb into each other.

I know I will be in the minority here but I actually hope that there isn't a second season of the Chair Company. The show ending like that would be very on brand.

Rest in piss Stacy Crystals

I started LessUsefulThings as a very different idea that I have yet to execute. This year I have produced more writing than I have in a single year. As we get into next year I have a ton of projects I'm working on that are drastically different then what I have been doing. I wish I had a partner.

Do NOT spend $110,000 on candles a year is part one

It's not my fault you made a joke without knowing what you were talking about and now look dumb

Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight

Brick Johnson loved his Madden rating though

One aspect of the souls games that's not discussed enough is that there is massive variation in timing between games. It's a huge reason why Bloodborne is my favorite because of the natural flow of combat. They all have varying degrees of tightness. Sekiro is like threading a needle on a needle.

I hope to have Tarantino hate me one day because he is a pretty bad judge of things, as evidenced by his long time friendship with Harvey Weinstein

Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.

I always imagined that if i, for whatever reason, find myself in this closet, I am going to do everything to pick the most chaotic combinations of movies. It will not make sense to anyone else and I'll just say "oh yeah, good flick" every time with no elaboration.

This isn't complicated: not a single aspect of modern technology is better and in fact has only gotten worse. As humans it isn't healthy to have a do everything box. Having to switch between different hardware is not a bad thing and in fact I think it is more psychologically healthy.

it's so crazy how the old age makeup they gave Tarantino in From Dusk Till Dawn is identical to how he actually looks now

The greatest problem with genai is that inherently, even the most skeptical, want to believe

The Steelers mythologizing the idea of not firing head coaches while not actually mattering in a decade is pretty funny

Mendoza is a bit too intense. I'm not joining his prayer circle.

I'm not super big into defensive games but that was fun

That Facebook ad was incredibly creepy. He got a woman in his secret Santa so he essentially begins stalking her to find the perfect gift. Just incredibly strange behavior.

It's nice to finally have a fun championship game that also has stakes

Much like the Minecraft movie, I enjoyed Five Night's At Freddy's 2 for exactly what it was: a movie my kids wanted to see and enjoyed. I did not need or expect it to be more.

It's better to blurp out then to flaze away

Someone on here hypothesized that Tarantino is going after actors he personally thinks he's "better than". Nothing else makes much sense. Like what is Lillard in this world to Tarantino? What has he even been in that he watched? This dude is harboring an ancient anger for losing Shaggy to Lillard.

Trying to write about things that interest me significantly faster than I typically do. A part of me wants to do more regular updates but I also feel like it's sort of counter a lot of my more standard pieces. I don't know.