Finally made it to Typhon and very nearly beat him on the first try. Aaaaand haven’t been able to get back since. The minibosses on the fourth level just wreck me every time. #Hades2

She snooz.

We’re on to The White Stripes now. Two thoughts: 1. Seven Nation Army is an all-timer. 2. Choosing the black & white & red color scheme so early and sticking to it was marketing *genius*.

Watching the induction into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and it’s Warren Zevon’s turn and goddamn, “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” is iconic. I mean, sure, I love “Werewolves of London” as much as the next girl, but damn, LG&M.

I know the country is divided, but we can all agree that “Spinderella” is *genius* name for a DJ, can’t we?

This year has been exceptionally hard. But there’s a reprieve coming: I have two weeks off at the end of the year. I’m going to play Stardew Valley with my husband (again) and eat my body weight in cheese. Video games are such a great relief valve for times of emotional distress.

SWEET BABY JESUS

The strongest endorsement I can give for Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is that it feels like the kind of PS2 game that, after you play it, you are haunted by it forever. This is God Hand shit. This is “infest your mind and make a video essay about it in 10 years” shit.

Wow, I like this a lot.

Hey @pfrazee.com - just got this DM.

Pipin’ hot dog loaf!

Had a bit of a revelation the other day. So for context, you have to know that when I was a kid, I was a big Phillies fan. And at the time, there were no lights in Wrigley Field, where the Cubs play. You could only play day games there. It was unique.

Tickets to Persona Live are sold out. Did ya girl get herself a seat?

Did I just use "churlish" in an email to a coworker? Yes. Because I have a big vocabulary and I'm going to use it, gosh darn it.

Seeing a lot of folks working at various "fractional" gigs and wondering if I could make that work for my editing services. I am, frankly, extremely good at it, but few places believe they need that kind of assistance full-time. Thoughts welcome.

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

oooh I’m not going to get into a dunk war but someone saying the best video game of 2025 is the Oblivion remake does not, uh, fill me with confidence about the rest of their opinions

Omg

I wish there was a way to actually visualize the ripple effect the GTA delay is having at this very moment.

Here’s why “I hate my wife/husband” humor pisses me off so much. My husband is fucking *great*. It makes my life *so much better* to have someone that I can trust implicitly to have my back at all times. Who is my biggest cheerleader and also my best friend. I want that for *everyone*.

This is because Netflix has a specific list of approved digital cameras and a specific production pipeline that ends up making everything look extremely same-y. Nothing else looks like a Netflix show, but every Netflix show looks like a Netflix show. www.vice.com/en/article/w...

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

THEY JUST ADDED ANOTHER SHOW!

Sigh. Made it into the queue for the second presale and got kicked when I was 33rd in line. Welp. On to the next presale.

So, the first presale went up yesterday. The cheapest seat on offer was $675. In fairness, that was for center orchestra. I'm desperately hoping there are more affordable seats further back.

As a #Survivor fan, I have to ask: Have you ever heard someone use “cinema” as a synonym for cool or epic? As in “This showdown is gonna be so cinema!” I have never encountered this in real life or online.

A few surprises in here, but overall just proof that I have exceptional taste.

This…actually makes a ton of sense and has the potential to be a lot of fun.

The complaint I’m about to levy is far from unique. So feel free to keep scrolling. My mom has dementia and has recently transitioned to assisted living. There’s a lot that has to be handled - paying her bills, filing insurance claims, talking to numerous doctors and social workers.

First the growlie and then the kissy.

Ok, look. All of the games on here are worth your attention BUT, Device 6 is worth the price of admission *all by itself*. It had two things going against it when it came out: it was only on iOS and it was when people still thought "mobile" meant "bad." I cannot stress enough how good it is.

I should really set up my Alarmo.

Follow up: If you play undocked, it's identical to the original experience, which is to say exceptional. It also works if you play docked, as each stick controls a "hand" you can use to tap the screen or rotate the "phone". Takes a little getting used to, but it works. But play undocked.

I am very annoyed by the ending of House of Dynamite.

An issue with that Zelda musou review folks aren't talking about: It's another example of what happens when the editing corps gets hollowed out in criticism.

How does one of the best mobile games ever made fare on Switch? I shall let you know.

We have a client who just put together a downloadable asset intended to drive interest in a service they provide. Read about topic, to learn more about topic, give us a call, that sort of thing. We discuss distribution plans; how to get folks to know this thing exists so they'll download it.

Um.

It occurs to me that many of you may not know of the bird test. While your partner is paying attention to something — the game, their book, cooking dinner, whatever — tell them you saw a really cool bird (out the window, on your walk today, whatever) and see how they react.

My version of the bird test is my husband gently pulling me out of the way of oncoming cars as I stare up at a group of birds in a tree to try and identify them. I think they were mourning doves, just plumped up because it’s chilly.

I need young people to understand the absolute choke hold rice cakes had on diet culture about 30 years ago. So many different flavors of rice cake. And then popcorn cakes. All of them tasting like styrofoam. And you ate them. That was your lunch. That was your treat.

This made me laugh far more than it should have.

Question: You've applied for a job. You have not heard anything back; no rejection, but also no interview. Nothing. You see that the job has been "relisted," (according to LinkedIn.) Do you reapply? No, right?

Few things are not improved by the application of Steve Zahn.

Noticing the wonderful things & people in your life is a useful, sustaining habit, AND no one ever made the world a better place by telling themselves they have no right to feel low because others have it worse. There's zero moral hazard in self compassion. You're not plundering a finite stash.

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

If this was in a video game, these birds would make a constellation or musical notes or something.