There’s something beautiful about the quest to elucidate the why behind obvious facts.

… I’ve severely underestimated the population of fellow funk and jazz lovers on this site. Hell yeah.

While we're all getting pumped for Ryan Coogler's X-Files, I revisited the other great alien abduction story from 1993, the minor classic Fire in the Sky.

My dad having mobility issues really made how screwed up and half measure a lot of accessibility stuff is. Plus the neurodivergence on my part.

The problem with the X-Men as a metaphor for queerness is that your gay cousin almost never eviscerates an entire neighborhood with his mind

They try to correct this later by saying most mutants are in the "has frog eyes" variety but end of the day you never know if the frog eyes person also has the mind bullets gene and so i will err on the side of not being shot with mind bullets

This is also why the bigotry thing doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If "kid who shoots invisible mind bullets" came into my store i probably would be as kind to him as possible. On account of the mind bullets

Pokemon never really topped Evee, cuteness-wise.

MEIN GOTT Okay. So. That just makes everything cram onto the screen with no sense of scale or proportion.

I’m going to experiment with the accessibility features on my iPhone, see if it helps.

It’s… a wavy, depressed, suicidal blur between 2011-2013. Rock bottom years.

It's 2026, Lovecraftian horrors are out, Boschian horrors are in.

I wrote about a phenomenon in literary adaptations that I refer to as hot-washing. lithub.com/hollywood-ne...

… is there a way to change the size of the font on Apple touchscreens? I’m starting to think this is becoming more of an issue for my eyes.

Funny thing- My employer won’t let me bring Bieuebto work on rainy days. A coworker or two has, apparently, complained about a “lingering wet dog smell.” … can I be honest? I don’t get it, is it that bad? Granted, I’m used to dogs.

KITTTTY

they could never make me hate grain weevil

PATLABOR THE MOVIES: When will capitalism’s lust for expansion ever be satisfied? How can Japan call itself post-imperialist if it collaborates with American imperialism? PATLABOR THE TV SHOW: What if two hundred people got food poisoning at once?

"Poetry from the Cosmic Edge" would've been a great name for a Pharaoh Sanders album. That is a joke for... what, three people who follow me?

Saul Bass (with scenes from his film "Phase IV") - BOTD

📽️ : 'Streets of Fire' (1984) #filmsky

The episode that made me a Gilbert & Sullivan fan.

Elon Musk, pictured here here in his best Nostalgia Critic cosplay.

Bandit Keith is so freaking funny from the POV of an adult, He's a 30-something washed up drunk that was really good at a TCG, refused to have a sense of humor and is now beefing with a high schooler until it results in his literal death. He's one of the most realistic characters in the series

your moment of calm

Perfect example why 4K is the first format that isn't automatically an 'upgrade'. There's way too much of this awful shit going on. Shadows are not flaws. Color is by design. The goal isn't to 'fix' darkness. The Terminator: 35mm (top) 4K scan (bottom) Image courtesy: BobbyCastro1994

... suddenly thinking about my favourite moron muscle son. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX_G...

... Oh my God, someone finally put it into words. It's *exactly* this.

I know this is rich coming from me, but the internet would be such a better place if folks would take even just 1% more responsibility for managing their own trauma triggers as best as they can instead of projecting all over everyone else at the slightest provocation

Wait, it was *Eb* who made a big deal out of chilli and potlucks? ... You know, bad takes aside- I reckon there's one thing that might never occur to the terminally online: Exercise social skills. Terrifying, I know.

So, while I'm lying in bed and resting... I'm listening to these spoken word albums I've been collecting lately. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdAw...

me when im dr gero

An episodic, adventure/rpg of either Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, or Trillium by Ken Lemire (for the mind bending time travel elements of that comic). For shits and giggles: a party game (possibly VR) of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery (I do expect players to miss the point of that story).

Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7...

... hello, what's this? Just the poster alone is catching my eye.

Baaaaahhhhhhhhhh Somebody shoot me.

New, better answer: I’m forcing Hideo Kojima to make a game based on Panorama of Hell

Oh man, what a day. RIP musician and composer Yuji Ohno, best known for his Lupin III, Space Adventure Cobra, Captain Future #anime and movie BGM. He brought the jazz influence to soundtracks in #Japan. He was 84. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c0e...

“It's making me dumber for sure.”

Bas Lag RPG

While not my favorite book, how cool would it be to make a game based on Paprika, where you have to solve dream-based tasks and shift back and forth between being Paprika and Atsuko (Megumi if we're allowed to use designs from the Satoshi Kon adaptation)?

was announced earlier that Yuji Ohno passed from natural causes at 84 – for those unfamiliar he was a jazz musician best known for his work composing the score for Lupin III for over 50 years. genuinely some of the most exciting soundtrack work around www.youtube.com/watch?v=poex...

Not quite an adaptation, but a sequel to Imajica. Set in the present day, you are a former disciple of Gentle visiting the 1st dominion and you feel you owe it to the new residents to help where you can. It is a lovely morning in the reconciled dominions and you are a horrible maestro.

Obvious answer: Left Hand Of Darkness w/ Qud boys at the helm Bespoke answer: Bridge to Terabithia, w/ Qud boys at the helm

It is... so fascinating how bad she is at her job.

... so, uh. I'm staying home today. I may have caught a virus. Either that, or it's Ozempic side effects. Either way, vomit. So much vomit. Not even 8:30AM and I'm already hollowed out.

Sorry (not) but it's going to take you hours to get past the robot character creation tool at the beginning of my The Machines open world fetching game.

The Baroque Cycle. Play as Jack, aka Quicksilver, L'Emmendeur, Ali Zaybak, sailing the world as part of a cabal, trying to prove his love for Eliza Play as Eliza, manipulating markets and savants alike, spying for William of Orange, and ridding the world of slavery Play as Daniel. Ok,why?

Maybe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It would have to be an adventure game that would be as labyrinthine and esoteric as Simon's Quest.

Stephen King’s 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭 as a zombie survival game, but set in modern times with more ubiquitous phones, and a button to answer your phone or call people you know that leads to an instant Game Over if you try to use it.