Super happy to be back in @rollingstone.com for the second time this week. This story was a great time to research and write. This is Mario’s world. You’re just living in it. www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

I don’t think underrated or under appreciated necessarily applies, but I feel like we should talk about Super Mario Bros. Wonder more. My pupils dilate like dimes every time I boot up this game.

Hey did everyone see Clavicular get his ass beat after he challenged a cancer survivor leftist to a jujitsu match, who said as he was choking him out ‘this is for all the bullshit I gotta watch on my fucking feed’… we need more of this not more podcasts

Also, since I’ve been getting some calls and messages, I should clarify that this was a freelance assignment. I’m still super unemployed and open to work 🙂

I’ve thankfully never had to go to Truth Social but I was checking some stupid detail and noticed that the posts are called “truths.” This means its paid media ad posts are called “Sponsored Truths.” JFC.

Almost 4 months to the day since my last story a staffer, I'm happy to be back in Rolling Stone. Last week I flew to Japan to speak with Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination CEO, Chris Meledandri, about #TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie. Read it @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Recently some psycho has been poisoning dogs in my girlfriend's home town. Mind you, this is the town where some McMoron instantly narced on Luigi Mangione, but a serial killer of dogs has kept operating for weeks without a trace. If only there were a pretend reward for info on this, too.

This might actually be the new dumbest shit I have ever read in my life.

I obviously assumed that Marty Supreme wasn’t just a basic sports drama but I didn’t realize that multiple people had to be brutally murdered for this kid to play ping pong.

“Preboarding” is a bullshit word. It’s still boarding, just exclusive to babies and army.

Okay tell me how the hell the TSA dude at SFO clocked that I was wearing a t-shirt from Peter Parker’s high school under my hoodie?!

Handing out free water to thirsty travelers that will be forcibly taken from them at security is on brand for America.

I can’t let you do that, Star Fucks.

It’s genuinely wild how little marketing teams care about maintaining even a single surprise in movies these days.

Well, two of them of were already much more beloved by me at release.

Tokyo bound for my first big assignment in a Very Long Time.

CEOs should be required by law to take a reduction to their compensation package equivalent to the percentage of employees laid off.

Maybe being the everything platform isn't plausible when people just want to play Fortnite.

People who can’t properly spell words like “lose” or “rogue” are great because you instantly know they can be ignored forever.

The turnaround of Marathon needs to be studied. I thought the alpha was an absolute dumpster fire and now I’m hearing creepy ambient buzzing and silk worm imagery in my dreams. I don’t even know if I can explain what changed other than the vibes.

Marathon is the first game to make me play mic on in over a decade. They’re doing something right.

I’ve played Crimson Desert for less than five minutes and it already found a way to annoy me. Incredible friction, 10/10.

Am I the only one who closes doors behind me in Marathon? Were all these people raised in a fucking barn?

It’s once again time to observe the phenomena of internet users dick riding raw a game they’ve never played and accuse those who actually have of being the dumb ones.

One funny thing about MCU Bruce Banner constantly shifting between being human or stuck as Hulk depending on the movie is how much that feels like diving into a random comic. It's just handwaved away. This is what the writer wants today, get on board and let's move on.

the bell has tolled for me: i was forced to write about ai slop www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Don't want to support WBD but they got me Dune it anyway. youtu.be/3_9vCamtuPY?...

Yes, this is what I wanted to see. Just cutting through the bullshit and naming the middling white man that single-handedly killed the Buffy reboot: Craig Erwich. deadline.com/2026/03/buff...

Hulu and Disney television greenlighting endless Ryan Murphy slop - see the bomb The Beauty - and not greenlighting Buffy - a project that would drive subscribers is absolute craziness

MARATHON #marathon

The sad truth is that if you put a Doomslayer skin into any game, I’m going to play it. There’s no logic or defense, it just is what it is.

PINHEAD ORIGINS *six months later* "Bryan Fuller has left the production of Pinhead Origins."

Goddamn it. They got me liking Marathon.

Pokopia is one of those games where I obsessively live and breathe building a town for a few days, then a ton of new areas open up to start anew and I just get depressed.

I've never had imposter syndrome, but after 10 years at a famous brand, it's hard to gauge if people actually liked my work or just the logo in my signature. I hope the former, but these days interviewers seem more interested in "how cool" my experience has been rather than engage me as a candidate.

This is the guy who doesn't get invited back to your second D&D session because he was way too into it in a weird sexual way.

Pulled up a job listing that used "ambitious and aggressive" multiple times in the candidate description (and underlined for extra emphasis), followed by "ruthless." Of course, it's a huge company that's recently laid off a ton of people. Sounds like a dreamy place to work.

Poor Jonathan Majors went to the Daily Wire when he could've just linked up with Paramount and gotten a first-look deal.

I’ve picked a water-type starter every time since 1998. There’s no real reason other than kid logic, but that’s the pact I live by.

Boy.

How fucked up is it that we’re at the point where the unemployed feel anxiety about other people’s layoffs not just because they empathize, but because there’s a perpetually expanding pool of applicants and a narrowing pittance of jobs.

I like that Leon is super hot and drives a Porsche. After all he's been through, good for him.

Resident Evil Requiem is the most I've enjoyed this franchise in 20 years. The ebb and flow of helplessness and power fantasy between Grace/Leon has a really strong hook, and I'm honestly fine with some fan service for the 30th anniversary.

My girlfriend just discovered Tubi, and I’ve now learned that her favorite childhood show was Baywatch. This is going to be a wild ride.

Execs in gaming & digital media have the same harebrained strategy: reverse engineering someone else's success by ignoring all context of how it happened. Everyone wants Fortnite and Hot Ones, and they're willing to wipe out people's livelihood to ultimately fail repeatedly while learning nothing.

The same people crying about not understanding Bad Bunny’s Spanish-language performance absolutely don’t know or comprehend the meaning behind any of the lyrics in English songs they “listen” to.

Playing Mario Tennis Fever, it felt a little too floaty. There's some tactile response missing that makes a perfectly executed slice or power shot feel impactful. Maybe it was the drowned out audio from the event, but it lacked the satisfying crunch of a ball you know is 100% winning a point.

AI-powered job assistant told me I am just a medium match for a role I previously held (and literally created) at my former employer.

Since we’re all talking about remakes today, seems like a good time to remind you I did a whole interview series on why we’re obsessed with remaking games, with six different developers, including Dragon Quest. (Also hire me, I can do this kimd of stuff for you) www.inverse.com/remade

It's been two months since I was laid off at Rolling Stone, and I'm still searching for full-time work. If you know of any senior-level or leadership roles in production, digital media, or journalism, let's talk! DMs are open; email is ([email protected]).