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Very sad to hear we're losing Tone, who have done a lot of great criticism (beyond just stuff my friends wrote - or stuff about me.) I know it was very much becoming an unpaid labor, but I'm thankful for what the team has added to the Madison arts landscape. tonemadison.com/articles/ton...

Published later tonight than I originally expected, but I have my best films of 2025 just in time for the Oscars this weekend. alexlovendahl.com/2026/03/13/t...

This afternoon, I published my preview of the fifteen screenings I'm attending at the Wisconsin Film Festival (and five more I wish I could make.) horizonlinemadison.substack.com/p/wisconsin-...

think this is a pretty fair conventional wisdom take on R/B, but at some point i am going to do the deep dive and explain why, no, gen 1 is not the sole peak of the pokemon games, but it really still is one of them

i like letterboxd. i think it's generally a well built website. the social list function is maybe the most worthless, frustrating experience you can have on the internet

I'm (finally) drafting my GOTY write-up and this is a major honorable mention, really fantastic shooter.

i don't agree with every take on Too Much Future, but i think it is a vital work in taking games seriously by asking "is the central premise of fallout even true of the games?"

i don't think you can navigate to it any more on giantbomb bc of their new site update but here's my favorite user review of any game, the game of the history

the negative consequences of mr. beast and squid game are untold and vile damage

this year I put one foot in front of the other, and only look one step ahead, because if i look too far ahead a monster is there and if i look it in the face too soon im not prepared enough to face it. so. one step only each time, and really look at the step?? school of foddy

About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons

secret agent. hell yeah. mother in law fell asleep twice but loved the Hairy Leg

A special newsletter with five 2025 film recommendations available on home streaming now, as well as my top ten favorites of the year (though I'm still watching 2025 movies!) horizonlinemadison.substack.com/p/five-under...

started silent hill f and am just so immediately appreciative of the degree of detail in the writing - both environmental and character details that feel well observed

watching the gaga harlequin concert (of course)

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The Best Films of 2025, from yours truly. I promise, something about this list will surprise you :) open.substack.com/pub/cchelmet...

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Forgive me for helping prolong this discourse. On Tarantino: willsloan.substack.com/p/on-tarantino

just got sent this essential game awards announcement leak

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pokemon opinions that got pokemon fans like

notable for historians of 21st century reactionary movements that Mountain Dew, widely branded an extreme beverage for gamers, was initially marketed as a novel hillbilly concoction. what do the historians of 21st century reactionary movements say about this, you ask? Mostly "stop emailing me"

Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 10 Steam codes for Simogo Legacy Collection from @simogo.com. Giveaway closes on December 6th at 6 PM PT Game is available now for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and Steam simogo.com/work/simogol...

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Studio 4°C Friday : "Mind Game" movie (by Masaaki Yuasa) is back for free on Youtube in 212 countries (see links in comment).

There was a post a while back on here making fun of people who “still” look out the window of a plane in 2025 and at the time I was like “wow roast me” but actually no, roast YOU, whoever posted that, you are lame and suck and don’t deserve any of the expansive wonder you voluntarily deny yourself

this list fuckin rocks, made me laugh real hard www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...

a remaster and updated gameplay are incompatible concepts. what you're describing is a remake. we have to fix the rot at the heart of gaming

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happy ten year anniversary to my favourite fighting game post of all time

listen, I don’t usually straight make fun of how someone looks but girl you are straight out of Garry’s Mod

as i've said before it's cool that mamdani and i overlap on politics a lot but really it's that he's operating at a soderbergh star degree of competency that makes it kind of magic to watch

I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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die my love but instead of an annoying dog pattinson buys them a ps5 and jennifer lawrence is like "but playstation has no games"

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SOCRATES: No god is a philosopher or seeker after wisdom, for he is wise already; nor does any man who is wise seek after wisdom. PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom. DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers

I went and did this.

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i don't personally take issue with del toro's overwhelming sympathy for the creature (it's such a common reading at this point) but i do always vastly prefer to read frankenstein as the monstrousness of mankind and victor's total indifference creating a sadistic demon

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morally uncomplicated, i will be rooting for the demon of the diamond

"It made no sense to us that they would take our film showing Israel’s oppression of Palestinians, and then also partner with a company contributing to that oppression." www.avclub.com/no-other-lan...

zohran promos are competency porn - i have not seen people this good at talking into the camera and disintegrating their opposition since the attitude era

This is the longest piece I've written in a while, a summary of four works that grabbed me over the past month. Come for One Battle After Another or Taylor Swift, hopefully stay for Spike Lee and Cameron Winter. alexlovendahl.com/2025/10/15/d...