Same. It was all, Oh cool kind of a Gears + Mass Effect + diablo loot mashup?

Then the delivery was just shite on all fronts. 

Luca isn’t gay. It’s trans.

It’s a narrative about “passing” or failing to pass.

About finding out that there are other people who are in hiding who pass better than you, who are older than you.

It’s a story about presentation, and that presentation being the dangerous thing.

100%
I’m in my 30s and I only learned about Sundown Towns and Tulsa because I have an HBO subscription (thanks Watchmen and Lovecraft Country).

Hell, I only started reading about James Baldwin because of Lovecraft Country and his quotes during episode 1.

The US does an absolute shit job of teaching its own historical…

The fact that Animorphs is on a list with Beowulf is wondeful.

But if you’re gonna go with a Torrey Peters Fortnite crossover, I’d prefer “Infect” because a Fortnite mode where everyone starts as a genderless banana and only the winner gets to have a gender sounds funny as hell. 

If you read the bible and look to the story of the tower of Babel, the biblical answer is, “Cause Fuck em, that’s why.”

I appreciated the bit on Dr. Manhattan. It does feel like the descriptions are written for someone who is just “bored” with about everything imaginable, so the most mundane action needs to be accentuated and made flowery with adjectives and descriptors.

There’s a whole high end service industry of writers trying to…

The antidote to all of that naysaying is just showing up and doing the work, regardless of their assistance or assent.

It’s impossible to win if you wait for the “moderates” to jump on board. It’s kind of like watching the Dems try to “negotiate” with the GOP in Congress and the House.

Stop trying to negotiate with…

The problem of white “moderates” undercutting progress because it is  progressive is not a new one.

NPR just dropped a great article / interview on this topic today.

This is a game where dying feels like a misstep more than an issue with the gameplay, and that’s a good good thing for looter shooters.

I feel ownership over my death, so I know what I need to do different next time. 

Tali is best girl and is in all 3 games. You think they updated her face from that whole stock photo manipulation mess and gave her the time and design attention she deserves as CLEARLY BEST GIRL?

Lol, I’m not that invested. So excited for this game!

With some serious Diablo thrown in for good measure.

Honestly, I’m an OG Diablo player who loved the Gears of War games, and it’s basically the game I would make if I wanted to combine those two.

The cooldowns remind me of the cooldown design decisions of Control, where you sort of juggle between your gun and your…

That dry ice was some serious alien chittering noises.

I can dig it if it’s a flood or flood adjacent enemy. 

I’ve had a lot of cool conversations on Kinja, The Root specifically, with what I think were regular folks.

Tucker Carlson articles bring out Tucker Carlson Stans, more news at 7.

I’ve watched the mods on this site do their work pretty well since Gawker days (respect, and thanks).

The Root does great work, don’t let…

Agreement.

We saw 9/11 and then a huge number of people supported two wars of profit.

9/11 was an inflection point that the wealthy class of the US absolutely capitalized on to make a buck. Covid is more difficult to profit from ideologically. 

Honestly having a hard time understanding why all people realizing they’re being shafted is somehow a “bad guy.”

Kind of a Tuvok from Korra problem. 

Love the idea of Sam meeting up with a Tuskeegee Airman.

The whole undercurrent of serving a country that fails to recognize your humanity back home (the lending firm) was DOPE.

I am stoked to see where this series goes.

Don’t feed the troll.

He’s a BUSY president, and that’s the way I like him.

We had four years with a figurehead taking heat off of Mitch and Co. while they robbed the bank for their lobbyists.

He’s boring because he’s working alongside the experts he has running different aspects of the White House.