I’ve got a bunch of books I got for Christmas I’m still working on. Currently reading Joe Hill’s Strange Weather. Depending on what mood I’m in when I’m done with that, it’ll be either Kory Stamper’s Word by Word or Sticky Fingers, the Jann Wenner biography.

I’m assuming that this is focused on directors for whom Breaking Bad was a particular turning point in their careers otherwise there’s a serious lack of Adam Bernstein on this list. He started off directing They Might Be Giants videos and worked on on Oz, Scrubs and 30 Rock before Breaking Bad and has worked on Fargo…

I’m getting close to being done with Stardew Valley. I’m just waiting for my beets to grow so I can finish the Qi quests. I’m also grateful for the lax child protection laws in Stardew Valley that allow me to go wandering through mines while my husband wanders off who knows where and our infant daughter is left home…

Was always casually on the lookout for a copy of TWENWY but never saw one so I’m getting that one for sure. I’m curious how it’ll work with one screen though. Also cautiously optimistic about the new Mario Tennis. From what I heard about the last one, the mechanics were fine but it was sorely lacking in content. This…

Which of your possessions have you owned the longest?

What’s the most difficult decision you’ve ever had to make?

Good luck to you as well! I’m guess that version has a lot more options than the Fes version so I don’t know that I have any specifics to suggest. One of the things I’ve found most useful was doing frequent playthroughs with a notepad handy to write down all the little things I wanted to fix - little things like…

Thanks!

Also the game I’ve been working on in RPG Maker Fes. I’m still working on it but I got stuck on one section. Which led me to pick up Stardew Valley to look at something different for a while. Which was a mistake.

It’s more of a radio show that’s also available as a podcast but Black Mirror fans might be interested in hearing Charlie Brooker’s Desert Island Discs episode from yesterday. It’s on BBC Radio 4's website which is region-free and can be downloaded from the same site:

What a delightful surprise to find among the post-Christmas wasteland! Seconding everyone who is happy to hear that the idea of a third season of Spectacle isn’t completely dead.

I haven’t played most of these (partly because I spent most of this year working on my own game for RPG Maker Fes. Which I’m still working on. I’ve just had a bunch of Fridays off and have been waking up too late to contribute to WAYPTW.) But I’ll agree with the one I have. That part of SMO made me smile all the way…

December 29th...That would be about the time I’d normally be settling down to watch Charlie’s annual Screenwipe...

When the news about Charlie Rose came out, one of my initial thoughts was, “I would have expected this from Matt Lauer, not Charlie Rose.”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version), Michael Bublé
Triplicate, Bob Dylan
In Full Swing, Seth MacFarlane
Wonderland, Sarah McLachlan
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90, (Various Artists) Dae Bennett, Producer

I broke down and got Super Mario Odyssey, mainly because I thought it would be a nice distraction for my nephew. He’s only four and doesn’t really play games but he absolutely loved it. We spent about an hour in two player mode with him playing the hat just playing catch with one of the dogs. And then another half…

The headline’s not helping either.

Obviously, the answer is now. I just here because I feel that having a feature called “Do We Have to Care About This?” is just baiting the AV Club commenters.

I hope someone told the British comedian Will Smith about this. (He played Phil Smith in The Thick of It and also some writing and producing on Veep .) This comes from several years of referring to him as “Not That Will Smith.”

RPG Maker Fes update: