But 1990 was early enough in the days of JRPGs that there very existence was still kind of innovative. Today, not so much.

Generic JRPGs
The fact that this game could accurately be described as "utterly generic" when the accompanying screenshot depicts what appears to be a cat priestess with adamantium claws says a lot about the state of JRPGs in 2010.

Say what you will. I leave this as my closing argument:

I've missed that, but I will admit to watching Wizards of Waverly Place for a few minutes until I realize that I'm watching a rejected Sabrina the Teenage Witch script brought to life.

Selena Gomez
will be the AV Club commenters' next answer to Alison Brie, as soon as she stars in something that is not objectively awful.

This is how the movie will end
The ice cream naming ceremony at Ben & Jerry's Headquarters. Although they could surprise us and use the opening of the first Jerry Garcia tie factory.

I hate the fucking Eagles, man.

See, I think the Baldwin/Bassinger/Richie Cunningham episode is tolerable because the celebrities were at least willing to make fun of themselves. The bit at the end where Howard pitches Homer's script idea to Brian Grazer is especially great.

I actually think the Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger one is okay, as far as such things go.

Stupid, yes. But this is probably the worst:

Ooh, Ice Creamville.

At least this isn't another celebrity playing himself
The Simpsons has featured celebrity voices from the beginning, but it wasn't until around Season 10 or so that the epidemic of "Celebrity SuchandSuch as himself" began. I don't think the show has become uniformly awful, but that sort of lazy writing really…

CC Baxter, this may come as a surprise to an uncultured simpleton such as yourself, but styles of ballet are as rich and varied as the finest wines of France. Sometimes it's a car. Sometimes it's a tricycle. And sometimes, for the truly avant-garde among us, it's a bear riding another bear which is itself riding a…

You mean ballet?

If you played any Dragon Quest games prior to VIII, you should know that "improved graphics" is enough to separate it from the prior games. DQ VII looks like it was made from the hacked rom of a late-period NES game.

Yeah. I'm willing to give haters of the show a pass simply based on the existence of "Pimp my Trike," which was actually presented as an actual example of an actual sketch on this supposed-to-be actual sketch show.

Don't get me wrong. It wasn't perfect. It had 2 major flaws. First, when they actually showed the sketches, they were pretty horrible. I always assumed this was because Sorkin refused to hand off the comedy writing to someone else. Second, like everything Sorkin, the show was rather heavy-handed.

John Edwards has been hanging out at bars in my town.
I've seen him a couple of times. He usually shows up with a couple of college-age kids. A few more join him as the night progresses. One time, I saw him giving dap to this 20-ish hipster douchebag.

I liked Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
There, I said it. I feel so much better now.

Fuck Tim Burton
Burton has long since used up all 5 of the original ideas that were floating around his head, and only a couple of those ideas were any good. I just checked his filmography, and he's actually remaking Frankenweenie, based on the short film that he himself made in 1984. I'm looking forward to his…