One of my all-time favorite Simpsons jokes. Burns takes away television to pressure Homer. He's under no obligation to put anything on. And yet, there he is, making a marital sitcom with Smithers.

See, here's the issue though: how many times in SNL's history has it completely sucked only to come back and end up being funny again? That's what's so fucking weird about this show. Since there's nothing really airing against it it manages to be successful enough to be complete dog shit for like 5 years and then come…

See, here's the issue though: how many times in SNL's history has it completely sucked only to come back and end up being funny again? That's what's so fucking weird about this show. Since there's nothing really airing against it it manages to be successful enough to be complete dog shit for like 5 years and then come…

Yeah, but the joke is that in Gamepro, Protips were completely braindead fucking stupid. Anywhere else, an instructive bit of advice would just be printed, like "press A to jump", but in Gamepro it was prefaced with a graphic like it was heralded from on high by a goddamn bugle-playing angel. "~|PROTIP|~: use attacks…

Yeah, but the joke is that in Gamepro, Protips were completely braindead fucking stupid. Anywhere else, an instructive bit of advice would just be printed, like "press A to jump", but in Gamepro it was prefaced with a graphic like it was heralded from on high by a goddamn bugle-playing angel. "~|PROTIP|~: use attacks…

@avclub-4c93e18166419da61b1ca433c866d9e5:disqus  If it makes you feel better, all Psygnosis did was publish Lemmings. It was actually developed by DMA Design, which also technically no longer exists; it became Rockstar North after their next big game, Grand Theft Auto (which was also originally designed under the DMA…

@avclub-4c93e18166419da61b1ca433c866d9e5:disqus  If it makes you feel better, all Psygnosis did was publish Lemmings. It was actually developed by DMA Design, which also technically no longer exists; it became Rockstar North after their next big game, Grand Theft Auto (which was also originally designed under the DMA…

Except that Donkey Kong is a preexisting character with an established history that you couldn't really tell this type of story about without having to ignore, so I'd say there's like no chance whatsoever that they even pursued the rights to Kong at any point during the development of the movie, and considering it's…

Except that Donkey Kong is a preexisting character with an established history that you couldn't really tell this type of story about without having to ignore, so I'd say there's like no chance whatsoever that they even pursued the rights to Kong at any point during the development of the movie, and considering it's…

@avclub-675cf4954ee45de77c149af8d2c8186f:disqus Except that he does, I've run into him several times at the coffee shop near my apartment, and I'm fucking tired of people pretending he doesn't.

@avclub-675cf4954ee45de77c149af8d2c8186f:disqus Except that he does, I've run into him several times at the coffee shop near my apartment, and I'm fucking tired of people pretending he doesn't.

Jesus christ, me too. Oh, Twinge the Day's lyrics are autumnal? Razor Hummer's return to primitive roots-punk was like a scream from the dark? Fucking great, I need to read about 35 more bands like that.

Jesus christ, me too. Oh, Twinge the Day's lyrics are autumnal? Razor Hummer's return to primitive roots-punk was like a scream from the dark? Fucking great, I need to read about 35 more bands like that.

I know, right? Kids can't even remember their lines. I guess that's what happens when you spend your 4 years at Juilliard doing blow and picking up chicks at the dance school.

I know, right? Kids can't even remember their lines. I guess that's what happens when you spend your 4 years at Juilliard doing blow and picking up chicks at the dance school.

@avclub-678004486c119599ed7d199f47da043a:disqus Not all footage that's cut is cut for controversial content. It would've been cut for time concerns, as syndicated episodes routinely have content cut in order to fit in more commercials. Also, TV shows from 20 years ago were also usually a few minutes longer than they…

@avclub-678004486c119599ed7d199f47da043a:disqus Not all footage that's cut is cut for controversial content. It would've been cut for time concerns, as syndicated episodes routinely have content cut in order to fit in more commercials. Also, TV shows from 20 years ago were also usually a few minutes longer than they…

Throwing a spanner in the works of your erotic backrub contest, I will say that my first concert was also Queensryche (their Operation Mindcrime II tour in 2006), and I am 24. I am willing to bet that was not the age that first popped in your head, and as a result, I would not suggest getting a job as one of those…

Throwing a spanner in the works of your erotic backrub contest, I will say that my first concert was also Queensryche (their Operation Mindcrime II tour in 2006), and I am 24. I am willing to bet that was not the age that first popped in your head, and as a result, I would not suggest getting a job as one of those…

To be fair, for some reason, Sega also thought that. That's why typically the first level of each Sonic game is like "HURRY HURRY LOOK HOW FAST YOU CAN RUN BLAAAAAST PROCESSIIIIING". I guess that was the way they tried to sell the Genesis, but even as a 5 year old being able to rush through games wasn't really a…