Solid article. Enjoyed the various perspectives and views provided. History 101, don’t judge the past by today’s standards. Everyone seems to have forgotten this basic principle to studying events of the past.
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One of the best articles I’ve ever read on here.
I get what you’re saying, especially in regards to Nikki. One of the (numerous) reasons I will never run for office is my parent.
Unpopular Opinion: You cannot shame or criticize victims, but I think there is room to just believe people you care about. I don’t think it’s okay for Keaton to go after Dylan Farrow, but I do think it’s okay that she believes Allen and is wrong. I also think it’s okay that Nikki Minaj never spoke out against her…
As someone who spends more time in the character creator than the game, I totally empathise here. I absolutely HATE when that creation doesn’t turn out the same in the in-game engine. Especially when I have to play through some 20 minute intro before I can even see them (side eyes Destiny).
I loved that moment in the documentary because you see three different experiences of grief, across three generations. Her grandmother seems to have come to terms with Joanne’s death, perhaps because in her old age, as a Catholic, she feels like she is close to seeing Joanne again, and she seems somewhat surprised by…
A YouTube video with nearly 900,000 views titled “Why Anthem Should Scare You | Has EA Destroyed Bioware?” just miiiight be the type of thing that the second-to-last paragraph of this article is talking about.
Good. Here’s hoping the dude who passed Barriss the address receives similar charges.
There’s, “Oh, I’m trolling for the LOLz,” and then there’s SWATting. You call in an armed response team, you have to know there’s the potential for something to go wrong—and if you contact someone else to have them do it for you, then…
Black Museum was so good a lot of people didn’t like it but man the parallels were just too good and that ending??? Its in my top 3 for S4 as well as the USS Callister cause it threw me for a loop and came for those “nice” guy fanboys who aren’t actually nice and Hang the DJ because it got me right in the heart it was…
Yes, I was waiting for this too. As a general rule, I make a point of not reading White reviewers critiques of Black narratives. I noticed they tend to either give such narratives lower marks, misunderstand, or miss the point of the story.
I watched this the same day as Erica Garner passed and my mind continued to draw parallels between the daughter and father in Black Museum and Eric/Erica Garner. Thoughts about justice, retribution and how America is highly desensitized, and exploits, to the pain of people of color. I couldn’t stop crying.
Black Museum was my favorite episode this season because of all the themes you brought to light here. And, even though the justice was incomplete, there was some satisfaction in the end.
The plotting itself in Act 2 was pointless. What Rian Johnson was trying to do (I’m not sure I totally agree with his decisions) was take the usual harebrained Star Wars convoluted Hail Mary hero plan and make it fail. And fail spectacularly.
Counter-point to both points: maybe e-sports are equally valid to physical sports and both are largely a waste of time. Have fun playing soccer with your friends, have fun playing Call of Duty in your house but making a huge Thing out of organized either sucks the joy out of it.
I have been waiting (impatiently) for Singer to be brought down. Looks like there is something on the horizon that hasn’t leaked yet since he is famously litigious and has been successful at winning past court cases and silencing people online.
It’s Lovecraft’s The Colour Out of Space.
Pretty much every portion of Darkest Dungeon has a heavy Lovecraftian hook in it. This will be less sci-fi than it will be a continuation of Lovecraft’s use of “a horror from beyond the stars.”
Remember, even High Priest Cthulhu (who is not a god, damn it all; he’s just a priest…
I think there’s a narrow area where we acknowledge that while it’s not fair that we have to protect ourselves it’s still what we need to do while we continue to fight to change the culture. Years ago I saw a show about a woman with a stalker. She was indignant; she shouldn’t have to move because of her stalker. She…
I have to be honest, and I’m sure I’ll receive flack for it, but I get what she’s saying. Yes, women should be able to walk into a business meeting (regardless of the unusual setting that it’s taking place in) and be safe.
Turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie all suck.