Said with no apparent sense of irony.

I was sort of taken aback at how terse and laconic the review was—at least until I hit that last brain-melting video gamer guilt section. That guilt was clearly the point here; everything before it was pretense.

I think it’s as simple as Blizzard not having anything to show but being able to pin a cancellation on corporate safety/responsibility. D4 was their big reveal last year, and it’s pretty well accepted that it’s years away. A Shadowlands trailer and some Overwatch 1.5 gameplay won’t cut it.

Imagine whining because the Mandalorian bounty hunter acts precisely as a Mandalorian bounty hunter would act.

Logically, you’re right. But I would point to (revamped) Diablo 3 as the pinnacle of this kind of system. It can be done.

“Hey Frederick Douglass, why bother writing any of this? You’re just going to piss people off and nothing is going to change!”

You’re arguing in good faith, but this

At this point, the only number that has any bearing on any of this whatsoever is Trump’s approval rating with the Republican party. Only when the cultists start peeling away does he have anything to fear, and I don’t even want to imagine what kind of reality would cause that.

Yeah, I typically hate the “respect the game” bullshit myself, but Sherman was smart to invoke Mahomes, a guy who by all accounts is nice as hell while actually, you know, being good at his position.

Yeah, I’m just finding it kinda difficult to paint Bennett as the villain here.

Matt Schaub?

It gives the Dolphins the opportunity to trade Kenny Stills, which anyone who has been paying attention knows was absolutely going to happen at some point.

JESUS. The VMAs are a blight on the world in general, but this is spectacle that few musicians have ever or could ever reach.

Well you’ve certainly demonstrated how NOT-breezy you are! Well done.

This piece really succinctly sums up Biden’s campaign. His heart’s not in it and never was, and it feels like he’s doing this to honor the wishes of his deceased son (which I cannot and will not judge) and maybe out of a sense of obligation to Obama by being The One Who Beat Trump.

I happen to think Warren is the most presidential and nuanced out of all of them.

Honest question: Jerry Jones has an inside track on overtaking Al Davis for ghastliest sports owner ever, right?

“Margaux”

“Being a parent on Twitch isn’t easy. As independent contractors, parents have to deal with inconsistent work hours, unreliable pay, a lack of healthcare, and a general lack of safety nets should anything go wrong.”

This, exactly.