But ... ... ... why? Is it just because the All-Mighty Invisible Hand commands us to milk every dollar possible from each IP?
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As a couple who spent our children’s early years daydreaming about buying some property down the road and erecting a “sex yurt” to get some private time, my wife and I can only nod appreciatively hearing about Newman and Woodward’s fuck hut. They lived the dream.
It was called Broadchurch ... not so much a happy show, if I recall.
A campaign account, though, isn’t really the kind they want. They would rather have some earnest individual who believes in decency and America — someone with feelings that they can hurt to displace some of their own misery. Read more
It’s kind of funny when the AI apologists are so knee-jerk in their responses, they don’t even bother to read the article and realize that it has nothing to do with job disruption caused by the latest fad to which they’ve decided to abase themselves. Read more
This really doesn’t seem to be an unethical use of AI, although confirmation that the actor’s family was compensated would be great. I suppose it is also important that the replacement voice actor whose work was modified receives adequate recognition for his work. Otherwise, this seems like it might qualify as… Read more
In my D&D games, that would make this entire season what we call a “pack the horses” session — hours of calculating encumbrance and deciding what to leave behind before setting out on the quest. When sitting around goofing with friends it is tolerable; not so much in scripted entertainment.
That summary actually sounds pretty good -- and it’s nice to see Charisma Carpenter finally getting the slayer role she lost to SMG during the original casting.
Serious question: how on earth do people recognize her in the videos? I assume she didn’t have a Chaturbate username like “VADemCandidate,” so was it just an open secret in some circles? Am I just incapable of recognizing faces out-of-context? This bothers me every time somebody gets caught like this — who are these… Read more
A short synopsis of when airlines (and the regulatory agencies they have hijacked) think you should be entitled to compensation for a cancellation or delay: Read more
“People just didn’t recognize who the justices were,” Barrett said. “I think that’s better. I don’t think justices should be recognizable in that sense.” Read more
This is how you get Night City -- it will be interesting to see the resulting Cyberpunk dystopia. They can even hire Keanu to do the tourism advertising (via Neurolink, of course).
I think it’s a given how Musk’s various space ventures will play out, so Grimes really has an in for achieving her death wish.
Maybe it’s because copyright issues prevent the Guild of Navigators from plotting interstellar travel in a galaxy far, far away. It doesn’t matter if Kessel has spice if there’s no one to use it!
Let’s hope Qanon doesn’t find out about this -- we’ll end up with conspiracy theories about how the Jedi Order are a bunch of groomers ... hey, wait a minute!
Maps in genre fiction are cool; maps in Star Wars ... ... have not been to date. Schematics, on the other hand, are the bee’s knees in that galaxy far away (e.g., New Hope, Rogue One).
Indeed. “Listless” is the opposite of “listing” and would be a very good thing on a boat — although, etymologically, the list of listless has absolutely nothing to do with boats (“list” meant “desire”, so “lack of desire” is the meaning of listless).
To be honest, I find it comforting that a man named “Ramaswamy” is being pedaled by the billionaires as the new fascist flavor of the month. It really highlights the disconnect between those pulling the strings and the rascist deadenders who make up the core of the Republican party. Call it a weird hunch, but I don’t… Read more
Shorter version: “Pick me! Pick me!”
You just know that this is going to be an anecdote in some future version of Gibson’s Decline and Fall of the American Empire. Additionally, it will delight young students translating the ancient language of that once mighty nation (and goodness knows they will need some levity after dealing with all the irregular… Read more