I swear, the fucking Harleys with air conditioning and a stereo system kill me. “Let me crank the speakers to eleven so I can hear my crappy country music over the sound of my exhaust at the stop light.” We get it, you can’t give up the modern conveniences of a car but think two wheels make you look cooler, when in…

Most of the restaurants I went to pre-pandemic have turned their tables into cubicles. Sure, they’re all set to social distance for the next pandemic, but nobody wants to feel like they’re trapped in a closet while trying to eat. They’ve even reduced or eliminated bar seats so solo dining or date night is an ordeal.…

“After careful consideration, we’ve decided against Hitler quotes and instead will be using quotes from Mao Zedong.” -Austin St. John

I stopped using sriracha altogether after the pandemic. They’re all too sweet for my tastes these days, not to mention fairly one-note. These days if I need heat I’m also looking for additional depth, so I resort to chili crisp or green hot sauce.

There’s something to be said about loading up a game and having 99% confidence that it’ll work because it’s a closed ecosystem. I don’t have to mess with drivers or settings unless I want to because the game was designed for that hardware and OS.

See, I found Odyssey incredibly frustrating. If Cappy was only used for capturing it’d be one thing, but then they tossed in all the “hat tricks” to where an errant button press or thumbstick move had me fighting with the controls when Mario made a sudden move I wasn’t expecting. It seemed like every minute Mario was…

I’d argue that Mario Kart 8, namely the Deluxe version, is damn near perfect. It’s accessible, great for both newcomers or experienced players, controls well, runs fantastic, etc. For a game initially released in 2014 it holds up today and was still getting regular content updates through last year.

Companies hiring diversity consultants is just capitalism. The relatively small amount of money it takes to hire an outside entity to make sure that nothing is offensive is a pittance compared to the PR disaster the company would face if their worst ideas made it to the market. Which is to say that despite what the…

Don’t be a cunt, Leykis.

And let’s be honest; how many of these edgelords do you think spanked it to Judy Álvarez from Cyberpunk 2077? Even after they found out that she was a lesbian (or were more likely because of that fact).

I tell this story all the time, but an acquaintance worked in Hollywood for a while and they literally had a spreadsheet on how to maximize returns based on preset criteria. This particular studio had a line-item for Vin Diesel because putting him an any dogshit film would net them at least a couple more million than…

There was a point toward the end of the pandemic when I was nostalgic for a terrible Subway tuna sandwich, and if the “open” sign wasn’t lit I never would have known the place was still in business. All the lights were off, sandwich counter closed down, staff all hiding in the back. They’re just wasting money on rent…

I think the big issue is that the UK’s libel laws are incredibly fucked and overwhelmingly favor the injured party. So while I’m sure RB thought that the evidence was open-and-shut, if the arbitrator had even in inclining of doubt then they were going to rule in Horner’s favor.

80% of my kid’s gaming time is spent in Minecraft. They might stop and play the new hotness for a day or two, but then it’s right back to building with virtual blocks.

A smart exec would say, “Hey, this is popular in this moment and won’t be by the time we’re done, so maybe we should make something different.” But then again, when was the last time you heard about an executive that could see past the next fiscal quarter?

Ngl, would.

Yeah, that’s what I meant but probably oversimplified, lol. Joint companies are super common in Japan and it always makes things weird. The Pokemon Company International (TPCi) is owned by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures Inc. So they all stand to profit off the games. Game Freak just have the added benefit of…

Game Freak owns 1/3 of the Pokemon IP. They could just sit back and rake in the residuals, but why do that when they can double-dip and pay themselves to make the games?

Hey now, don’t be mean to R4ndyD4ndy. I don’t think he’s ever seen another cock besides his own choad, so the thought of getting smacked by one is an alien concept.

I rarely get fast food anymore ever since everything closed during the pandemic. If surge pricing is going to become an industry standard, I guess that trend will continue.