Well, grooming is always going to be a tough sell when the victims are adults of sound mind.

Why does it need to contribute beyond telling a decent story? It’s a big universe, these characters may or may not at some point run into things you’ve seen before. Whether or not that happens, it shouldn’t affect the quality for good or ill.

Isn’t She-Hulk supposed to have sitcom-length episodes? As I understand it, all the MCU shows have roughly the same overall length, but they’re split into 6 longer episodes (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Hawkeye, Moon Knight) or 10 shorter episodes (WandaVision, What If...? [both cut down to 9 because of…

The answer is Vin Diesel. Obviously.

Defamed him by accusing him of abuse, so it still ultimately boils down to whether or not he did.

“But it’s a crime simulator... You torture and murder people in it.”
“Is it racist as a matter of course?”
“No, of course not.”
“Is it sexist as a matter of course?”
“No, of course not.”
“So why is it okay for it to be transphobic?”
“It’s a crime simulator! You torture and murder people in it.”

Problem is, that’s basically the argument Depp’s fans are using to defend him.

Transformers was a franchise no one liked. Maybe some people think the first was okay, but every subsequent entry was widely regarded as awful, even by the people making them, who regularly promised that the next would be the one that would fix things. It remained financially successful for entry after entry.

A masterpiece? Or a “masterpiece” like Ad Astra, where it’s just a dumb-as-they-come scifi blockbuster, but shot handsomely, slowed down to an absolute crawl, and fawned over by critics as if it had something interesting to say?

I don’t think it’s been all that precise, he’s picked some real turds along the way, but yeah, that’s definitely been the very clear goal.

I think they should change the format of the “the nominees are...” segments, with a short prepared video featuring an expert (i.e. not too fawning) talking over clips to briefly explain and demonstrate what makes each of the nominees particularly worthy in this category. This would be especially useful for the…

It’s a real pain that Sony are making [the PS3 era] as inaccessible as possible for no real reason.

I genuinely don’t understand why some very simple improvements FromSoft games could make are always written off that way. How exactly would a less-dated user interface make it “a game that plays like any other”?

Farhardi’s lawyer Borowsky notes that the document, which was submitted as evidence in the ongoing court case, is legally meaningless

Did it not seem like that at the time? I enjoyed it for what it was, but there was always a distinct lack of variety. It was chock full of copy and paste missions, with every region playing out in exactly the same way. And had a bunch of generic collectables that had no reward at all — pure timewasting filler.

In most games I enjoy PS5’s adaptive (force-feedback) triggers, as they give extra weight to actions like shooting a gun or smashing an enemy. However, in GTA Online, I quickly turned them off. For one, the implementation seems to be buggy, making a weird, constant ticking clicking noise even when I was just standing…

Psst... he was on Empire, not Power.

I think that’s spot on. I also really enjoyed it and felt it provided just enough of a breath of fresh air for the MCU, but it didn’t have the “X factor” that might inspire me to vigorously defend it. I’m mostly just confused that the critical reception was so poor, when it seemed at least as coherent as anything else…

But in doing so, he ignores The Witcher 3, which long ago proved that it’s entirely possible to fill one of these massive open worlds with brilliant authored content.

Real world interruptions often take precedence over a videogame, because they’re real and it’s a fucking videogame. Even on the very low end of how “important” those interruptions might be, the delivery person isn’t going to wait 3 minutes for you to answer the door.