Holy shit, are we actually arguing about authorial intent? Because that’s what it sounds like.

Wasn’t expecting to go there discussing speedruns...

You can guess on where I sit on that topic.

The problem with this kind of thinking is that nearly every game, when pushed to its limits in terms of speed, is going to reveal all kinds of cracks, and calling any particular one glitches or valid strategies is be debatable. This happens all the time.

Take games like Mirror’s Edge: cases where the bounding geometry…

I know you didn’t read the article and it’s not applicable here, but just to explain why it’s still relevant:

A successful glitched run in live setting is it’s own challenge. It requires you to have the skill to speedrun it “normally” to begin with, and precise enough to execute glitches on a real console, with the…

I think Sonic would have endured alongside Mario as a Daffy-to-the-Bugs had he not been crowded out by a cascade of mascots of publishers and consoles right around the time Jaguar and then PlayStation broke onto the scene. I’m talking about Bubsy the Cat, Gex the E-surance agent, and Spyro Gyra the Dragon.

Mario…

Also see:
Debaser - Doolittle (Pixies)
My Name is Jonas - [Blue Album] (Weezer)
Seven Nation Army - Elephant (The White Stripes)
I’ll Stick Around - Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters)
Jenny was a Friend of Mine - Hot Fuss (The Killers)

Which is a shame because I feel like we’ve come full circle on the perfunctory nature of storytelling in games; back to the plumbers rescuing the princess as basically window dressing or filler for the manual. An excuse to dress up the game, pay the writers, and justify that budget.

I was excited about Detroit until I…

Yeah, I don’t think this was a story-driven decision. Or if so, it was poorly executed.

Early on it seemed like they were gunning for him to be this human protocol droid sidekick for Maeve, to the point where it took Dolores reading those human-books in the Forge/Library to put them on even footing. Maeve had a innate…

While I’m glad she’s happier now, I feel frustrated because the whole fun of cosplay to me was to appreciate the inspiration or talent of someone who can transform themselves into someone else through clever use of clothes, makeup, design, material creativity, unique “takes” on a character or aesthetic, and so on.

But…

Yeah, I really like the idea used in the later VW hatches where the cargo cover (shelf?) is present by default, attached to the hatch, and can be removed if necessary for things that might require folding seats down.

You can put things bigger than the cargo area underneath since the shelf (which is light,…

Is it “Skay-cog” or “dollars: kay-cog”?

I’ve always been curious.

Speaking as a Scarlet Macaw, I also want to know why I’m not Andrew’s first favorite animal in South America, because... well... look at me.

I read it as her obsession with wanting to know what it felt like to kill someone, which had overtaken her previous self-justification for her pursuit: the aforementioned getting a chance to avenge Bill.

“If I don’t make it back, tell my story!”

I was like oh crap this is some YA mother/daughter version of Battle Royale right here what are you doing.

Look, up in the sky, it’s another Cartoon Network-greenlit reboot of an existing property into the chibi jello noodle style! Awww yisss, this is going to be wacky.

Isn’t that it though? I thought this show was supposed to be rolling around in the trope that there’s no real danger in Saturday Morning cartoons. Plus, if the triplets come from a family line of competent adventurers then the danger bar has to be set pretty high to get a rise out of them. (See also: Venture Bros.)

Alanis King? More like Alanis’ Cat.

I was just about to say this.

But not drivers?

What about a Walker of Mustangs?

There’s a reason they call VA the rocket locket.