I love them both, but this really should’ve been Big Daddy Kane vs. Rakim, and then KRS-One vs. Kool Moe Dee. 

The weird about comedy isn’t just the matter of intent, but also the matter of whether the joke or bit or scene lands.

Plenty of people intend to say something funny, but it doesn’t land, so the criticism is leveled at the fact that not only did they say something that, without comedic intent, it would be seen as mean…

People like Sage are the ones who don’t realize that the same people who were mean to you might also be the same people who have your back because they, unconsciously, feel a bit of comraderie. Plus, as children, showing any attention to another kid is, in many cases, an explicit sign of some care and concern.

It’s the…

The only argument I can envisage as a black man myself as to the insistence on identifying as not just biracial, but making clear that you’re outright opposed to identifying as one or the other, is a personal sense of avoiding what might appear as a dismissal of your other contributing ethnic lineage.

The issue with…

Power actually had some genuinely good seasons, and Raising Kanan was a much more enjoyable spinoff than Book II: Ghost (I hate Tariq with a passion, which I suppose is a combination of good writing and good acting to have a character be so loathsome in every way). I can’t speak on Greenleaf as I’ve never watched it,…

In this new technological era? Audi or Bentley.

The new Continental GT is smaller and sleeker, and would hearken back to the original books, but might be a bit ostentatious given certain design cues. Audi is just cool, but unfortunately, unlike BMW and Mercedes, they don’t have a flagship luxury coupe on par with a…

Doesn’t he still essentially do that? Hiring a writing staff but every episode is ultimately written by him? Maybe that’s why, since The Newsroom, he’s stuck to movies and plays.

Must be a weird position for the staff writers. A nice paying gig but you have to put up with both Aaron Sorking being Aaron Sorkin and…

Licensing is a big issue.

It’s such an issue that the ports of GTA V from 360/PS3 to PS4/Xbox One/PC were missing tracks, and there was only a 2-year gap between those releases (and for much less popular songs, no less). And apparently, more songs have been removed through various other updates due to the rights…

Vice City is still my favorite video game experience of all-time, and even I haven’t touched it since I was still in high school (so well over 12 years ago).

There’s certain titles that capture a moment both in time and in your life, and Vice City was one of those, but as a 30-year old now, I can acknowledge how…

I can’t imagine Archer without Jessica Walter, and it’s telling how far Archer has drifted from my focus since I was completely unaware there was a season underway, and I was a huge fan during it’s heyday (seasons 1-4).

Seem so long ago...

No.

I’ve said that MMOs and always-online games have issues that make them particularly susceptible to being buggy on day 1, not that there should be an assumption that every game is going to be unplayable on release. Acknowledging the possibility of unplayability is not the same as expecting the game to be…

What consumer of a video games in 2021, that’s an adult, doesn’t know there might be problems with the game on release? And what company is going to tank their own game by telling consumers, “Hey. The game might not be playable on release. Good luck.”?

There are too many possibilities with a large game, particularly…

Not at all.

Your implication is that companies don’t already inform customers, which for the most part isn’t true. With MMOs, there are beta tests. The consumers know about these beta tests. A company can’t guarantee that every single consumer will hear about the beta tests or any issues. To assume that a company can,…

I’m getting the sense that you think that consumers are idiots with short memories who don’t understand that there’s always a chance that things won’t work day 1, and that it’s solely the responsibility of the publisher to inform the consumer of the possibility that things might not work day 1. Neither one is true.

Ther…

No. The standards are going to be different because the type and size and scope of the games are different. Standards aren’t uniform over a product simply because it’s within the same realm of product. The standards expected of a $300k Ferrari are going to be different than those of a $20k Honda; some might be higher…

Even though they’re anathema at this point, it’s amazing what a company with the resources and the pedigree of MMO releases can do with current technology.

When Shadowlands dropped earlier this year, myself and thousands of others were able to access the new content without logging out of our current session. Blizzard…

His point is that, for MMOs, it’s not a lowering of the standard, it is the standard.

One, you’re dealing with disparate PC setups (in terms of hardware) that, at various settings, can still run the game. Then, you’re dealing with hardware in regards to servers and people in disparate areas of the world with differing…

Umm, putting on weight and significant makeup?

Adam Sandler put on no significant weight and grew a goatee, and again, being an auteur film isn’t necessarily Oscar bait, especially since the Safdie brothers haven’t been recognized by the Academy in any way, even though they are auteurs (and they make great films).…

Uncut Gems was almost the antithesis of an Oscar bait movie in every conceivable manner.

It was a fantastic movie, but not all fantastic movies are Oscar bait.

I remember reading a quote from Warren Buffet awhile back, concerning how he would leave his considerable fortune to his kids, and he said this (and I’m paraphrasing):

“I will leave my kids enough money to feel as though they can do anything, but not so much that they have to do nothing.”

Frankly put, I think that it’s…