I’ll always have a certain affection for the first movie because a big chunk of it took place in my hometown (Tampa, Florida), and I have a former teacher who taught Channing Tatum when he went to Tampa Catholic (according to said teacher, he went by “Chan” in high school, and going to Hollywood, they had him use his…

I’m really surprised that “What the World Needs Now Is Love” isn’t on here.

Between it and “Walk on By”, those are the two that instantly come to mind when I think of Burt.

Earning less money =/= losing money.

Microsoft is still highly profitable. They’ve simply earned less money relative to the same quarter last year. However, they’re net income (profit) for non-FY 2022 still totaled over $17bn.

I won’t speak on the merits of The Woman King since I haven’t watched it, but the overall situation brings to mind I thought I had for awhile (and one I’m sure many others have had): tokenism when it comes to nominations for awards in mostly white circles.

To elaborate, I heard resounding acclaim for Everything,…

For comparison, a quick google search shows Nintendo valued at around $56 billion (assuming the internet is correct) and is listed as the third most valuable company in Japan. Sony’s net worth is around $156 billion, but I couldn’t find a number that separates their gaming sector from the rest of their business.

While King has been growing, Activision still provides the majority of revenues both quarterly and yearly for the combined company.

Blizzard is becoming more of an afterthought, especially when you consider that they’re essentially down to 3 IPs that are really worth anything: Warcraft (which includes WoW), Diablo…

To be fair, people seem to forget that the 2nd biggest segment of Activision-Blizzard isn’t Blizzard, it’s King, that makes Candy Crush.

And by 2nd biggest, I mean not just the entire company (Activison vs. King), but also their two most financially lucrative IPs, CoD and Candy Crush, respectively.

So, I don’t think MS…

I’ll jump in.

I want this merger to go through because, without it, there’s a good chance that Activision Blizzard gets voluntarily split up anyways. One could argue that the Blizzard side has been a bit of a drag on earnings for the last 5-6 years (with various debacles like BFA and Shadowlands for WoW, Starcraft as…

This merger has gotten so much scrutiny because it’s Microsoft as the purchaser, full stop.

It’s absolutely incongrous to think that any of these regulators really care about gaming when it comes to Microsoft. The reality is that gaming for Microsoft is such an incredibly small part of their overall business, that the…

As a gay man, coming empty handed is a rather celebratory thing in certain circumstances.

Let me school you as someone with a degree in political science and who used to work in politics.

Barack beat Mccain in 2008 53-47. That was a landslide not just in the popular vote (Barack had 9.5m more votes than McCain, a gap that large that hadn’t happened since Reagan in 1984), but in the electoral college, it was…

Exactly.

While I didn’t watch the show itself, I can imagine that many of the competitors weren’t in particularly good shape, weren’t athletes, and simply didn’t take care of themselves. Guess what? Injuries happen, and often times they happen to the people who do take care of themselves, and train, and exercise, and…

But it’s not a game show in any sense of the word.

Game shows have to show a particular level of objectivity. Where’s the objectivity in Red Light, Green Light (meaning, who determines how much you’ve moved since stopping and whether that’s too much and you’re out). What about the honeycomb game?

The reality is that…

I’ll break it down in starkly political terms (and some math).

The solidly red states (meaning those that have gone for the Republican nominee for every election since 1996), amount for 116 electoral votes. California, Texas, and Florida amount for 122. That’s interesting, but here’s what’s more interesting.

There are 4…

You assume the most of the voting public are knowledgable about the nuances of the issues. The reality is that most voters are either single-issue voters, motivated solely by party affiliation, or go by the emotional pull or aversion they feel towards a candidate.

Trump won because he was successful in the latter 2…

Unless you live in Texas or Florida, most truly red states are so small that their Electoral College vote counts don’t really matter. Not to mention the fact that those very same red states would vote for any person with a pulse who has an (R) in front of their name.

Mathematically, all of the solidly red states…

One, at no point did I minimize anything. I’m a native and resident of Florida, so I certainly don’t need to be condescended to about how many people have died to Covid, let alone the fact that many of those people are friends and family members. So you can spare me the indignation.

I clearly stated, in my response,…

At no point did I say that I don’t think he’d do it. It’s always a possibility, but I do believe that people close to him will get in his ear and convince him that a third-party run would not only result in a personal loss (which a narcissist like him cannot deal with), but it would hurt the brand when it comes to the…

Well, politically, most red states don’t matter in a Presidential election because their population (and therefore the amount of Electoral College votes) they have is too low to make much of a difference.

Texas matters. Florida matters. Further, any truly red state is gonna go for any Republican nominee, so the fact…

I’ll break this down.

The burden of proof is always on the plaintiffs. So the contestants who feel they were cheated have to provide evidence that not only were they cheated, but they were cheated by Netflix, AND that Netflix did so to purposefully deprive them of said opportunity to win. That’s an impossible standard…