I think a real problem people had with Verhoeven is that he was seen as an outsider as he was clearly not an American. Verhoeven again and again was going over the basis of fascism is that “people who are trying to claim power will tell you lies until you give them that power, and then you’re disposable.” But people…

Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment are both very good games and people should play them if they haven’t had the opportunity to before.  Can’t say anything about Sea of Thieves or Grounded since they’re not really my thing.

Putting things like Hi-Fi Rush and Penitent on other platforms makes sense and is good precedent. These sorts of things are good games that deserve a wider audience and you’re likely to make more more money by “selling more copies” to people who don’t have an Xbox than you are by selling Xboxes to people who want to…

Since a lot of this comes from video games in the RPG genre, I think this basically models how it works in the tabletop space.  If I have a specific idea about an NPC’s sexual orientation and this is going to relate to their story, then that’s how the NPC is going to be regardless.  But most of the time I don’t have a…

I was recently playing the Guardians of the Galaxy game from 2021, and while it was a pretty good game the biggest problem with it was the number of times you’re left wondering “okay, where do I go next” after the dialogue ends, and the answer was generally “if you turn the camera in a specific direction you can find…

This just seems like an example of “just because something upset you, that doesn’t mean anybody did anything wrong.” Like the kayfabe around Muppets is that you treat them as real in that you don’t acknowledge the puppeteer, not that you treat them as real in that you wouldn’t do things to Muppets if you wouldn’t do…

I really just care about good games. Ideally every game would be good and every game would be released on every platform. Obviously the realities of business and technology make that unlikely, but we can still strive to live in a better world. 

This doesn’t seem that hard to do yourself.  Buffalo wing sauce is basically just hot sauce + butter + a few extra spices, and it’s well established that the active ingredients in cannabis are fat soluble.

So Sriracha is one of the simplest hot sauces to make at home- it’s just ripe jalapenos, garlic, sugar, and salt that is fermented for about 2 weeks.  The limiting reagent, of course (other than a setup to do fermentation) is “you need a lot of ripe peppers.”  Jalapenos are normally picked when vivid green, so they…

I think my basic issue is that I just don’t want to kill the Justice League.  I can’t remember being this turned off by the premise of a game before.

Given the actual racial politics of France, this seems like a bad idea.

I just can’t imagine any situation where “go out and get breakfast” is more appealing than “not doing that.”  If it was on the way to something, the choice between “stopping for breakfast” or “not devoting any time to that” it might be close.

I mean, a real issue with Chapelle’s “jokes” about trans people is that they are not funny. Indeed, it’s basically the same comedic premises over and over again (“I identify as an attack helicopter” and “trans people are creeps” are the two basic ones.) He just believes that anything that gets people to get mad at him…

The dough is shipped frozen, and might even have thawed by the time it is served to you.

Yeah, hearing the cookie seems underdone makes me not want to try it.  I had a bad enough experience with Crumbl the one time I tried it (I had a coupon for a free cookie, they will have to pay me to eat the next one.)  I know that “underdone cookies made by big brands” are just not for me.

So generally the term you’re looking for on the label of the highest quality “Kraft Singles” analogues is “Pasteurized Process Cheese” which is a term regulated by the FDA under Title 21 Chapter 1 Subchapter 8 Part 133 Section 133.169 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This regulates things like “required milkfat”…

I feel like the best way to enjoy Fruit Stripe Gum is “remembering the time I enjoyed it in the past” since at the time I was a child and was less discerning and I would probably enjoy it less if I had it now.

Turning the biggest flaw into a selling point would be “you can now actually use them as blackboard chalk” IMO.

Well, the pineapple might have come from Hawaii, since it doesn’t grow in Canada.

I could never see the appeal of GTA. I don’t understand why I would want to play a game so I could hurt imaginary people- I like the sorts of games where I get to help imaginary people and they appreciate it. But I sort of got on board with Saint’s Row by playing the series in reverse order (Gat Out of Hell then SR4,…