For the first eight months or so, you basically got it to be a DVD player (which to be fair, was a stupendously awesome bargain to grab a DVD player at that price that would eventually have awesome video games too). It took until the following summer with Gran Turismo 3 to be the first real million-plus-seller “you…

The museum section and some of the guitar parts are soooo goooood. Like, the beginning wasn’t that sad for me honestly, but seeing all those scenes and how much they actually loved eachother makes the beginning of the game just get sadder and sadder.

TLOU2 is such an interesting game. The game is great in every possible way, but it’s also a fairly horrible experience. Like... horrible stuff just keeps happening. And people are horrible to eachother. And you go around being moderately afraid at all times. It’s definitely not the kind of game where you throw…

Thank you for not making this list a slideshow.

Counterpoint: The FF7Remake contains a fully contained story arc before an epilogue that acts as a cliffhanger for the next installment, and I enjoyed the combat enough that I played through a second time in Hard Mode and finished all the combat simulator scenarios, optional summon battles, and side quests(where the…

Thanks! I’m looking forward to seeing how they wrap it up regardless. I’m expecting something pretty damn great, given how this second half is going.

I was as blown away by the second game as I was the first. I think it makes a perfect duology with the first game, and the ending left me feeling hollowed out but ultimately satisfied. Hope you feel the same once you've finished, although if you've been enjoying it so far, I'm sure you probably will.

Oh, and if you’re one of the many idiots having SUCH a hard time with this game because there are girls in it or something, take your tiny little disenfranchised penis and fuck the fuck off. I hope that one day when you grow up, you’ll realize how much of a complete asshole you’re being over a fucking videogame.

The Last of Us Part II continues to warp my fragile little mind. It’s exactly what I wanted, and so much more. Just the physics of the game blow me away, let alone the story or the visuals or anything else. I will never understand how they managed to make the extension cord/rope thing work so perfectly well.

We all had a vote and decided we weren’t going to tell you

That “ask the Saudis” line made me laugh so loud I was worried I’d woken up my neighbors for a minute. God, I'm chuckling just remembering. 

Do you pretty much just hate everything?

Since most of my May albums were covered (Hayley Williams, Weezer, Naked and Famous).

Nice, new Naked And Famous.

This movie is definitely an all-time rom-com champ and one of the best in the genre. It’s definitely the best thing Curtis has ever written (though, in fairness, I haven’t seen “Four Weddings” since its release and could use a re-watch.)

If you’ve never read Barry Jenkins tweet-watch Notting Hill with no sound because it’s the woman next to him on a plane who’s watching it, you should:

He’s graduated to being a cinematographer, but I believe he was a second assistant when they met. As someone who logged a number of years doing that very same job, I can confirm it’s an everyman occupation, unless one considers clapping the slate to be an exotic job. You also get to load the camera (or at least you…

God I love this movie. Watched it obsessively when it came out and then rewatched it on TV not that long ago and still love it. The group of friends really make it for me. I want to hang out with them at Honey’s birthday party every time. So many good random lines that enter my head in daily life as well. “I’m taking…

Glad you highlighted just what a raging asshole she is to him. She’s damaged, to be sure.

My cousin was working for Richard Curtis at this time, and I happened to be in London, and visited the set of this movie. I was there for the Horse & Hound press conference scene. So maybe I could have been the average dude to have a romantic love affair with a lady superstar! Didn’t go that way, sad to say.