A new arcade just opened up in my town a couple of years ago. All the machines are on Free Play, and you just pay $10 at the door and play as long as you want. It’s freaking awesome.

TIL Van Gogh is still painting in 2021.

I hear you man. And what’s with all these “paintings” that are just oil on canvas? It’s almost 2022, haven’t these people ever heard of Photoshop?

To be entirely fair to Burton, his week hosting was during the Olympics, so a ratings dip would have to be expected.

It’s not a movie, but season 3 of iZombie literally has the plot that antivaxxers think I Am Legend has.  Though that show’s version of the zombie virus is portrayed more as a chronic illness, and even confers some serious benefits.

No, the joke from Friends is that it’s a moo point.  Because it’s like a cow’s opinion; it doesn’t matter.

“Is this movie-within-a-movie making fun of Simple Jack? Or is it a clever parody of Hollywood’s treatment of disability? Is Tropic Thunder, a fine but otherwise unexceptional comedy, really worth having a debate over?”

The problem with the idea of enlightened self-interest is that the vast majority of people are not enlightened.

They’re taking it back.

There’s an old (and famously powerful) Magic: The Gathering card from the earliest sets, called Black Lotus. You tap it to add 3 mana to your mana pool.

You know what doesn’t happen to door handles?

You misspelled Zombieland.

No, the other one.

The arcade at Redondo Beach Pier had the same thing, mysteriously labeled “New Game 3". Finding that and playing it (several months before The Wizard) was like unearthing some great hidden treasure.

Keep in mind the times. You couldn't just fire up an emulator and rip sprites like you could today. Plus, the original sprites were designed for the 256x224 resolution of the NES, not the 320x200 resolution commonly used on PCs of the day.

Actually, it was their earlier character, Dangerous Dave. But yeah, it’s the same game. They refined it further and pitched the idea of porting SMB3 to PC to Nintendo. When Nintendo passed, they developed Commander Keen instead.

No, Hall is the guy on the right.  The guy on the left is Nash.

There’s a difference between events like that and multi-day conventions.

This list is missing one of my favorites.

Sweet, sweet can--