I was making a rash assumption based on the language in the official announcement. It didn’t even occur to me that it was Martinet’s idea (because more and more Americans are waiting past 70 to retire, especially in creative industries, plus Martinet has gone on record saying he’d voice Mario “until I die” or wasn’t…

Way to be a fucking asshole for zero reason. People get recast all the time, especially when they get expensive. That’s not a conspiracy. It’s not even a wild guess. Here: Martinet may have retired voluntarily, for some unspoken reason. I acknowledge that possibility. Now will you grow up and get off my ass?

It definitely sounds like they’re in a good place together, which is great. Martinet is quite a lovable character, himself. They should continue to take good care of him and keep him fed.

When a company makes an announcement like this, it reflects a decision they made, a decision in which Martinet likely had no choice. Hence, the word “force.” In the overwhelming majority of situations in the corporate world, work is offered to someone, not demanded by them. When that work is no longer offered, and an…

Seems like an odd move to force for him at age 67. Either he’s having issues in the studio getting clean takes without straining his voice, or Nintendo is realizing that each new project means more and more money for his negotiated fees. I suppose it is a very Japanese thing to force an expensive employee into an…

The author didn’t even give the game shit for generally not being a very good TTRPG (Don’t get me wrong, I ran a 5e game for nearly 5 hours last night and had a blast, but people are right when they say other games handle aspects like combat and narrative 1,000x better). The author just mentioned relevant controversies…

Awww is someone sensewtiff? Did da big bad mention of da discourse following this game and its designer for the past sevewal years huut yo widdle feewingz??

You’re totally right. And he’s often one of the most solid or entertaining parts of those movies. But you could listen to audio of his dialogue from individual movies, stuff that isn’t quotable or memorable, and you’d probably have a lot of trouble telling one character from another.

For all his hype and method acting, there’s so much about DeNiro that falls absolutely flat for me. The man has almost no character range. He can be very engaging and entertaining as “the tough DeNiro type”, especially when the camera is dollying in on his face, but he’s also utterly devoid of anything outside of…

She definitely had to carry almost the full 90 minutes of Gravity, with tons of close up acting. It seemed way more risky and grueling for her than Leo eating organs from a butcher.

Some might want to make a joke about how “Illegally Stealing” is redundant, but that’s actually the headline editor differentiating from all the legal stealing that cops do.

Mega Man 2-6 are gems. They just require some patience and focus to appreciate. Mega Man 2 is worth playing through, for certain, for the music and art aesthetic alone.

Damn you beat me to it

Eight strikes, and you’ll receive a demerit. And you do NOT want to receive three of those.

We have a progressive DA in our mid-sized Georgia town, and from the get-go the state and local GOP party machine has been trying to get rid of her. They’re mad because she’s actually been following through on her campaign promises to exercise good discretion on prosecutions, such as by refusing to prosecute petty…

5e DMs all over the world struggling with combat difficulty for parties past level 10, YOU ARE SEEN!

As a Jewish person I find it disrespectful, odd, upsetting, and begging for memes/hate from the Fortnight community. I wouldn’t call shoehorning anything into Fortnight “good faith” by any stretch of the imagination, either. It’s a giant shitshow circus, period.

I’d make a joke about trying rapping puppets to deliver the information first, but honestly this is worse. It’s beyond parody.

It’s reporting on the difference in earnings, so a good quarter of growth might make the same quarter next year look comparatively shitty. It’s a weird way to think, though, right? It’s almost like chasing growth-of-growth is psychopathic and unsustainable. Most small businesses would be happy to keep a decent volume…

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