The real-life solution is obviously a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle.

“I will not be a smiling face on camera that tacitly endorses this decision.”

I really like the way he put this. 

Ultimately, everything is political. I forget who actually said it, but the aphorism that we do not have to take an interest in politics for politics to take an interest in us is absolutely true—and it’s of vital importance to the present situation.

More importantly, Acti-Blizz (and the NBA, and South Park) took a…

Manic Pixie Dream Goose

Imagine “Untitled Goose Game” but “Amelie,” where the goal is to set their lives right with small actions like, “find that grandma’s missing puzzle piece,” or “help the gardener plant a garden in memory of his dead wife.”

I’ve never played Overwatch (I simply don’t like competitive PvP games), but their world building is so impressive.

And now mine..

Laura has insane range and I always enjoy her performances.

Knowing a protagonist is behind voiced by Laura Bailey is the kind of thing that gets me interested in a game with any kind of narrative; she’s really, really good at conveying layers of emotion, and hearing she's basically the star of the show means I'll be playing this one day one thanks to Game Pass.

I’m already seeing the comments, so let’s be clear about something here:

“Cancel Culture” did not kill Alec Holowka. We don’t yet have the full picture of how he died, but it sounds as if he died by suicide, and had been suffering from a host of psychological and personal difficulties prior to that final, tragic act.

No…

I’m so glad Tom didn’t mention the cliff scene. That means I get to.

Anthem got me playing Warframe.

There’s only one more thing you need to do, you know what it is!

While those two companies aren’t the result of giant corporate mergers, they’re huge rivals in the industry nonetheless, sparking the desire for rivals to form these megacorporations in the first place

A man who seems comfortable in his skin.......and hair

That's not a vulnerability. That's just stupidity by the coders and complete abrogation of responsibility by management. 

Fringe did this. In their alternate universe the towers never fell. 

I have a friend who’s in the Army who’s first name was “Kirk.”

Oh my Grodd, the LOTR trailers were such a slog to download. I was about ready to throw my computer out the window by the time it was all over.

A friend and I spent three hours downloading, watching, and re-watching the first teaser for the Lord of the Rings trilogy (for the trilogy, NOT for Fellowship — the individual trailer for Fellowship wasn’t released until a few months later, and I still remember the nerdy delight I would feel whenever it played in…