We’ve been trying to downplay the amount of stress and anxiety this whole thing puts on our kids. To me, it would create less stress on a kid if I just tell them “Sorry, parks are closed” instead of hovering and constantly badgering them to “Pull up your mask, stop touching your face, don’t get too close to other…

It’s going to be amazing to see what a movie studio is capable of using only CGI post-production and unused footage from the original film. Love or hate the original cut, love or hate the Snyder cut, completely replacing the bad guy is bold.

It’s probably not that disturbing. But it feels like if Don Bluth made a Pixar movie. Maybe because it’s got strong “Land Before Time” vibes. Slightly dour tone and imagery, wild west tropes, and a young dinosaur on a journey.

I have had some luck with https://www.zoolert.com/, which I was able to set up email and text notifications for any Switch consoles that came in stock across several retailers.

Target also frequently stocks Switch Lites online. I was seeing new ones being stocked almost daily until I finally bought one for my family. Wasn’t difficult.

Target also frequently stocks Switch Lites online. I was seeing new ones being stocked almost daily until I finally…

There were already theories that Nintendo engineered the coronavirus to boost sales of the Switch and Animal Crossing. I think it goes deeper than that. A collaboration between Nintendo and Z-Man to corner all demographics. Animal Crossing for the escapists, Pandemic for the masochists.

Micky Mouse 4, Garfield, and The Real Ghostbusters gets even weirder. The gameplay from that game was more or less stolen from a little-known Amiga game: P.P. Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon.

Of course it is! I just bought my first Kindle last week. The wife promptly stole it and loves it.

Of course it is! I just bought my first Kindle last week. The wife promptly stole it and loves it.

Thanks for that opening paragraph, because my first thought when seeing this headline was “oh god is Sam Neill dead?”

Crichton is pure beach sci-fi. Engaging, easy to read, full of scientific stuff that you mostly understand and that makes you feel smart and has great action and pacing. The characters are usually pretty thin, but I still love almost all of this books.

Counterpoint (actually it’s the same point the article is making): It’s a single meal (or a single weekend). I kind of agree that their bodies may not self-regulate for the following meals, but for one meal, who cares? And like the article says, we all eat like crap for that meal, why not let your kids make the same…

Target runs a sale: Every single item in the category qualifies and it runs for a week.

Target runs a sale: Every single item in the category qualifies and it runs for a week.

I legitimately thought it was some slang that I wasn’t cool enough to know about.

The frustrating part is that my current smartphone already has a faster processor, better resolution, and higher refresh rate than the Oculus Quest. It feels like it should be pretty straightforward to plug my smartphone into a device that adds lenses and (via a USB-C connection) access to Quest-style room-tracking…

Holy crap it never occurred to me that those are the Tetris blocks. That said, I’ve never spent long choosing a character in that game. My choice was usually limited to “oh crap, was this one with a super annoying voice?”

Sounds like a solid $15-20 purchase.

100%, twelve-year-old me had no idea what those were. Coconut-covered jelly donuts? Alrighty then.

My 4 and 6 year olds get money for holidays or whatever, have wallets and coin purses, but haven’t really figured out what to do with it. So we have no real concept of an allowance in our house yet.

Holy crap, Kristen Stewart Spider-Gwen.

The difficulty curve ramps up SO fast, and the star counts keep you from progressing. I suppose the star counts keep me from playing more advanced levels because “I’m not ready”, but it really just means that the arduous level that we only barely survived is the last one we’ll ever play because fuck trying to grind…