They made the radical shift from one messy, overcluttered design to...a different messy, overcluttered design. I’m sure some UX designer could tell me the value of these changes, but it seems mostly pointless.

Hey, Hughes, I just want to say that I really appreciate how great a job you’re doing with your gaming pieces. I know a lot has gone down at this site over the last couple years, but your gaming stories are always thoughtful, fair, well-reasoned and well-written. Thanks for keeping the torch burning. 

Just as long as there aren’t any more “here’s a new lightsaber handle you can’t see on your character” cosmetic rewards, i’m in.

And yeah, it’s a kids movie. There’s references and jokes that will make the parents chuckle, but that’s it.

If one is doing good for others and being kind from the heart, that’s going a long, long way toward following Jesus’ teachings. 

As someone who’s tried to follow Jesus’ teachings and example pretty much his entire life (I’m reluctant to call myself Christian now, because of, well, [gestures broadly]), I find this both amusing and touching. After all, we’re all human and we can only do the best we can with what we’ve got, and if what we’ve got…

No movies have to be very good. No movies have to be anything.It’s just nice when movies are very good!

I think the way Iron Man 2 aged speaks to the strength of the MCU as a franchise.

That’s for the fourth and fifth Mario movies, when they finish off with a two-part finale adapted from Super Mario RPG.

Mickey Rourke wins 17 oscars for his portrayal of a boxer who bravely overcomes alcoholism while fleeing Soviet oppression.

Not even gonna take a swing at their own Avengers Endgame with Smash Bros?

I assume you didn’t mention the obvious Donkey Kong Country movie because they somehow hinted at doing that in the Mario film.

Exactly this. When you play the game, going through the legend becomes ‘your’ legend because of the interpretation of Link, the hero. What do you have Link become in a movie?  

“But once you remove the need to go to eight different dungeons before fighting Ganondorf, it’s not enough for a full movie.”

Jason Segal as Vodka. Directed by the Duplass Brothers.

I want a Punch Out origin story on Vodka Drunkenski and his transformation into Soda Popinski. 

I think Gunn might just survive getting mild snark from the AV Club.

Quantumania also made the mistake of cutting loose side characters like Luis, Kurt, Jimmy Woo, and even Paxton (the cop/stepdad).  They had a nice little troupe of characters there and just cast them aside.  

yeah like dr strange in thor 3 is probably my platonic ideal of an MCU crossover - show up for 5-10 minutes, bang out a few jokes, keep it moving.

People like seeing characters they like interact with each other, which companies take to mean constant Epic Crossover Events. Same thing plagues the original comics. I like that Spider-Man can swing by Daredevil every now and again, I don’t like when some Crisis of Venom means every single storyline has to…