Troy Lavallee of the Glass Cannon Network was involved in filming a couple episodes of the show.

Yeah, but the things that the audience wants aren’t necessarily things that make for good stories. Too many movies/shows now are just filling in blanks of a fictional world or its history without having a compelling story that focuses on a powerful emotional arc for the characters involved. We have encyclopedias or…

One of the worst aspects of our current entertainment culture, where a few giant corporations own huge collections of IP and are always trying to find ways to monetize it drive quarterly profits, is that no aspect of a story can just be left alone. We don’t need to know anything about Mogwai beyond what’s presented in…

Oof, that blows. Thanks for the info though! Have an awesome day!

I mean, the use of the various gadgets in the games and the snowmobile levels were fairly unique, but fair enough. I really don’t think that they fit what the list was going for. I just loved them a bunch and will take any chance to mention them.

I know that it doesn’t exactly fit the type of gimmick meant in the article, but No One Lives Forever kinda sorta fits, and I’ll take any opportunity to mention it. That nobody is making games like it these days is a real shame.

Very much the same here. I’ve always felt like he was kind of an asshole, and the kind that thinks that being an asshole is a good thing. As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that this is just the result of a condition known as “being from Boston”. But whenever I’ve seen him in interviews he seems like a pretty cool guy.

Look, I’m not a Rogan listener, and I’m not going to give him the views/impressions/etc., but the thing that annoys me whenever these clips from his show make the rounds is that with the exception of Bill Burr the guest doesn’t push back on his inane statements. Some of the time it’s because the guest is themselves…

The phrase has been so abused by conservative politicians and news media that there’s basically no ability to have a productive conversation which uses that phrase. Things like internet/Twitter mobs, pile-ons, etc. are real, and they’re a problem. We also need to have a conversation about how we treat things that…

Look, I’ll never get over the change from the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse to the Tarzan Treehouse, but I also recognize that I’m being a completely ridiculous old asshole. Kids don’t know The Swiss Family Robinson, but they do know Tarzan, or at least they’re much more likely to. Song of the South hasn’t been…

It’s not a coincidence, it’s kismet.

It’s definitely a tough balance to strike, because there is a pull to do more than just have humans throw some jets at him, have that not work, and then figure out some way to drive him off, end of movie. And coming up with other giant monsters and have them fight has some draw. It’s certainly dumb, but it’s a fun…

I think that the 2014 version got it exactly right. Action is fun, but not all movies can be 4-hour indulgences, so every minute of additional action is less time to establish characters and plots and move them along in a way that makes sense. Plus, at a certain point more CGI action is just more. The badass moments…

I remember being in high school when Quake came out and learning that a real band had done the soundtrack, and then listening to it and not being sure that it was actually music. That sort of thing has never really been my thing.

If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that some people have no concept of having to suffer even minor inconvenience in the name of a public health issue like reducing dangerous driving or ending a fucking pandemic.

It’s a good article, and Trump is a creep. But I’m really only commenting to give a thumbs up to the pop culture reference at the end of the article. Nicely done!

Totally. I got an OnLive kit for free way back in the day at a PAX Prime (back when it was Prime).

I mean, I’d say that it’s a bit of both. My sister and brother-in-law just got Starlink internet because despite living in fairly close-in suburbs of a reasonably large town, their house is too far off the road for the cable company to connect them. They relied on DSL for a long time, but it was barely good enough to…

Traditionally in these sorts of situations there’s something that happens after the first shoe drops, even if it comes a little while later. I suppose we’ll all just wait for this future expected event.

Well, I don’t think that we actually agree on much, other than disliking the porgs. My problem with them is that they were just a blatant marketing gimmick. They were brought into the movie, as opposed to just existing in the background, pretty much just because they were cute and could be marketed in a variety of…