Yes, I almost forgot him! He was one of the few gimmicks I’d actually bookmark, because sometimes he was just too much to process. *sigh*

You’re mistaken: the AV Club used to have amazing gimmick posters. Elegant Victorian Lady? Tarkovskys Former AD? Rapping Jake Sisko? And that’s just for starters! Someone put real work into those, and it was worth it. (Disqus did them no favors, either.)

I think I played the arcade version in MAME once. I never loved either, exactly; I’d have preferred a game four or five times as long that took its time amping up the difficulty (I’d say Super Monkey Ball came close to realizing this concept decades later). But it was definitely a satisfying win.

I had this game as a kid, and for twenty years I heard people say, “It’s a classic” — to which I would respond: “Only in theory. In practice, it’s bullshit.” Finally got back to it in college (the same week I beat Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!, Marble Madness, and Karate Kid — hell yeah, I’m bragging), and it’s more or less…

I’ve been to a Comic-Con or two in my day, and I’ve never seen people having sex.

You were right the first time. Goody got it!

Thanks for lasting as long as you did, Sean. I was always amazed by the work you put into those Friday Buzzkills; I remember saying to myself, more than once, “This is what the Internet can be!” — and I, for one, was not being snarky.

Heshy: Believe in Yourself!

Not necessarily basement-carpet or comic-book-store carpet, but otherwise, spot on.

But I ordered a Rata2ille!

Am I missing something? Is there a link to the whole video? There’s gotta be...right?

I haven’t had a Country Time in maybe 25 years...but I swear I can still taste it. So, so tart. (Hell, I can even see the can, now, condensation dripping down its side, resting next to me as I play Street Fighter 2 at the pizzeria. It was just that tart.)

Good...though I’m still a little annoyed with Tara for saying Zagitova deserved gold over Medvedeva.

I couldn’t wrap my head around this. I actually had to look it up:

“Reverse vomitorium” has a nicer ring to it.

Obviously the only way to find anything good to report on these days is to pretend things that happened decades ago are news.

How unfulfilled and petty must a man be, to be so desperate for a way to feel better about himself as to voice such a thoughtless, knee-jerk reaction at a time like this? You need to work out some shit, sir. You need to grow the fuck up.

I believe it. He and Mike Nelson have always looked very much alike to me, and Mike looked pretty good whenever he wore a uniform on MST3K.

Haha, I remember it from her perspective — I thought it was his favorite. I need to watch this movie again.

All I remember about this movie is that Peña’s character gets Red Cheek apple juice for Robbins’. (I think Ebert but have mentioned it in his TV review, because I’m not sure why else it would be so clear in my mind.)