That’s exactly what it feels like to me.

My take on the new KV (I mean, you didn’t ask for mine exactly so feel free to ignore) is pretty much this: it’s the opposite direction you’d expect, musically. He seemed to be on a trajectory toward something bigger, more polished, but this record is definitely not that. I’ve heard it a couple times now and the thing…

I'm from Canada and everyone mistakes my being quiet and nice as my being stupid and gullible. It's funny sometimes.

Pretty similar to how I feel about SS. I remember it pretty fondly, but clearly saw places improvements could be made. HD remake makes a lot of sense to me.

I think these are some pretty solid answers to your questions. And no, c'mon, we're discussing it because we're interested at least somewhat. All of these questions are legitimate in my eyes.

I'm curious though, about the confusion aspect. Some films are really impenetrable and intentionally confuse the audience. This film doesn't strike me as such, but more of a challenge to work through it. It's definitely challenging, but I don't know why it's confusing.

These are fair critiques, I'd say. I think where you found it impenetrable and dull (probably slow, too?) I found it meditative and demanding of repeated viewings and consideration. I don't think there need to be clear answers to anything, and I think this is a pretty interesting film because it has such impeccable…

Hm, I really don't agree with your assessment. What didn't do it for you in these movies? I was enthralled by both, actually.

I remember putting off The Master for a while. I also remember thinking it was a huge fucking mistake.

I always thought Crash Love was a surprisingly great record, probably their best post-StS. Haven't heard the Blood Album yet but wasn't huge on the songs, but that's possibly my own moving away from this sound and not a fair examination of the album.

Knew I'd find Merve here giving Circa Survive and Coheed some love.

I always assumed that was the whole point. Kung Fury is what the 80's became once a mythology had been built in everyone's head about it. It's like a 90's vision of the 80's, or even a 2000's one as you've said.

Still wish the guys who made Hotline Miami would collaborate and do a Hotline Miami/Kung Fury mod. That'd be incredible.

Sometimes it's alright to just have fun kicking people in the genitals so hard their head falls off. I get it, I really do.

I really loved Shadow of the Colossus and Dark Souls and, while the comparisons are obviously justified, this game just seems a bit different than both. Perhaps it's the synthesis of the two, but there's something amazing about this game being even MORE restrained than SotC. That it internalizes this in its…

Get on that there Mario 3D World, because that is a massive and validating experience right there. What a joyous game.

It still amazes me how complicated and excellent some of these ideas were, even as early as the NES. I'm curious how successful this would have been, because the videos all sound pretty excellent, like you can sort of randomly come across great music. I would have been so entirely into this if you could generate your…

Thank you, that's very kind.

Fair enough, fair enough. I mean, I'm doing a PhD in it so I really think it's a bit late, but I think you've got a point.

In all fairness, it was her idea that she could handle it. I merely talked about the game a lot because it's relevant to my work in University and she was like "Man, I can handle it." And I always replied with a "You don't know what it's like man, this is some legit stuff. It isn't just horrifying, it makes you think…