Not unexpected. The Harry Potter franchise is massive, and the majority of normal people aren’t terminally-online and have no idea of, nor do they care about, the opinions of the original author.

Is it so hard to believe gamers at large don’t care about JKR? Or whatever she’s up to/or doing? It’s pretty obvious why it did well, so sticking your head in the sand while claiming it whiffed with critics is a weird flex.

It’s secretly the story of the creator’s sharp descent into alt-right madness

The game was Arkham reskinned for Harry Potter, and the world-building in particular was breathtaking. As for J.K. Rowling, she is a piece of shit. Can’t deny that the woman created one of the best-selling franchises of all times though. I look at it like Michael Jackson, an even bigger piece of shit, but damn he made…

My barbershop is also a for-profit company doing business because it wants to make money. When my barber picks up the mirror after cutting my hair, I tend to just say my hair looks good, without falling into a pissy little lecture about capitalism.

Even more annoying is the lack of research or context: Netflix has carried older movies this whole time, and while the 1974 movies are new to it right now they’ve carried them previously. Netflix has been cycling old movies in and out since time immemorial. The news is the actual *section* highlighting these movies.

Jesus Christ, how miserable must Barsanti be to approach all his articles in such a butthurt way?!?!

To be very slightly fair to the show runners, at least half of that is on George RR Martin for not finishing the source material that they were adapting.

Pretty on point that those two chuckleheads biggest regret is not featuring more of some minor character most people forgot about.

I know everyone hates that it is Arya that kills the Night King and Jon Snow doesn’t really do anything. I’m actually fine with that. Jon Snow is a boring character played by a boring actor and a climactic showdown between him and the blue guy would be boring. However, what I can’t abide is how goddamn gutless that…

I feel like the only thing we need less right now than a Richard Simmons biopic is a Pauly Shore comeback. 

An IP can have as many “canon” versions of the story as the creator is willing to write. “Canon” simply means that this is the creator’s intent, not the product of fanfiction.

canon is capricious and utterly arbitrary, existing only at the whim of the IP holder.

They aren’t remakes.

It's a rom com, so by "perfect height match," he probably means "man is a few inches taller than woman in heels."

She’s being honest. I prefer honesty over posturing any day.

Is it really true that “Lindsay Lohan has experienced a much deserved renaissance over the past few years”?

This is really interesting to me, because Fey was just on Seth Meyers and they talked about how some of their writing for SNL hasn’t aged well. You would think she would be more conscious of how something like this would land, both in present day and in the future. It’s a weird joke in either context, tbh. It’s…

I like how committed Ms. Edebiri is to the bit, and that everyone else — with one clear exception — is happy to go along and have some fun.

Future? Digital has been a thing for almost twenty years at this point and PC has been all-digital for well over a decade. It’s been pretty great, actually. The PC game market has never been stronger and there are a ton of games that simply wouldn’t exist if games were still chained to retail.