See, for me, the “progression” was map mastery and trying to coordinate the team of randos. Knowing where to position for each event, and responding to director changes, like that was the fun for me. I can still go back and find new strategies on the maps.

I feel like Book 4 was a bit of a step backwards, just compared to the redemption arc of Book 3, but all four seasons have been great, and Infinity Train is one of those shows that I’ll always recommend.

I just wish/hope that more of them hew closer to the L4D formula and avoid classes/character abilities (for the protagonists, anyway), and definitely avoid any sort of level grind nonsense. L4D is still playable because of its simplicity. Don’t gild the lily.

I mean, Tesla could stop making shitty choices like putting yokes where a wheel should be, and I bet fewer people would bash them.

FADE IN

I mean, the game was janky as hell, but I could definitely see it working as well as it ever could on a Switch. Just kick the graphics quality down, maybe cap the number of AI players down in some of the big battle sequences.

At the risk of heresy: Jackie Brown is the only Tarantino movie that is good the whole time. All the rest get bogged down somewhere, or have distracting asides, or just drift into this cartoonish violence, and while I understand why, I don’t like it. Jackie Brown is a lean movie, that even tightens up an already tight…

Pretty much this. “They shouldn’t be making this, but at least they didn’t make the biggest mistake they could have.”

My… comp-sci degree? I only minored in philosophy.

This whole thing just feels like staring into a black void where the signifier and the signified have drifted so far apart that the only thing left is a chain of shibboleths that can only be vaguely reconstructed into anything approaching coherent meaning.

With the caveat that I don’t know anything about beekeeping: I loathe seeing people do work without proper PPE, so I sympathize with the critic. Like, I have no idea what the correct beekeeping PPE actually is, though I’m skeptical that “none whatsoever” is the correct answer.

Pity Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball never got a splash like this. Good variety in game modes, fun power-ups, and the only EA involved was “Erik Asmussen”, the developer.

Street Rat Allie sounds like a bitchin’ 90s anime that was never made.

Sam Neill is a treasure.

Yes, it’s a big plot point: the one twin goes into the shed for a subjective year, while only a few hours pass outside.

I mean, even if we grant that, that’s kinda damning him with faint praise, isn’t it? It sorta highlights all his strengths and weaknesses: there are wonderful character beats, there’s some great visual storytelling, but nothing actually makes a lick of sense and the whole movie falls apart if you think about it at all.…

Oh hey, three seconds of googling, and sure enough, the title was Singularity:

Many, many years ago, I remember reading a young adult novel. Two twin brothers discover that the shed on their property is the “other end” of a singularity. This means two things: first, weird shit pops out of the sink, alien artifacts. Second, when you’re in the shed, time passes much faster for you- hours in the…

That whole episode explores the power of apology and forgiveness in such an amazing way.

I’m not normally a big holiday person, but holy shit, I’m excited for Christmas this year.