The funny thing is, at the same time, the show was getting flack online for NOT tackling Trump enough. I think they were smart to keep it fairly limited, because he IS exhausting and hard to parody because he’s already so ridiculous, but it got them labelled as Trump supporters by a lot of the internet (specifically…

I love that both quotes are Peter Travers, too.

I think you could say that the vast majority of musical biopics are “unintentional Walk Hards.” Walk Hard so accurately skewered that whole genre that if you were to watch it right after Bohemian Rhapsody, and didn’t know when it originally came out, you’d think it was specifically mocking that movie.

Agreed. Games designed specifically for VR tend to fit the format better, but you just can’t get AAA level development going for a platform in which there’s not a large userbase, and you can’t build that userbase if there aren’t killer apps for it. Developing Sony’s first-party games as hybrids gives their VR platform…

Yeah, if they explicitly say that there will be an exclusive theatrical release in the contract, that’s true. Even without that, though, I think most reasonable people would agree with the argument that Premier Plus is essentially a service provided in lieu of the theatrical experience, as an alternative because of…

Wait, so do they not consider the “Premier Plus” sales to be part of her box office share? If that’s the case, then hell yeah she should sue.

It’s obnoxious, but it’s probably because the TV industry wants to sell people on 4K, and it’s honestly hard to see the difference between 1080p and 4K on 40-something displays at a normal sitting distance. It would be cool if manufacturers started releasing more smaller-form, 1080p displays with 120hz support and…

Mobile gaming is definitely a lucrative market, but there was an ongoing narrative in the media around 2010 that the rise in mobile gaming was going to destroy the console industry. It was mostly put out there by “industry analysts” with no interest in actually playing games, but it was pretty prevalent online, and…

Seriously. The Series X’s GPU is roughly equivalent to an RTX 2080 Super, which currently retails BY ITSELF for $700. And that’s MSRP! If you actually look it up on Newegg, they range from $900-2000. Buying a full machine with that kind of power for $500 is a no brainer.

I love my PS5, and I think it does have a better library so far than the Series X, but man, Xbox is SO MUCH BETTER when it comes to convenience. Even things that tend to get complicated sometimes, like conflicting save files on the cloud versus a platform, are just so well-considered.

Like I had a game of Psychonauts…

I love  how passive Quick Resume is. You don’t have to enable it or save and quit or anything. It’s just a nice surprise when you go back into a game and realize you don’t have to load anything back up.

I checked the app, and console Game Pass has roughly 390 games, and PC has roughly 340. So it’s not quite as significant a difference as you’d think. They just tend to cater the individual libraries to the types of games that are more popular on their respective platforms, so you tend to see more RTS’s and things on…

I don’t know, I use Game Pass on both PC and Xbox One, and they seem pretty comparable. Looking at the Game Pass app on my phone, Xbox has about 390 Game Pass games, and PC has about 340. So yeah, there’s a bigger library on console, but not to the point where PC is just a small add-on. It’s a massive value on its…

Okay, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest music, I guess doesn’t surprise me too much. They’re staples of Japanese pop culture that are recognized internationally. I’m FLOORED at Nier Automata music being played at the Olympics, though.

Gotta love the starred ratio here.

They’re apparently shooting the show for a full year, to accurately capture the seasons in the game. I’m still not sure why that’s necessary, but that, plus all the different locations (TLOU is a cross-country trek, as opposed to how The Walking Dead spends multiple seasons in a single location at a time), probably…

Have you heard about the supposed remake of TLOU1 that’s in development? I think it’s dumb that they’re putting that kind of effort into remaking a game that’s already remastered and perfectly playable on modern hardware, BUT I do really like the idea that somebody could potentially play through both games with the…

Probably because it’s a great story that’s only familiar to people who play video games. I don’t know, I think it’s cool that a year from now people who’ve never touched a video game may be getting excited each week to see where the story of The Last of Us goes. Plus if it’s successful, then maybe The Last of Us Part…

Yeah, I skipped the PS4 Pro and got a PS5, and it’s very nice that The Last of Us 2 now runs at a higher resolution, higher framerate, AND doesn’t make my PS4 sound like it’s trying to put out a fire.

I think the question for a lot of people, though, is “is it a $500-plus-a-lot-of-effort good enough reason?” If you’re not getting access to new games, and you’ll be able to get the same improvements later for cheaper and less effort, it’s just hard to justify. I’m glad I got mine, personally, get I can’t really…