Which is why I said “thought to be mindless”. It’s not as mindless as you think, and you’d know that if you weren’t a shallow dunce who mindlessly consumes.

I know this sounds biased coming from the guy with Sonic as his profile icon, but I actually like it. All things considered, this is a pretty good alternate design. While I am a fan of the character, I haven’t really enjoyed many of his outings since Sonic Adventure 2. I unfortunately skipped Colors, but Generations…

What a self righteous response to thoughtful commentary. God forbid we actually critique the media we enjoy, even one thought to be purely mindless.

You’re likely to get them, but it does the mind good to analyze our media beyond whether or not we simply enjoy it.

For me, the worst case scenario is that it’s a hamfisted critique of the modern world from the perspective of two ridiculous fictional characters who came of age in the mid to late 90s. The best case scenario is that Kevin Smith returns to his Chasing Amy level of nuanced storytelling that can make fun of a situation…

Kevin Smith has often been the exact opposite of the niche in geek culture that you’re complaining about. Even more so in recent years. Give him a shot. 

Glad you’re doing better, Mike. Thanks for the info. Now, I just need to get to the part of my life where I have the financial stability to even be able to stay in a hospital for a month, if I need to.

I’m not really into them, but I had a decent time with Apex Legends. I doubt I’ll play it much more, but I think that’s as close to an enjoyable battle royale experience as I’ll get.

This is the first song I’ve ever heard from this band, but now I want to hear their entire catalog. Thank you.

I don’t disagree with the concept that it’s natural for culture to spread. Nor do I disagree with the idea that it’s wrong to treat ethnic groups as monoliths through conflating culture with ethnicity.

However, I don’t think that uproar about cultural appropriation is BS 99% of the time. What I do think is that people…

You can be mad at both.

What gets rid of that feeling for me is the realization that they are stylized cyborgs. They’re not meant to look 1-to-1 human. Especially not Alita, who looks like a manga character with a photorealistic appearance. It’s really just what I’d expect from a movie like this.

Definitely an hour or two of Overwatch, and I’ll possibly start Celeste.

I don’t know why, but I just can’t get into games like this. I played Destiny and I had some fun with it, but it was ultimately underwhelming. A friend got me into Warframe. It was fine, but nothing to write home about. When I saw the debut trailer for this, I just kind of shrugged it off. These games all feel like…

I think I read this article when it was first posted, but I just reread it while looking for good articles to share with someone about why blackface is wrong. Specifically about the Pokémon character Jynx, and why Game Freak (Pokémon’s developer) changed the color of Jynx from black to purple. Ultimately, I landed on…

No, because Obama wasn’t a racist. Not by a power plus prejudice definition, nor by the loosest definitions of the word. Trump is racist because he has a history of racial discrimination, and he says things that are tinged with racial prejudice all the time. Don’t even get me started on his dog whistles. So, yes,…

This is why context matters.

You know they’re not saying “Get mad, straight men!” They’re saying, “Get mad, people who’re going to hate that he’s gay!” It’s not even heterophobic to assume that most of the angry people will be straight. 

I don’t know why I kept listening to R. Kelly all those years ago after we first found out about the pee tape. I think Aaron McGruder hit the nail on the head.

I sure hope not.