And what makes you the arbiter of worthwhile-ness and productive-ness?

Except gif is a word...

skienke!

But language changes, it's always going to change. You can't hold it down

Mario is is cute?

I know that's probably not what you meant. I was just trying to point out that NPR does a lot of pop culture stuff, and pop culture is not limited to video games. And it looks like this video was shot to promote NPR's new gaming tumblr...which is probably run by professionals.

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. Based on your response, pop culture = gaming.

Who are the professionals? NPR does a lot of great pop culture stuff, this is hardly representative of that.

Woooh! The soundtrack stretch goal has been reached! This thing is getting funding for a sequel by the end of the week.

I don't know about you, but man. Thinking about handing down an old friend to a kid is pretty effin' beautiful.

I'm with you, dude.

Maybe somehow "not 3D" got translated into "worse graphics"

Only 28 more days!

Scottish insult, says the internet

I agree with Mudbud, watch Totoro first, but as a follow up, I'd recommend Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro. It's pre-Ghibli, but a lot of Miyzaki's favorite themes are present. Plus, it's a bit more accesible

I have a bit more hope, because they know they have two more seasons after this. That way, they can spend time developing characters and such.

That was some nightmare fuel right there.

All I have to say is that that is a bangin' Katakana typeface in the title.

I recommend Nichijou; it's an absurdist parody of the genre. Pretty funny stuff.

I thought I'd be safe on Wikipedia. Guess I was wrong.