Burger King burgers at least taste like they once saw a cow, whereas McDonald’s taste like you described beef to a foreigner using Google translate and then asked them to do the best they could with whatever they had lying around (which wasn’t beef.)
They’re tasty and they hit the spot sometimes, but that’s not what…

I’d say Legacy of Kain, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Vagrant Story all have a better story, to start with. But they also don’t really have narratives that lend themselves to television. TLOU is like a season of The Walking Dead, and I’ve got pretty much the same issues with both.

Would you say that’s because the story itself was compelling, or because the storytelling was exceptional? When people talk about Naughty Dog, they often talk about how amazing the presentation is and how playing their games feels like watching a movie - not exactly what I’m looking for in a game, but if the acting,…

Best story, huh?

He must be a New Yorker. “The pizza place on my block is the best pizza place, literally, in the world!”

Mazin is ironically getting to the heart of what I hated so much about the effusive praise the world heaped on The Last of Us upon the release of it and its sequel - that these games which are in no great hurry to remind you that they’re games are supposed to be the pinnacle of the medium’s ability to tell stories. I…

‘This Game Has the Greatest Story Ever Told in Video Games’ Says Man Who’s Played Exactly One Video Game

I occasionally listen to the screen writing podcast Craig Mazin does with another host, and it’s occasional because Craig Mazin is sincerely one of the most pompous, self-assured jackasses I’ve ever come across.

Whether it be berating listeners who submit questions, particularly when it regards questioning any…

Xenogears will be hard to unseat in my mind for that, hell the 2nd disc gave up all gameplay to exposition dump just to make sure all the major beats were still included.

It seems like an attempt to elevate The Last of Us above other games, suggesting that this dark, gritty tale of survival is “art” and most other games aren’t even close.

I took it as it sounded like they wanted to relax and actually have a fun party as opposed to having to play celebrity and have makeup and wardrobe done before attending, then worrying the next day if TMZ got an unflattering angle. And given the age group involved, they have the luxury of not having to constantly…

Pretty sure “non-thirsty” = everyone who actually acted their way to stardom on the screen as opposed to the phone. Hell, if I was throwing a rager at my mansion, I’d want to keep the influencers out too.

He really is. He’s the epitome of an insecure, jealous, angry teenager except he’s got a lot of money.

Drake is a nightmare man.

Gotta love a golden parachute. 

I love living in this stupid place at this stupid time, where absolutely everything follows the same reliable pattern of be good -> be forced to expand infinitely to meet a frankly psychotic ideal of eternal growth -> inevitably become shit, crash, and burn.

Capitalism is so fun and good and healthy. 

please have forgotten the /s

I genuinely don’t care between the two, but waiters get so scared when they have to ask that I can’t help but imagine the sort of asshole that makes that a problem, so I’ve started defaulting to “And a diet whichever.”  What sucks is that about 40% of the time it doesn’t work, they say “I’m sorry what?” and I have to…

The Gumby’s in my town closed and was replaced by a Toppers (now also gone, RIPs.) It might be recency bias but I preferred the Topperstix, which had a nice, pillowy, chewy texture. I haven’t had Pokey Stix in almost two decades but I recall them being good, but a tougher chew.

My hot take: The First Avenger is very, very good for the first half, and the quality drops off ENORMOUSLY after his first mission to rescue the POWs. It becomes incredibly generic from that point forward. Averaging that out, I think the movie is kind of just fine, and a lot of the goodwill comes moreso from what…