That was true half a decade ago, before Microsoft abandoned packaged apps. You’re just flat out wrong

Yeah thats definitly not it. Maybe 1% of the playerbase actually mods games. The majority are on console where mods just dont exist...except for starfield which is getting mod support in 2024...

Lol sure, MAGAs are always commenting about how the games they play should more meaningfully engage with political issues like how the police are a fundamentally corrupt force protecting a wealthy status quo.

This site used to be such an important voice in film and television. Very sad to see where it is now.

Literally, what the fuck are you talking about?

Jesus you sound like a petty asshole. Take the fucking W, the thing you like totally dominates culture. Congrats. Why not be happy about it instead of throwing a damn tantrum any time someone isn’t worshipful of comic book movies?

The person writing this has no perspective. No historical insight. They think everything viewed through the prism of box office is the only thing that matters. Yes. Major movie studios used to make more movies aimed at adults. Yes, more people used to see more adult themed movies in movie theaters. One can definitely…

I would argue even his flops like Kundun still generate more discussion then some Marvel films.  When was the last time a human being mentioned Iron Man 2?

This is genuinely one of the most rancid, thoughtless articles in the history of the AV Club. It is antithetical to what this website used to be. G/O Media should do us a favor and shut the whole fucking thing down.

Counterpoint:

I really enjoy playing these games but I think I’m in the minority that finds the writing and plotting in them to be bad to the point of distraction.

The first game was bad for it, but Miles Morales fully toppled into some of the most laughably annoying cliches. It was a rare instance of a piece of media that actually…

an entire body of work steeped in the belief that toxic masculinity is the organizing principle of the cosmos

This was obviously written by someone who had their brain scooped out and before the top was sewn back on a rat shat in the cavity, and then they went straight to work.

Scorsese continues to get funded at a scale superior filmmakers like Coppola and Altman could only dream about.

Dumb article that only exists for a click, which in turn references a dumb essay that itself only exists for a click.

Translation: “I don’t like this conversation people are having so everyone should shut up about the topic.”

I agree with you. Good shit.

Now this is a good dilemma.

Everything from that era was racist. We don’t need a modern video games to cover that, we can just watch/discuss old media. Also, you should watch old cartoons! EVERYONE must know of Cab Calloway.