This is a nice longform article in the vein of Jason’s Schreier’s reporting of behind-the-scenes game development. Glad to see this article type again. Great job!

I’d take that post with a grain of salt for a few reasons

Yeah this is the second or third think piece I’ve seen about the second week Black Widow numbers, Space Jam and piracy. It’s all snarky naysaying that seems to ignore the fact that’s

Hey everyone. Napster Generation Member here. Yeah I liked free easy to get stuff when I was 20 but I’m in my 40 and can afford to pay for things. I still know how to Pirates stuff but I rarely do it.

I am going to see it in theater because that is the best place to see movies. Then again the dregs of humanity don’t hang out at my theaters. Maybe you should choose your venues more carefully.

Parasocial relationships have been a cornerstone of celebrity for ages, that goes without saying. I’m calling them all sick, without qualification. They have always been sick. What made it easier for people to overlook it was when the parasocial relationship was side effect — people needed to be famous before an…

Also, as a reminder, Ubisoft protected and promoted abusers…

Lost fans called it on the passengers being dead and the island being “purgatory” something like the last half of season one? Boy the producers really hated that doing their best to squash that discussion.

But they weren’t dead, and the island wasn’t purgatory. The flash sideways in S6 was set in the characters’ shared afterlives (and was a misstep, for sure), but the main island storyline had nothing to do with that.

Tell that to Cawthon and the people he supports who are already “breaking the windows” of women, trans people and any other marginalized group they think they can get their claws on.

As someone else said, people can have their viewpoints. We’re also still allowed to criticize them for it.

Uh, donating to any of the politicians he donated to was never “the right choice” no matter what your political views, unless you believe that certain people deserve no civil rights.

Republicans are usually both.

He’s either a liar or ignorant. 

Something actually problematic. Otherwise this song is just him humblebragging about not actually being problematic.

Well, you’ve spent an entire morning here desperately defending Joe Rogan from anyone saying he’s an idiot, so, frankly, I wouldn’t expect you to understand the comment, at all.

So you’re just trolling on everything article now? That sounds fulfilling.

I feel like the bridge of the song really sums it up, however:

It’s an essay / analysis, not a review, which is why it’s not under the reviews section.

Bye!