It basically just comes down to Keanu Reeves vs. Carrie Ann Moss.

I loved the comic, but the show is frustrating me, and I only just realized why. The comic is fundamentally a road-trip, so it could keep its focus on the characters without lingering too long on any one aspect of the day-to-day misery of the apocalypse. The show is a many-perspectives ensemble, so the writers have…

Oh good! I’m not the only person who was put in mind of the acting challenges on Drag Race. I don’t think the show is *that* bad, but that it evokes the comparison at all is pretty damning.

What really kills me is that I’d love to watch the show Q-Force wants to be, and it contains elements that *could* work if the…

Yes, it looks like some cis-guys were Touched, but we don’t know any of them well enough to what their gender identities actually are. I can’t help but note that given the time period, most trans and genderqueer people would have been pretty firmly in the closet, and would have presented as cisgender.

I think the final episode was always going to be a slight letdown for the same reason other “mystery box” shows felt unsatisfying: ultimately, fan theories were a little more interesting - and ambitious - than what happened. I’m still happy enough with the episode because it hit all the right emotional notes, as this…

The word is getting a little more broadly-used. One of the principal characters in “Schitt’s Creek” identifies as pan. Still, I think it’s fair to say it’s not yet a well-known concept; maybe doubly do for those of us who encountered it first in sci-fi.

I picked up several of these and I’m making my way through them. “There Is No Game” and “Space Court” were, indeed, delightful, and I’m currently waist-deep in “Wintermoor Tactics Club,” a game I’m enjoying, but which seems a bit afraid to let players struggle, much less fail. I’ll still be recommending it to people;…

What’s driven me craziest about the event is that the Bunny Day eggs have been crowding out recipes for the much more appealing - and equally time-limited - cherry blossom and young spring bamboo DIY recipes. The incredibly frequent egg balloons vastly outnumber the regular balloons that can contain those recipes. Why…

With the original PvZ, I knew that if I was struggling with a level, it was a skill/strategy problem I could learn my way around. PvZ2's microtransaction-linked boosts left me uncertain about whether my problem with a particular level was just skill/strategy, or if it was never intended to be beaten without boosts. I…

If I hadn’t already played the first few chapters, I’d have read this and wondered why this review seems to meander philosophically; why it barely focuses on gameplay. Fortunately for me, I did play those chapters, so I read this and think, “Yeah, that’s exactly right.” I get tongue-tied when I try to explain the game…

My Sim just graduated last night, and I left with mixed feelings. Unlike college in Sims 3, the academic portion actually feels significant. However, also unlike college in Sims 3, the main Foxbury campus is so deserted it feels lifeless: lots of big, empty, unpopulated spaces. When my Sim attended an on-campus event,…

I just did this with Batman: Arkham City, which I’m not sure I ever finished, and I’m definitely enjoying it drastically more the second time around. This time, I knew that instead of barreling through the main story, I should take my time by exploring and following side-quests first. I’ve been a little shocked by…

This wasn’t even close to being on my radar, and now, it’s sounding like something I very much want to play. Shooters don’t excite me, but I’m a sucker for quality writing.

It sounds like the game allows the player to customize their character? If so, I wonder if that’s what’s behind the game’s choice to skirt race and…

I’m trying to allow this episode a little slack in part because it bills itself of part one of two. The first season of The Good Place existed in a state of near-perpetual cliffhanger, so I’m hoping this explicit acknowledgement that Schur and company aren’t done yet explains how... medium... this episode ultimately…

Yay! I’m a niche market again!

You cannot! I squeed aloud when he showed up. Doubly so when Charlie appeared more than once. Glad to hear I’m not the only one.

I keep seeing people referring to Logan having been fridged, and it’s troubling me; it’s a more or less complete misuse of the term. The term was coined to highlight a misogynistic trope. It exists in the context of female characters being historically underserved when compared to male characters, and the death in…

I have to wonder how many viewers landed where I did. While I’m aware that some people will decide, after this episode, that “Veronica Mars” is dead to them, I’m... It’s complicated. I was devastated. I was upset with the show, yet I can’t imagine a world in which Veronica Mars season five happens and I’m not watching…

The rate at which LaToya’s been putting out these lengthy, really well-thought-out reviews has astounded me. I’m willing to wait a little longer when we’re getting this level of quality. (And these “review everything ASAP because all the episodes dropped at once” schedules are kinda inhuman to begin with, even though…

This article really makes me want to re-watch the second and third seasons to see if I can pick up on what soured you folks on them. (Well, aside from the handling of sexual assault, which stuck out to me at the time as immensely problematic.) I loved how the second season’s mystery snuck up on me, and I was loving…