Hey folks. I just wanted to drop in and say thank you to everyone here for all the kind words, and also for reading what I’ve written at The A.V. Club these past nine years. I know I wasn’t always the most consistent presence in the comments, even before the Kinja transition, but I dipped in fairly regularly, and for…

Oh man, the Wikipedia page for this thing is a thrill ride all on its own. At the very least, I’d watch a Fyre Festival-style documentary about the production.

The “Good Guys” in Harry Potter spend the entire series trying to free house elves, and to show that other sentient non-human creatures deserve to be Persons (centaurs, Aragog, etc).

Websters’ Dictionary defines “dictionary” as “a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications.” I rest my case.

If you decide to give DS2 another go, try sinking a few points into ADP. It makes a big difference to gamefeel, and might help you enjoy it more.

This Don Ohlmeyer seems like a real jerk. 

Rain Johnson played the fans for fools as if people don’t understand things like gravity in space and the fact that a ship being lighter means absolutely nothing when it comes to how fast it could be in space.

““Misery Business” is a-booming.”

Knife goes in, Guts come out, that’s what reshaping our current political climate into a way that is more equitable to all is all about

I find it kind of funny

I can’t even imagine Cats does Countdown without him. I’m so sad about this. RIP to the world’s greatest carrot in a box player.

Whatever else the movie did wrong, the idea of ‘TLJ ruining Luke’ from ‘hardcore’ fans is the most hilarious misunderstanding of Star Wars characters, lore and philosophy they could muster.

I have never heard anyone say that before

I think this article could use some supplemental information: specifically, the last time these got an installment. Some of these lasted a pretty damn long time for what was ultimately an imitator that failed to stand up to the original, after all! So since I have nothing to do at work, I’ve compiled that.

Saying that a gag is played out is *checks notes* played out.

I have no beef with these people.

I like ‘em both. They both capture different elements of the book well. 

Better.

A master class in GIF use, bravo.