The only real standout TALs from this year were the Cops See It Differently episodes. The rest have been pretty standard fare - enjoyable, forgettable - and repeats. Depending how huge, the Regrets episode totally floored me.

I just want to draw everyone's attention to something that's been really exciting me lately. Recently, I found out about the fan project Mother 4, which has been in serious development for several years now.

You can accuse Andrea Arnold's adaptation of many things - I'll even accept boring, though I disagree - but calling it un-cinematic seems way off. I don't think I've even ever seen a film depict emotional decay so visually. The whole film just felt damp and rotten, and there are isolated images that hung with me for…

It was easy to miss (I did, before playing it back), but "dad" was actually the first word Young Louie says when he sees Abraham.

I really do love that conceit. It perfectly contextualizes the inane, arbitrary rules of RPGs as the inane, arbitrary rules kids come up with when they're playing outside. "No, Clyde! You have to wait your turn."