As the world burns down around me, with wars, pollution, and plague, I would love an old fashion mmorpg like ultima or star wars galaxies to lose myself in.

For some reason, investigations are really hard when you're not trying. Read: cops also think this way, so they have no incentive to out their cohorts. Many of them are probably former/current cops and/or military. 

I don’t know why people keep saying this.  There are people that would have burned the building down, but it’s not gamers, it’s the shareholders.

Nah, I don’t mean that people have to like the shit that I like (I know that’s not going to happen), but rather, the AVClub used to be more than just “hey let’s talk about Taylor Swift and Cardi-B”... there’s nothing that sets them apart anymore. (Other than the generally excellent comments sections) :) 

You’re not wrong. I tend to use these lists to see what I may have missed outside of my niche (which I’m pretty embedded in - I tend to go for “deep” rather than “broad” when it comes to music, though I do actually already know and like some of the albums on this list) but perhaps a bit of representation would be nice.

The difficulty is that, by and large (though not universally), the “popular” end of heavier music tends to be the most mediocre examples (for various reasons, though obviously there are exceptions).

Totally agreed. I mean too each their own in regards to the writers/voters musical taste but I guess I just find it surprising that these people can fire off a 600 word shpiel on the importance of My Night At Maud’s or Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives but only listen to Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift.

I’ll concede that maybe none of the writers listen to metal or anything that heavy, but it is really surprising to not even see Nothing, The 1975 or Yves Tumor on the list.

I know it’s old hat to complain about it at this point, but remember back when the AV Club covered music that wasn’t mostly the same crap that all the regular blah sources reviewed? I remember when the end of year album lists would be full of stuff to discover and albums that went beyond what you could just hear being…

I was talking with my dad about this last night — basically saying that democrats need to play hardball. He took this to mean that we need to do direct voter outreach, all the time, showing up in neighborhoods and knocking on doors (tough to do this past year, admittedly). Sure, that will help, but it’s not going to…

your post and the one you responded to summarize very well the idealism and the cynical reality of today’s Democratic party. The sooner Dems get their shit together and find a way to respond to every single thing you listed that the GOP does, the better off everyone will be, because while the Dems at least have the…

what you describe was going to happen anyway, even if this had been a landslide. The GOP and their constituents excel at sitting on the sidelines and sniping at Dems who sincerely want to govern and make peoples lives better, because the GOP excels at conveying messages so simple to their cavemen that even they can…

The internet has made writers out of people who don’t have much to say or don’t know how to say it. “Lacking” is my pet peeve (lacking what?!), and I see it in freakin’ headlines.

Hard disagree. Leveling from 1 to 100, 110, 120 has been a chore for a long time because of slogging through horrendously outdated content. Every time I reached 58 on a toon and had to choose between BC and Wrath - both stellar expansions for their time, but dated AF in 2020 - I died a little inside.

Surprised to not see Bloodborne on this list! Although to be fair, that is a game to be played any time because it is the best game.

TBH, no- I was hoping that she was a wreathing mass of snakes from the clavicle down.

I had they attitude when I was young and desperate but I learned long ago that it’s an attitude that leads down a path of being used and manipulated.

The first girl I ever dated was militant anti-beard. To the extreme that she hated the idea of even stubble. She had me shaving multiple times a day and refused to kiss me unless my face was absolutely smooth. It sucked

That guitar work is among of my favorite ever.

But it’s funny how she rocked a NIN t-shirt but no NIN music. I was hoping they’d play ‘Closer.’ That song would have been perfect for Jude Law’s character! Why? I don’t know! Just because!