Yeah, hearing about that is actually why I've avoided playing Outlast— while I respect that everyone's got different thresholds, I am just not down for a game going to that kind of territory unless it's going to actually say something about sexual violence. Despite my issues with Silence of the Lambs, I still love the…

I don't even own a semiotic.

Local Halo is still my favorite multiplayer though— hell, I can't wrap my head around the fact that the most recent game didn't have splitscreen co-op, as I think that at least 80% of my time with that series has been splitscreen.

Dolphin's a goddamn miracle. I've been playing Phantasy Star Online with a 1080 resolution, 60 FPS, local multiplayer, and cheat codes— it makes an 18-year-old game feel alive again.

Yeah, it's absolutely a party game more than a traditional shooter. For me, that game was always TimeSplitters 2 (which I believe has a lot of Goldeneye devs on its team)— a shooter that may be sloppy or rough, but is absolutely perfect for hanging out and having fun in.

Yeah, I think it's taking a fairly broad umbrella on the term, but there's a pretty long tradition of placing androgynous and non-gender-conforming characters in pop culture within queer criticism. Pat's not trans, but a lot of trans people get shit on for the fact that they don't pass well or that their gender isn't…

Counterpoint: Reagan did it. You know that Ted Cruz is glistening and tumescent over the stories that would compare him to Reagan for that.

May I suggest clearing brush?

I was thinking more int he "Where nothing can possiblie go wrong" vein, myself.

That's normally my thought too, but I refuse to believe that anyone enjoyed the Pat sketches.

What brought it on is that Soloway was asked about what her earliest encounter with a non-cis character in media was, and Pat happened to be that character.

Frankly, I don't think this website should cover any pop culture at all until it's exhaustively explored Beckett's The Unnameable. It just doesn't seem responsible.

For real. I think there are more things I've seen cited as "this is why Trump won" than there are actual reasons he won. I doubt any Wisconsin auto shop worker got up on Election Day and thought, "I dunno, I'm pretty on the fence, but I do hate how a small minority of liberals are overly-critical of gender…

I don't think she's entirely right, but the most famous scene with the character is one of him crossdressing and tucking, which is absolutely played for horror and discomfort to the audience.

Oh, definitely— Hopkins is doing a Hepburn impression, and Lecter's classy, cosmopolitan nature, fussiness, love of beauty, and catty attitude feel gay-coded to me (especially in the Fuller show, which is a straight-up love story). I don't think it's bigoted or hateful at all, but pretty much every version of Lecter…

Damn, Rockatansky, well put.

She stated that people complained extensively, which they did, and there were demonstrations, which there were. And it was widespread, and, while they may have formed a minority of protestors and critics, there were white people actively opposed to the movie. These people included both independent white activists and…

There's literally a nationwide campaign right now against extending trans people certain rights because they're viewed as being inherently dangerous due to their identity. The NC State legislature passed a law whose entire intent was to argue that trans people pose a danger by existing.

The skits are definitely structured around the awkwardness, but the Pat character is a fat, obnoxious weirdo the audience is supposed to find gross, and the title of the skits refer to Pat as "it." Pat's voice, behavior, and physical appearance are all androgynous and are all ugly and played for laughs.

Just a heads up, most people really prefer using the term "transgender," which implies an identity, over the term "transgendered," which implies a condition. Don't think you meant any harm or anything, but thought you might want to know.