Calling film watching mindless consumption shows you’re missing the point, perhaps the same way your parents are missing the point of video games. Hell even Tom Cruise is working on a level of craft that no one else in the industry is doing as consistently as him.

Each medium has their strengths and weaknesses. I love video games, I was born in 85, the year of the NES so I lived my life with controller in hand. I do however recognize games still struggle to keep up with story telling in other mediums, mostly because gameplay and story telling are frequently at odds with eachother. And yes of course I know there are games with good story but rarely to they ever stick with me the way multiple films and shows do every year. Even a story like Last of Us was simply told better as a show. The best part of that show was the Frank and Bill episode, something that simply won’t translate back to a game at all. The only game to really stick deep in my soul was What Remains of Edith Finch. So often I’ll pour hundreds of hours into a game with nothing lasting on the other side. It’s why I’ve given up on grindy games all together.

Games also have a barrier for most people on the outside. It’s tough to look at an Xbox controller and not get a little daunted by the buttons, sticks and triggers. Credit to Nintendo for historically finding ways to bring the whole family together for a game night. There’s a reason grandma was playing Wii Bowling.

Lucky

He’s mentioned somewhere (believe me I’m an internet enthusiast) that he doesn’t like writing, he’s just a master at adaptation. And I get that. Being really good at visualizing a story well is really hard.

Yea when it came out it got a lot of attention because us in the N64 camp were starved for a good RPG. Unfortunately it was just a lot of nothing.

Nah, you can always rely on the Hilbert Hotel for a good night’s rest. Your room is down the hall, just keep walking, you’ll find it.

I only run TempleOS

Used to have a pair of these. Motorola S305. They were the perfect running headphones. Big chunky buttons for volume and track skipping, a plastic band that wrapped the back of your head and over your ears so it would never fall off but otherwise wireless. The only downside was really old Bluetooth tech so connection was sketchy at times. Also audio has improved a lot since then.

Modern buds don’t stay in my ears. I’m using the pixel buds pro right now. The right ear stays in pretty good but the left is completely unpredictable.

Looks like there’s a box of YoYo Balls and Pogs. Can I have a go?

Snitches get GoFundMe to pay for stitches

“Take this code and give me jest tests with 100% coverage. Don’t describe, don’t scaffold, full output.”

Saves me hours.

Funny, it’s a word I’ve never seen before but immediately knew what it meant

Pixar hasn’t had Pixar money in a long time. Their last huge success was Toy Story 4 and that was 5 years ago. Of course you can blame Disney+ for a lot of that.

Holy shit, yes. That’s a game I haven’t thought about in a while.

The Last Night, Replaced and now this. I can’t keep giving my hopes up for highly stylized, somewhat pixely blade runneresk games. I hope one of these get released.

I haven’t used PayPal in over 10 years. Why don’t you just leave the service?

Fun fact, the image on the cover was from the 1939 worlds fair

It’s the Trylon and Perisphere

That’s like your oppinion man

True champs split the screen with cardboard

Is that dangerous? I was under the impression helicopters were designed with specific balance in mind