That line in the review is a big part of what inspired me to write the piece!
As the single longest-running film series in history, I think it’s important to acknowledge that it’s also the one with the least critical consensus. You’ll hear From Russia with Love and Goldfinger widely cited as the best, but one has that awful gypsy camp scene and one has an infamously nonsensical plot (as well as… Read more
I agree this album is probably a B because a lot of the songs blend together a little too easy. but I also just feel so lifted by these queer lyrics and I am grinning ear to ear walking down the street with this blasting in my ears. I wish I had an album like this when I was a baby queer with some very dark thoughts… Read more
First of all: Gwen is a lovely name. Second of all, the whole situation is super weird. I really cringe when creative types do this kind of thing. Critics love art. Why else would they do the job they do? No one is going to agree 100% with all critical takes (I certainly don’t!), but being weird and petty about… Read more
I genuinely have no idea what to make of any of that, but for what it’s worth, you are one of the more even handed reviewers on this site or any other. Maybe that’s why it stung her so much? But regardless, if you truly are living rent free in this woman’s head, kudos.
Today was the first time I’d heard about this, so I had fun binging his past vids this morning. Such joy and fun and helping other people in the process. We need more folks doing stuff like this.
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These are always great and this was no exception (loved the puppet outro). Really wonder if this will be the last one, and if it is, R.I.P. Demi's mentions 09/21/22.
I have strong feelings about two of these entries, one of which Lil Nas X, who is a rare breed: a lovable troll, which should make for some really inspired shenanigans. Read more
Me, obviously. Literally no one would expect it!
It’s a great show in general, but as far as I know, The Expanse has never even been nominated in a technical category. That is difficult to wrap one’s head around. Read more
Honestly the Emmys have overlooked so many people and shows I don’t know where to start. Community, Parks and Rec, Jason Alexander never got one, Phil Hartman never did, genre shows are routinely neglected, like they’re somehow more consistently off the mark than the Oscars which is impressive. Read more
Carrie Coon for The Leftovers is probably the one that bothers me the most.
Andre Baugher for Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
A.V. Club and Kotaku editorial run entirely independent from each other. We ran our review today because that’s when the game came out.
I get this as a critique, but a) Deathloop invites the comparisons aggressively, and b) I don’t think it’s wrong to evaluate design choices based on what was sacrificed to pursue them. If Deathloop’s time loop stuff worked perfectly, I’d be singing its praises. As is, those choices impact a bunch of different systems… Read more
I’m probably going to have to do a separate year-end ranking of time loop games this year, just because there have been so many. (I like Returnal more than Deathloop, I think, but I’m more in the pocket for how nasty its themes get.)
Hades is an interesting touchpoint, in that Deathloop is definitely trying to… Read more
Yep, you can switch over to computer-Julianna, or set it so that only people on your friends list can invade.
I definitely recommend at least trying it; the penalties for losing are only sort of painful if you’re especially deep into a loop (you can spend your resources in between levels, so you probably won’t lose… Read more
Forget the archery, I want to see “ROGERS: THE MUSICAL”!
I liked the Architect’s speech in the context of a live-action anime. Read more