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Has nobody asked Godzilla directly about their preferred pronouns? I smell a boycott.

So I've tried to sell my brother-in-law on Game Pass in the past, and he was always skeptical. "Oh, I just buy the games I want to play" he would say, which is fair. But while he plays games a lot, he doesn't really "follow" them, so he's really only aware of the biggest titles (not far off from the stereotypical bro who just buys the new Madden and COD every year). So when I was over there the other night, I finally logged onto my account on his Xbox and showed him Game Pass. His mind was blown. I was showing him games like Dishonored, Prey, and Ori and the Blind Forest, and I think he started to realize just what he's been missing. And then we started finding the games my sister would like. She hasn't kept up with games for a long time but has a fondness for JRPGs, so I showed her Dragon Quest XI and Octopath Traveler and she was thrilled.

I think about the run Rob Reiner had from 86-92 a lot. Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men. That’s 5 fairly iconic movies in 6 years. And then he just kinda stops making anything memorable, other than his role in The Wolf of Wall Street.

The absolute balls on a trailer that throws up a credit block with 25 names Incredible.

I've definitely cut down on the amount of meat I eat, but I don't have any interest in giving it up completely. Kinda like how I've made a conscious effort to drive less due to the environmental impact, but I'm not going to give up my car completely.

I think about her wink at least once a week.

Oh yeah, I tried that a while ago. There was a demo for the Xbox version. It seems like a really solid throwback platformer.

I would have never expected Cage to star in a Disney+ series, so it doesn't really feel like like we're "losing" him. And from the article: so a new Cage movie is still possible.

Naturally.

Huh. I've had this game in my Steam account for at least a decade, but I don't remember ever playing it. Is this still considered one of the high points of the series?

I was thinking "it's been a while since we've heard from this guy. I wonder what he's been up to recently" completely forgetting that he made that James Bond movie that was supposed to come out a year ago. Oof.

I've caught up on all of the BP nominees now. Promising Young Woman lived up to my expectations, with a few pleasant surprises. Well, "pleasant" may not be the right word, but you know what I mean. Minari is great. Don't have much to say about it. Some wild stuff from Will Patton. The Father is... I don't know. It's not bad. It's pretty standard Oscars stuff to have a movie based on a play featuring beloved actors to get a bunch of recognition, but Ma Rainey could have easily taken this slot. I also watched News of the World this morning, and I'm a little surprised it didn't get nominated for more things. Not that it's particularly amazing or anything, but a throwback Western starring America's Dad seems right up their alley.

It doesn't do anyone any good to keep thinking about these consoles in terms of "generations", at least as far as Nintendo is concerned. Playstation and Xbox have spent the last 20 years going head-to-head, releasing new, competing hardware on very similar cycles. Nintendo hasn't been playing that game since the Gamecube, and it's pointless to try to lump them in with the others.

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When they’ve just come off that conveyer belt, frosting still dripping off...

For the last month or two, every game should be available for 99 cents. Let me load up my Vita with a bunch of weird visual novels I’ll never play.

It’s interesting that these are two completely different ways of loosely “adapting” the same source material. Lupin the Third is about the grandson of the character from the classic French novels. In the new Netflix show, the main character is a modern day guy who has basically modeled his entire life around those books.

The Lupin that we're talking about has zero to do with anime.

The extra vaccine in your system comes out in your urine, like vitamins. So you could be the world's first golden shower-based charity.

I was going to watch this today before going to work at 2PM, then I realized something wonderful: I don’t have to.

Season 3 of Ozark came out about a year ago. I didn’t get into the show when the first season came out. I tried a couple of episodes and it didn’t hook me, but I gave it another shot last year and got really into it. Watched all three seasons in like 10 days.

Mine cleared yesterday. I’ve been able to keep working like normal for the past year, so I didn’t really need this, but also I don’t make a lot of money, so it definitely helps.

Yeah, Lupin rules. That second part can't get here soon enough.

I first read that as “Vatican gay bars” and was intrigued.

In a bit of good timing, Another Round just dropped on Hulu today. I’ve been looking forward to watching that one for a while. Promising Young Woman has been available as a premium rental for a while now, but comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray tomorrow, so it’ll be a little cheaper to see.