Back to your regularly sche — 1. I started watching Shadow & Bone and it’s pretty cool, but it did remind me that we’re decades deep in this creative rut where every fantasy character has to have a British accent. Here’s a half-Asian character! She has an English accent. Here’s a black character — she has…

Some takeaways from another weird year for video game conferences — In a vacuum, if you heard that E3 was headlined by Elden Ring — affectionately referred to as “big Dark Souls” — and Breath of the Wild 2, you’d automatically assume that it was a big year for games. Was it? Well… eh. In our second (and hopefully final) year…

Holy shit — 1. I can’t believe we — well, Americans — are legitimately on the verge of getting out of this thing. …

I cannot believe we’re still in quarantine. — 1. I just wanted to take this time to check in on all of the people who view Halloween as a major, defining part of their personalities — this phenomenon is always fascinating to me during October before I completely forget about it for the next 11 months. Like, are…

1. I just want to take a second to talk about something that will never be talked about enough: In 1976, a little-known comic book writer… — 1. I just want to take a second to talk about something that will never be talked about enough: In 1976, a little-known comic book writer by the name of Marv Wolfman was working on a new Marvel series. The series’s lead character was getting a soft reboot with an…

1. I was at the supermarket looking for snacks last week when I discovered that someone at Oreo HQ allowed carrot cake Oreos to exist, and… — 1. I was at the supermarket looking for snacks last week when I discovered that someone at Oreo HQ allowed carrot cake Oreos to exist, and I don’t want to overreact here but I think we should shoot them. 2. My mom also got chocolate almond ice cream when we…

I. The Premise — I. The Premise In everyone’s brain, there’s this kind of psychological tripwire. No, I’m not talking about the one that tells you that you’re in an unsafe situation, or the one that tells you that maybe you should’ve peed before you left the house. …

1. I’ve decided that those massive bags of tortilla chips they sell at Trader Joe’s & Costco are racketeering. Have you ever tried to… — 1. I’ve decided that those massive bags of tortilla chips they sell at Trader Joe’s & Costco are racketeering. Have you ever tried to calculate how many jars of salsa you’d go through if you only had chips & salsa together? 2. My sister and I just finished watching the…

A couple of weeks ago, I accidentally discovered that I’d managed something that I’d been trying to pull off for years — watch every… — A couple of weeks ago, I accidentally discovered that I’d managed something that I’d been trying to pull off for years — watch every single Best Picture nominee in a year before the Oscars. It wasn’t because I’d gone through the list like the meticulous tryhard I occasionally aspire to…