Thoughts and such by Joshua Tong
I picked up Armored Core VI recently because it’s a game about giant robots and I am a noted sucker for giant robots. It’s a game where you take your mech (or Armored Core, AC, in the game’s parlance) and fight stuff. Sometimes other mechs, sometimes massive drilling platforms, sometimes a mobile artillery platform. It’s… Continue reading Fluency
I really enjoy the animated Star Trek show Lower Decks. It’s pitched as a comedic take on the Star Trek world, mining humor from the life of the people on the lower decks of a Federation starship. What if the epic exploration of Star Trek was a workplace comedy? The humor is broad enough that… Continue reading Slightly Less Lower Decks
I found out yesterday that Jon Stewart and John Mulaney were doing a few shows together near me. Seeing either of them live would be a delight, but both of them in one show? Let’s go! So I found the website, clicked through, and discovered in order to buy tickets I had to go through…… Continue reading A Brief Screed Against Ticketmaster
Looking for a movie to watch this weekend, I saw that a theater near me was showing the 2009 Star Trek. I’ve been meaning to watch the movie again, I remember loving it; though not being much of a Trek fan at the time. It was cool and it’s much of the reason I was… Continue reading (Old) New Trek
A friend convinced me to check out My Adventures With Superman a couple weeks ago and I proceeded to watch all then-available seven episodes in a single day. Which is unusual for me — I am incredibly bad at binging tv shows. It’s a very good show. The cartoon follows a young Clark Kent as… Continue reading Supercheese
Essays, Not Rants! 