It’s no secret that I love the John Wick movies. I’m a huge action-movie fan and consider these movies to be the best ones in modern, western, cinema. I’m going to low-key say that this is because it, like The Matrix before it, draws heavily on Asian action cinema like the classic Police Story and… Continue reading Cool
Author: Joshua Tong
The Empathy of Us
With the last episode of The Last Of Us having aired last week, it’s been fun to see major media outlets like the New York Times join in on a discussion that’s been happening in the video game world for nearly ten years. We’re going to ignore, for the moment, the Times’ insipid approach to… Continue reading The Empathy of Us
An Extra Life
I finished the Destiny 2: Lightfall campaign today, having more or less taken my time. It was a bit of a narrative mess, and the gameplay itself wavered between incredibly fun and annoyingly frustrating (though weighed much more on the fun side). All the same, I enjoyed it, maybe because it’s more or less what… Continue reading An Extra Life
Play Faster
The new Destiny expansion came out this week which means it’s back to the Destiny grind (haha, just kidding, I never stopped). It’s fun; the major Destiny release means there’s a lot of new stuff to do and big chunk of story to play through. It’s candy for someone like me who really enjoys Destiny,… Continue reading Play Faster
A Hopeful World
I’m really fallen in love with Abbott Elementary lately. It’s a sitcom about schoolteachers doing their best and it’s the sort of sitcom filled with such warmth and heart that it scratches that itch inside me that needs stories of hope. It’s especially remarkable the way the show is able to weave together its optimistic… Continue reading A Hopeful World
Experimental Fantasy
I did finish Final Fantasy X last week and the game did prove to be quite the trip. It ended well, really well, even if the ending felt like it belonged to a slightly different game than the one I played. The game was a bit of a mess, with a lot of really good… Continue reading Experimental Fantasy
Sick Day
I’ve been laid up for the past few days, and so, sadly, I have not yet finished reading Jacques the Fatalist. So in lieu of putting together a coherent blog post today, I’ll toss out a few things I’ve been enjoying lately. Abbott Elementary This show fills the hole for warm, kind comedies that I… Continue reading Sick Day
Pretension
I started rereading Jacques The Fatalist this week. Not because I have a particular proclivity towards late 18th Century French Literature (I really don’t), but because while sitting on my couch I saw Jacques on my bookshelf, remembered that I did kinda enjoy it when I read it back in college, and decided that, hey,… Continue reading Pretension
Again
It’s been a week in the United States. We started off last Saturday with another mass shooting and ended it yesterday with the release of another video of police officers murdering a Black man. This all feels so repetitive, as if every few months it’s time for our scheduled Terrible, Unpreventable Occurrence that seems to… Continue reading Again
Combat Evolved Unevolved
I’m replaying Halo: Combat Evolved because it’s a great game and I haven’t played it in ages. The game holds up incredibly well, mostly because a lot of what it does has since become standard. The dual-stick controls that Halo codified have become standard in everything from Stray to God of War. A limited weapon loadout that you can swap on the fly with… Continue reading Combat Evolved Unevolved
Essays, Not Rants! 