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
Internet Outage
After being mildly unreliable for a couple weeks (seemingly, especially when I was trying to play Destiny online), my internet finally gave up the ghost Thursday night. Then it came back for a bit, died again last night, and has been out of commission most of today. After multiple chats with customer service, my internet… Continue reading Internet Outage
Other Cat Movie
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is the most visually arresting movie that came out in December 2022. Look, I’m as surprised as you are, but Last Wish is absolutely gorgeous to watch — not because its animation is photorealistic, but because it’s decidedly not. CGI animation has come a long way over the last… Continue reading Other Cat Movie
2022 In Review
Wow. The year’s ending. Still hard to believe that 2023 starts tomorrow. But anyway, less ruminating, more doing that thing I do every year where I do a post about posts in my tenth year of maintaining this blog. Five Most Popular / Viewed Posts #5: Returns This one’s about hope in light of anxiety,… Continue reading 2022 In Review
Essays, Not Rants! 