Category: Daily Rant
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Day 159: Best Classic Platformer… That You’ve Never Heard of.
In my honest opinion, I think that platformers are the most important games in the history of video games. Super Mario Bros completely saved the games industry, Sonic the Hedgehog revolutionized what Mario started, Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie added a hugely addictive collection system and brought the genre into three dimensions. Ask anyone to name a…
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ARCHIVE Day 35: Put the Controller Down, Player One
Ready Player One’s movie adaptation just came out in theaters and… it’s okay. Not great, not terrible, just okay. It has some great visual effects, really exciting action scenes, and a genuinely interesting mystery (at least when they’re in the Oasis searching for Haladay’s Egg). But it suffers deeply from forgettable characters, poor dialogue, and…
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Day 158: Dad of Boi
A little while ago, I made a post about God of War to try and capitalize on the game’s release. I hadn’t played any of them at that point, so I didn’t have a lot to talk about. In the end, I sort of talked out of my ass for a bit. Now, however, I…
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Day 157: Revisiting Futurama
With Matt Groening’s new show Disenchantment finally arriving on Netflix, I figured I’d revisit my personal favorite Groening show: Futurama. Sorry Simpsons, but you lasted a few decades too long. Spoiler alert: this show still holds up. At least the first few seasons do. But good god, those first few seasons are a treasure even to this…
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Day 156: Hardcore Henry Review
Remember this movie from three years ago? Cause I sure as hell didn’t. Not until I saw it sitting there on my recommended on Netflix and thought, “Eh, why not?” I’m so glad I did. I have not had this much fun with a movie since Deadpool 2. Not because it’s fantastic, but because it’s…
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