Chris Cruz

"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."

Not attending Gamescom but am currently preparing for the biggest speaking engagement of my life — wonderfully timed to throwing out my back.

A.I. is popular because it gives you the experience of being a boss: you get to give annoyingly specific instructions about how to do something you don't actually know how to do yourself, and then claim credit for the end result.

Congratulations! You’re going to crush it.

Alien: Earth does all the awesome shit Ridley Scott was too arrogant and incompetent to do with the franchise.

When Hasan Piker bought a $2.7 million house in LA for him and his family to live in, critics said he wasn’t a real socialist because it’s too expensive. When Zohran Mamdani rents a $2,300 a month apartment in NYC, critics say it’s too cheap for him and he’s not a real socialist. It’s all bad faith

'Battlefield 6' Is the Harrowing Multiplayer Cure for 'Call of Duty' Fatigue Battlefield 6 brings back destruction and classes akin to Bad Company 2

Battlefield 6 is an endless string of personal war movie moments that makes me remember why I used to love multiplayer shooters.

For @rollingstone.com, my impressions of the beta:

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once again, it is a core belief of people on the american right that it should be illegal for you not to like them or want to be around them or work with them

Yeah, I'm happy to report that Battlefield 6 fucking rocks.

Critical Role's Campaign 4 Is Coming. Will It Change the Show Forever? Critical Role Campaign 4 includes Dimension 20's Brennan Lee Mulligan as GM, but what else could change?

For @rollingstone.com writer @abitmeddlesome.bsky.social
breaks down all of the burning questions we have about #CriticalRole Campaign 4 including, but not limited to, 'Who will be the first to romance Matt Mercer?'

@criticalrole.bsky.social
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The point is that we shouldn’t have to pay $35 a season when we’re already paying for streaming services — including one literally for Universal productions like BSG.

It’s actually crazy that you can’t stream Battlestar Galactica anywhere.

What the fuck are we even doing, man?

What's Going on With the Gerrymandering Chaos in Texas? Donald Trump is urging Texas Republicans to redraw the state's congressional map to give him a boost ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

What’s Going on With the Gerrymandering Chaos in Texas?

My latest with @ryanbort.bsky.social

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Call of Duty should add Barbie as an operator the same day Battlefield launches.

Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.

'Marvel Cosmic Invasion' Is an Arcade-Style Beat 'Em Up Filled With Deep-Cut Characters Marvel Cosmic Invasion pairs Spider-Man and Wolverine with deep cuts like Phyla-Vell and Beta Ray Bill.

Preview: Marvel Cosmic Invasion is really fun (depending on the character) but is otherwise a pretty barebones beat ‘em up. If that’s your thing (it’s definitely mine) then it’s a good time.

Hopefully the final version has more secrets.

@rollingstone.com

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I don't really care about all the box office dick measuring but it'll be funny when this year in mediocre Marvel performances gets capped by Avatar 3 arriving to make another $2 billion.

@criticalrole.bsky.social announces Campaign 4 — with one major change.

@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social will be leading the charge as Game Master, replacing @matthewmercer.bsky.social for the full campaign.

Worlds collide!

Read the details @rollingstone.com
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This is so stressful. I have to upload everyone’s stories to the CMS and manually change it from my name. I messed it up once and felt like a complete asshole even though it lasted like 30 min.

Because it’s something any idiot can say without a shred of proof, and people will believe it. And it’s malleable enough to fit whatever agenda they want to push. Scapegoating the media has always been easy, but today it doesn’t require any effort whatsoever. It’s ingrained.

Goodbye, Carrie Bradshaw: ‘And Just Like That’ Ending After Season 3 on HBO Max Carrie Bradshaw and her friends are saying farewell to the as 'And Just Like That' ends after this season.

Yep. Some will cheer, others sneer. But idk when else I'm gonna be collecting all those damn DK bananas.

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I’m not really upset that ‘And Just Like That…’ was cancelled but I feel a certain pang whenever series like this end — mostly because it’s scheduled second screen time where I can catch up on gaming while half paying attention to something stupid.

'Twisted Metal' Season 2: How the Show's Combatants Compare to the Games Peacock's Twisted Metal adaptation features Sweet Tooth, Mr. Grimm, and more fan favorites

Spent a few days binging Twisted Metal Season 2 and going back to the original game to break down the show's main cast compared to their virtual counterparts.

Season 2 is a massive leap forward for what was already a pretty fun adaptation.

@rollingstone.com

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How 'Evo Moment #37' Became the Greatest Viral Clip in Esports History With a 26-second ‘Street Fighter’ video, the fighting game community changed forever

Evo 2025 kicks off today. Reposting this @rollingstone.com feature I did last year where I spoke to Justin Wong and Daigo about the legacy of Moment #37:

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Take away all the GOAT candidates: Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Parasite, Kangaroo Jack, Grown Ups 2

On Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound's launch day? 🤔

No review of Twisted Metal season two, but I'll just say that I love this stupid ass show. The first season was solid enough, but they really committed to the bit this time.

Once the Rob Zombie needle drop hit, I was hyped as hell.

'Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound' Is a Dopamine-Fueled Slice of Eighties-Action Bliss Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound follows Streets of Rage 4 as Dotemu's latest masterclass in retro revivals

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is one of the most fun games I've played this year. Pulse-pounding action and delightfully stupid 80s movie plot tropes make for a goddamned good time.

Full review @rollingstone.com

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Idk how anyone could be surprised by this. I played the OG trilogy at the time and again recently -- it's completely one dimensional edgelord shit. Fun to play, but the entire narrative works better as a flashback to give older Kratos' story its juice.