William Evans

I almost declined to participate in Into The Spine's yearly roundup again. Reading these wonderful words of gaming in 2024 makes me glad I didn't. It feels good to have been a part of this.

BNP Staff Favorites of 2024: Movies 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email So…2024 was a hell of a year. Both eventful and in some respects…hellish. But ...

"Here are just a few of the movies that spiced up the water cooler talk at work, bewitched us in theaters and that made this (silly, silly, silly) year one to remember."

BNP Staff Favorites of 2024: Movies

BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Video Games 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email So…2024 was a hell of a year. Both eventful and in some respects…hellish. But ...

Here are the video games we were grinding on, here are the games that had scenes that had some of us bawling our eyes out, and here are the games that made this (silly, silly, silly) year one to remember.

BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Video Games

BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Television 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email So…2024 was a hell of a year. Both eventful and in some respects…hellish. But ...

So…2024 was a hell of a year. Both eventful and in some respects…hellish. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some high points. We had a series of favorites when it came to television series:

BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Television

Nothing convincing me that Denver was not actively trying to lose that game in OT. That was wild to watch

Ciri Back to Deal With These Monsters in The Witcher 4 Trailer 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Let me be clear about something off the top, The Witcher 3 is one ...

"I’m a be real, seeing Ciri do what she doing in this trailer and…I think I’m good. WE GOOD. We bout to eat y’all."- #TheWitcherIV Trailer Review via @williamevanswrites.bsky.social
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I cannot stop watching Mike Tomlin in Hard Knocks AFC North. This shit is legendary.

Same

Wakanda Forever: How the Black Panther Salute Links the Black Community We catch it at about the 45-second mark of the second Black Panther trailer. Chadwick Boseman, aka T’Challa, aka the Black Panther, is walking through an Afrofuturistic lab where he greets Shuri, t…

Lithub was generous enough to publish what ended up being the last essay from the @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social collection in 2021. Chadwick made an outsized impression on me and his passing affected me ways other celebrities simply have not. lithub.com/wakanda-fore...

We really need to bring public shaming back because if Kendrick didn't already persuade people to stop playing Drake's music, this should make it ILLEGAL to knock his stuff.

Aiight, if Drake ever drops “n__ga” in an interview or a track, we have to legitimately treat him like white folks. It has to be on sight and it has to be unquestioned.

My only issue with the Mustard! yell getting so much attention is that there are like three great meme worthy lines / hooks from that song we can work into the catalog. "But it's not enough", "TV off" / "turn this TV off" and "well, somebody's gotta do it" are all bangers for memes.

Storm series writer Murewa Ayodele stopped by to talk about the current ongoing, Ororo's music play list, and death creeping round the corner for our fave [full interview linked] youtu.be/kmqV0-9GkhY?...

Review | The year’s smartest game asks: Is civil democracy just a fantasy? “Metaphor: ReFantazio” is the most audacious, exciting video game story of the year as it chronicles the birth of democracy.

Metaphor is my game of the year. i asked director Hashino a very specific question.

He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.”

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Often the Answer is the Existence of the Question in the First Place Hate groups marching on the city wasn't originally on the lesson plan, and yet...

I didn't plan to write about teaching again this week or about hate in my city, but when your students ask you about it, well, you respond.

I say this as A's fan who Ichiro tortured for years, he should absolutely be unanimous. But so should a lot of players before him. Look at the current politic, that ain't happening in 2024 y'all.

Seeing the Ichiro for HOF or we riot posts and y'all must be on the premium package if you think *baseball writers* are making him only the second unanimous choice in history. I still think that Mariano's vote was a miscommunication between dudes that were supposed to follow protocol, lol.

Hulu's Interior ChinaTown show visual of Asian American man being thrown out a window, glass breaking

"All in all, #InteriorChinatown is late entry in 2024’s must watch TV, but it definitely earns a spot at least on my list..." - @chimericnotion.bsky.social

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Film poster for In The Garden of Tulips – Live Action short film (young woman in head covering surrounded by field of flowers)

A Bear Named Wojtek: Animated short film poster illustrated bear and man standing to the side, the man is playing a horn

For Your Consideration…Oscar Worthy Movie Shorts to Look For

"Here's a few short films that you will definitely find yourself rooting for after witnessing the power that can get packed into a well written, acted, and shot 10-50 minute production."

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As much as I have loved the Demon Slayer anime, I feel like the thing they have been trying to do with Tanjiro's empathy with the villain of the week actually translated into making the audience feel that in the latest DanDaDan episode. Just, heartbreaking.

I had been thinking that DanDaDan was cute and enjoyable and incredibly ridiculous to the point where the novelty may wear off soon and then the latest episode was like the saddest funeral ever and gotdamn now you have my attention.

AGREED

Haha, I forgot about this plot thread!

For real travel more for my daughter's softball games than I did when I was touring a new book

Strohl might legit be the best emcee in the Atlas universe. Except for Louis. Louis is like Tyrant Rakim

What I realized when talking to my people, is they just don't know all the stuff I'm actually up to?! Which is nobodies fault but my own. So yeah, I'm teaching, writing, I coach softball and am also on a fitness journey. Probably no better place to talk about this stuff than in a substack or whatnot

Have Empathy, Will Travel Teaching and the idea of teaching has not been a straight path for me.

Trying some new ish:
Inspired by the new platform and recognizing that I very firmly disengaged from most everything the last couple of years, this is one of my steps from being in the world, again. Going to try to publish twice a week. Containing many a multitudes
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Man, I hate piling on Luka, but at that point in the game, you only throw that pass if you are confident that dude won't ya know, pay attention and halfway extend his arm. Wild.

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