Joshua Rivera

this website is unique in its ability to generate incredibly convoluted objections to extremely simple solutions. posting as middle management.

Lmao hell yeah let’s go time to pile into a convertible and do weird gesticulations, like the minions but cool

Maybe this is small potatoes but these dudes responding to Hillary’s loss with “we need an even bigger podcast” should’ve probably been laughed out of town

starting to wonder if there’s a reason these guys believe it’s so hard to find a decent person to run for office

who are they, I must find my people

remake of bicycle thieves called Pokémon thieves

unfortunate that my favorite muppet impression to do is just jim Henson going “hubba-WOW” a million times in an emmet otter outtake, everyone just looks at me like I’m having a folksy stroke

Oh FNV and the half life games hold up to me, bangers all! Glad you got around to em!

For sure! And would love to hear your thoughts in either direction, as always

Going to tag @korl.is and his reply here which is more or less what I would say. I gotta revisit it myself!

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not picking a fight with Toussaint or even the game itself but planescape is ripe for re-evaluation and I’m not sure it can withstand the scrutiny

Ha, “reminder”

He got my ass…

This was great, a bracing reminder of the worth and power of critical inquiry, and how we endanger ourselves by diminishing it

Searching for Cool in Open-World Games ‘Ghost of Yotei’ has style—but does its style suit its substance?

Over at the ringer, I made the case for style over substance in open world games

www.theringer.com/2025/10/21/v...

Dark? Me? Where are the murder puzzles. Show me!
-Brad Inglesby

incredible quote. (And I agree!)

In spite of YOU CLOWNS

the opening of Atlantic City has become a meme but it might still be my favorite Bruce song

great conversation about one of my favorite movies this festival season, I hope it goes the distance and gets the recognition it deserves

we should argue about whether or not it’s tv, like we did for twin peaks: the return

(whispers) and when you consider where coolness often comes from…there is a very clear reason why

Can big open-world games be cool anymore? Are they even trying? I wrote this because Cool is something I feel few are even asking about re: games. coolness and taste are being scrubbed from the medium’s biggest games, and we should make a fuss about it.

Roberts is so fun in that movie, man. Barely registers that he’s being addressed by a murder clown. unimpressed by Batman. does not understand why he’s surrounded by carnival acts but also doesn’t care. he’s got his affairs to attend to, your problem is either up the chain or beneath him

another line delivery I love: Eric Robert’s in The Dark Knight telling Two-Face that joker “made you [hand over face] like thissss”

Blumhouse Horror Isn’t As Dangerous As It Used To Be The production company is battling a box-office cold streak, and its Hollywood competition is noticing.

Chris Lee looks into something I've also been wondering about: What's going on with Blumhouse? Why aren't their movies hitting the way they used to? www.vulture.com/article/why-...

these yellow-bellied dismissals are easily exposed by a simple follow-up question: what does one _do_ during a “nazi phase”? Scrapbook?

Yes! An important implication of my argument: That a more aggressively stylized game might ultimately be more respectful than this weird, sorta orientalist, sorta filmic interpolation

It’s funny that it’s kind of in denial over being an AC game but without those games’ willingness to get weird

A great game that also ruined video games, love a toxic fave

Swaggerless game!