Carolyn Petit

...or that much-maligned thing is actually a masterpiece.

...to say so because they think it's...rude, or less sophisticated, or something. And so yes, I just want to push back on that tendency writ large and say that I think there's nothing inherently wrong with or immature about owning your tastes and convictions, of thinking that popular thing is bad...

I do feel like broadly speaking we're afraid of conviction, of owning our tastes. If someone genuinely thinks, "well, I didn't like [movie x] but I think it's good, it's just not for me" I suppose that's fine, though very often I find that from my PoV they DO think it's bad, they just don't want...

This piece, now 12 years old, was instrumental in clarifying my own ethic around this, if you’re interested. tevisthompson.com/on-videogame...

“…audience may think of it” variety, which I find the equivalent of a limp handshake or a lukewarm bath. Give me your taste, your experience, your subjectivity!

…think about the individual films they write about and film as an art form in new ways. Being submerged into their perspective is bracing and stimulating. Meanwhile, mainstream games crit for much of my life has been home to much writing of the milquetoast, “here’s what I think a mainstream…”

But personal subjectivities are exactly what I want more of. I think film critics like Walter Chaw, Manohla Dargis, Richard Brody and others are so exceptional because they’ve developed their own distinctive ethics and tastes and that, by bringing those to their reviews, they stimulate me to…

Oh SHIT. Two birds with one stone and neither were for immigration. It was to hassle black folk and make a sizzle real about it and to help Wells Fargo out.

Fucking crazy shit.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities. In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all. This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account. These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

But you certainly could! I mean, if you hate them, you must think they fail in some pretty significant way.

Who else has the rare "An Exercise in Fatality" Columbo action figure that has him in blue sweats rather than his standard shabby coat?

Do CBS News executives understand that MAGA will not be in power forever? I genuinely think this is lost on a lot of people. They've gotten scammed by bad actors into believing Trump's 2024 win represented something seismic and even permanent. I predict they'll look back on this as a serious error.

a member of bluesky saying "Yeh" in response to the above post, with a journalist responding asking to get their exact quote over the thread in which the bluesky member responds with "what" and the journalist then rephrasing the question only for the bluesky member to delete the entire thread

I do find it hilarious how they immediately backtracked after this and deleted the comment

I think the right move here is the same as the right move for any journalist working for a suspect new boss (which has happened to almost all of us): Do exactly what you would ordinarily do, exactly the way you would ordinarily do it, until you are told point-blank that you can't. Then ask why.

A photograph of First Samurai on a CRT. The first samurai, yet to discover samurai armour, enjoys a shirtless evening with his large sword.

First Samurai // Super NES // PVM-1354Q via component

Nintendo Just Shared A Mystery Pixar-Like Animated Short Could it be something to do with the Super Mario Galaxy movie?

Nintendo Just Shared A Mystery Pixar-Like Animated Short https://kotaku.com/nintendo-just-shared-a-4-minute-pixar-like-animated-short-with-no-explanation-2000632524

i can't even make a joke. unprecedented levels of cringe.

Robin Williams' Daughter Begs For No More AI Slop Of Her Dad 'You’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings'

Robin Williams' daughter begs people to stop sending her AI-generated slop of her dad https://kotaku.com/robin-williams-zelda-ai-slop-human-centipede-sora-2000632483

yes, i'm that person who gets a little distracted in movies like no country for old men if i see a fast food restaurant in the background with signage that's too contemporary for the period.

Laughs in Palestinian

lmao you expect me to believe this photo, with that faded ‘80s-ass Winchell’s signage, depicts current unrest? GTFOH man, I was in L.A. when the riots happened.

A subway ad for a book IFANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES WHY SUPERHUMAN AI WOULD KILL US ALL ELIEZER YUKOWSKY & NATE SOARES WE WISH WE WERE EXAGGERATING

tech ceo: “so I set out to build the superhuman AI from the classic book, if anyone builds it, everyone dies”

Which is better, Gotcha! The Sport! the "sport," Gotcha! The Sport! the NES game, or Gotcha! The Movie?

It's a tricky one!

This is literally what Weiss and others in her universe see as intellectual diversity.

lol was genuinely, independently hoping for this too

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

YouTube video by Klark Morrigan "Exactly"~ Raiden (Christopher Lambert) ~ Mortal Kombat ~ 1995

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLi6...

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

That's fine if you want to leave it there, but it's also perfectly fine and valid to think that Hades 2 is bad. You don't HAVE to just say "it's not for me" if you genuinely think it's bad!