Winter

What's the best game that you ended up really disliking?

Poster for Otomo's film Memories. Specifically the segment Magnetic Rose. The image is an Astronaut's helmet filling with rose petals against a background of space

This month would've been complete if we'd gotten another Ninja Warriors, Yet Again

Winterlong by Elizabeth Hand

Subway trains are a form of mecha, right?

AVP (2004)

Zenny! I first remember it from Capcom's surreal arcade shooter Forgotten Worlds where it just seemed like the cherry on top of the random cultural pastiche that was '80s arcade games. Nine year old me wondered if "Zenny" was a friend of the programmers. Probably a fun guy at parties.

True

UK Guardian columnists?

I liked the themes and atmosphere. Even though the mechanics didn't always work smoothly, they made sense in the context of what the game was trying to do. It just really worked for me, but I realise that may be personal.

It was literally my game of 2024 so ymmv

Great example of a film being hilarious whilst also deadly serious

Glad that you've finally made your worldview clear with that statement. Maybe you could be a little more direct with your transphobia next time to make it obvious for everyone?

Meanwhile your case is: "supporting trans people politically is bad"
Your justification is:
"You're stupid."

The majority of trans people *are* working class, don't you understand? Immigration is a "divisive" issue to many but we know which side of it to stand on. What's the difference? It's clear that some minorities are disposable to you.

She's not going to like the "Earthy hues"

What's your favourite writing in a videogame? Could be great dialogue in a game with a bad plot or vice versa. Or maybe just cool barks.

@samuelwroberts.bsky.social taken out of context this episode, perfect for Pride month:

"Straights aren't that interesting"

A keyboard plugged into an atari 2600 games console

Does the Spectravideo Compumate count? I used it to learn BASIC but my first "proper" home computer was an Apple 2 clone, they were plentiful in Singapore in the '80s

What was wrong with their ads?

Today, it's a lot harder to erase history and existence. Our digital footprints are hard to wash out in entirety - even though the powers that be do still try - and our histories can't be burnt in a singular fire. They'll still try. But I have hope that we will have more of our existence endure now-

"Alan Moore's lifelong study of magic means that he has a killer blue control deck"

Doesn't leaving the ECHR invalidate the Good Friday Agreement?

Does this mean that Zahn pictured Obi Wan as being totally ripped under that robe in Episode IV?

Getting Portal (1986) vibes from this

A box of "the original Spirograph" with text on it saying:"I don't know what the other trans women were talking about... this is great!"

Best platformer of 2025

What regional UK accent is this?

Or the title of a new Cronenberg film about a mysterious celebrity chef

Vesperia has breezy modern convenience while still being big and old school