Mister Jack

LIKE I GIVE A FUCK

Bethesda will find a way to port Doom to pedometers if it means you'll buy it again.

Mild spoilers for the new episode, but an amusing edit.

Pictured: A pair of radical Muslim extremists

Well this sucks. I downloaded Pocket Mortys on my ipod and the battery gets drained from fully charged to <20% in a grand total of eight minutes. I've had it for a while so I figure okay, the battery probably needs to be replaced after 3+ years. Nobody around here does battery replacements! Nobody! And Apple charges 80 bucks for a battery replacement! I thought "okay, I'll buy a battery and do the fix myself. How hard could it be?" I watched a video on it and replacing a battery on these fuckers is like doing brain surgery. The chances of me screwing it up and permanently bricking the thing are just too high for me to be comfortable with doing it myself. It pisses me off just how brazen Apple is about intentionally designing their products to make repairs as obtuse as possible so you have almost no choice but to go to them directly. I don't feel inclined to pay 80 dollars, so I'll just download Pocket Mortys on my tablet instead and use the ipod strictly for music. I can still get a few hours of listening time out of it per charge so whatever.

What's wrong with the fingerprint sensor? I don't want to have to hold the phone in front of my face every time I want to unlock it.

Okay so this was almost definitely not done by the actual Ted Cruz but it still makes for an amusing story.

It Having read the book and also seen the original tv movies, this remake might actually be the strongest version of the story. Full disclosure: I don't get scared by scary movies, so I really can't judge it by that criteria. Is it scary? I mean, it's just a movie. All horror films are just movies. If that's what you're wondering, I'm not the guy to ask. However, I think it was really good with atmosphere, characterization, and especially the acting. I don't think any of these child actors are already famous (I could be wrong), but I see big things in their future because they hit it out of the park with their performances. Bill Skarsgard also does a commendable job as Pennywise. You can tell he's doing his best to distinguish himself from Tim Curry and for the most part I think it works. He gives off this creepy child predator vibe that Curry's performance, as much as I love him, didn't really have. I do have a few niggling criticisms. Several of the "scare" scenes play out independently of each other and are just kind of spliced together, so it feels at times like a series of unrelated vignettes than a cohesive whole. The book was kind of like this too at parts, so it's probably unavoidable without making a complete departure from the book's plot. There's also some conspicuous CG here and there. I don't think it ever looks that bad, but some effects are clearly better than others. A few parts that were probably meant to be scary also made me laugh instead but hey, at least I'm being entertained. Like I said, scary movies don't scare me so as long as I'm enjoying myself that's good enough for me. The easiest way for me to recommend this is to ask the following: Did you like Stranger Things? If you did, you'll probably enjoy this remake.

Have you not watched the rest of it yet or did you not like 8-12 for some reason? Because I thought the last few episodes of Bojack were incredible.

I know I've had my reservations about season 3 of Rick and Morty, but that last episode was easily the best one so far. No bullshit drama with Beth, Jerry, or Summer. In fact, no Beth, Jerry, or Summer at all. Just RICK AND MORTY A HUNDRED YEARS RICK AND MORTY FOREVER AND EVER A HUNDRED TIMES RICK AND MORTY!

Didn't they already make cosmetic skins a consumable item instead of a permanent one?

How long is "extended periods?"

I just finished binging on season 4 of Bojack Horseman. Still my favorite Netflix show, and one of my favorite shows currently airing on tv period. Also still the show with the most realistic portrayal of depression, despite being a show about talking animal people.

How did I miss this?

I was actually looking for MvC:I gameplay and found this little web series by accident. The animation is quite nice.

In this case the controls were literally right there on the screen and he still couldn't figure out how to jump properly for a minute and a half. If employers these days can demand five years of experience for an entry level position then I don't see why it's unreasonable to expect a games journalist to know how to play games. I'll amend my previous statement slightly to say that basic competence should be a requirement to be a professional reviewer. If you suck this much yet you still get paid for it (probably more than I do) it kind of pisses me off.

Apparently this same guy also played through Mass Effect without realizing you can level up your skills. Seriously, I feel like basic competence at playing games should be a requirement for being a reviewer. That's not an unreasonable demand.

I respect a man with principles.

Time to get retro.

I'm not sure what you didn't like, but I thought it was decent. It is an Amazon show so it's important to keep your expectations realistic, but I enjoyed it. It definitely improved after they introduced the edgy Punisher parody.

I just watched all six of the currently available episodes for Amazon's version of The Tick. I like this franchise in general. The comics are really funny, I remember liking the old cartoon, and I even bought the short-lived Warburton series on DVD. This new version is an interesting departure from the norm. It is still a comedy, but it feels like they're trying to take it more seriously, probably as a result of the popularity of the Marvel and DC movies and tv shows. Tick himself is still a complete buffoon without a doubt, and is the closest to his original version. Unsurprisingly, he's also the funniest. Arthur is still the straight man, but the show seems to put more focus on the negative impact the superhero business is having on his life and his relationships. There aren't many other comic characters so far, but I like the new original heroes and villains they've come up with. Ultimately, the biggest difference between this version and previous versions is that while before, The Tick was one part of a crazy world full of loonies. Here, the world is treated fairly realistically outside of the presence of heroes and villains, but The Tick himself is just as goofy and invulnerable as ever.

I thought it was pretty good, though yeah, a lot of it is just setting up the next and final season. Still, at least we got payoff on a few things.

I really hope they adapt the Doodlebob arc. And I know tournament arcs are overdone but I'd love to see the Fry Cook Games.