Mister Jack

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.

I hope the graphics switch means they can tighten up the combat a bit. I really liked the original game but having to wait in between every swipe of your weapon in order to do damage got really tedious. I don't know if they did that intentionally for gameplay or hardware reasons, but I doubt it would fly in a full 3D remake. When you swing a sword at a physical object, you expect it to actually connect. If they want to limit your damage output, they can just put in a stamina bar or something.

I don't even have a Switch but damned if this isn't one catchy theme song.

Call me when they start paying people to play it.

How does everyone feel about the new season of Rick and Morty so far? I'm kind of ambivalent myself. It has some funny stuff in it for sure, but it feels like the characters are starting to get Flanderized. Beth is a completely unlikable bitch, but it feels like the writers expect me to sympathize with her over Jerry. Jerry is a spineless worm, don't get me wrong, but Beth has been doing some really horrible shit to her kids and I can't help but think "Jerry probably wouldn't do/say this." Rick has crossed over from dickish mad scientist to full blown sociopathic monster. His one redeeming trait--his love for his family--seems to have almost completely evaporated this season, which I could live with if he didn't always win at everything. It's very frustrating to see this character with no redeeming qualities never get his comeuppance. I'm enjoying Morty's development, though. He's clearly had enough of Rick's bullshit and I bet he's only a few bad days away from completely snapping. I still think there's some decent jokes in there, but Rick is too much of a Mary Sue and the constant shitting on Jerry is starting to go overboard (the bit with the wolf was still hilarious, though). This most recent episode seems to be pulling back on those problems a little bit, so I hope it keeps going in this direction.

So does anyone remember that Yo! Noid game for the NES way back in the day? Someone actually made a sequel to it and put it online for download. I can't find a trailer for it on youtube so I'm just gonna paste a stream instead. Obviously I don't expect anyone to watch the whole thing, but you can click around just to get an idea of what they made.

This is a tough one, because many of my favorite devs from back in the day either went over to the dark side or they just started fucking up in general. Case in point? There was a time when I would have said my favorite developer was Konami. If I'm going by my favorite developer right NOW, though? It's a tough call, honestly. If I had to choose, I might say Square-Enix. Now I know they aren't perfect and that they have done some slimy things with some of their games, but quite frankly what major studio doesn't do anything greedy or unethical these days? CD Projekt Red is the only one I can think of where I don't recall any big scandals, but I've only played three games by those guys so I don't know that I can say they're my favorite developer. They're certainly very good developers, but all they've really put out so far are Witcher games as far as I know so it's a little early to call them my new favorite. Square's been around for a long time though, and despite some occasional missteps and poor decisions, when they put out something good it's REALLY good. I can get absorbed for dozens of hours in a good Square Enix game. So yeah, until further notice, I think I'm gonna say they're my favorite.

I'm sure that either way Trump will claim it was his idea to let him go, like how it was his idea to dissolve those economic councils he put together and it's just a total coincidence that they were all planning to resign after his Charlottesville remarks.

Trump goes back on his earlier condemnation of neo-nazis to once again say there is "blame on both sides..." How hard is it to just fucking say that neo-nazis are scum and stick by those words? This man is willing to make personal attacks on journalists, politicians, and talk show hosts, but when it comes to neo-nazis suddenly he turns into a spineless pussy. I already knew Trump was a total buffoon, but I can't believe I actually have to wonder now if he's a full-blown white supremacist.

Those pop-ups you get that tell you to disable an adblocker. Maybe I would do that if your ads didn't play videos and redirect me to malware! Ever think of that?!

The first two episodes of the Ducktales reboot are out...and it's great! Honestly, in my opinion it's turning out even better than I was hoping it would. Some of the voices will still take some getting used to, but I'm starting to accept Tennant as Scrooge. I also really like the changes they made compared to the original show, which is pretty rare for me. Webby and Mrs. Beakley are much more unique and interesting now, and actually having Donald as part of the main cast adds so much. I can't wait for more. Edit: Disney has uploaded the premiere to Youtube.

I would like to see a Tokoyami episode myself. I love that little Stand using goth dork. Best chocobro. Oh yeah I just remembered. Several of the fights we see in the tournament arc happened off-panel in the manga, so that was also nice.

I really like how My Hero Academia is handling filler. The manga, supposedly because the author was worried about his time constraints, would often mention some minor side event happening in passing but not really go into more detail than that. It was never vital to the plot, but sometimes it just sounded like something that would be cool to see. The anime seems to be taking the approach of expanding on those side events, which is just fine with me. The most recent episode did it and the OVA also did it to some extent.

Geez, I live fairly close to Charlottesville so I'm sure it's all I'm going to hear about from anyone for a while. I can't wait.

Tapatalk.

Has anyone else found themselves unable to use the mobile app ever since the recent upgrade? It keeps giving me a network error no matter how many times I try to log in, even from different locations.

Believe it or not, this is a fanwork.