An ultra-violent hit of gaming nostalgia
The experience I had playing Romeo Is a Dead Man was almost exactly the experience I had going to a childhood friend's wedding. As I walked up to the church,...
My favorite hobby is hating AI
For years, I was obsessed with cryptocurrency… though not in the way most people tend to be. I would spend hours every single week watching videos, listening...
Ranking the Academy Award Best Picture Noms (2026 Edition)
A few weeks ago now, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 2026 Oscars ceremony. And ya know what: I think they did...
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I just watched a man climb a skyscraper [Hot Take #3]
It was cool as hell. And a fitting cap to a few weeks of watching that same man climb a whole bunch of mountains in a series of documentaries. Alex Honnold...
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I don't want people to die, [Issue #6]
Years ago, I worked with a man whose twitter handle was something like “The Conservative Kid” (he was in his 30s). He was also deeply stupid — and not just...
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Ringing in the New Year with V for Vendetta [Hot Take #2]
In high school, my new friends called me V. My old friends mostly still called me "Alec" and the teachers were kind of all over the place, but I didn't care...
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Finally understanding my problems with Fantasy [Issue #5]
A few years ago, I was sitting on a train talking to the second-most-interesting person I’ve ever met: a guy who had some genuinely compelling story about...
![An Old Tale from Way Back When (That I’ll Sing Again and Again) [Issue #4]](https://assets.buttondown.email/images/275d169d-aa3b-47d2-b916-0e45fa331b7f.jpg?w=960&fit=max)
An Old Tale from Way Back When (That I’ll Sing Again and Again) [Issue #4]
In the second meeting between Paul Mezcal’s William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley’s Agnes Soon-To-Be-Shakespeare-I-Guess depicted in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet,...
The Oscars and I Shouldn't Share a Platform [Hot Take #1]
So the biggest story in Entertainment today is the announcement that starting in 2029, in its 101st year, the Oscars will not just be available on streaming...
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When Your Fun Murder Mystery Gets God In It [Issue #3]
Some of my reviews assume you’ve seen the movie and talk openly about the whole dang thing. This one does not. I don’t like how much time I spend thinking...
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How should I feel being daine's #82 fan? [Issue #2]
Getting the woke shit out of the way: Spotify bad, but I’ve been paying for other people's subscriptions for years through a family plan, and most will not...
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The Friends We Make Just for a Day [Issue #1]
A month and a half ago, I spent a day with a woman I had never seen before and will almost certainly never see again. It was a great day – among the best of...