Based on a recent photo taken of Masahiro Sakurai who invited Kazutaka Kodaka, Yoko Taro, Toby Fox, Shinji Mikami, Hideki Kamiya, Goichi Suda, Keiichiro Toyama, Jiro Ishii and Fumito Ueda for eatin'.

Art source: https://bsky.app/profile/yge9999.bsky.social/post/3mx5qtfjshk2a

After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to tell this seemingly drab story and increase his movie’s appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble—literally and figuratively—as he struggles to balance artistic freedom with the realities of the modern film industry.

Could be good if you want something Nathan Fielder-esque while waiting for You Can See Everything. The two worked together on his earlier HBO show, How To With John Wilson. I highly recommend watching the extended trailer for it.

"Ojou (お嬢), pronounced o-joe (often Ojou-san or Ojou-sama, as they are the more formal honorifics), a formal Japanese word for literally "young lady", is typically used in anime when referring to wealthy, high-class female characters. In the original Japanese, expect all types of ojou to use the more formal first-person pronoun "watakushi" rather than the neutral "watashi" or the more casual (and feminine-only) "atashi," and to make heavy use of the "wa" feminine emphasis particle at the end of their sentences. Most Ojou characters can be boiled down to three main types: a Proper Lady, an Ice Queen, and Royal Brat version." - TV Tropes

This is Nellie Oleson Dalton from Little House on the Prairie (My mom's favorite show); she grew up to be a spoiled brat and a bully due to how her Karen of a Mom raised her. She served as a rival and nemesis to the show’s protagonist, Laura Ingalls.

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In another edition of “Everything is 3x more expensive because reasons”, it seems Gamestop has a planned price hike for PS5 pros. A REFURBISHED one will cost $1499.99.

I have accepted that the ps6 is going over $1000 (wasn’t getting one anyway), but I guess it’ll be $2000? Least they’re just as unaffordable as pcs are now.

And to anyone trying to get one for GTA6, I promise you GTA6 is not worth that much money. No game is. It’ll be just fine on base ps5 if you absolutely have to play it.

Launched back in September 2024, NBA 2K25 is the latest NBA game that is being pulled from digital stores. 2K will be pulling the game from purchase starting on October 30, 2026. Additionally, online servers will be shut down on January 1, 2027. As a result, the game's multiplayer modes and MyCareer, the game's single-player story mode, will become unplayable. MyCareer is linked to the game's online capabilities, as progression and the game's virtual currency are all dependent on a connection to the servers. If there are no servers, the mode becomes unplayable.

Those who purchase NBA 2K25 before October 30 will be able to freely download the game and play offline modes whenever they want. You can read 2K's statement on the matter below.

"As of January 1, 2027, you'll no longer be able to play multiplayer games or access any online game modes. MyCAREER and MyTEAM will no longer be available, and it will no longer be possible to earn Virtual Currency (VC). While you will still be able to enjoy Play Now, MyNBA, The W, and MyWNBA, any features that require a connection to 2K servers will be unavailable. This includes multiplayer, Online Leagues, and community sharing."

Somehow, this is Vic Van Lier's fault; I just know it.

Resident Evil 1 (the remake, not the original) is on sale for 5 bucks, and is still one of the best survival horror games ever made. You can also get the OG Resident Evil for five bucks (as well as the original RE 2 and 3), but Capcom decided to include really intrusive DRM with them.

Moldrise is a very unique adventure (mystery? horror?) game where you play as a guy trying to get to the rooftop of his decrepit and crumbling apartment after finding a mysterious mold growth on his foot. Very unique game, can finish it in just a couple hours, less than ten bucks.

DOCTOR VISERA is a survival horror much like Amnesia the Bunker or the Granny series of games, where you're attempting to escape an insane asylum run by a mad doctor and his curvaceous assistant, both of whom have the most wonderful Herr Doktor accents. A whole lotta fun for just five dollarydoos.

Thief 1 and Thief 2 are both less than two dollars each; if you like stealth games at all you owe it to yourself to play these.

Arx Fatalis, the very first game Arkane made, is also less than two.

Look Outside, an RPG maker crpg with an astonishing amount of content that's still being added to, is just six dollars.

Humphries (Senior Vice President of Narrative) suggested that today's version might be considerably more modest than the traditional fantasy of becoming extraordinarily wealthy.

"Maybe the American Dream is more modest now. It's a house for your family and your loans paid off instead of wild success—but maybe today, that's just as out of reach for the average person."

Because sometimes the "good guys" have their own little helper allies in arms. Unfortunately for them, when it's time for the stakes to rise they're the first on the chopping block.

While not actively bloody, the way Clone Troopers keep getting brutally killed in the Clone Wars 2008 show is messed up. Like this trooper on the right that got trap chopped up into many pieces in the Citadel or the LAAT Pilot whose ship glass and helmet got cracked by B2 Rocket Droids and before being tossed into the vacuum of space or that other 212th Division trooper that gets maules and devoured by the hairy land piranhas on Ryloth or that other 212th that gets either eaten by zombie Geonosians or mass infected with their zombie worms.

Just the type of ends that really wants to make you protect your friendlies.

Summary: Like everyone could guess, Hickman was gonna leave the book and another writer was planned to jump on after #24 issues But marvel changed their minds. Marvel now sees value in making trade paper bags be 24 issues to be prestige-format books instead of numbered volumes

A theatrical feature-length anime adaptation of Space Battleship Yamato, titled Space Battleship Yamato Root 2199, has officially announced. Hideaki Anno will serve as planner, executive producer and director, with Yutaka Izubuchi serve as co-director.

Space Battleship Yamato began its TV anime broadcast on October 6, 1974, and today marks the 52nd anniversary of its debut. It is a story depicting the adventures of the Space Battleship Yamato -- humanity’s last hope -- and its crew, and since the broadcast of the first TV anime series, it has spawned numerous spin-offs.

Anno has said he grew up profoundly influenced by Space Battleship Yamato. He served as planner and producer for the work’s 50th anniversary project in 2024, which involved screening and exhibition events. Izubuchi also served as chief director and screenwriter for Space Battleship Yamato 2199.

Animation production will be handled by Production I.G and Studio Khara. The teaser visual features the Space Battleship Yamato Root 2199 logo and depicts the Yamato preparing to launch from a devastated land into space. Anno commented, “I am working on this not only to fulfill the dreams I had as a boy, but because I want to continue creating Yamato imbued with our prayers and wishes for the next generation and our own generation. That is the feeling with which I am making it.”

You can have a separate one for Woolie and for Pat. One for John as well, if you feel like you know his tastes well enough.

Basically, what ONE piece of media would you recommend with the understanding that the recommendee could force you to experience anything in media they've experienced. So whatever your recommendation is, it needs to be worth you potentially having to play through Omikron the Nomad Soul.

For Woolie, I would recommend playing SWTOR. I genuinely think he'd enjoy playing through the class stories and the idea of him playing an MMO that Pat hasn't played tickles me.

For Pat, I'd recommend watching Gary and His Demons. He's mentioned liking Venture Bros and Rick and Morty (before the fandom ruined it). Gary and His Demons is that kind of energy with a demon hunter anime premise and a hefty dose of Canadian. I also think some of the later themes in Season 2 would resonate well with him.

I'm watching the newest Versus Wolves where John recommended Void Stranger to Woolie. John loves Void Stranger so much and whenever the game comes up I'm so bummed out because while I love the art, the music, the story, and the knowledge-gated secrets of the game when I played it, at a certain point the punishing sokoban (block pushing puzzle) gameplay just became too difficult and frustrating for me.

I eventually did some of the secret content by using guides that just told me exactly what buttons to push on every level, but that definitely sapped a lot of the feeling out of discovering things myself. I adore games where you could have done things all along but you just didn't know you could (Outer Wilds, The Witness, Blue Prince, etc), but there's just something about the trial-and-error-and-error-and-error nature of sokobans that just isn't fun for me, and needing to get through dozens and dozens of those levels in order to try some new idea I learned became too much for me to endure.

It's a bummer!

What are some games that you wish you enjoyed the gameplay more so you could experience the rest of what it offers to the fullest?