
The Ugly Monster (Oscar)
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Gaming, movies, comic books, politics, chess, and other deviant pursuits.
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Joined November 2015
"A locked door, a camera looking from above, a claw machine in the air, and a chain link floor above a pit are the only company you have as you try repeatedly to pay off an endless debt." #gaming #indiegame
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A rogue-lite slot machine game in an endless hellscape loop. Break it or be stuck here forever.
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"This relatively cheap piece of junk gives every deck a can’t-fail control against your opponent’s most broken cards." #MagicTheGathering
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In EDH/Commander format, think “multi-purpose”
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"The gap between the average person and the “average” millionaire CEO feels almost supernatural." #horror #inequality
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During economic downturns, vampire media becomes oddly popular
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"What is most impressive about Casino is how it uses this impersonal, detached story, where business trumps love in almost every respect, to inform its stylisation." #gangster #movies
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The legendary director’s return to the mob genre is a sleek yet uncharacteristically impersonal approach to familiar territory
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"Gen-AI is like this narrative concept of multiverses and alternate realities. There has to be an initial template for it to pull from and play with." #Peacemaker #artificial_intelligence
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Are there spectres in the shutter or just synthetic doubles?
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"How many times can you kill a character until their death stops meaning anything?" #comics #NoPaywall
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Dedicated to Kevin Conroy
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"[Balatro] will completely take over your life if you aren’t careful." #indiegame
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Just one more run…
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"“Bisclavret” or “The Werewolf” was an oral tradition recorded by Marie de France, and is credited as one of, if not the, first piece of werewolf literature." #horror #literature
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The legend of the werewolf has been shaped by women writers dating back to the 12th century
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"...it’s not the automatons that are the problem. It’s the users. Cheap bosses and lazy cops and ambitious generals." #TTRPG
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D&D monsters are meaningless and shallow
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"...kill every enemy in the room using your katana or improvised weaponry that lies around, like Molotov cocktails, darts, billiard balls, and knives." #gaming #KatanaZero
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‘Katana Zero’ pushes a strong anti-war and anti-violence message
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"A lot of people have pointed out that most of Batman’s rogues do what they do because they want to mess with the vigilante. The Joker is particularly obsessed with Batman, seeing him as the yin to his yang." #comics
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Would the Joker still be the Joker if Batman were gone?
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"...for every scene where blood is spilled there are at least three more focused on this protagonist and the two arrivals at his home getting by through mundane tasks." #movies #apocalypse
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Worldbuilding is eschewed for an intimate and gritty — if not wholly absorbing — assessment of humanity’s post-apocalyptic regression
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"Plastic entities in a landfill world, and products that tell a tale that never ends — for good or for ill." #PopMart #NoPaywall
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Is life in plastic so fantastic?
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"Rather than fully submerging itself in the themes already there, the movie decides to dip its toes into several pools of ideas which it never tackles sufficiently, forming a soggy mess." #sciencefiction #movie
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An engrossing start, a solid production, and a superb Robert Pattinson are crippled by a messy script
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"It presents a cruel, remorseless world that is also replete with humour and charm." #gangster #movies
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Martin Scorsese’s 1990 crime classic is a helter-skelter thrill ride that is equal parts cruel and charming
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"By the end, it felt like the bricks had gone through a lot. They built bridges, traveled on boats, trucks and trains, and even managed to piece together a spacecraft." #LEGO
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‘Voyagers’ builds an emotional tale about friendship and distance
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"The board game design approach makes for a superior experience for new players, but it will only take D&D so far." #StrangerThings #TTRPG
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Embrace the “boardgameification” of roleplaying games
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"We’ve all crossed paths with people who’re unquestioningly assured of their own self-righteousness. They make no secret the expectation of special services or admiration from peers, relatives or colleagues deemed to be below their league." #Kdrama
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A cautionary tale of enabled narcissism and mimetic resentment
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"You’d think that the obvious political bent wouldn’t mesh well with the action figure aesthetic, but that aesthetic is the sugar that helps the medicine go down." #gaming #TTRPG
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DriveThruRPG struck this game down, and it has become more powerful than they could possibly imagine
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