Most video games are indistinct, in the sense that the best way to describe a given video game is in relation to other video games. This game is like Super Mario World, but. This game is like The Legend of Zelda, but. This game is like Castlevania, but. As such, genre classification in video games … Continue reading Wild Guns: An Appreciation

Professional wrestling is a long con. Time was, you forked over your hard-earned money to a carnival barker/regional promoter/cable company, and in exchange you were given a few hours worth of distraction in the form of fake sporting contests. The goal for the promoters and performers, then, was about making sure that you, the fan … Continue reading Too Much Wrestling

War Raiders vs. The Undisputed Era (c) – NXT Tag Team Championship Match This was a good enough match that never fully clicked for me. What I’ve enjoyed most about Undisputed Era’s title defenses is their commitment to being total bastards – they hurt one of their opponent’s limbs, then attack said limb mercilessly, or … Continue reading NXT Takeover: Phoenix – Review

Picture, if you will, a modestly sized kitchen in a modestly sized townhouse in a thoroughly unremarkable quasi-suburban enclave. It is early in the morning, but not too early. It is raining outside. Coffee is brewing. The dog is lounging. Everything is normal. The guy is milling around the kitchen and looking for chores to … Continue reading Our Dishwasher Sucks And I Hate It

If you're an ignorant doofus like me, you have a certain assumption about what a singer-songwriter is, and what their music sounds like. Even though I know better, the term still conjures up images in my head of a single person with an acoustic guitar playing a set in a coffee shop. And you're at … Continue reading Album Review: Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow

Championship Sunday has come and gone. Both of the games were fun and exciting for the most part, but both were also marred by terrible officiating. The most egregious officiating error occurred very late in the Rams/Saints game, when Rams DB Nickell Robey-Coleman smashed into Saints WR Tommylee Lewis in a way that is definitely … Continue reading On Officiating in the NFL

Today is the most poignant Martin Luther King, Jr. day I can recall. A bunch of shitty, racist teenagers saw fit to harass a Native American man on Friday. I want to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the ways in which saddens me. I am saddened at how racist American society remains. … Continue reading Untitled

Is it me, or did last weekend's games kind of suck? Both AFC tilts were the football equivalent of squash matches – Patriots/Chargers, in particular, was unwatchably grim and depressing. Then there was Rams/Cowboys, which was close most of the way, sure, but was also weird and disjointed. It didn't feel like an organically close … Continue reading Championship Sunday Hype!

Last night, I attempted to make chicken paprikash. I suppose that technically speaking, I succeeded, as I did end up with fully cooked chicken and a sauce that had all the right stuff in it. However, the end result was quite the disappointment – the sauce was both too watery and too schmaltzy, the skin … Continue reading Failures in Chicken Braising

Do it anyway! This is my life advice. In life, we are all often tasked with doing a bunch of dumb shit that we hate doing, whether it be our shitty jobs, or our dumb household chores, or our stupid-ass court mandated counseling sessions. Getting things done is a cornerstone of a contented lifestyle, and … Continue reading Do It Anyway