I think a lot of people outside of the games writing industry don’t understand that guides and SEO-driven pieces are overwhelmingly what keep the lights on. You might not even realize that about your favorite sites, because that stuff doesn’t get shared on socials That’s down to the technical structure of the internet and the economic structure of media sites owned by shareholders looking to make a profit. Telling outlets to cover other stuff will not change those factors

If you hate yourself it doesn’t matter how you change what you look like, you will find other reasons to hate yourself People treat you differently if you fit into beauty standards versus if you don’t, but there are people who most would consider gorgeous who loathe themselves and their bodies, and there are people who don’t fit those standards who are completely secure and self-confident

Whenever someone is in a cult (Scientology, NFTs, etc.) their response to criticism is “do your own research” by which they mean here, drink down this delicious kool aid brand beverage Cult mentality is us vs them, the world is out to get us, so of course the media will smear us because we have the truth, and they want to stop other people from learning it

I’m just salty because I hit a part where every way I go I’m blocked but level design in BB really does feel like “what if we just put 1000 guys everywhere"

Watching Cat People and I didn’t realize this movie was about a lady who can’t get horny or she’ll turn into a cat and kill her husband Cat People takes place in an alternate universe where everyone is obsessed with cats and takes their cats to work

Oh, that must have been one of those Nickelodeon game shows we never got in Canada. What did we watch instead? Well, it’s kind of hard to explain... The guy in black is called The Punisher and if you get a question from Wink Yahoo wrong he says a little quip and then drenches you in his ooze

Hey fuck you buddy It’s gotta be the Federation trying to kill off Samus after the X incident and make it look like an accident right?

Semen: Men’s Chemical War Against Women So true!

Feels like online activism-as-identity has ruined a lot of people’s brains in this respect to the point that we can’t talk about social dynamics without constantly disclaiming about edge cases

https://twitter.com/jaynooch/status/1446085652454457349

And then the fix is inevitably like, nothing changes except language. If we can just get the most perfect, inclusive phrasing then we’ll fix society

Just beat Gascoigne first try @ByYourLogic Apparently I also made the fight harder by spamming the music box at the beginning so he immediately went beast mode

What am I, then? Am I just some kind of gauzy fruitcake? Am I just some kind of a gullible freak who allows the core of his own being to be blown to the four winds? I mean, well, I guess so. That’s what I am, then, a gullible freak. I love him

Watching the Toxic Avenger having only ever seen the cartoon as a kid and wow I can’t take it Julie, I cannot take it. He is screwing up my karma! I’m stressed!!!

Propane? At the Mega Lo Mart? I’m fine. Buildings explode, that’s what they do

Watching Meet the Feebles and god if I had seen this as a kid it would have fucking terrified me This fly is the worst the worm is the worst these are all horrible little creatures

Dark Souls does such a good job of making you feel like a brain genius when you mess around and figure something out This is my Remastered playthrough not my stream one! I’m going to stop messing around so I don’t figure stuff out offstream though

Hey what the fuck It turns out I literally do not understand anything about how anything works

Watching The Two Towers! Time to eat some fuckin lembas bread boys Sam is a good boy

merritt Souls. Tonight. 7:30 EST. “Iron” Bronald Level faces a million skeleton wheels. twitch.tv/fanbyte This one’s going to get wild, Bronald’s realized some things about the nature of reality

Watching The Keep and I can’t wait to see these Nazis get killed by an ancient evil to synth music So many dope long shots in this movie

Watching The Fellowship of the Ring and god I would kill to live in Frodo’s house I mean Bilbo. I can’t keep track of all these little guys

i guess there's a RENT tv special coming out at the end of the month so here's your regular reminder that jonathan larson wasn't gay, didn't have HIV or die of AIDS-related complications, stole major plot points of the play from a lesbian author, and was basically a tourist anyway here's the thread i wrote after finally getting around to reading people in trouble, sarah schulman's novel from which several characters and scenes were lifted

https://twitter.com/merrittk/status/1008813989718093824