Well the airforce did build a PS3 supercomputer

They had a pretty limited musical run (and a 1 season IFC show) but Garfunkel and Oates had some funny songs

I was playing video games with a friend while listening to music and said out loud “is this a Tom Jones cover of Burning Down the House?” and her immediate impression of the song was dead on even though she’d never heard it before

1. Cbat - Hudson Hawke

2. Gangnam Style - Psy

3. Burning Down the House - Tom Jones/The Cardigans

Start off confusing them with a cacophony of sound, followed by high energy, into Tom Jones shouting. Should be pretty hard to sleep through all of that

Dropout is one I have no issues paying for too

My work was matching donations at one point and Wikipedia was an option so I donated $50 + $50 of corpo money to Wikipedia at one point. They’ve never stopped asking me for more

I read that trilogy a few years ago. The stakes really ratchet up after the first book. I have heard the 2nd trilogy is pretty good but I haven’t been compelled to check it out myself

Currently reading: Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time #4). I really enjoyed books 1 and 2 in the series but found 3 to be a bit messy. This so far feels like a return to form and I’m enjoying it much more. The mantis shrimp seem to be an addition to stick to the older framework but I’ll reserve judgment once I’ve seen more from the one character we’ve met

Just finished: Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite. An interesting little premise that blazes through so fast that you don’t really get to examine the scenery or dive into any ideas. It’s not bad, but if it’s aiming to be a cozy mystery the rapid pace seems discordant

To be honest I have no idea how retroachievements works. I just remembered that game as being easy to get all of them and assumed it’d be the same across platforms like most achievements are these days

From that time I remember people getting Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth because you could get all of the achievements in under 5 minutes by just spamming your basic attack on the tutorial mobs

This one sees a lot of use lately (Fight Club):

A good Hell Yeah! is frequently warranted (Harley Quinn):

Of course surprised Pikachu is a classic but recently I like this remix:

And this is for when people invite me to make questionable decisions (Rick & Morty):

Seconding Lumines. One of the few puzzles games that captures the feel of Tetris while still being it’s own thing

I have both an OLED Switch and a Switch 2. If you don’t have any other consoles then I’d say a Switch 2 is worth it. It’s getting a lot of games the Switch 1 couldn’t play and combined with the Switch 1 library there’s a lot of really great games. If you have a Switch already then I’d say it’s probably not worth it. Likewise if you have a PS4/5 I’d recommend playing games on that over getting a Switch 2. However having a portable “home” console is a really nice feature. Something to consider is unlike the past it looks like Switches will get more expensive in the short term rather than cheaper

In terms of games: DK Bonanza is a slightly worse Mario Odyssey, which is still a really good game! Kirby Air Ride is just ok. Mario Kart world is worse than 8 and Sonic Racing Crossworlds. Pokopia and Tamodachi are supposed to be excellent for people who like those games. Outside of that basically everything else is available on other systems

Batman/Superman: Apocalypse

It’s a movie primarily about Supergirl, that largely takes place on earth and does not threaten the end of the world. It does briefly go to Apokolips, but that’s a different word than the title

Rump roast braised in molasses, brown sugar, chipotles in adobo and stock. Served shredded on flat bread with a Russian dressing and cabbage. Season liberally with paprika and keep trying to wash the blood off your hands, it has to come off eventually, right?