Gentlemen... Dead Cells has blown my skirt up.

What sweet madness.

When early access games start getting 9/10 reviews and cost less than $20 what do you have to loose? So I got it... and I played it. And I absolutely goddamn love it. After blood borne I didn't think a randomly generated souls game could work. That the level design was integral to the combat somehow. Dead Cells has spent 3 hours showing me how wrong I was. If you ever loved Castlevania this is worth your time and money.

Wreck it Ralph 2.

In the wake of The Incredibles Ralph loses a bit of thunder. Both being the only two animated films I can think of that actually deserve a sequel. Getting John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman to be the leads in anything deserves sequels.

It's been 5 years, with Zootopia  by Rich Moore made in the interim. That was the first CGI Disney film that can go toe to toe with Pixar's best and while I have high hopes Ralph Breaks the Internet delivers; I'd be happy with it being just ok. But who knows? Maybe this is their Toy Story 2 moment where the laws of sequel gravity are defied. That "bunny gets the pancake" bit is f*%ing gold.

The Voice of Cree Nation

I'm playing a lot of Civ VI. Which means I'm listening to a lot of Civ VI. Which means I'm still gushing over Geoff Knorr's soundtrack. Vocals are one of the most radical departures for Rise and Fall and I was wondering if actual members of the Cree sang for Poundmaker's theme. According to Knorr's Facebook, several of them were even part of the man's extended family.

It gets neater. They all refused money and insisted on a unique form of payment, Poundmaker souvenir jackets:

 

Who needs a pick me up?

Shaka is not a man with which one "f%$ks."

Let Shaka Zulu's atomic era theme get you through this foggy n' drizzly Tuesday. If Geof Knorr keeps this up he might get my OST of the year twice in a row.

Ok, Holland. JESUS.

You're just mad I'm poaching all the great writers.

Happy belated Galentines day.

So Rhetta couldn't make it?

Yes I know it's the 18th. Yes I know it feels like I've ghosted the crackpot... I'm still working 6 day weeks and I don't know how to get off. But this sh*t right here makes it all better. Creating the facade that every cast in every production is the best of friends is part of doing business. The sad fact is all those people can't actually like each other that much.

But this is different. Parks and Rec ended years ago. Each gal in this picture has bigger stuff going on. Hell, Kathryn Hahn was only in a handful of episodes. The evidence for P&R being one of the greatest American comedies of all time grows ever stronger. I mean, have you actually seen Aubrey Plaza look so f*&king content? Lighting in a bottle, folks.

C&C Ep:109

The comfort of a good game