Mario Wonder
So glad 2D Mario is alive and well. Had the best time playing it with the kids yesterday. I particularly like how much friendlier the multiplayer is: you can’t really…
Lucia & The Best Boys
Golly, but Lucia & The Best Boys are great. Introduced to them at this year’s TRNSMT festival. Listen to this: https://songwhip.com/luciaandthebestboys/burningcastles
Trek to Yomi review
Trek to Yomi is included with PlayStation Plus and since I’m bogged down with Bloodborne, I thought I would give it a wee shot. I didn’t know if I would…
Game Till Five podcast
Game podcasts are still depressingly male. Even the best usually have a solitary female amongst the blokes, like Lucy James or Maddy Myers, so I literally found Game Till Five…
Recommendation: MusicSmart
I still think streaming doesn’t properly respect liner notes, even on Apple’s new Classical music app (which often credits the notes’ authors without giving you the notes themselves). This app…
Reservation Dogs
Finished Reservation Dogs last night. Season 2 makes the already great Season 1 even better: plot threads and character beats are developed to deep effect, and I’m grateful now for…
Godfather Coda
Whenever I rewatched The Godfather Part III over the years, which I’ve done fairly often, I was always sorry that its strengths have been largely overshadowed by its flaws. The…
My favourite piece so far from the US Election 2020
It’s echo chamber, in that I only like it because it expresses my opinion with a skill I don’t possess, but Michael Goldfarb‘s Guardian piece hits the nail on the…
Feminist Frequency’s advice for men
This video from Feminist Frequency isn’t their easiest to find, but it’s the most valuable starting point for me, so for ease of access, I’m posting it here. Here are…
Wendy and Lisa
The fact Wendy and Lisa weren’t huge, after they left Prince’s Revolution, makes me sad. It’s unjust. Look at them on Top of the Pops. I just think they look…