I am loving the absurdity of Manhunter's Brian Cox explaining who's throwing who into volcano.

But I guess dysfunctional family theme suits Logan Roy.

Also I'd be furious if Tekken 8 doesn't have anyone being thrown into a volcano

In the season finale of Succession, Logan Roy threw all his children (and cousin Greg) into a volcano.

Shows / movies that I dropped halfway:

• Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves
  • somehow it didn't grab me, dropped it halfway thru. Many people said it's good, but the jokes are okay, nothing interesting
• Onihei S01
  • Somehow it just doesn't manage to grab me, dropped it after second episode, especially when I read that there's not really an ending by the end of the show.

I've finished watching

• Record of Ragnarok S01
  • really loving the over-the-top fights between gods and humans. I'm excited for the next season
• Fringe S05
  • Man, Fringe is now probably my most favorite show. S05 might not hit as hard as S03 or S04, but it ties up everything nicely. The show wouldn't leave such a lasting impression on me if not for the character Walter Bishop, and of course John Noble did a great job portraying him
• Killing It S02
  • It's not as good as the first season. They focused too much on s

I normally use yt-dlp to download youtube videos, but sometimes I'd go and visit homepage to see if there's anything interesting.

Then I kept seeing this guy showing up. I don't think he placed all the ads, because one of the entities that placed the ad seem to be based on India. Anyway, there are many variations to this ad (mostly in term of the money they earned), but the video content is always the same.

I reported the ads many times, Google can't decide whether it's a con, because they told me they can't find anything wrong with one of them, and then told me they have actioned on the other one.

Anyway, just out of morbid curiosity, anyone knows who that guy is?

MEV is another crypto thing btw.

It's a tweet from user PC_Focus_ that states:

The next Epic Store FREE games has been leaked:

13th game: Ghostrunner

14th game: Escape Academy

15th game: 20 minutes till dawn

16th game: A plague tale innocence

17th game: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

First of all, Meowwy Quismois and Happy Meow Year 2020 everyone.

Here are some movies that I watched:

• Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
  • 2.5 hours is a bit too long. But this is a great movie. I read that there is an American movie, Anatomy of a Murder that seems to have similar setup / feel, aka clinical, doesn't have excessive melodrama. Maybe I should watch that too. Also the prosecutor is an asshole.
• Identity (2003)
  • This is not as bad as I thought. I truly enjoyed this movie, it's a fun mystery thriller. The twist is not amazing, but it's okay
• A Separation (2011)
  • It's a good movie but it feels frustrating at parts. The focus should be on the children being torn apart between adults separating / fighting.
• Top Secret! (1984)
  • I watched this when I was a kid

It was buggy and not updated for quite sometime after Apple switched to Mac silicon.

Maybe I can finally go back and play Saturn games on my Mac

Merry Christmas everyone.

Here's the TV shows I watched last week:

• Archive 81 S01
  • Finished it, this is a solid horror show. Bummer that it's canceled after 1st season
    spoiler
• X-Men Evolution S01
  • This just doesn't grab me, the whole season seems to be aimed at high school students. X-Men The Animated Show is better in every way. Heard that S02 fixes some of the writing though
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure S05
  • I read Stone Ocean years ago, and it's great to see it in motion. The ending hit me hard, was not expecting it.
• The X-Files S02
  • I enjoyed this season more than the first one, especially the ones involving extra-terrestrials.
• 30 Rock S02
  • Finished it. I really enjoyed how absurd some of the humors are.
• **The Ministry of Time (El ministerio del tiem

A screenshot of a tweet from user ShinraArch (Shinra Archaeology Department) that says "FFVII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi says that Cait Sith's name is pronounced "Cat Shee." (Game Informer Shows, 12/21/2023)". Attached on the tweet is a 3D model of Cait Sith from FF7 Rebirth on a black background

I am hoping someone, just someone, maybe Cid or Red XIII would call him Cat Shit.

I believe Insomniac were hacked / ransomwared last week or something. Apparently here's the leak of all their upcoming titles.

a horizontal timeline chart showing the possible release year of Insomniac upcoming titles: Spider-Man 2 around end of 2023, Marvel's Venom around end of 2025, Wolverine around end of 2026, Spider-Man 3 around end of 2028, Ratchet and Clank around end of 2029, Marvel's X-Men around end of 2030, and tentative new IP between 2031 to 2032

::: spoiler I'm still watching:

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure S05:
  • Still really good. I just realized that, starting from certain arc (maybe Joseph's), the main characters / party members seem to be shouting / screaming a lot. :::

::: spoiler Starting:

• 30 Rock S02:
  • I am really enjoying

I don't have a lot to add to, still watching the same TV shows:

• Fringe is still good
• What We Do in the Shadows is okay, got me some chuckles, but no laugh out loud moments yet
• Amazing Stories (1985) is still boring
• JoJo's Stone Ocean arc is still great
• Love, Death, & Robots' tones are still all over the place

The only other thing that I watched is David Fincher's The Killer. While I don't dislike it, I am just not feeling it, unlike other Fincher's works.

Edit: I forgot that I did watch 2 other movies, Predators (2010) and Bad Boys II, I barely remembered anything happened in Predators, on the other hand, I find Bad Boys II ok, it suffers from Michael Bay's excessive cuts without breathing moment.

So, what have you been watching last week?

Here are some shows that I have watched or have been watching

• Fringe (S04)
  • I'm at episode 9 right now ::: spoiler I'm really liking how they interact with characters from season 1, and from alternate universe :::
• Amazing Stories 1985 (S01)
  • This show won some Emmys, right? Somehow it feels like a kid's show. I was expecting it to be tonally more like 1959's Twilight Zone, but it doesn't seem so. Maybe I should adjust my approach to it.
• Impractical Jokers (S01)
  • I've finished the season, and it's definitely up there as a comedy show. I still feel weird / scared about some of the pranks, e.g. randomly eating people's food at a Chinese restaurant, but they are hilarious.
• What We Do In the Shadows (S03)
  • The first 2 seasons were okay-ish, but it seems like the 3rd season is way funnier. The jokes are funnier whenever Matt Berry is involved
• Castlevania Nocturne (S01)
  • It was suddenly over. I'm just not feeling it. Just like the ot

I'm in the first hour of this video. It's about how YouTube / influencers plagiarize / straight up stealing works from others.

So far, in the first hour, hbomberguy has covered

• Filip Miucin, (ex-IGN plagiarizer)
• Newt (wrote for Cinemassacre? I don't follow cinemassacre stuff),
• Illuminaughtii (I've never heard of this person before, apparently she pivoted from making bigoted content to left leaning stuff??)

I wanna try a weekly 'what are you watching' thread, and see if there's enough activity.

Here's some of the shows I've been watching last week:

• Loki (Season 2)
  • Finished watching it last week. It is probably my favorite post Thanos MCU show. I like the character growth, and while I usually dislike Thor's story (due to magic and gods), I ended up liking Loki a lot
• Fringe (Season 4)
  • Started season 4 of Fringe. Man! I love this show a lot. I can't wait to be disappointed in the final season.
• Nathan for You (Season 4)
  • Finally finished the whole show. I love the part where Nathan needed to prepare for his Jimmy Kimmel interview. The last episode started out good, but I ended up disliking Bill, after his comments about what Frances said long time ago.
• **[Impractical Jokers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impracti

There's one for gaming community, where we discuss what we're playing every week. I think it's great for people to share their thoughts about the games they're playing, and also for others to check whether some games suit their taste.

Should we have similar thread for TV shows / movies / animes? I definitely wanna know if a show suits my taste or whether it's worth it to sink time into it.

PS: I tried to post about this multiple times, but ended up not posting it.

“Right now, there are two big IPs other than Sonic,” Utsumi said. “One is Persona. We are introducing two Personas this year. And also, our Yakuza title. I mean, Yakuza is really unique, but that big one is also coming next year too, so be ready [for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]. “But also, as I say, we are trying to be in a lot of different kinds of businesses, additional areas, like Roblox and movies. All these IPs can be somewhere else other than games soon.”

Personally, I want a live action Persona 4 movie, still set in Japanese countryside, and with almost entire Japanese casts, with only one exception, the MC is Chris Pratt, but now he quips non-stop in Brooklyn accent.

Similarly, I want a Yakuza live action, with Kiryu as the main protagonist, but of course played by Chris Pratt again, with Brooklyn accent.

I just wanna watch the world burns and explodes and implodes into a black hole.

::: spoiler Cursed image 1 [![cursed-1.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/T3krYSxy/cursed

Here's the alt-text for it:

OPEN LETTER TO THE SONY PLAYSTATION COLLECTING COMMUNITY

On this The Last of Us Day, we regret to inform you and the SONY PlayStation collecting community that SONY has told us to destroy all of our SONY PlayStation merchandise, including in-stock items e.g. The Last of Us Part II: Ellie statues, Jak 3 statues, God of War statues / busts etc.), items ready to ship to you (i.e. the Sly Cooper (Classic edition) statue), items in production (i.e. The Last of Us: Ellie & Joel diorama) and items in development and ready to launch (e.g. Bloodborne and Ratchet & Clank statues). Yes, this also includes destroying items you have paid for and are waiting to ship to you.

All of our other items (i.e. all non SONY PlayStation items) are fine and are not affected by SONY PlayStation's decision.

We have work

I've been cautious the moment I saw the MGS1 gameplay from their trailer. It's 4:3 with borders, so I'm not sure why it's listed as 1920x1080 (at most it's probably zoomed in, not expecting a widescreen hack). Even without widescreen, it still looks like it's just a PS1 emulated version without any enhancements at all besides the resolution

IIRC MGS HD Collection that was released on PS360 (and Vita), was 720p and 60 fps (with dips)

They are selling this for around 60 bucks, with bare minimum effort, so I'd advise people to wait until there is a discount instead.

Konami messed up their Silent Hill HD Collection before, so I'm not expecting much.

J.B. Harold: Blue Chicago Blues, a Sega Saturn Japanese exclusive game is finally fully fan-translated.

I haven't played it, it's supposed to be FMV murder mystery.

The only other JB Harold game that I've played is JB Harold Murder Club for Turbo Grafx CD, and it's an okay murder mystery game.

This is such an interesting / odd game, top down perspective for exploration then over the shoulder for shooting. I'm interested in how it'd end up.

Previous trailer is mostly top down exploratory horror