Before streaming, I was a big DVD collector. I bought nearly a thousand movies. I thought I was building a library. And I will tell you a secret:
DVDs rot.
The glue that holds the layers together can become opaque so the laser doesn’t read the disc properly or it can simply degrade so the disc falls apart or it can warp or expand so the disc won’t spin properly in the drive.
So, in addition to needing to keep antique hardware with delicate moving parts in working order to play these games or watch these movies, the media itself is degrading.
Yeah, your purchased digital movie might get deleted from the network over rights issues at some point in the future or the service that provides it might shut down. But if you buy a BluRay and put it on a shelf for five years and then decide to watch it, there is a decent chance it won’t work.
I love a beautiful Criterion movie box set or a game with cool box art and a manual as much as the next guy, but people overly romanticize physical media. The universe is governed by entropy and everything is falling apart.
it’s time to lock in and win the lottery. if you’re not waking up at 4am and chugging a protein shake and spending the rest of the day divining numbers you’ve got no one to blame for your failures but yourself
the fun thing about tmj is that doctors see it as a dental issue and dentists/oral surgeons see it as a medical issue so no one treats it and no insurances cover it
Tom Cruise is reportedly being eyed to play the villain in Joseph Kosinski’s ‘MIAMI VICE’ film.
If Cruise takes the role, he will be joining Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler.
(Source: @DanielRPK)
CBS News chief Bari Weiss is expected to play a major role in steering CNN if the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is approved.
Weiss was appointed to lead CBS News by David Ellison in October 2025 as part of Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of her media company The Free Press.
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Labeling Cuba as a “national security threat” is a lie used to justify economic war. The goal is to crush the Cuban people, manufacture a humanitarian catastrophe, and force regime change at any cost.
It is unconscionable and cruel. We must stop it.