dan

scientist. writes about games. makes youtube videos.

[dan @danpaddyandy102]

my thoughts during the quarantine have swung widely from very silly to shockingly depressed, much like questions on the 2013 Junior Cert. Home Economics exam.

[dan @danpaddyandy102]

@roramdin bed of chaos slaps. it’s meant to be chaotic!

[mimi of house stitchcraft ⚔️ @mimistitchcraft]

time for the periodic busting out of the ursula k le guin quote!!!

[Paul Muad’Dib @trygraptor]

Bringing this back for Part 2

[Brendan Hodges @metaplexmovies]

two movies that play with the ephemeral nature of time and memory through structure and using non-linearity to different degrees while being shot on 35mm film? of course Nolan loves them lol lol

[Jacob Geller @yacobg42]

The vibes starting at the minute mark of this exceed any scale we have to measure them

[William Wilkinson @willw]

Barbie (2023)

[sophie:redux @punishedvia]

my boyfriend just told me that he liked this video so much that he started describing it to people at work

[Mic The Snare @MicTheSnare]

I have a lot of thoughts about the Pitchfork news, and I’d like to share them here! 🧵1/?

Here’s the news in case you haven’t seen: https://t.co/GtCppDGjjl

[Eastern European Cartoon General @EasternOoC]

Krakonoš and a Shepherd (1982) - dir. Werner Krauße

[Jeff @EminentProf]

Already that day of the week

[James Bentley @JamesMBentley]

After weeks of work, almost 10000 words, and a platinum trophy, my new video has just gone live

This is “The crucifixion of Joshua Stephenson and Faith Healing: A Cyberpunk 2077 Video Essay”

At over half an hour long, it’s my biggest video so far
https://t.co/nDioW4sBw9

[dan @danpaddyandy102]

For a show with a central theme of ‘under appreciated greatness’, this is just kind of beautiful

[dan @danpaddyandy102]

Is there a better show this could have happened to?

[Variety @Variety]

"Better Call Saul" has set an unfortunate Emmys record for most losses ever. It received 53 Emmy nominations during its run and never won a single one. https://t.co/qiDIgZSIGf

[dan @danpaddyandy102]

Here's an ULTRAKILL Layer 7 review, for your sins.

"ULTRAKILL is the FPS you imagined your cool older brother was playing in the 90’s... ULTRAKILL bathes us in the failure of blood."

https://t.co/mAXyp4TjGf

[Yoon @nicoscosc]

“The habit of thinking prevents us at times from experiencing reality, immunises us against it, makes it seem no more than another thought. There is no idea that does not carry in itself its possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite.”

— Proust, The Fugitive

[HIDEO_KOJIMA @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN]

Watched "Past Lives" on the plane. It was wonderful! It was heartbreaking from start, and even though it almost tore me up in the middle, it gave me positive strength in the end! If I had seen this movie last year, it would have been in my top 10!

"PAST LIVES", translated as "in-yun" in Korean and "past lives" in the subtitles. What is the Japanese word for "destiny" or "fate" as it relates to reincarnation, I guess. It seems to be a different nuance from fate.

At any rate, the director, Celine Song, is very good at cutting frames and directing the camera! I look forward to seeing her future work: the scene in the park where the two meet for the first time in 24 years, the side-by-side scene in the bar where the three of them gather, which is also introduced at the beginning of the film, and the final one-shot scene on the sidewalk. The camera, rather than dialogue, frames the emotions and sentiments. This is what cinema is all about. The loss of the past, the sincere look into the future without denying it. This film is not only a story about first love, but also about people who go "out" and is a beautiful film that spins a more fundamental story of several people's lives and a world that transcends countries and languages. It is a masterpiece.
It’s coming to theaters in Japan in April.