Matthew Weise

IGF-nominated narrative designer / writer. Worked at MIT, Harmonix, Eko, and others. Lifelong cinephile. Horror influencer.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@ChrisHewitt This is like calling an Olympic bronze medalist a failure.

[Brian Rosenwald @brianros1]

Here's the challenge for the Democratic Party: Missouri voted for a $15 minimum wage, paid sick leave, and abortion rights & Democrats cannot compete there at all. Why? The answer to that is the road to a comeback.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@NickdeSemlyen Fantastic movie. That grocery store scene is burned into my brain.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@MikkiHEL And also, I have to say, spot *ON* in its NYC geography. It's accurate down to the block.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

Not "one of". THE best, for my money.

[priscilla page @BBW_BFF]

feels right that I revisited one of the best movies ever made about New York City (and in general) today

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@MikkiHEL As someone who lived in NYC for 10 years before finally seeing this movie, I have to say nothing about the city feels different other than the hairstyles, clothes, and cars. I take the Pelham 6 to Grand Central every Friday and I feel like the movie could happen at any moment!

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@MikkiHEL It captures what it's like to live here, at least in a broad sense, more than any other movie I've seen.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@BBW_BFF A knockout of a movie! After living here for over a decade (and right near the 6!) I have to say nothing comes as close to just NAILING the texture, attitude, smell, sweat, and grumpy energy of this wild, wonderful, insufferable, infuriating FACT of a city.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@HelenLOHara Also... literally knew an A.I. scientist at MIT who had a picture of Roy Batty on his desktop as his "goal"... presumably because he someday wants his eyeballs squeezed out of his head.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@HelenLOHara This is horrifyingly normal, see rightwing surveillance company Palantir, named after invasive brain thingy that was famously used to turn a good guy evil. :P

[Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle]

I’m sorry, you got THIS FUCKING BOZO, this racist, centrist jerk, to talk about REDS???

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

Literally the thematic heart of the movie. TLJ makes no sense without it.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@ChronoKatie Rondo is a must-play for its intense goth-rock anime vibes and ability to defeat Dracula with pink fluffy animals. Portrait of Ruin (the middle DS game) is the best Castlevania post-Symphony IMO, and has a much more fun, nerdier witch protagonist than Order.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@MikkiHEL @GailSimone Plot twist: The Predator homeworld is actually a liberal paradise and the only Predators we ever see are the Andrew Tates of the species who've been driven away.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@VioletGweny I grew up in an Evangelical household and The Witch is the closest thing I've ever seen to approximating that experience.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@edgarwright Grab your edibles...

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@mangiotto Anyone who says "you're wrong" anywhere in a conversation about criticism doesn't know what criticism is or probably what a conversation is.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@MikkiHEL I think it's fair to say Mario64/Ocarina had a sizmic impact on the grammar of 3rd-person 3D in a way few games (maybe Tomb Raider?) did, whereas Doom/Quake had the same outsized impact on 1st-person 3D. The answer depends a lot on where your gaming center of gravity was/is.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@tomabernathy @RossKneeDeep Not all religions are even morally prescriptive. Even assuming "religion=morality" is blithely asserting some cultures over others.

[Matthew Weise @sajon77]

@RossKneeDeep It does and has and will. It's not even a hypothetical.