Very excited to announce that my newsletter, Dramatic Pause, will be starting up on Monday (Feb 10). There will be three posts a week – one reported piece of arts coverage, one piece of criticism, and another piece of my choosing. https://t.co/fLdDHcI2fr
A 59-year old woman was sentenced to 4 weeks in jail and a fine of HK$2,000 for not declaring 981 cigarettes when entering Hong Kong via the Heung Yuen Wai boundary point. No word on how she was caught by customs officers
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I'm thinking about what 60+ years of James Bond cinematic history would be like if he just had his cool frat bro 00 buddy Monroe accompanying him on missions
I wanna revise this, because I do agree that performative is now broadly synonymous with inauthentic. what I meant to say is that I think conflating "performing" with "lying" does a great disservice to the way we think about performance, which is often an honest and healthy act
There's no shot Square Enix can capture the magic of this era. 4 back to back massive games, all improving on the tech from what was set in the previous title while also having compellive narratives & engaging gameplay? The 1997 - 2001 era of Squaresoft has to be deeply studied.
Your character’s voice did not jump three octaves in shock. An octave is the difference between an alto sax and a bari sax. Three octaves is the entirety of Marvin Gaye’s vocal range. Your character’s voice jumped a perfect fourth at most, you rube
People have been cracking on this for years. I'm sure the movie sucks, but it's pretty clear she means the first edition of this particular translation, right?
I'm tired of pretending it's normal when people don't get my pop culture references. Yes it is objectively weird that you've never heard of When Harry Met Sally!!
FWIW The same goes for J school. Not that hard to learn to write, laying out stories is a skill you can hone over time, but knowing how the world works outside a masters program and a cliquey little newsroom seems a lot more elusive.