AJ_Radio

With everyone commenting on how good or bad 2022 was for them, my time has come to reflect. I'm taking a different road than most... and this won't be an easy read.

These are dark times with pandemics, wars, massacres, economic collapse and all-out chaos. Some can barely afford to eat, in some nations some may not live to see tomorrow. I've always believed to take comfort in what one can in such times as no one can predict tomorrow. No easy feat given the crushing weight of the human condition.

My not-so-fair city of New York becomes a worse mess by the day. Between a return to gang violence not seen since the 80s and 90s and a record high in violence and robberies in New York City's famous subway system (one of which was even classified as a domestic terror hate crime and made national news), most notably pushing people onto subway tracks into oncoming trains (popular 80s and 90s crime). Due to a law passed a few years ago called "bail reform" in New York State, bail is no longer a thing. Criminals are held without bail or released without being asked to put up bail... and usually commit more crimes the same day. A constant "guns vs weak prosecutors" blame game is the order of the day with zero talk of solutions. I'm perfectly cool with cracking down on both (Read: cracking down on street guns AND reversing bail reform) but my views aren't popular. Give me a solution or keep quiet. The End.

As for my personal life, as bad as my health and my isolation from others is, I've had worse years. I often wonder: What if I had treated others better as a kid? What more lingering effects from outlawed 90s psych meds are in my future? Who will turn their back on me next?

As for physical health, I have not suffered a varicose vein rupture since August of 2020. However, it is getting more difficult to stand for longer than 30 minutes and walking in cold weather is difficult for the first time. As a result, I was approved for and received a cane for personal use. Sad to need one at Age 42 but it's better than falling as I no longer walk straight. (I actually still need to learn how to use it correctly. Go figure.)

The "other" worst thing to happen to me in 2022 was my stepmother no longer speaking to me. I know it was inevitable after my father died but she still talks to my brother and sister so it's definitely not cool. We have a tumultuous history but one day she and my half-brother (father and stepmother's son) say "we're two people who will never forget you" and then that.

The one positive was returning to East Coast Pro Wrestling in October. After 3 long years, I did an event in my hometown. In so many ways it was simply surreal.

Here's hoping for brighter days for all. Gaming will be covered in a separate update.

2022 has been a shitty year outside of gaming for me. I can’t say the same for gaming itself. 
 

The Yakuza ‘Origins’ trilogy was worth the time spent alone. A combined 250 - 300 hours of gameplay to platinum all three. I don’t often praise bigger budget games from start to finish but this is one of them. 
 

I think I’m going to actually write shortened reviews of each platinum from January until now. Riptide GP2 will be the final platinum of 2022. I don’t feel people are interested in me rambling about a game that I did quite a while ago. 
 

2023, while I expect more shit in the real world, I expect more accomplishment in the gaming sphere. Will finally try to contribute to a friendly trophy event that I joined. Looking forward to Metal Gear Solid 2, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and others.

Recently I’ve had to look after my niece and nephew. They got a couple new Nintendo Switch games on Christmas, so I decided to play these with them. 
 

I was just reminded of why I abandoned Nintendo a decade ago in 2012. 
 

The only reason to stick with Nintendo for me at this point is to play the exclusives. And some of them are great. But for everything else I can play those games on other systems including the PC with much better performance.
 

The business decisions Nintendo makes are atrocious, and date back to the 1990’s. 
 

They have a “hate boner” for emulation. Nintendo shut down a lot of emulation/ROM websites which are essentially the only way you’re going to play a number of those exclusives. Their expansion service that you have to shell out a bunch of money for every year is a complete joke. Why would I want to play an old game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, given Nintendo’s bad business decisions and marketing? They can’t even port a classic like Mario Kart 64 properly, as lag is atrocious. 
 

Nintendo also is stubborn when it comes to actual sales. While Sony enjoys and appreciates sales, Nintendo seems to be the complete opposite. Give me something cheaper for Super Mario Odyssey. I’m not paying your prices. 
 

And there’s honestly a bunch of other things I don’t like about Nintendo. This is somebody who was subscribed to Nintendo Power for a number of years, and invested so much time into N64 and GameCube. Super Mario Sunshine is still very decent, but can you give me a damn discount for Super Mario 3D All-Stars?  
 

Thank goodness I don’t have a Switch myself. As much as I don’t like some of Sony’s decisions, I find hooking up games and playing Soulsborne games to be far more gratifying. 
 

Nintendo is the Disney of the video game world. Largely appealing to children, with an active adult audience that still appreciates and enjoys their products. For the most part, I have largely outgrown a lot of Nintendo stuff. 
 

No achievement system like Sony, Steam or Microsoft, big letdown. 
 

Pricing your games high including your older stuff from the Wii and Wii U generations is ridiculous. Should we be surprised that people are emulating on PC and those guys who probably don’t get paid are doing a better job then Nintendo themselves? 

Recently I’ve had to look after my niece and nephew. They got a couple new Nintendo Switch games on Christmas, so I decided to play these with them. 
 

I was just reminded of why I abandoned Nintendo a decade ago in 2012. 
 

The only reason to stick with Nintendo for me at this point is to play the exclusives. And some of them are great. But for everything else I can play those games on other systems including the PC with much better performance.
 

The business decisions Nintendo makes are atrocious, and date back to the 1990’s. 
 

They have a “hate boner” for emulation. Nintendo shut down a lot of emulation/ROM websites which are essentially the only way you’re going to play a number of those exclusives. Their expansion service that you have to shell out a bunch of money for every year is a complete joke. Why would I want to play an old game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, given Nintendo’s bad business decisions and marketing? They can’t even port a classic like Mario Kart 64 properly, as lag is atrocious. 
 

Nintendo also is stubborn when it comes to actual sales. While Sony enjoys and appreciates sales, Nintendo seems to be the complete opposite. Give me something cheaper for Super Mario Odyssey. I’m not paying your prices. 
 

And there’s honestly a bunch of other things I don’t like about Nintendo. This is somebody who was subscribed to Nintendo Power for a number of years, and invested so much time into N64 and GameCube. Super Mario Sunshine is still very decent, but can you give me a damn discount for Super Mario 3D All-Stars?  
 

Thank goodness I don’t have a Switch myself. As much as I don’t like some of Sony’s decisions, I find hooking up games and playing Soulsborne games to be far more gratifying. 
 

Nintendo is the Disney of the video game world. Largely appealing to children, with an active adult audience that still appreciates and enjoys their products. For the most part, I have largely outgrown a lot of Nintendo stuff. 
 

No achievement system like Sony, Steam or Microsoft, big letdown. 
 

Pricing your games high including your older stuff from the Wii and Wii U generations is ridiculous. Should we be surprised that people are emulating on PC and those guys who probably don’t get paid are doing a better job then Nintendo themselves? 

Recently I’ve had to look after my niece and nephew. They got a couple new Nintendo Switch games on Christmas, so I decided to play these with them. 
 

I was just reminded of why I abandoned Nintendo a decade ago in 2012. 
 

The only reason to stick with Nintendo for me at this point is to play the exclusives. And some of them are great. But for everything else I can play those games on other systems including the PC with much better performance.
 

The business decisions Nintendo makes are atrocious, and date back to the 1990’s. 
 

They have a “hate boner” for emulation. Nintendo shut down a lot of emulation/ROM websites which are essentially the only way you’re going to play a number of those exclusives. Their expansion service that you have to shell out a bunch of money for every year is a complete joke. Why would I want to play an old game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, given Nintendo’s bad business decisions and marketing? They can’t even port a classic like Mario Kart 64 properly, as lag is atrocious. 
 

Nintendo also is stubborn when it comes to actual sales. While Sony enjoys and appreciates sales, Nintendo seems to be the complete opposite. Give me something cheaper for Super Mario Odyssey. I’m not paying your prices. 
 

And there’s honestly a bunch of other things I don’t like about Nintendo. This is somebody who was subscribed to Nintendo Power for a number of years, and invested so much time into N64 and GameCube. Super Mario Sunshine is still very decent, but can you give me a damn discount for Super Mario 3D All-Stars?  
 

Thank goodness I don’t have a Switch myself. As much as I don’t like some of Sony’s decisions, I find hooking up games and playing Soulsborne games to be far more gratifying. 
 

Nintendo is the Disney of the video game world. Largely appealing to children, with an active adult audience that still appreciates and enjoys their products. For the most part, I have largely outgrown a lot of Nintendo stuff. 
 

No achievement system like Sony, Steam or Microsoft, big letdown. 
 

Pricing your games high including your older stuff from the Wii and Wii U generations is ridiculous. Should we be surprised that people are emulating on PC and those guys who probably don’t get paid are doing a better job then Nintendo themselves? 

Recently I’ve had to look after my niece and nephew. They got a couple new Nintendo Switch games on Christmas, so I decided to play these with them. 
 

I was just reminded of why I abandoned Nintendo a decade ago in 2012. 
 

The only reason to stick with Nintendo for me at this point is to play the exclusives. And some of them are great. But for everything else I can play those games on other systems including the PC with much better performance.
 

The business decisions Nintendo makes are atrocious, and date back to the 1990’s. 
 

They have a “hate boner” for emulation. Nintendo shut down a lot of emulation/ROM websites which are essentially the only way you’re going to play a number of those exclusives. Their expansion service that you have to shell out a bunch of money for every year is a complete joke. Why would I want to play an old game like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, given Nintendo’s bad business decisions and marketing? They can’t even port a classic like Mario Kart 64 properly, as lag is atrocious. 
 

Nintendo also is stubborn when it comes to actual sales. While Sony enjoys and appreciates sales, Nintendo seems to be the complete opposite. Give me something cheaper for Super Mario Odyssey. I’m not paying your prices. 
 

And there’s honestly a bunch of other things I don’t like about Nintendo. This is somebody who was subscribed to Nintendo Power for a number of years, and invested so much time into N64 and GameCube. Super Mario Sunshine is still very decent, but can you give me a damn discount for Super Mario 3D All-Stars?  
 

Thank goodness I don’t have a Switch myself. As much as I don’t like some of Sony’s decisions, I find hooking up games and playing Soulsborne games to be far more gratifying. 
 

Nintendo is the Disney of the video game world. Largely appealing to children, with an active adult audience that still appreciates and enjoys their products. For the most part, I have largely outgrown a lot of Nintendo stuff. 
 

No achievement system like Sony, Steam or Microsoft, big letdown. 
 

Pricing your games high including your older stuff from the Wii and Wii U generations is ridiculous. Should we be surprised that people are emulating on PC and those guys who probably don’t get paid are doing a better job then Nintendo themselves? 

Christmas is about the old time the corporate radio stations will play the oldies (1940’s - 1960’s), some more classic stuff from the 1970’s - 1990’s, and the occasional modern Christmas song that isn’t too bad. 
 

How dinosaur radio stations are still around at the end of 2022 is beyond me. iTunes was the first service to break me away from radio. Spotify and Pandora broke me away indefinitely. 
 

iHeart Radio is a complete joke, nothing but favoritism and corporatism with that company. Radio talk shows didn’t go extinct, they just made it to internet podcasts, readily available on YouTube and elsewhere. Unfortunately the young guys don’t have the charm and personality of the old guys my parents listened to, but that’s something I’m going to have to live with. Actual radio DJs were already on their way out when I was growing up, as MTV and internet services like Napster were fast on the rise. 
 

Sirius XM is garbage also. Not that much better from dinosaur radio. AM radio is only good for rural areas when you need to get a quick weather update. 

Christmas is about the old time the corporate radio stations will play the oldies (1940’s - 1960’s), some more classic stuff from the 1970’s - 1990’s, and the occasional modern Christmas song that isn’t too bad. 
 

How dinosaur radio stations are still around at the end of 2022 is beyond me. iTunes was the first service to break me away from radio. Spotify and Pandora broke me away indefinitely. 
 

iHeart Radio is a complete joke, nothing but favoritism and corporatism with that company. Radio talk shows didn’t go extinct, they just made it to internet podcasts, readily available on YouTube and elsewhere. Unfortunately the young guys don’t have the charm and personality of the old guys my parents listened to, but that’s something I’m going to have to live with. Actual radio DJs were already on their way out when I was growing up, as MTV and internet services like Napster were fast on the rise. 
 

Sirius XM is garbage also. Not that much better from dinosaur radio. AM radio is only good for rural areas when you need to get a quick weather update. 

I’m beginning to have more new found appreciation for older games with mods because they can bring an ideal experience to modern systems. I bought Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 on GOG.com, but almost every old game generally has to be played with mods or patches for a better experience. They don’t necessarily have to make any additions, but they have to be worked on to fix the issues the old developers couldn’t a long time ago. 
 

The modding communities out there I can’t thank enough. Been playing Sim City 4, and without any mods it probably would of been too cumbersome on my Windows 10. I think I’ll just try out Cities: Skylines on Steam, rather than try to play it on Sony with trophies. Strategy games are generally better on PC anyway. 

And while some games don’t have mods to speak of, titles like Might & Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven and Might & Magic VII: For Blood & Honor benefit greatly from unofficial patches. Some of my favorite PC games of all time, up there with StarCraft, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2, RollerCoaster Tycoon 1, Deus Ex and Diablo II. 

Been getting more into Blood, the 1997 old school shooter that has thankfully been discovered by modern audiences on Steam. I never had a chance to play thru the entirety of the original Shadow Warrior, so to see it get a modern treatment and better interface is awesome. 

I’m beginning to have more new found appreciation for older games with mods because they can bring an ideal experience to modern systems. I bought Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 on GOG.com, but almost every old game generally has to be played with mods or patches for a better experience. They don’t necessarily have to make any additions, but they have to be worked on to fix the issues the old developers couldn’t a long time ago. 
 

The modding communities out there I can’t thank enough. Been playing Sim City 4, and without any mods it probably would of been too cumbersome on my Windows 10. I think I’ll just try out Cities: Skylines on Steam, rather than try to play it on Sony with trophies. Strategy games are generally better on PC anyway. 

And while some games don’t have mods to speak of, titles like Might & Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven and Might & Magic VII: For Blood & Honor benefit greatly from unofficial patches. Some of my favorite PC games of all time, up there with StarCraft, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2, RollerCoaster Tycoon 1, Deus Ex and Diablo II. 

Been getting more into Blood, the 1997 old school shooter that has thankfully been discovered by modern audiences on Steam. I never had a chance to play thru the entirety of the original Shadow Warrior, so to see it get a modern treatment and better interface is awesome. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

Just passed my drivers test!

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices. 

I re-watched No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood for the first time in years. Both released in 2007. Both I greatly enjoyed watching. 
 

This I consider to be the last time Hollywood had any semblance of actual character, and they could cast both veterans and newer actors in roles that weren’t automatically going to get the social media horde spewing political propaganda bullshit. Movies weren’t too pandering to butthurt ‘soys’ crying that their upcoming Marvel film from the creatively bankrupt MCU was delayed. Hollywood itself is creatively bankrupt and serves as an empty hollow shell, because money and propaganda matter more than the audience spending years and decades enjoying their stuff. 
 

The fact I argued at someone on another online forum over The Dark Knight (2008) and Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker is proof Hollywood has done a fantastic job alienating at least half the United States and to a lesser extent the western world. They spew ivory tower propaganda and treat male audiences like dirt. In the name of political correctness, stuff that was acceptable in films even just 10, 12, 15, 20 years ago is now taboo, as they have to fulfill more tick boxing. This stifles any amateur film maker and independent film producers are going elsewhere, for good reason. 
 

To no surprise, the change of narrative within Hollywood in the past 10 years has ultimately lead to many video game productions suffering the same fate. I spoiled most of the God of War Ragnarok storyline and if I didn’t already know this franchise, I would of thought this was a Disney open world game. Because it ticks off a lot of the same garbage commonplace in modern Hollywood films. 
 

And, in conclusion, this stuff is so boring. For a long time I admired Sony’s great graphics and set pieces, but their exclusives (which end up on PC eventually) just feel the same, without the engaging gameplay. A lot of indies look and feel the same sure, but at least they try to value gameplay more so than anything else. 
 

In turn, Hollywood has become more childish and while it has always sucked to a degree, these pampered imbeciles are standing on their soapboxes more than they did in the recent past. The MeToo disaster was an embarrassment. Scandals are commonplace because it what makes the business relevant.
 

The big studios have run out of any ideas and originality. It’s only good when people who are disgusted and given up on Hollywood are trying to make more entertainment decentralized, and not be forced to make reboots, reinterpretations or remakes, with questionable casting choices.