Lego.

There’s something about it that’s just so satisfying to me. Putting every piece in exactly its right place. I got into it as a kid, kept it up until college.

A few years ago I started getting into it again. At first it was just the Marvel sets, but then I got a couple of castle ones. I still love it as much as I did back then, except now I can share it with my kids.

I like “Sneeze Louise!”

Me too!

Honestly I’d probably give it another shot if they just made the Master Sword unbreakable. Why wouldn’t it be? It’s Link’s main weapon in other games.

But they’re all in on this temporary weapon gameplay loop. And I get that; I understand that sometimes it can be a good thing to push the player into playing the game a certain way. Except they already did that for most of the game. If the Master Sword were unbreakable, you’d still have plenty of players doing the constant weapon swapping, but you’d also have a few more players like me actually playing the game. I’d probably even swap weapons most of the time, secure in the knowledge that I still had a weapon that wouldn’t break when I need it.

Plus how good is your gameplay loop if you have to force it on the player?

But I know I’m in the minority on this. It’s weird to see people loving a Zelda game more than I do, because for 30 years of my life that would never have been the case. Hopefully they return to the old formula for the next game.

I was thinking specifically of Breath of the Wild.

For me, Zelda has always been about scratching my completionist itch.

Making all the weapons temporary means I never get to feel the power of a completed inventory. Instead I’m just trading off weapons that I don’t like for more weapons that I don’t like. And if I do like one, it breaks anyway.

I didn’t even bother with Tears of the Kingdom for that reason. It’s a feel-bad mechanic, and I’d rather not do it.

For me: weapon durability.

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Zelda: Link to the Past, going through the lost woods. I can still hear the music.

Honestly the thing that sticks with me more is the scene after defeating the final boss.

The game just does such an incredible job of starting with a local problem and then gradually, believably making the stakes bigger and bigger until you have to kill gods. And then when you finally do it, you remember that all of that was just to solve your first problem, a problem so local that it exists only in your character’s skull. It instantaneously gave me the scope of everything I’d accomplished. One of the greatest pieces of media I’ve ever experienced. I wish it had been a movie so I could do it again and again.

There isn’t genocide in Ukraine

When Russia started relocating Ukrainian children into Russian families, that made it a coordinated effort to eliminate a people, which makes it a genocide.

I think it should serve the story it’s in. There are good stories to be told about teenage Peter Parker. I liked the new Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man cartoon, and him being a teenager really works there.

With that said, I’ve seen a lot of that version. For new stories I’d be a lot more interested in stories following an older Peter.

It was good natured. I wasn’t offended.

I just think it’s funny how some people are all about marble runs and some people just don’t get it. No in between. Personally I’m all about marble runs.

I once bought my niece a marble run. I got some shit for it, because I guess some people just don’t get it? But she loved it, and my 6-year-old daughter now loves marble runs too.

My daughter also collects rocks, so a rock tumbler was a big one for her.

Another gift for a niece I got shit for was a drum. She loved it. She was so excited that it was a real instrument. My brother always said he’d get me back, but my daughter got a full-ass drum kit for Christmas, and I think it’s great.

Oh, and make your own slime kits are huge right now. It’s science-y, DIY, and kids love slime.

Oh yeah there’s also Vampire Survivors which is weirdly good.

Mobile gaming is so good. There is a lot of chaff to sort through though.

• Balatro is amazing. Great to pass the time with, very playable even for people who aren’t that into games.

• Slay the Spire is one of the greatest games ever made.

• Root is very good if you’re into board games.

• Baba Is You if you want a mind-bending puzzle game.

• Marvel Snap if you like competitive card games, have way too much time on your hands, and hate yourself a little.

Ow. Fuck. I rolled my eyes so hard that I hurt my head.

Grown men having strong opinions on how Disney Princesses should look will never not be silly.

There’s no reason for it to matter to them.

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In addition to all that, Jesus has some really specific things to say about how to treat foreigners. A lot of his teachings are open for interpretation, but that one is pretty clear.

I’m enthusiastically not a Christian, but as I get older (or maybe as the world gets more fucked up) I’m starting to appreciate that there’s some value in the teachings. And I’m of the opinion that voting for Donald Trump was absolutely incompatible with Christianity.

To actually answer your question: it’s because they’re hypocrites. The same kind of hypocrites that are mentioned in the Bible.

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