Christopher Gates
@chriswgates.bsky.social
Writer. Unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed.
got a PR email from a "Christmas Time Travel Expert" and it's just tips for navigating busy airports and some bad proofreading but for a second there I got really excited
December 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
got a PR email from a "Christmas Time Travel Expert" and it's just tips for navigating busy airports and some bad proofreading but for a second there I got really excited
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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yeah in this way it really is the last Star Wars movie, not just in terms of hype but in a general sense of wonder, mystery, and potential
I think you could make an argument, by the way, that the release of The Last Jedi was the last time (at least prior to the release of Andor S2, at least) when the popular mood about a Star Wars release was humming, palpable excitement
What's grimly funny about this is that, in a lot of ways, these fashy/outrage-grift campaigns against The Last Jedi were killing the golden egg. On top of clearly panicking Disney, they poisoned the (never totally sane) online mood about Star Wars in ways that hurt a lot of subsequent projects
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
yeah in this way it really is the last Star Wars movie, not just in terms of hype but in a general sense of wonder, mystery, and potential
imagine playing Bond five times and yet somehow that's not your signature role
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
imagine playing Bond five times and yet somehow that's not your signature role
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Hilo by Judd Winick (!) is also an instant fave, apparently, although it's a little scary for three and a half.
if you need a gift for a kid this season, my 3-year-old is suddenly obsessed with the Barb the Last Berzerker comics by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson ("Dan & Jason")
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hilo by Judd Winick (!) is also an instant fave, apparently, although it's a little scary for three and a half.
Hilo by Judd Winick (!) is also an instant fave, apparently, although it's a little scary for three and a half.
if you need a gift for a kid this season, my 3-year-old is suddenly obsessed with the Barb the Last Berzerker comics by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson ("Dan & Jason")
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hilo by Judd Winick (!) is also an instant fave, apparently, although it's a little scary for three and a half.
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With Clair Obscur winning GotY, the genre is now called FRPG.
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
With Clair Obscur winning GotY, the genre is now called FRPG.
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LEGO Batman Worried about his future at Netflix and/or Paramount.
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
LEGO Batman Worried about his future at Netflix and/or Paramount.
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
if you need a gift for a kid this season, my 3-year-old is suddenly obsessed with the Barb the Last Berzerker comics by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson ("Dan & Jason")
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
if you need a gift for a kid this season, my 3-year-old is suddenly obsessed with the Barb the Last Berzerker comics by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson ("Dan & Jason")
good, a solution to two things that kids hate doing: making up stories and drawing
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool at Prince George's County high school
Former quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
good, a solution to two things that kids hate doing: making up stories and drawing
oh we got Diaz? lol okay maybe it's a little unfair
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
oh we got Diaz? lol okay maybe it's a little unfair
it's time
🎅Christmas in the Stars - Star Wars Christmas Album 1980
YouTube video by HolidayFavorites
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
it's time
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
one-shot ttrpg where you play Mupp-- er, a troupe of puppets who have to put on one "last" show to save their old theater
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
one-shot ttrpg where you play Mupp-- er, a troupe of puppets who have to put on one "last" show to save their old theater
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My personal theory as to why Clair Obscur hit so big is that, in part, the JRPG space has grown increasingly backwards-looking, which shuts out anyone who isn't nostalgic for 16/32-bit games. People like these types of games! But you have to meet 'em where they are.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My personal theory as to why Clair Obscur hit so big is that, in part, the JRPG space has grown increasingly backwards-looking, which shuts out anyone who isn't nostalgic for 16/32-bit games. People like these types of games! But you have to meet 'em where they are.
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I think if Nintendo had dropped the "4" from the title and positioned this as a soft reboot of the Prime series instead of a direct sequel people would've been a little more forgiving. (I like it so far! I'm not very far in.)
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I think if Nintendo had dropped the "4" from the title and positioned this as a soft reboot of the Prime series instead of a direct sequel people would've been a little more forgiving. (I like it so far! I'm not very far in.)
I think if Nintendo had dropped the "4" from the title and positioned this as a soft reboot of the Prime series instead of a direct sequel people would've been a little more forgiving. (I like it so far! I'm not very far in.)
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I think if Nintendo had dropped the "4" from the title and positioned this as a soft reboot of the Prime series instead of a direct sequel people would've been a little more forgiving. (I like it so far! I'm not very far in.)
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no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
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Games are new enough that they’re defined by the vessel - computers - and not what they actually are
If we did this for stages then plays, award shows, debates, spelling bees, ballet, etc would all be called “stagies”
If we did this for stages then plays, award shows, debates, spelling bees, ballet, etc would all be called “stagies”
Games are such a funny medium to generalize about because like, games is an absurdly broad umbrella that we've decided is one medium even though you can easily come up with two examples of a "video game" that are more unlike each other than any two movies or novels
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Games are new enough that they’re defined by the vessel - computers - and not what they actually are
If we did this for stages then plays, award shows, debates, spelling bees, ballet, etc would all be called “stagies”
If we did this for stages then plays, award shows, debates, spelling bees, ballet, etc would all be called “stagies”
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My games critic hot take (and it is a hot take) is that games absolutely can be both art and toys. The idea of "play" is what makes games so special compared to other mediums.
The job of the critic (and players in general, although that's a tough bar to clear) is to balance these two things.
The job of the critic (and players in general, although that's a tough bar to clear) is to balance these two things.
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My games critic hot take (and it is a hot take) is that games absolutely can be both art and toys. The idea of "play" is what makes games so special compared to other mediums.
The job of the critic (and players in general, although that's a tough bar to clear) is to balance these two things.
The job of the critic (and players in general, although that's a tough bar to clear) is to balance these two things.
fuck there's an iron man one too
I do not understand what alchemy is in this thing but every 3-year-old I know is suddenly obsessed with Spidey and His Amazing Friends
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
fuck there's an iron man one too
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Brockmire is now on Netflix, if you were still clinging for excuses to not watch.
Every now and then, it's important to be reminded that no one has ever described a celebrity more succinctly than Jim Brockmire:
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Brockmire is now on Netflix, if you were still clinging for excuses to not watch.
aw fuck, this sucks
One of the all-time greats - guitarist, songwriter, producer, icon. Rest easy, Steve. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
aw fuck, this sucks