Nick Capozzoli
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The Reminder is a watchword: though it may ascribe a problem to us, the offenders are assuredly others.
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New blog post up. It's about a few things—chiefly, the impulse to jettison literary criticism as if it were ballast. www.arcadence.com/abundance-re...
If I happen to have any mutuals in the NY/NJ area that are in the market for a cat (or 6), we have some 2 year old children of our barn cats that we need to find homes for, as we're moving and won't have room for them. They're indoor-raised, all female, and all sweethearts who get along.
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If I happen to have any mutuals in the NY/NJ area that are in the market for a cat (or 6), we have some 2 year old children of our barn cats that we need to find homes for, as we're moving and won't have room for them. They're indoor-raised, all female, and all sweethearts who get along.
ah shit ah fuck
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
ah shit ah fuck
Just a brutal time to have a functioning memory, historically.
ben smith’s take from last year when the nuzzi/rfk story first broke aged like cheese on a dashboard
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Just a brutal time to have a functioning memory, historically.
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
It's you, hi,
you're the problem it's you
At tea time,
everyone knows what to do
Maude heads off your escape route at the blooming foxglove
We really hate to do this but
You knew the rules of Tea Time Fight Club
you're the problem it's you
At tea time,
everyone knows what to do
Maude heads off your escape route at the blooming foxglove
We really hate to do this but
You knew the rules of Tea Time Fight Club
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's you, hi,
you're the problem it's you
At tea time,
everyone knows what to do
Maude heads off your escape route at the blooming foxglove
We really hate to do this but
You knew the rules of Tea Time Fight Club
you're the problem it's you
At tea time,
everyone knows what to do
Maude heads off your escape route at the blooming foxglove
We really hate to do this but
You knew the rules of Tea Time Fight Club
love that this whole thing looks like a Fallout Mod
Brian Daboll arriving in Orchard Park at 8am tomorrow morning to start his new (old) job.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
love that this whole thing looks like a Fallout Mod
I don't know if it's artistic direction or what the actor's bringing to the table but I just don't understand why her character always looks like a censorious local functionary and not, y'know, the fun "popular" one
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I don't know if it's artistic direction or what the actor's bringing to the table but I just don't understand why her character always looks like a censorious local functionary and not, y'know, the fun "popular" one
I do approve of Area 51 and I hope that when Harper is healthy it gets upgraded to the San Antonio Containment Zone or
alternately,
The Southern Reach
alternately,
The Southern Reach
Area 51 for him and Castle is sick tho.
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I do approve of Area 51 and I hope that when Harper is healthy it gets upgraded to the San Antonio Containment Zone or
alternately,
The Southern Reach
alternately,
The Southern Reach
I just realized "Slendermonsieur" has been sitting right there??
deeply disappointing that we seem to be coalescing around "the alien" as wemby's nickname. way too staid a name for so remarkable an athlete.
dude should have a nickname that sounds like it should be a gun in Destiny 2 or something
dude should have a nickname that sounds like it should be a gun in Destiny 2 or something
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I just realized "Slendermonsieur" has been sitting right there??
contractually forbidden from considering this question until we get to GJA deliberations but I am actively interested in what other folks think here
What are your favorite written game reviews of 2025?
a girl with glasses is sitting in front of a computer monitor
ALT: a girl with glasses is sitting in front of a computer monitor
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
contractually forbidden from considering this question until we get to GJA deliberations but I am actively interested in what other folks think here
one of those things where I'm not sure what the journalistic merit is supposed to be in asking a separate person if the president really believes the thing he said he believes
like, the truth of the matter has been established—asking if it's true after the fact is actually spin, anti-journalistic
like, the truth of the matter has been established—asking if it's true after the fact is actually spin, anti-journalistic
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
one of those things where I'm not sure what the journalistic merit is supposed to be in asking a separate person if the president really believes the thing he said he believes
like, the truth of the matter has been established—asking if it's true after the fact is actually spin, anti-journalistic
like, the truth of the matter has been established—asking if it's true after the fact is actually spin, anti-journalistic
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need to finally write my post about how I think this is A) Not actually A Thing and B) the popular belief that it Is A Thing is actually evidence of an orthodoxy that isn't fully capable of recognizing many modes ordinary criticism when it sees it, and thus pathologizes said ordinary criticism
One thing that's never made sense to me is how much games criticism is "this thing isn't the thing I want it to be/the thing I made up in my head, so it's bad," which is not only bad criticism but a remarkably poor way to engage with any art.
Go in with an open mind and you'll be more fulfilled.
Go in with an open mind and you'll be more fulfilled.
there is literally no circumstance where i would not take a video game on its own terms
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
need to finally write my post about how I think this is A) Not actually A Thing and B) the popular belief that it Is A Thing is actually evidence of an orthodoxy that isn't fully capable of recognizing many modes ordinary criticism when it sees it, and thus pathologizes said ordinary criticism
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Trump just said one of the most outrageous things a modern president has ever said, and he'll probably manage to top it somehow before the week is over.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trump just said one of the most outrageous things a modern president has ever said, and he'll probably manage to top it somehow before the week is over.
there's an honest to god bidding war for white supremacist commentators
Very disappointing to see @bostonglobe.com running a piece from Richard Hanania today.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
there's an honest to god bidding war for white supremacist commentators
if I had to wager, I imagine she highlights broad sections and then just writes extremely open-ended comment-questions using words she doesn't fully understand but believes make her sound sagacious, a-la "I'm now wondering, what if this whole thing could be more gnomic??"
What is Olivia Nuzzi like as an editor? "Too clear. Make longer. Metaphor not tortured enough."
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
if I had to wager, I imagine she highlights broad sections and then just writes extremely open-ended comment-questions using words she doesn't fully understand but believes make her sound sagacious, a-la "I'm now wondering, what if this whole thing could be more gnomic??"
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Rashomon but it's the worst journalists you've ever read in your life discussing how their engagement fell apart
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Rashomon but it's the worst journalists you've ever read in your life discussing how their engagement fell apart
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waiting for the bamboo’s substack essay
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
waiting for the bamboo’s substack essay
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this is a seasonal battle that has been raging for about 5 years now but with this full rout in the south I am finally beginning to turn the tide
April 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
this is a seasonal battle that has been raging for about 5 years now but with this full rout in the south I am finally beginning to turn the tide
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yeah so here’s the news
Okay, yeah: Endless Mode is now The A.V. Club Games. We speedran this thing. Same editors, same writers, same content, just a different but familiar site. www.avclub.com/new-games-se...
The A.V. Club Games announces a new era
The A.V. Club's games section gets a major boost as Paste's and Endless Mode's games coverage joins the site.
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
yeah so here’s the news
Fascinated by this DLC. There's so much increased depth and dynamism in just the China portion—this character's heir (not the one who inherited his name and married an imperial princess, long story) was about to pass the capital examination, when the emperor suddenly lost the mandate of heaven.
Been enjoying the CK3 Asia Expansion, playing as Song Jiang, an unlanded mercenary who was apparently a historical-and-mythologized bandit, but I'm roleplaying him as obsessed with "going legit" and so he takes (and fails) the capital examination every couple years, but refuses to stoop to cheating
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Fascinated by this DLC. There's so much increased depth and dynamism in just the China portion—this character's heir (not the one who inherited his name and married an imperial princess, long story) was about to pass the capital examination, when the emperor suddenly lost the mandate of heaven.
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I am hearing there’s even more going on over there.
Much love to the writers there, this industry is brutal and I hope you land on your feet.
Much love to the writers there, this industry is brutal and I hope you land on your feet.
Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I am hearing there’s even more going on over there.
Much love to the writers there, this industry is brutal and I hope you land on your feet.
Much love to the writers there, this industry is brutal and I hope you land on your feet.
Like all men but moreso he was a climber. One foot then another in front of another. He was the architect of his muddy world and his tower that he climbed above the mud and I was obsessed. He was Icarus and I was the wax and he was the sun. "Uwu" he would say to me. The palindrome that was his soul.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Like all men but moreso he was a climber. One foot then another in front of another. He was the architect of his muddy world and his tower that he climbed above the mud and I was obsessed. He was Icarus and I was the wax and he was the sun. "Uwu" he would say to me. The palindrome that was his soul.