Derrick Sanskrit
@dsanskrit.bsky.social
Pop culture sommelier.
Present: IGN
Past: The AV Club, Orbit Books, Pitchfork, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and others
Present: IGN
Past: The AV Club, Orbit Books, Pitchfork, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and others
Today’s in-flight entertainment will be Marvel Cosmic Invasion and the rain.
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today’s in-flight entertainment will be Marvel Cosmic Invasion and the rain.
Blippo+ makes for lovely in-flight entertainment. @blippo.plus @panic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Blippo+ makes for lovely in-flight entertainment. @blippo.plus @panic.com
Loving my new Kirby Air Riders avatar.
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Loving my new Kirby Air Riders avatar.
I’m just saying, Mario Kart never went this hard. #kirbyairriders
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’m just saying, Mario Kart never went this hard. #kirbyairriders
Baked a bunch of Gingerbread Kirbys along with Milky Way Wishes cookies (oatmeal, peanut butter, m&ms, chocolate chips, lots of sprinkles) to encourage my coworkers to get excited for Kirby Air Riders
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Baked a bunch of Gingerbread Kirbys along with Milky Way Wishes cookies (oatmeal, peanut butter, m&ms, chocolate chips, lots of sprinkles) to encourage my coworkers to get excited for Kirby Air Riders
Every time a CAPTCHA asks me to check a box that says "I am human" I feel like there needs to be a second box that says "and I need to be loved just like everybody else does."
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Every time a CAPTCHA asks me to check a box that says "I am human" I feel like there needs to be a second box that says "and I need to be loved just like everybody else does."
Putting the Vine/diVine news in my preferred meme format.
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Putting the Vine/diVine news in my preferred meme format.
Pretty wild of Elden Ring Nightreign to tease the addition of Kool-Aid Man like this...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Pretty wild of Elden Ring Nightreign to tease the addition of Kool-Aid Man like this...
This is a borderline unforgivable amount of draw distance pop-in for a Katamari game. If I don’t SEE objects in the distance, I’m not going to go over there!
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is a borderline unforgivable amount of draw distance pop-in for a Katamari game. If I don’t SEE objects in the distance, I’m not going to go over there!
Now that politics can rest for a minute, vote @blippo.plus
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Now that politics can rest for a minute, vote @blippo.plus
Currently knee-deep in two brand-new fully voice acted sci-fi narrative adventure games with a tv episode format and classic tabletop strategy gameplay.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Currently knee-deep in two brand-new fully voice acted sci-fi narrative adventure games with a tv episode format and classic tabletop strategy gameplay.
Maybe the real PIT was the BALLs we x’ed along the way.
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Maybe the real PIT was the BALLs we x’ed along the way.
I might be projecting, but it sure feels like the new Katamari game has a bunch of lil Noby Noby Boys hanging out up there.
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I might be projecting, but it sure feels like the new Katamari game has a bunch of lil Noby Noby Boys hanging out up there.
Look, I understand why short characters like Bart Simpson need to be put in a mech suit for Fortnite, all the players need to be roughly the same size. But y’all messed up by keeping the mech suit in his LEGO skin. Nobody needed that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Look, I understand why short characters like Bart Simpson need to be put in a mech suit for Fortnite, all the players need to be roughly the same size. But y’all messed up by keeping the mech suit in his LEGO skin. Nobody needed that.
I saw a family trick-or-treating today and their dog was wearing a bumble bee costume.
My Xennial brain immediately went "hey, nice Blind Melon reference."
My Xennial brain immediately went "hey, nice Blind Melon reference."
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I saw a family trick-or-treating today and their dog was wearing a bumble bee costume.
My Xennial brain immediately went "hey, nice Blind Melon reference."
My Xennial brain immediately went "hey, nice Blind Melon reference."
i took off work early to catch the second Chainsaw Man Movie screening of the day and they’re already sold out of the Pochita popcorn buckets!
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
i took off work early to catch the second Chainsaw Man Movie screening of the day and they’re already sold out of the Pochita popcorn buckets!
Reading the first line of IGN's review of the new Katamari game and... have I been playing these games wrong for the past 21 years? I never picked up anything remotely "carnal" about the experience.
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reading the first line of IGN's review of the new Katamari game and... have I been playing these games wrong for the past 21 years? I never picked up anything remotely "carnal" about the experience.
John Oliver reading one of the wildest quotes ever reported.
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
John Oliver reading one of the wildest quotes ever reported.
Spotted this billboard for ChatGPT in LA today and it sucks so much.
October 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Spotted this billboard for ChatGPT in LA today and it sucks so much.
and bingo bango bongo, there goes my first purchase from Neon Ichiban.
October 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
and bingo bango bongo, there goes my first purchase from Neon Ichiban.
i don't mean to brag
i don't mean to boast
but i'm the man
who kisses well the most
(on Playdate)
i don't mean to boast
but i'm the man
who kisses well the most
(on Playdate)
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
i don't mean to brag
i don't mean to boast
but i'm the man
who kisses well the most
(on Playdate)
i don't mean to boast
but i'm the man
who kisses well the most
(on Playdate)
There is something deeply satisfying about seeing Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk play the keyboard for Alice Deejay’s “Better Off Alone.” Thank you, Fortnite.
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
There is something deeply satisfying about seeing Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk play the keyboard for Alice Deejay’s “Better Off Alone.” Thank you, Fortnite.
jack in the box has a classic adventure game for spooky season, where you type what you want to do. i was attacked by a curly fries monster and was pleasantly surprised when it accepted my answer of “pour ranch dressing on the curly fries monster”
i am concerned it’s possibly using AI for responses
i am concerned it’s possibly using AI for responses
October 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
jack in the box has a classic adventure game for spooky season, where you type what you want to do. i was attacked by a curly fries monster and was pleasantly surprised when it accepted my answer of “pour ranch dressing on the curly fries monster”
i am concerned it’s possibly using AI for responses
i am concerned it’s possibly using AI for responses