William Evans
@williamevanswrites.bsky.social
writer, professor, coach and some other whatnot
Co-founder & Editor for BlackNerdProblems.com
(@blacknerdproblems.bsky.social)
Co-founder & Editor for BlackNerdProblems.com
(@blacknerdproblems.bsky.social)
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I almost declined to participate in Into The Spine's yearly roundup again. Reading these wonderful words of gaming in 2024 makes me glad I didn't. It feels good to have been a part of this.
Following the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 roundups, writers deconstruct the year with short stories.
This was 2024, told by 102 people.
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This was 2024, told by 102 people.
intothespine.com/2024/12/30/s...
December 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I almost declined to participate in Into The Spine's yearly roundup again. Reading these wonderful words of gaming in 2024 makes me glad I didn't. It feels good to have been a part of this.
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"Here are just a few of the movies that spiced up the water cooler talk at work, bewitched us in theaters and that made this (silly, silly, silly) year one to remember."
BNP Staff Favorites of 2024: Movies
BNP Staff Favorites of 2024: Movies
BNP Staff Favorites of 2024: Movies
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December 27, 2024 at 4:21 PM
"Here are just a few of the movies that spiced up the water cooler talk at work, bewitched us in theaters and that made this (silly, silly, silly) year one to remember."
BNP Staff Favorites of 2024: Movies
BNP Staff Favorites of 2024: Movies
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Here are the video games we were grinding on, here are the games that had scenes that had some of us bawling our eyes out, and here are the games that made this (silly, silly, silly) year one to remember.
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Video Games
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Video Games
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Video Games
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December 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Here are the video games we were grinding on, here are the games that had scenes that had some of us bawling our eyes out, and here are the games that made this (silly, silly, silly) year one to remember.
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Video Games
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Video Games
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So…2024 was a hell of a year. Both eventful and in some respects…hellish. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some high points. We had a series of favorites when it came to television series:
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Television
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Television
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Television
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December 26, 2024 at 4:28 PM
So…2024 was a hell of a year. Both eventful and in some respects…hellish. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some high points. We had a series of favorites when it came to television series:
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Television
BNP Staff Favorites for 2024: Television
Nothing convincing me that Denver was not actively trying to lose that game in OT. That was wild to watch
December 29, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Nothing convincing me that Denver was not actively trying to lose that game in OT. That was wild to watch
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"I’m a be real, seeing Ciri do what she doing in this trailer and…I think I’m good. WE GOOD. We bout to eat y’all."- #TheWitcherIV Trailer Review via @williamevanswrites.bsky.social
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Ciri Back to Deal With These Monsters in The Witcher 4 Trailer
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December 13, 2024 at 4:31 PM
"I’m a be real, seeing Ciri do what she doing in this trailer and…I think I’m good. WE GOOD. We bout to eat y’all."- #TheWitcherIV Trailer Review via @williamevanswrites.bsky.social
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I cannot stop watching Mike Tomlin in Hard Knocks AFC North. This shit is legendary.
December 5, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I cannot stop watching Mike Tomlin in Hard Knocks AFC North. This shit is legendary.
Same
I know he hits on crazy plays downfield and there are always defenders with eyes on him but man - I do wish on some of these money downs Lamar would just take off and try to make a dude miss.
December 2, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Same
Lithub was generous enough to publish what ended up being the last essay from the @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social collection in 2021. Chadwick made an outsized impression on me and his passing affected me ways other celebrities simply have not. lithub.com/wakanda-fore...
Wakanda Forever: How the Black Panther Salute Links the Black Community
We catch it at about the 45-second mark of the second Black Panther trailer. Chadwick Boseman, aka T’Challa, aka the Black Panther, is walking through an Afrofuturistic lab where he greets Shuri, t…
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November 30, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Lithub was generous enough to publish what ended up being the last essay from the @blacknerdproblems.bsky.social collection in 2021. Chadwick made an outsized impression on me and his passing affected me ways other celebrities simply have not. lithub.com/wakanda-fore...
We really need to bring public shaming back because if Kendrick didn't already persuade people to stop playing Drake's music, this should make it ILLEGAL to knock his stuff.
Imagine starting a battle rap and losing so completely, you call the police.
November 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM
We really need to bring public shaming back because if Kendrick didn't already persuade people to stop playing Drake's music, this should make it ILLEGAL to knock his stuff.
Aiight, if Drake ever drops “n__ga” in an interview or a track, we have to legitimately treat him like white folks. It has to be on sight and it has to be unquestioned.
Drake has launched a second legal action against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” accusing the music giant of defamation and claiming it could have halted the release of a song “falsely accusing him of being a sex offender”
Drake Files Second Action Against UMG, Alleging Defamation Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘False’ Song
Drake has launched a second legal action against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” accusing the music giant of defamation.
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November 26, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Aiight, if Drake ever drops “n__ga” in an interview or a track, we have to legitimately treat him like white folks. It has to be on sight and it has to be unquestioned.
My only issue with the Mustard! yell getting so much attention is that there are like three great meme worthy lines / hooks from that song we can work into the catalog. "But it's not enough", "TV off" / "turn this TV off" and "well, somebody's gotta do it" are all bangers for memes.
November 25, 2024 at 2:35 PM
My only issue with the Mustard! yell getting so much attention is that there are like three great meme worthy lines / hooks from that song we can work into the catalog. "But it's not enough", "TV off" / "turn this TV off" and "well, somebody's gotta do it" are all bangers for memes.
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Storm series writer Murewa Ayodele stopped by to talk about the current ongoing, Ororo's music play list, and death creeping round the corner for our fave [full interview linked] youtu.be/kmqV0-9GkhY?...
November 21, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Storm series writer Murewa Ayodele stopped by to talk about the current ongoing, Ororo's music play list, and death creeping round the corner for our fave [full interview linked] youtu.be/kmqV0-9GkhY?...
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Metaphor is my game of the year. i asked director Hashino a very specific question.
He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Review | The year’s smartest game asks: Is civil democracy just a fantasy?
“Metaphor: ReFantazio” is the most audacious, exciting video game story of the year as it chronicles the birth of democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Metaphor is my game of the year. i asked director Hashino a very specific question.
He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
I didn't plan to write about teaching again this week or about hate in my city, but when your students ask you about it, well, you respond.
Often the Answer is the Existence of the Question in the First Place
Hate groups marching on the city wasn't originally on the lesson plan, and yet...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I didn't plan to write about teaching again this week or about hate in my city, but when your students ask you about it, well, you respond.
Seeing the Ichiro for HOF or we riot posts and y'all must be on the premium package if you think *baseball writers* are making him only the second unanimous choice in history. I still think that Mariano's vote was a miscommunication between dudes that were supposed to follow protocol, lol.
November 19, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Seeing the Ichiro for HOF or we riot posts and y'all must be on the premium package if you think *baseball writers* are making him only the second unanimous choice in history. I still think that Mariano's vote was a miscommunication between dudes that were supposed to follow protocol, lol.
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"All in all, #InteriorChinatown is late entry in 2024’s must watch TV, but it definitely earns a spot at least on my list..." - @chimericnotion.bsky.social
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November 18, 2024 at 10:43 PM
"All in all, #InteriorChinatown is late entry in 2024’s must watch TV, but it definitely earns a spot at least on my list..." - @chimericnotion.bsky.social
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blacknerdproblems.com/looking-into...
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For Your Consideration…Oscar Worthy Movie Shorts to Look For
"Here's a few short films that you will definitely find yourself rooting for after witnessing the power that can get packed into a well written, acted, and shot 10-50 minute production."
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"Here's a few short films that you will definitely find yourself rooting for after witnessing the power that can get packed into a well written, acted, and shot 10-50 minute production."
blacknerdproblems.com/oscar-worthy...
November 18, 2024 at 10:57 PM
For Your Consideration…Oscar Worthy Movie Shorts to Look For
"Here's a few short films that you will definitely find yourself rooting for after witnessing the power that can get packed into a well written, acted, and shot 10-50 minute production."
blacknerdproblems.com/oscar-worthy...
"Here's a few short films that you will definitely find yourself rooting for after witnessing the power that can get packed into a well written, acted, and shot 10-50 minute production."
blacknerdproblems.com/oscar-worthy...
I had been thinking that DanDaDan was cute and enjoyable and incredibly ridiculous to the point where the novelty may wear off soon and then the latest episode was like the saddest funeral ever and gotdamn now you have my attention.
November 18, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I had been thinking that DanDaDan was cute and enjoyable and incredibly ridiculous to the point where the novelty may wear off soon and then the latest episode was like the saddest funeral ever and gotdamn now you have my attention.
AGREED
Noone got shafted by an author harder than Konan in that fight with Tobi's punk ass in Naruto.
November 18, 2024 at 11:51 AM
AGREED
For real travel more for my daughter's softball games than I did when I was touring a new book
November 15, 2024 at 10:22 PM
For real travel more for my daughter's softball games than I did when I was touring a new book
Strohl might legit be the best emcee in the Atlas universe. Except for Louis. Louis is like Tyrant Rakim
Strohl's awakening in Metaphor is giving soap-box battle rapper.
November 15, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Strohl might legit be the best emcee in the Atlas universe. Except for Louis. Louis is like Tyrant Rakim
Trying some new ish:
Inspired by the new platform and recognizing that I very firmly disengaged from most everything the last couple of years, this is one of my steps from being in the world, again. Going to try to publish twice a week. Containing many a multitudes
open.substack.com/pub/willtoth...
Inspired by the new platform and recognizing that I very firmly disengaged from most everything the last couple of years, this is one of my steps from being in the world, again. Going to try to publish twice a week. Containing many a multitudes
open.substack.com/pub/willtoth...
Have Empathy, Will Travel
Teaching and the idea of teaching has not been a straight path for me.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Trying some new ish:
Inspired by the new platform and recognizing that I very firmly disengaged from most everything the last couple of years, this is one of my steps from being in the world, again. Going to try to publish twice a week. Containing many a multitudes
open.substack.com/pub/willtoth...
Inspired by the new platform and recognizing that I very firmly disengaged from most everything the last couple of years, this is one of my steps from being in the world, again. Going to try to publish twice a week. Containing many a multitudes
open.substack.com/pub/willtoth...
Man, I hate piling on Luka, but at that point in the game, you only throw that pass if you are confident that dude won't ya know, pay attention and halfway extend his arm. Wild.
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November 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Man, I hate piling on Luka, but at that point in the game, you only throw that pass if you are confident that dude won't ya know, pay attention and halfway extend his arm. Wild.
The homie @divineblkpearl.bsky.social
#Uzuamki was supposed to break the "Junji Ito Adaptation Curse.” What happened?
‘Uzumaki’ Series Results in Being Fumbled and Forgettable
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November 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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