Pointlessly Rehashing, Rewatching, Rereading, Replaying, Rewinding, and Reviewing Pop Culture
We are now into the top half of my rankings of the first season of The X-Files. All of the remaining episodes are thoroughly watchable and enjoyable to varying degrees. However, with higher quality episodes comes less for me to…
Read More Ranking The Episodes of The X-Files Season 1 – #9-12
Hi all, get ready for #13-16 in my rankings of the Season 1 episodes of The X-Files. I promise that this post will be at least as mediocre as these episodes. Check out my previous rankings for #21-24 and #17-20. #16. Episode…
Read More Ranking the Episodes of The X-Files Season 1 – #13-16
Note: I published a version of this post a week ago but WordPress makes it much too easy to roll back a post to an earlier draft without any chance of recovering the later version. Siggghhhh...which means most of what…
Read More Video Game Level Reviews – The Last of Us Chapter 4 (“Pittsburgh”)
Hi all, I'm continuing through my irrefutable rankings of the first season X-Files episodes. Last time, I talked about Space, Shapes, Ghost in the Machines, and The Jersey Devil. Those episodes for the most part were irredeemable. The episodes on…
Read More Ranking the Episodes of The X-Files Season 1 – #17-20
I have a serious problem when it comes to re-watching television shows. I tend to enjoy my subsequent viewings more than my first viewing so my TV is usually inundated with repeats of stuff I've already seen. Not a problem…
Read More Ranking the Episodes of The X-Files Season 1 – #21-24
Super Mario Odyssey is a great experience but the Cap Kingdom was a mediocre opening to the game. It was short, bland and there was very little in the form of platforming or exploration. Cascade Kingdom feels more in line…
Read More Video Game Level Reviews – “Cascade Kingdom” From Super Mario Odyssey
Boy it's a good thing that I have mentally checked out of the mythology in Seasons 10 and 11. Otherwise, My Struggle IV would have left me frothing in rage. As it is, I am merely amused by how poorly…
Read More My Struggle V – AKA My Experience Watching The X-Files S11E10 (“My Struggle IV”)
"Bill's Town" puts the brakes on the overarching storyline to give Joel and Ellie's burgeoning camaraderie some room to breathe. Its subtle, sweet, and nuanced and its coupled with some phenomenal small town atmosphere. Unfortunately, the gameplay in this level…
Read More Video Game Level Reviews – The Last of Us Chapter 3 (“Bill’s Town”)
I consider myself a Mario fan despite not really playing many of the games between Super Mario World and....well Mario Odyssey. Despite this huge gap in my resume, I have such fond memories of the original NES trilogy, Super Mario…
Read More Video Game Level Reviews: Super Mario Odyssey – “Cap Kingdom”
"Outskirts" is the first level where The Last of Us takes off the training wheels and let's you loose. Not that the first two levels were childish or anything (I mean the prologue was about a child) but they were…
Read More Video Game Level Reviews – The Last of Us Chapter 2 (“Outskirts”)
