Mark Phillips
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I keep up no new monthly comics anymore + am entrenched in these backlog reading orders.
I am however trying to stay current on Absolute & Ultimate universes via TPB.
Saw a post where someone suggested DC and Marvel need to do a crossover event that leads into Absolute Ultimate Amalgam. I concur.
I am however trying to stay current on Absolute & Ultimate universes via TPB.
Saw a post where someone suggested DC and Marvel need to do a crossover event that leads into Absolute Ultimate Amalgam. I concur.
December 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I keep up no new monthly comics anymore + am entrenched in these backlog reading orders.
I am however trying to stay current on Absolute & Ultimate universes via TPB.
Saw a post where someone suggested DC and Marvel need to do a crossover event that leads into Absolute Ultimate Amalgam. I concur.
I am however trying to stay current on Absolute & Ultimate universes via TPB.
Saw a post where someone suggested DC and Marvel need to do a crossover event that leads into Absolute Ultimate Amalgam. I concur.
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I'm not in marketing but an angry guy shrieking "Guess what asshole...AI isn't going away so you might as well accept it!" doesn't strike me as the way you'd pitch an ostensibly useful product
December 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm not in marketing but an angry guy shrieking "Guess what asshole...AI isn't going away so you might as well accept it!" doesn't strike me as the way you'd pitch an ostensibly useful product
Realizing as I wrap up the 6 replay that I have at this point played & completed almost all Resident Evil content at least once.
Not counting obvious multiplayer or points focused games - Survivor 2: Code Veronica, Mercenaries, Umbrella Corps, Resistance, Re: Verse.
Not counting obvious multiplayer or points focused games - Survivor 2: Code Veronica, Mercenaries, Umbrella Corps, Resistance, Re: Verse.
December 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Realizing as I wrap up the 6 replay that I have at this point played & completed almost all Resident Evil content at least once.
Not counting obvious multiplayer or points focused games - Survivor 2: Code Veronica, Mercenaries, Umbrella Corps, Resistance, Re: Verse.
Not counting obvious multiplayer or points focused games - Survivor 2: Code Veronica, Mercenaries, Umbrella Corps, Resistance, Re: Verse.
Mission Impossible III
Awfully dark & forgettable script imo, notable as Abram’s film directorial debut
Hoffman’s a killer bad guy though(can’t believe he’s been gone almost 12 years)
More fun mid-aughts tv cameos, JJ regular Greg Grunberg & pre-Breaking Bad Aaron Paul as…Ethan’s brother in law?
Awfully dark & forgettable script imo, notable as Abram’s film directorial debut
Hoffman’s a killer bad guy though(can’t believe he’s been gone almost 12 years)
More fun mid-aughts tv cameos, JJ regular Greg Grunberg & pre-Breaking Bad Aaron Paul as…Ethan’s brother in law?
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mission Impossible III
Awfully dark & forgettable script imo, notable as Abram’s film directorial debut
Hoffman’s a killer bad guy though(can’t believe he’s been gone almost 12 years)
More fun mid-aughts tv cameos, JJ regular Greg Grunberg & pre-Breaking Bad Aaron Paul as…Ethan’s brother in law?
Awfully dark & forgettable script imo, notable as Abram’s film directorial debut
Hoffman’s a killer bad guy though(can’t believe he’s been gone almost 12 years)
More fun mid-aughts tv cameos, JJ regular Greg Grunberg & pre-Breaking Bad Aaron Paul as…Ethan’s brother in law?
Kinda feels complicated, but I guess my key to single focus & enjoyment is…take breaks.
Don’t mind tearing through half year of a comic or month of tv in a day if not back to back, 30m-ish at a time.
Games tire multiple parts on occasion, but around 2 hours, as they usually pace more akin to film.
Don’t mind tearing through half year of a comic or month of tv in a day if not back to back, 30m-ish at a time.
Games tire multiple parts on occasion, but around 2 hours, as they usually pace more akin to film.
December 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Kinda feels complicated, but I guess my key to single focus & enjoyment is…take breaks.
Don’t mind tearing through half year of a comic or month of tv in a day if not back to back, 30m-ish at a time.
Games tire multiple parts on occasion, but around 2 hours, as they usually pace more akin to film.
Don’t mind tearing through half year of a comic or month of tv in a day if not back to back, 30m-ish at a time.
Games tire multiple parts on occasion, but around 2 hours, as they usually pace more akin to film.
Gaming:
Hardest to solo focus because I do really often have my fill after a “chapter” which usually seems about 45-75 minutes, but easier to push through a second and clock say 100 minutes of play over 2 hours than balance two differently paced games over the same time frame.
Hardest to solo focus because I do really often have my fill after a “chapter” which usually seems about 45-75 minutes, but easier to push through a second and clock say 100 minutes of play over 2 hours than balance two differently paced games over the same time frame.
December 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Gaming:
Hardest to solo focus because I do really often have my fill after a “chapter” which usually seems about 45-75 minutes, but easier to push through a second and clock say 100 minutes of play over 2 hours than balance two differently paced games over the same time frame.
Hardest to solo focus because I do really often have my fill after a “chapter” which usually seems about 45-75 minutes, but easier to push through a second and clock say 100 minutes of play over 2 hours than balance two differently paced games over the same time frame.
Sticking to movies on fully open days & mostly roulette unless I want to work through a franchise.
TV keeping to about a 1 hour limit:
Obviously hour show is 1/day.
Half hour(20m) I don’t mind 2 or 3 episodes but have to take breaks. One early-one late, or say broken up by a gaming session.
TV keeping to about a 1 hour limit:
Obviously hour show is 1/day.
Half hour(20m) I don’t mind 2 or 3 episodes but have to take breaks. One early-one late, or say broken up by a gaming session.
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Sticking to movies on fully open days & mostly roulette unless I want to work through a franchise.
TV keeping to about a 1 hour limit:
Obviously hour show is 1/day.
Half hour(20m) I don’t mind 2 or 3 episodes but have to take breaks. One early-one late, or say broken up by a gaming session.
TV keeping to about a 1 hour limit:
Obviously hour show is 1/day.
Half hour(20m) I don’t mind 2 or 3 episodes but have to take breaks. One early-one late, or say broken up by a gaming session.
Reading:
Tried cramming 2 sessions morning/night, but concluded my ideal comfort is about two issues/chapters at a time (more page count than story progress, like 50-ish for comics, 20-30 for a novel)
But can usually dip in 2 or 3 times a day rather than binge 100 pages or 1 part each of a bunch.
Tried cramming 2 sessions morning/night, but concluded my ideal comfort is about two issues/chapters at a time (more page count than story progress, like 50-ish for comics, 20-30 for a novel)
But can usually dip in 2 or 3 times a day rather than binge 100 pages or 1 part each of a bunch.
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reading:
Tried cramming 2 sessions morning/night, but concluded my ideal comfort is about two issues/chapters at a time (more page count than story progress, like 50-ish for comics, 20-30 for a novel)
But can usually dip in 2 or 3 times a day rather than binge 100 pages or 1 part each of a bunch.
Tried cramming 2 sessions morning/night, but concluded my ideal comfort is about two issues/chapters at a time (more page count than story progress, like 50-ish for comics, 20-30 for a novel)
But can usually dip in 2 or 3 times a day rather than binge 100 pages or 1 part each of a bunch.
Reserving the right to change my mind at any time, but easing up on my regimented restrictions, I think after almost an entire year tinkering with free time, I may have (almost) finally gotten myself down to engaging with 1 piece of media per format at a time.
December 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reserving the right to change my mind at any time, but easing up on my regimented restrictions, I think after almost an entire year tinkering with free time, I may have (almost) finally gotten myself down to engaging with 1 piece of media per format at a time.
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A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sex Bomb-adil.
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
Halfway point of Spider-Woman, not aware it aired just 1 year after the character debuted. Explains lack of known comic villains.
Also Sony IP sale didn’t click until you see it in text, crazy it took re-partnership with Disney and then the Spider-Verse movies to start utilizing so many characters.
Also Sony IP sale didn’t click until you see it in text, crazy it took re-partnership with Disney and then the Spider-Verse movies to start utilizing so many characters.
December 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Halfway point of Spider-Woman, not aware it aired just 1 year after the character debuted. Explains lack of known comic villains.
Also Sony IP sale didn’t click until you see it in text, crazy it took re-partnership with Disney and then the Spider-Verse movies to start utilizing so many characters.
Also Sony IP sale didn’t click until you see it in text, crazy it took re-partnership with Disney and then the Spider-Verse movies to start utilizing so many characters.
Resident Evil character age updates w/spoilers as of 2026:
Leon is pushing 50 or over in Requiem depending on its timeframe (alleged 2026-2028)
Revelations 2:
Moira Burton (and 6’s Jake Muller) are about 34-35
Natalia Korda (still afaik “possessed” by Alex Wesker) is now 25.
Leon is pushing 50 or over in Requiem depending on its timeframe (alleged 2026-2028)
Revelations 2:
Moira Burton (and 6’s Jake Muller) are about 34-35
Natalia Korda (still afaik “possessed” by Alex Wesker) is now 25.
December 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Resident Evil character age updates w/spoilers as of 2026:
Leon is pushing 50 or over in Requiem depending on its timeframe (alleged 2026-2028)
Revelations 2:
Moira Burton (and 6’s Jake Muller) are about 34-35
Natalia Korda (still afaik “possessed” by Alex Wesker) is now 25.
Leon is pushing 50 or over in Requiem depending on its timeframe (alleged 2026-2028)
Revelations 2:
Moira Burton (and 6’s Jake Muller) are about 34-35
Natalia Korda (still afaik “possessed” by Alex Wesker) is now 25.
Had time for 1 short season before Stranger Things wraps.
1979 Spider-Woman has gotta be the worst Kingpin interpretation I’ve ever seen.
Don’t dislike but not crazy engaging, it’s just Lynda Carter Wonder Woman as a cartoon with style carryover from 1967 Spidey that’s not as goofily meme-able.
1979 Spider-Woman has gotta be the worst Kingpin interpretation I’ve ever seen.
Don’t dislike but not crazy engaging, it’s just Lynda Carter Wonder Woman as a cartoon with style carryover from 1967 Spidey that’s not as goofily meme-able.
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Had time for 1 short season before Stranger Things wraps.
1979 Spider-Woman has gotta be the worst Kingpin interpretation I’ve ever seen.
Don’t dislike but not crazy engaging, it’s just Lynda Carter Wonder Woman as a cartoon with style carryover from 1967 Spidey that’s not as goofily meme-able.
1979 Spider-Woman has gotta be the worst Kingpin interpretation I’ve ever seen.
Don’t dislike but not crazy engaging, it’s just Lynda Carter Wonder Woman as a cartoon with style carryover from 1967 Spidey that’s not as goofily meme-able.
Sleeping a couple nights I’m a bit more positive on Derry. Far from perfect, and debatable such spinoffs/continuations need to exist, but back half was pretty compelling.
Cool story beats and great effects & shots + more Bill Skarsgard, as long as you don’t dwell on character motivations & actions.
Cool story beats and great effects & shots + more Bill Skarsgard, as long as you don’t dwell on character motivations & actions.
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Sleeping a couple nights I’m a bit more positive on Derry. Far from perfect, and debatable such spinoffs/continuations need to exist, but back half was pretty compelling.
Cool story beats and great effects & shots + more Bill Skarsgard, as long as you don’t dwell on character motivations & actions.
Cool story beats and great effects & shots + more Bill Skarsgard, as long as you don’t dwell on character motivations & actions.
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
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If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
Cool this got announced, but tragically hilarious to me that the only Mega Man games I outright love, Legends, is the last series uncollected. Likewise, they do not have an Official Works artbook yet either as all the others do.
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection (PS5/Switch) up for preorder at PNP ($39.99) buff.ly/TQupA0w #ad
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Cool this got announced, but tragically hilarious to me that the only Mega Man games I outright love, Legends, is the last series uncollected. Likewise, they do not have an Official Works artbook yet either as all the others do.
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The actors who didn't get hired for the Peacock adaptation of Clue.
December 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The actors who didn't get hired for the Peacock adaptation of Clue.
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People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
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If the AI invasion of the game industry has got you down, don’t forget there’s decades-worth of games that weren’t created with AI. Revisit your backlog and browse old magazines for treasures!
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If the AI invasion of the game industry has got you down, don’t forget there’s decades-worth of games that weren’t created with AI. Revisit your backlog and browse old magazines for treasures!
Still dislike the never ending IP churn of stories stacked onto finite works and my own viewing contributions to their continuation + the setup for another season & tethers to other King work feel pretty sloppy
But the back half of Welcome to Derry was much more compelling overall than the first.
But the back half of Welcome to Derry was much more compelling overall than the first.
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Still dislike the never ending IP churn of stories stacked onto finite works and my own viewing contributions to their continuation + the setup for another season & tethers to other King work feel pretty sloppy
But the back half of Welcome to Derry was much more compelling overall than the first.
But the back half of Welcome to Derry was much more compelling overall than the first.
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"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip