Josh Jackson
@joshjackson.bsky.social
President, Paste Media
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I put together The A.V. Club's best anime of 2025 list; this year was rounded out by moving historical epics, queer body horror, and plenty of wonderful weirdos.
Also, if you've been hoping for general pop culture sites to pay more attention to anime, AVC will do so going forward, spread the word!
Also, if you've been hoping for general pop culture sites to pay more attention to anime, AVC will do so going forward, spread the word!
The A.V. Club's 10 best anime of 2025
2025 delivered a wide range of worthwhile anime for both newcomers and anime veterans alike. After plumbing the depths, here are the 10 best.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I put together The A.V. Club's best anime of 2025 list; this year was rounded out by moving historical epics, queer body horror, and plenty of wonderful weirdos.
Also, if you've been hoping for general pop culture sites to pay more attention to anime, AVC will do so going forward, spread the word!
Also, if you've been hoping for general pop culture sites to pay more attention to anime, AVC will do so going forward, spread the word!
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We finally watched 'em all! Here is The A.V. Club's best 25 films of the year, unassailable and fully correct as always: www.avclub.com/best-films-2...
The A.V. Club's 25 best films of 2025
The best films of 2025 are a last angry hurrah from a film industry consolidating and capitulating at a frightening pace.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We finally watched 'em all! Here is The A.V. Club's best 25 films of the year, unassailable and fully correct as always: www.avclub.com/best-films-2...
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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.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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...
It's not that impressive that a band named themselves Gas Station Boner Pills, but it is impressive that their press release made it past my spam filter.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It's not that impressive that a band named themselves Gas Station Boner Pills, but it is impressive that their press release made it past my spam filter.
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Wrote about the new Gallup poll showing record high support for immigration. It's almost like Democratic popularists don't have a fucking clue what they're talking about! www.splinter.com/new-poll-sho...
New Poll Shows Record-High Support for Immigration
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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July 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wrote about the new Gallup poll showing record high support for immigration. It's almost like Democratic popularists don't have a fucking clue what they're talking about! www.splinter.com/new-poll-sho...
The Outer Wilds, Nine Sols, And Embracing The End www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
The Outer Wilds, Nine Sols, And Embracing The End - Endless Mode
Nine Sols and The Outer Wilds are two very different games, tonally and mechanically, but both beautifully explore accepting the end.
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July 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Outer Wilds, Nine Sols, And Embracing The End www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
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Spinal Tap: The band we need right now, again -- On the eve of another momentous performance, we reflect on the legacy of these rock heroes. #SpinalTap #ThisIsSpinalTap #SpinalTap2 www.pastemagazine.com/article/spin...
Spinal Tap: The Band We Need Right Now, Again
On the eve of another historic reunion, we reflect on the undeniable rock greatness of the immortal Spinal Tap.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Spinal Tap: The band we need right now, again -- On the eve of another momentous performance, we reflect on the legacy of these rock heroes. #SpinalTap #ThisIsSpinalTap #SpinalTap2 www.pastemagazine.com/article/spin...
One of the things, I'm most excited about for @endlessmode.bsky.social is the expanded anime coverage from @elijahgonzalez.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/anime/anime/...
The 10 Best Anime Series of 2025, So Far
2025 has already given us plenty of excellent anime, and we're counting down the ten best so far, from popular sequels to hidden gems.
www.endlessmode.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One of the things, I'm most excited about for @endlessmode.bsky.social is the expanded anime coverage from @elijahgonzalez.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/anime/anime/...
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For my first piece at Endless Mode, I tried to make sense of the everything while playing Mario Kart World. Fortunately, I've had the cow.
It's an incredibly stressful and frightening world right now, but on the bright side, we do get to play as the cow in Mario Kart World. @platanoranger.bsky.social extols the joy of this year's best new video game character. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
At Least I Get to Be the Cow
It's an incredibly stressful and frightening world right now, but on the bright side, we do get to play as the cow in Mario Kart World.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
For my first piece at Endless Mode, I tried to make sense of the everything while playing Mario Kart World. Fortunately, I've had the cow.
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Welcome to Endless Mode: infinite possibilities in games, anime, theme parks, and more. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
Endless Mode: It's the New Thing
Welcome to Endless Mode: infinite possibilities in games, anime, theme parks, and a whole lot more--like, uh, pinball.
www.endlessmode.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Welcome to Endless Mode: infinite possibilities in games, anime, theme parks, and more. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
Endless Mode launch day is here! A new home for great writing about games, anime and more - www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
Endless Mode: It's the New Thing
Welcome to Endless Mode: infinite possibilities in games, anime, theme parks, and a whole lot more--like, uh, pinball.
www.endlessmode.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Endless Mode launch day is here! A new home for great writing about games, anime and more - www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
I don't want to freak out Fox News, but there was an Irish invasion at our Lake Michigan border last March.
June 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don't want to freak out Fox News, but there was an Irish invasion at our Lake Michigan border last March.
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An ode to the lowliest (deepest?) horror subgenre: Shark movies. From Shark Exorcist to House Shark, Sharks of the Corn, and beyond. #horrormovies #sharks #sharkweek www.pastemagazine.com/article/shar...
An Ode to the Lowliest (Deepest?) Horror Subgenre: Shark Movies
It's always Shark Week when it comes to horror movies. We look at the wonderful, wet, toothy world of shark movies.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
An ode to the lowliest (deepest?) horror subgenre: Shark movies. From Shark Exorcist to House Shark, Sharks of the Corn, and beyond. #horrormovies #sharks #sharkweek www.pastemagazine.com/article/shar...
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Ain’t that somethin’? I wonder what changed between then and now…
June 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ain’t that somethin’? I wonder what changed between then and now…
Sufjan Stevens opens up about his two (IMO) masterpieces, Illinois and Carry & Lowell, in this cover story from @yogurttowne.bsky.social: www.pastemagazine.com/music/sufjan...
COVER STORY | Sufjan Stevens Communicates With Ghosts
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sufjan Stevens opens up about his two (IMO) masterpieces, Illinois and Carry & Lowell, in this cover story from @yogurttowne.bsky.social: www.pastemagazine.com/music/sufjan...
You still have time to read the books. They're short! And outstanding!
Murderbot premieres on Apple TV+ in May.
Alexander Skarsgård's Murderbot just wants to watch soap operas in new trailer
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April 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You still have time to read the books. They're short! And outstanding!
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a lot of people think you need a lot of money to buy clothes. now you're right. ok. my bad.
April 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
a lot of people think you need a lot of money to buy clothes. now you're right. ok. my bad.
We just surpassed 500 million views on YouTube on the Paste Channel. So many amazing sessions here: www.youtube.com/pastemagazine
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Find tens of thousands of live performance videos at PasteMagazine.com—a leading online destination for pop-culture enthusiasts covering music, movies, TV, books, video games, beer, comics and just ab...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We just surpassed 500 million views on YouTube on the Paste Channel. So many amazing sessions here: www.youtube.com/pastemagazine
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went to New York for 20 hours to write this thing
The Nintendo Switch 2 comes out in early June, and we've already played it. Here are our hands-on impressions of Mario Kart World, Metroid Prime 4 Beyond, and more. www.pastemagazine.com/games/switch...
Metroids, Monkeys, and Mario Karts: Paste Goes Hands-On with the Nintendo Switch 2
The Nintendo Switch 2 comes out in early June, and we've already played it. Here are our hands-on impressions of Mario Kart World and more.
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April 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
went to New York for 20 hours to write this thing
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
This is a fascist administration. www.splinter.com/masked-thugs...
Masked Thugs Kidnap Another Student Off the Street
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is a fascist administration. www.splinter.com/masked-thugs...
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Career-spanning interview in the AV Club just posted.
www.avclub.com/they-might-b...
www.avclub.com/they-might-b...
They Might Be Giants' record label wanted them to start a dance craze
They Might Be Giants' record label wanted them to start a dance craze
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March 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Career-spanning interview in the AV Club just posted.
www.avclub.com/they-might-b...
www.avclub.com/they-might-b...
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Sickening, evil, totally in line with everything in No Other Land. The final footage sees a settler shoot co-director Basel Adra's cousin point-blank in the stomach with a rifle. An Oscar can't stop hate crimes
March 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Sickening, evil, totally in line with everything in No Other Land. The final footage sees a settler shoot co-director Basel Adra's cousin point-blank in the stomach with a rifle. An Oscar can't stop hate crimes
Everybody should be watching this show. Funny, thrilling, character-driven, and depressingly timely. www.pastemagazine.com/tv/common-si...
Adult Swim's Common Side Effects Defiantly Critiques the Medical-Industrial Complex
Common Side Effects is a smart, proud, brazen critique of America's insane pharmaceutical, insurance, and medical complex.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Everybody should be watching this show. Funny, thrilling, character-driven, and depressingly timely. www.pastemagazine.com/tv/common-si...
When I saw MJ Lenderman in Atlanta, I was shocked to hear him cover This Is Lorelei's "Dancing in the Club." Those two very different artists released two of my top three albums of 2024, and it felt like he was in my brain. Now the rest of the world gets to enjoy it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1on3...
This Is Lorelei - Dancing in the Club (MJ Lenderman Version)
YouTube video by Double Double Whammy
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March 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When I saw MJ Lenderman in Atlanta, I was shocked to hear him cover This Is Lorelei's "Dancing in the Club." Those two very different artists released two of my top three albums of 2024, and it felt like he was in my brain. Now the rest of the world gets to enjoy it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1on3...