Amy Ziegfeld
@amyz.bsky.social
Disability rights attorney, feminist, writer, incompetent artist, lover of games. Former comic book reviewer.
Wait... Huh? What? Huh?
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Wait... Huh? What? Huh?
Perhaps the reason Gamers are bad is because video games are bad for your brain.
July 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Perhaps the reason Gamers are bad is because video games are bad for your brain.
Still not the most embarrassing thing about the Criterion release of Watership Down, though...
June 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Still not the most embarrassing thing about the Criterion release of Watership Down, though...
He also complains about animation being treated as a genre rather than a medium.
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
He also complains about animation being treated as a genre rather than a medium.
Gonna tell my kids this is Star Wars.
June 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Gonna tell my kids this is Star Wars.
Been seeing this compilation cover for over a decade and only today, while riding the elevator after dropping my daughter off at day care, did I realize the title is a pun on the colloquial phrase "it's not the heat, it's the humidity."
May 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Been seeing this compilation cover for over a decade and only today, while riding the elevator after dropping my daughter off at day care, did I realize the title is a pun on the colloquial phrase "it's not the heat, it's the humidity."
e.g. look at this nonsense:
May 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
e.g. look at this nonsense:
If you've ever thought "I wonder what sort of dress Kim Cattrall wore to the Cable Ace Awards in 1992, prompting a sly comment from Crow T. Robot in his song 'Kim Cattrall,' sung during Mystery Science Theater 3000, Episode 403, City Limits?" Well, here's your answer:
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you've ever thought "I wonder what sort of dress Kim Cattrall wore to the Cable Ace Awards in 1992, prompting a sly comment from Crow T. Robot in his song 'Kim Cattrall,' sung during Mystery Science Theater 3000, Episode 403, City Limits?" Well, here's your answer:
They almost had me (editorial note: They did not almost have me) up until this part:
May 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
They almost had me (editorial note: They did not almost have me) up until this part:
All these "gamers" complaining about $500 consoles and $80 games when a simple pair of running shorts cost $1,250! Git, as they say, gud.
April 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
All these "gamers" complaining about $500 consoles and $80 games when a simple pair of running shorts cost $1,250! Git, as they say, gud.
But all that bootlicking and ass-kissing is worth it when it leads to the kind of story you can't get anywhere else: An interview with David Axelrod!
April 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
But all that bootlicking and ass-kissing is worth it when it leads to the kind of story you can't get anywhere else: An interview with David Axelrod!
Puck's after-action report on the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Excited to see all the hard-hitting journalism that blooms from the relationships created by an evening hanging out with right-wing lobbyists!
April 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Puck's after-action report on the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Excited to see all the hard-hitting journalism that blooms from the relationships created by an evening hanging out with right-wing lobbyists!
Thought I'd check out Conclave from the library and... welp...
April 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thought I'd check out Conclave from the library and... welp...
Thus is purely anecdotal, and maybe things will change or are different elsewhere, but: My local Gamestop got an allotment of 90 Switch 2 pre-orders (35 bundles, 55 console-only) as of now, an hour before store opening, there are about 26 people lined up.
April 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thus is purely anecdotal, and maybe things will change or are different elsewhere, but: My local Gamestop got an allotment of 90 Switch 2 pre-orders (35 bundles, 55 console-only) as of now, an hour before store opening, there are about 26 people lined up.
"Please support the WHCA in the important and brave work they would be doing, if only they could make the journey to the Emerald City and convince the Wizard to grant them the gift of courage."
April 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Please support the WHCA in the important and brave work they would be doing, if only they could make the journey to the Emerald City and convince the Wizard to grant them the gift of courage."
Maine and Vermont: True FDR Haters.
April 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Maine and Vermont: True FDR Haters.
God, they only really got off the ground a few years before smartphones. Such a great idea! They could have had decades of success if only someone had come up with the idea sooner! But they had their million dollar idea literally months before it became obsolete.
April 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
God, they only really got off the ground a few years before smartphones. Such a great idea! They could have had decades of success if only someone had come up with the idea sooner! But they had their million dollar idea literally months before it became obsolete.
I took an English lit course in which the professor contrasted these two verses in Rime of the Ancient Mariner. She asked what they could mean
Student: They were going South, now they're going North.
Prof: Possibly. Or maybe they entered the Southern hemisphere where the sun rises on the other side!
Student: They were going South, now they're going North.
Prof: Possibly. Or maybe they entered the Southern hemisphere where the sun rises on the other side!
April 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I took an English lit course in which the professor contrasted these two verses in Rime of the Ancient Mariner. She asked what they could mean
Student: They were going South, now they're going North.
Prof: Possibly. Or maybe they entered the Southern hemisphere where the sun rises on the other side!
Student: They were going South, now they're going North.
Prof: Possibly. Or maybe they entered the Southern hemisphere where the sun rises on the other side!
Me, to every character in the The White Lotus at various times during this last episode:
April 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Me, to every character in the The White Lotus at various times during this last episode:
When it's between July 15th and July 31st, and I see a bag of Late July chips in the grocery story.
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
When it's between July 15th and July 31st, and I see a bag of Late July chips in the grocery story.
Imagine having to prove to four different people that you bought Amadeus on DVD.
April 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Imagine having to prove to four different people that you bought Amadeus on DVD.
Ugh, I borrowed the Criterion Collection release of M, a favorite of mine, from the library, but apparently it's an early release where the only special feature is "we did a nice digital transfer!" And there's a later release with MUCH more good stuff. Guess it's time to shell out the big bucks...
March 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Ugh, I borrowed the Criterion Collection release of M, a favorite of mine, from the library, but apparently it's an early release where the only special feature is "we did a nice digital transfer!" And there's a later release with MUCH more good stuff. Guess it's time to shell out the big bucks...
I like that one of the special features in the Criterion edition of Armageddon is an essay on the subject "No, we did not make a mistake putting Armageddon in the Criterion Collection."
March 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I like that one of the special features in the Criterion edition of Armageddon is an essay on the subject "No, we did not make a mistake putting Armageddon in the Criterion Collection."
They report on all kinds of subject matter, but the one beat Puck absolutely owns is "stories about people telling Puck what a great job Puck is doing reporting (the folks praising them, often, being the sources for the stories Puck reported)." Absolutely second to none.
March 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
They report on all kinds of subject matter, but the one beat Puck absolutely owns is "stories about people telling Puck what a great job Puck is doing reporting (the folks praising them, often, being the sources for the stories Puck reported)." Absolutely second to none.