The column is about "Dave's" brand cigarettes, which had a made-up backstory about being hand-crafted by some made-up guy named Dave. Read this shit, this guy was spitting fire

I finished it twice (the second time with the DLC expansion included) and can't blame anyone for bouncing off. Some of the later bosses require nerves of steel and a cleared schedule to grind them out, specially if you're not using specific abilities/guns to optimize the fights.

"Well that's a very interesting and non political figurine".

When I started reading the articles it reminded me of Phil Spector, and in that case he was apparently so annoying to work with that he had to go through several lawyer firms.

Chrono Trigger or FFVI for something more traditional, Terranigma, Final Fantasy Tactics/Advance Wars in case you dig strategy games, and MOON RPG in case you want to try something more out there (although beware: definitely play it with a guide at hand bc it's REALLY obtuse sometimes).

I've been going through a marathon of his filmography (saw Twin Peaks 1-3 a long time ago and had very vague memories of Lost Highway) and tbf that could apply to some parts of his movies. There are two common tropes that I've noticed though:
1. Lots of sex scenes
2. Old pop songs (Roy Orbison e.g.)