Ever wondered what the deal is with New York’s hot dog carts? Perhaps even…their ideology? Do they have one? You bet! Is that a silly thing to think about! No!
Boy do I have the Substack post for you!
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"Here's what doesn't happen in war: there are no wondrous, climactic battles that leave the good guys standing tall and the bad guys lying in the dirt. Life isn't a World Wrestling Federation Smackdown. Even the people who win a war, who survive and come out the other side with the conviction that they have done something brave and necessary, don't do a lot of celebrating. There's very little chanting of 'we're number one' among people who've personally experienced war. I'm just a writer, and my main goal was always to entertain. But I've never let Animorphs turn into just another painless video game version of war, and I wasn't going to do it at the end. I've spent 60 books telling a strange, fanciful war story, sometimes very seriously, sometimes more tongue-in-cheek. I've written a lot of action and a lot of humor and a lot of sheer nonsense. But I have also, again and again, challenged readers to think about what they were reading. To think about the right and wrong, not just the who-beat-who. And to tell you the truth I'm a little shocked that so many readers seemed to believe I'd wrap it all up with a lot of high-fiving and backslapping. Wars very often end, sad to say, just as ours did: with a nearly seamless transition to another war. So, you don't like the way our little fictional war came out? You don't like Rachel dead and Tobias shattered and Jake guilt-ridden? You don't like that one war simply led to another? Fine. Pretty soon you'll all be of voting age, and of draft age. So when someone proposes a war, remember that even the most necessary wars, even the rare wars where the lines of good and evil are clear and clean, end with a lot of people dead, a lot of people crippled, and a lot of orphans, widows and grieving parents. If you're mad at me because that's what you have to take away from Animorphs, too bad. I couldn't have written it any other way and remained true to the respect I have always felt for Animorphs readers. K.A. Applegate"
"Here's what doesn't happen in war: there are no wondrous, climactic battles that leave the good guys standing tall and the bad guys lying in the dirt. Life isn't a World Wrestling Federation Smackdown."
K.A. Applegate, author of Animorphs, letting 'em know. hiracdelest.com/database/art...
devotional statue of Mary Magdalen in a cubicle completely covered in monitors, keyboards, circuit boards, cables and assorted other computer paraphernalia
Our Lady of Perpetually Online
So far my most thrilling gaming moment of 2026 is constructing a comprehensive energy grid for a derelict seaside town, y’know, in Pokemon
It’s Oscar Season (in fact it’s Oscar Day!) and we watched all the animation nominees!
Nobody hates living veterans more than Republicans. Dead veterans they can exploit in videos. But living veterans with opinions and medical needs are literally offensive to conservatives.
AFTER YOUR FIRST WEEK AT THE MALL, YOU NOTICE AN ESCALATOR THAT YOU HADN'T NOTICED BEFORE, LEADING DOWN. THERE IS NO ESCALATOR LEADING BACK UP. THIS JOB IS MISERABLE, BUT YOU'VE JUST RECEIVED A PROMOTION. NOW YOU HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH IT.
MALL OF FLESH is an upcoming RPG set in a 100-floor dungeon.
Adult Swim’s The Elephant kicked ass, and we loved talking about it!
Good time to tap the sign
[Wesley Willis voice]
We finally covered Delicious in Dungeon! Did you know that it’s good?
I am now reviewing hot dogs! Follow me and read my criticism on hot dogs! I can’t get steady work reviewing video games so I will review hot dogs instead!
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Accept people coming “leftward” but keep pushing them relentlessly
Counterpoint: yes it is
The Rams would be up two touchdowns if this was indoors and I’d be looking at what’s new on the Criterion Channel, but instead it’s tied and Stafford looks like he’s had a glimpse of how he dies
Today we are from Chicago
Wow this poster from 1941 was strangely prescient, as it's from 1941 and belongs to the commons feel free to have this, do with it what you want
Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
The worst part about being a leftist and talking to family about shit that's happening is that they make you feel crazy, and then in three years you can see that you continue to be exactly right. I remember talking about all the project 2025 shit and being brushed off as sounding conspiratorial.
Oh my god @blippo.plus hi your game wins the award for Most Creative and Inspiring Game of the year, Countertop Boredome and Quizzards were my favorite shows
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
I am always so thrilled and honored to contribute to Into The Spine’s end of year game round-ups. It’s so nice to be one name among so many and such a talented community!
There is no better virtualized activity than video game skateboarding
Former Games Journo Ryan’s Top Ten Games of the Year:
10. Assassin’s Creed Shadows
9. Skate Story
8. Donkey Kong Bananza
7. Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition
6. Kirby Air Riders
5. Death Stranding 2
4. Keep Driving
3. Blippo+
2. Hollow Knight SilkSong
1. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4
And that’s a wrap on Nation of Animation in 2025! This was a bumpy year for the show, what with a lengthy hiatus in the middle of the year, but we’re back and 2026 is gonna be our most professional year yet!
Christmas sure was fun this year! We all watched the usual favorites — like the one about the feuding polar bears? And the one about the aliens discovering Christmas? What’s that? No? We didn’t? …oh.
Well you can hear our thoughts on them here!
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"youre a traitor to the human spirit"
