Same caveats as in my first post with this theme. Most importantly, the weird title is not about making fun of Pride, but rather of me and general performative wokeness by corporations and/or individuals.
Author Archives: Aki Vainio
Ideas for Cubes
One of the problems with cubes I’ve seen over the years is that in a way they are often very ambitious, but in other ways they are creatively bankrupt. People just follow the Vintage Cube model way too much, but you don’t need to do that. Your cube doesn’t have to cost as much or more than your car.
The Mandatory Performative Pride Month Post, pt. 2: Sexuality in Borderlands
While the movie is still under post-production having been shot last year, and weirdly does not have a release date, I don’t think it will be as explicitly queer as the games. Oh boy, are they liberated in this sense.
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan Review
Originally Les trois mousquetaires: D’Artagnan. This seems to be an attempt to start a series of films, as the next movie (Milady) is already set to be released later this year.
The Mandatory Performative Pride Month Post: 10 LGBTQ+ Movies
Just so there’s no misunderstanding here about the title of this post: I am not trying to make fun of Pride month. I am making fun of various companies that do this performative shit annually, and I’m making fun of myself as someone who would like to be an ally, but really isn’t, because I don’t really do anything besides random things like this for that community, nor do I identify as queer.
Ending the First Series of White Lilies (Blades in the Dark)
I mentioned this group off-handedly before, but the short of it is: We have three people, who decided to choose assassins as their group. On Wednesday, for practical reasons, we decided to end the first series (or season in Amercanese) of the lives of this crew. This is about how I ran the first season as the GM.
The Positive Side of Stale Superhero Movies
I am going to start this by basically proving myself wrong, but I think you still might want to hear me out.
My favorite superhero movie is Batman Returns. Yes, still. After over 30 years, huge leaps in CGI, and billions of dollars being spent into making those movies with a lot of talent behind them, and yet, the movie I like the most is still a weird little personal piece, which was only a hit, because it was a sequel to an actual popular movie.
My Take on the New B&R System
So, yesterday my YouTube recommendations were inundated by various content creators, who wanted to have their say on the “leaked” B&R announcement for next Monday. Yes, it turned out to be a fake, but at the same time, the creators acknowledged that this was possible or even probable, but they still decided to talk about it? Why?
Exploring Sight & Sound Poll of 2022
I have bad news for you… Just sit down and take a deep breath. Ready? Okay.
I found a way in which Tilda Swinton is kind of boring.
My Take on the New Three-Year Standard Rotation
This might be a good idea, but Wizards kind of messed it up already.