VIDEO GAME: Nefarious (2018)

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NefariousYear: 2018Rating: TTime Played: 3.5 hours I can appreciate when a game tries to do something different. Where most mascot platformers have the main character rescuing a princess from a villain, Nefarious flips that on its head and has the villain capturing these princesses and fighting the hero. I picked up this game because one of the artists I follow worked on it, but a few aspects of the game unfortunately underwhelmed me. After all, a novel idea that isn't fun to play doesn't make me want to endure playing it. While I played through most of this game shortly after I bought it, it languished unfinished in my backlog for a few years before I decided I was probably close enough to the end to just put it to bed. The art style was unique enough, and the music fit each of the levels well. However, the movement of all the artistic elements felt like a Flash Player game, and the...
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MOVIE: Triangle of Sadness (2022)

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Triangle of Sadness Year: 2022 Rating: R Length: 147 minutes / 2.45 hours It speaks to the state of current society when 2022 churned out not one, but three films that focus on the absurdity of the rich. While The Menu (2022) focused on the "foodie" culture that surrounds so many wealthy individuals, Glass Onion (2022) highlighted those "influencers" who try to disrupt industries. The one film I feel best captured the satire of the ultra-wealthy was definitely Triangle of Sadness (2022). The humor was the darkest of all three, but it went further than the other two in exposing the uselessness of the rich. The first act sets up all the ridiculous things that rich people do. From absurd reasons to dump a romantic interest to how little money they actually have on hand, the audience gets a glimpse into their absurd world of opulence. Once the yacht enters the picture in the second act, we see all the different varieties of rich and...
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