Category: Musings

WWE Wants To Own Your Twitch

Source: https://www.sescoops.com/wwe-taking-over-talents-twitch-accounts/

In the latest chapter of WWE Vs. Twitch, WWE is going to begin the process of taking control of their roster’s various Twitch channels. They’ll gain the revenue, with a small cut given to talent against their downside guarantee. Will this be the thing that causes disgruntled people to finally act or will this be something they “get used to” because they’re just happy to be there?

Hey, idiots! If you want people to stop bashing WWE for stupid shit, then tell WWE to stop doing stupid shit.

Variety Tries To Figure Out Why Nobody Is Watching WWE Anymore

Source: https://variety.com/vip/wwes-mounting-problems-audience-declines-saudi-arabia-andrew-yang-1234781384/

Spoiler: they say the same things everyone else has been saying for years. Product isn’t good as it used to be, it’s too juvenile, kids aren’t watching, Saudi Arabia, and the independent contractor status among things being brought up. The fact that mainstream media is picking up on it – even if it is just Variety and not much more than that – seems a bit troubling.

I wouldn’t read too much into this, however. Wrestling is that fake bullshit, after all, and doesn’t merit proper coverage unless someone dies from a steroid overdose or something. I can’t imagine this Andrew Lang thing lasting any longer than the current election cycle before it’s promptly forgotten about when we no longer need to cater to those hick rasslin’ fans who probably don’t even know what a polling station is.

Oh, well. It’s a fun read for anyone who wants to pretend people give one modicum of a rat’s ass about WWE.

Fodder For A Future Gimmick

Limited Run Games, purveyors of limited run (no pun intended) overpriced physical packages just released their take on the X-Wing and TIE Fighter physical packages in both “standard” action-figure like backboards and a “collector’s package” that comes in a box similar to the big box PC stuff. And while I didn’t jump on board for past Star Wars gimmicks – and it wasn’t for a lack of trying – I was on board for this.

The thought occurred to pick up both the X-Wing and TIE Fighter packages, but common sense prevail when I did the math and realized I would end up paying over a couple hundred bucks for two boxes of overpriced stodge and the miserable shipping rates. So I opted with just the TIE Fighter, since it is the much better of the two games.

And yes, once I get this, I will indeed be doing a video on it.

Thoughts On Lower Decks… Not For Me

So the new Lower Decks cartoon came out and I sampled the first episode… and then turned it off halfway through.

I don’t know what this is supposed to be, but I do know that it is not for me.

I tried to give it a shot, but turned it off halfway. It tries too hard to be funny and fails. I don’t care for the main characters who come across as unlikable, annoying, and downright stupid… I’d go so far to say mentally challenged or even full-blown retardation. It feels like a lousy Channel Awesome skit, which is not the sort of thing you’d want to aim for. And it’s not something that I care to keep up with going forward.

I’m sure the show has its audience and if you enjoy the show, then more power to you… but it is not my cup of tea, earl gray, hot.

Nintendo Life Commenters Confound Me

So every once in a while, I frequent the news site known as Nintendo Life… because it has Nintendo news and I obviously own a current Nintendo system, so this sort of thing is relevant.

Every once in a while, Nintendo Life will post news about Brie Larson (she who played that Carol Danvers person in a couple Marvel movie and the one with the unicorn) and her love for Nintendo. This causes people to throw a fit because she is a meanie in real life. Also, every once in a while, Nintendo Life will post news about a new emulator gimmick and people will complain about things playing ROMs and stuff. And then sometimes, they’ll post a fluff piece about a glitch recently uncovered and people… well, you know.

I admit some of the things they post on their could hardly qualify as newsworthy, but seriously, fellas? If you don’t like the fluff pieces, don’t touch the fluff pieces. Sometimes, the HEADLIE is all it takes to decide whether a post is worth your damn or not.

Yeah, that’s all I got.

Welp… Here We Go Again…

You know… I whipped this banner up a year or so back when an issue of the now-cancelled Go Go Power Rangers comic book teased this image of Lord Drakkon – Boom Studios’ woefully uninspired and hackneyed take on the whole “Evil Tommy” idea that had been the subject matter of most of the wankiest of wankfest fanfiction. My disdain for this worthless character was such that when his presence was teased as such, I ceased giving these people my money and stop reading the comics altogether.

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A Moment

As most who have followed the wrestling news as of late knows, there’s been a recent trend of individuals coming out with their own horror stories of sorts regarding their peers acting in somewhat inappropriate fashion. Some of these individuals are folks that people held with some regard until it turns out that behind the scenes, those folks turned out to be somewhat less than stellar human beings. Turns out that one of these folks, who shall remain nameless, has been somewhat outed as a particularly depraved individual.

That individual has been a part of a couple posts on this here blog.

Now, for what it’s worth, the individual in question has not been a prominent subject matter on this here blog; he was involved in a couple shows that I offered musings on. And while I did give some thought to remove any mention of him, I ultimately decided against it because the last thing I want is to feed the whole “cancel culture” bullshit that’s been going on in recent years. On the other hand, I don’t want to showcase stuff that put this guy in a positive light.

So here’s what I’ll do; from now until September, the two posts in question – the ALL IN musings and the Impact musings featuring this individual as a featured attraction – will be taken off the grid. By the time September rolls around, they’ll be reposted unaltered, but with a bit of a warning for folks who’d rather not read about this individual.

Laughing And Crying

eGadget Article begins with “PC gamers have to wait a little bit longer to enjoy titles like Battlefield and the Star Wars Battlefront franchise.”

I respond with “There are people who enjoy those games?”

I laughed… and then I read the rest of the article.

So EA Access, a subscription service thing, is making its way to Steam… which means more DRM (EA Access) on top of DRM (Steam) bullshit. And that’s why the only EA stuff I play is from twenty plus years ago.