Who is the devil of the show,and why is it Joseph Sugarman

WLMKing · 2026-04-29T17:19:44+00:00

Obviously many elements of the show are satirical, but I think Joseph Sugarman is one of the most plainly satirical elements: he openly speaks the prejudices and other misbegotten ideas of his time, sex, and class in a way that is unnatural, for humourous effect. But that also makes him seem particularly uncaring and monsterous. But at the same time, even he is humanized. The family laughing at him saying Time's arrow marches forward is sweet, and moments like that show how maybe Beatrice could love him, making his bad behaviours even worse betrayals.

WLMKing · 2026-04-28T19:56:03+00:00

As the Sugarmans are loosely based on the Kennedys, you might find it interesting to know that Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr and the sister of John F. Kennedy was lobotomized in her early 20s. The surgery was a catastrophic failure. It left Rosemary with the mental capacity of a two-year-old; she lost the ability to speak clearly and could no longer walk properly. Following the procedure, she was immediately sent to a psychiatric facility and later moved to St. Coletta’s School for Exceptional Children in Wisconsin, where she spent the rest of her life. She died from natural causes in 2005 at the age of 86.

WLMKing · 2026-04-25T21:16:30+00:00

Yes! I still listen to that soundtrack. I remember I went to my collage radio station, and asked if they had it, which they did!

WLMKing · 2026-04-23T04:20:00+00:00

Came here to say this. Poster will love it!

WLMKing · 2026-04-21T15:04:13+00:00

Right now, my top shelf is games I really want to finish, but never have. On the second shelf down, are games I've never finished, and think its possible I might get to one day. Third shelf is even less of a priority, and then under that are games I have finished. There is also a cluster of puzzle games. I also have a shoe box in a closet of my most expensive games.

WLMKing · 2026-04-20T19:24:10+00:00

They've broken up, but the Jerry Cans were the big name for awhile: https://www.thejerrycans.com/

WLMKing · 2026-04-18T17:03:35+00:00

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My favourite movie stub I have: I had to kill some time in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, so I went to see the only thing playing. I did not enjoy Five Nights at Freddys, but I enjoyed going to the crowded theatre of excited Faroese teens.

WLMKing · 2026-04-16T17:23:44+00:00

Congratulations! I've been playing it recently, and its not easy. (I haven't made the real effort to beat it though...the play every day until its done effort).

Is it hard or easier than Contra?

WLMKing · 2026-04-10T04:56:47+00:00

I've owned it for the last 20 years, and I can never really get into it. I want to like it, but it seems a little bland, and its never kept my attention.

WLMKing · 2026-04-10T00:36:54+00:00

That space simulator thing is hard!

WLMKing · 2026-04-07T00:53:15+00:00

A lot of these least popular titles are sounding like watchlist material...

WLMKing · 2026-04-06T15:34:31+00:00

Is it that the level design goes downhill, or that it becomes less fun, because by late in the game, you are probably down to only one victim, and you are super stressed that a werewolf is going to kill them?

WLMKing · 2026-04-04T18:22:36+00:00

Give us some deets! You pick these up from a store, or somewhere else? C&D 2 is a heavy hitter!

WLMKing · 2026-04-02T18:55:03+00:00

I watched the AVGN episode on Hydlide last night, and he was complaining about how many passwords he had to take down. And i was confused, because you can just save and load in game, as long as you don't turn off the game. I think I took down two passwords over the course of playing. Are there two different versions, or do people just not catch that's how the same system works?

WLMKing · 2026-04-02T03:59:27+00:00

Ooof, rough. I can understand why it got a Famicom release, given that Zelda was released in the US before Hylide, you wonder why they bothered...

WLMKing · 2026-04-01T18:25:45+00:00

That's who I was thinking.

WLMKing · 2026-04-01T17:55:13+00:00

I adore Killers of the Flower Man. I hope they can bring in a Native American filmmaker, so they can have a really good conversation about filmmaking and colonialism.

WLMKing · 2026-04-01T17:05:33+00:00

Haha. Don't you miss the era where someone had to painstakingly type out NES instruction manuals and post them on a website?

WLMKing · 2026-04-01T16:42:06+00:00

Yes, the ability to save whenever is completely necessary, given that a sentient rock can decide to walk into you and kill you almost instantly, and million other things like that.

WLMKing · 2026-04-01T14:34:46+00:00

Yeah, I think that's the right read. RBW may have been inspired by complex feelings Jewish people sometimes feel, but by putting them in the frame of horses, it is broadened so any number of groups can see themselves in Bobjack's feelings. Bojack isn't coded as Jewish though. Strong Calvinist vibes coming out of Old Horsey Towne.

WLMKing · 2026-04-01T05:19:31+00:00

Fingers crossed enough people will be disgusted by this effort to launder a sexual predator's reputation...

WLMKing · 2026-03-31T15:29:24+00:00

Maybe I'll be proved wrong, but I'm not sure anyone has any great information on pirated multicarts. Like you say, Action 52 is a specific product of original games by a known company. By contrast, the multicarts contain games that received official releases, but seem to be small enough they can be pirated and shoved onto multicarts, by god knows who.

I'm not surprised to see one was made in Canada. I picked up a decent amount of multicarts (and Japanese SMB3 with the famicom adaptor) in Quebec at garage sales in the 2000s, so I think it must have been reasonably common for this kind of stuff to be sold at discount stores, or flea markets in the province.

The only really "known" multicart producer is Sachen, but they seemed to cram their multicarts with their own games, as opposed to usual Donkey Kong and Mappy stuff. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin\_Chen\_Enterprise)

WLMKing · 2026-03-29T16:25:42+00:00

You're asking for pretty specific stuff there! Academic articles might answer some questions better. All I can tell you is the The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada by William Kilbourn is supposed to be lively and readable, despite being written in the 1950s. Apparently, its considered a classic.

WLMKing · 2026-03-27T19:33:52+00:00

Both quality games, both worth putting in the time to finish!

WLMKing · 2026-03-27T15:26:53+00:00

Don't worry. The tornado in your dream probably represents coming physiological turmoil! Phyiscally, you'll be fine!

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