Marc Normandin

@marcnormandin.bsky.social

Newsletters on retro video games and sports labor, regular at Baseball Prospectus, ex-Paste, A.V. Club, etc. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him https://retroxp.beehiiv.com https://marcnormandin.com https://www.avclub.com/author/marc-normandin

If u don’t have real life friends u should try it. They r ppl u sorta like socialize with. U can do an activity or eat food or just be in each others presence. It’s kinda freeform in that way. Or I guess u can keep getting mad at computer ppl instead. Whatever u want

All the people who are anti-Gatorade or want to slow Gatorade progress, I have one question: If Gatorade disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire day without Glacier Freeze, Cool Blue, Fierce Grape, or any other flavor? Imagine Gatorade was suddenly banned. Would you actually be

In the spirit of Zeus’ law, I’m honored to welcome Emily Wilson to the land of film criticism. As she’s learned, it’s an adventure that sails smack into islands of musky internet trolls and clashes with cinematic and literary titans. I'm here to broker a truce. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Yes, Emily Wilson, Odysseus has been changed for the movie. Deal with it

Critical swords are clashing, but there's a way to cut through the debate and really talk about how we review art.

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when I ranked all the Fire Emblems for Paste a few years back, the top three were all wildly different games with different approaches and gameplay, the best of each "version" of FE, and to me this was a sign of the series' strength. For others, a reason to whine.

woke stifler@yelix.bsky.social · yesterday

i can’t watch the fire emblem direct bc of a meeting but i hope you all enjoy it and/or get steaming mad because it’s not exactly the same as the fire emblem game you liked 20 years ago

If you don't already know what the Ariana Grande conversation is about, none of the articles I've been seeing will enlighten you. It's danced around and referred to as "scrutiny" causing her to step back from the spotlight, making the article a riddle to be solved. Scrutiny for what? Not important!