Brendan Whelton

Did another one because.

I have a couple go to answers, but thought I should put a couple recent things that really stuck with me. That said, I could easily do a second, equally valid list right now.

this is how multiplayer games treat your data while demanding you install kernel level secureboot rootkits to ‘prevent cheating’ lol

Pretty good reaction last night at the table read, so I guess I’ll make this.

It's Midnight in Toronto, so it's time for me to humbly ask if someone in Japan can find a reason for me to visit at the end of April, I would very much appreciate it. Want me to introduce a film? Give a talk about Albert Pyun? Discuss running Gold Ninja Video? Whatever you want, I'll do it!

Abnormal Mapping is always good, but when they hit that 3 hour mark? Baby, they’re cooking.

And now we are the five producers who would have passed on the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay winning Promising Young Woman.

“It’ll premiere Sundance, get okay reviews, get picked up by Searchlight or Focus. They’ll put it out in the spring, probably a couple weeks before Black Widow, where it will do okay and be forgotten quickly.”

*4 months later*

“Hah! Called it! Wait, cinemas will be closed all spring/summer?”

We read the script for that at the CFC, and we all hated it and said we would pass on making it in the real world. I then accurately predicted its entire trajectory, but missed a pandemic pushing its release to Christmas and winning an Oscar. It’s still a joke between the people in my lab.

Maybe. Maybe.

Finished a first draft of something for the first time in a long while.

Tried my hand at making dandan noodles, including chili oil from scratch. Turned out pretty well, but excited to try it again.

Just like the National Film Archive in Tokyo!

Back on my American Truck Simulator bullshit, I guess.

I am so tempted to start doing this but I do not have the space. I found a couple real gems in Osaka last year that I am still wistful about not getting.

If you crunch the numbers, only about 3% of his subs went to see it on opening weekend, which just goes to underscore how fake Hollywood math is

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test

Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)

Good tech.

Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)

Bad tech.

I have a full stable of podcasts to listen to, but as the manager of Toronto’s longest running indie video store, this is a real “Waingro is checked in at the airport Marquee under the name Jameson” style lure.

gamedownsights.com

One of the fastest ways to make me annoyed and lose respect for an artist is to whine about critics. Sharing art means having other people having an opinion on it. Yeah, it sucks that capitalism exists, so be mad at that. I put my first bad review on the fridge, and worked at getting better.

Spent the evening watching artsy short films and also Re-Wind by Hisayasu Sato.

But, I repeat myself.

On Saturday we’re recording the next Abnormal Mapping on the Simogo Legacy Collection! Please send us emails about these classic phone games or any other gaming stuff to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com!

Decaf coffee

Come and Get It. Specially their first location on Spadina. Simple and clever menu format. The Hawaiian pork belly sandwich was my favorite, but there was no bad choice. And the specials were also fun.

bandai namco i am begging i am on my knees i am crying pissing throwing up please just put ridge racer 7 on steam you dont even need to develop any new content please

Visited the new used bookstore up the street and am tempted to spend too much money on out of print first editions

I guess they’ve given up on the big guy showing up.

Perfect movie. The most inspirational production ever.

This project is delightful, and worth following along with.

Really? Goddamn them all.