A Small Nice Thing In A World of Horror

But also, is Silksong WOKE?!

Hey, folks!

I’ve been a bit sick the last few days, so this will actually be shorter than usual versus me claiming it’ll be short and then writing 3,000 words about things that make me angry and sad. Although there is so very much that makes me angry and sad.

Dear God Those Drawings

Maybe I’ll get into this another time, but if you’re fucking drawing a weird limbless teen on your birthday note to somebody, there’s a chance you’re more comfortable with evil shit than you let on. I’m not even posting the drawing here because it’s gross as shit.

I don’t know, man. How do people not feel guilty about this? I still feel guilty about lying to a friend to avoid hanging out four months ago. I can’t imagine doing this shit and living with myself.

Is Silksong Woke?

One, who gives a shit? Two, who gives a shit?

If you’re not into video games, Silksong is the sequel to a popular game called Hollow Knight where you play cartoon bugs exploring a mysterious cartoon bug world. In this one, you play a girl bug, which is making a lot of people mad, because of course.

There are some legit complaints about Silksong, like its weirdo difficulty and poor localization in a few languages. But I’m not sure what these dorks think “woke” means anymore. At this point, woke basically means “any game with a woman whose titties don’t go honk honk awooga awooga when they jump.” And even then, there’s a 50-50 chance they’ll be mad if said woman doesn’t have long enough hair. The woman does not have hair.

I’ve tried to stop harping on the toxic culture subset of game fans, but lord, you can just not buy the game. Not every game is made for me either. I don’t want those games destroyed just because they don’t contain what I want. I simply… Don’t play them! Ta-fucking-da!

It’s kind of a sign of where the culture sits that any form of entertainment a person doesn’t enjoy or finds annoying is automatically a moral evil to be destroyed. And some of these people wonder why there’s a male loneliness epidemic when a charming cartoon bug game turns them into a Batman villain. I’d say “The Joker,” but he’d probably think being upset about this shit is goofy, too. And the Joker actually had women attracted to his personality.

Time For Something That Sucks Less!

The folks at Nintendo Force gave my book, Good Game, No Rematch, a great review this month in their magazine. My friend Brian Altano, of IGN fame, is the one who let me know and whose arm is in that photo. It’s one of the nicest reviews I’ve received of my book.

This has honestly been such a shitty year that one of the few great things is seeing this book resonate with readers. I never thought my book would flop, but it's truly a bonkers honor having people around the world reach out and tell me what it means to them. That’s a rare thing for me, a person who mostly makes money writing butt jokes about monsters, literal and figurative.

To anyone who’s bought the book so far: Thank you. If not, I’ll be pushing this sucker as hard as I can come the holidays.

Upcoming Shows

9/11 - Wedding Out The Stoned @ Bellhouse

9/12 - End of the Line Comedy @ QED

9/25 - My Obituary Show @ QED

10/20 - Franken Baby @ Union Hall

My Obituary Show is run by, and I don’t want to surprise you, me. It’ll be a fun one. Look at how I massacred that poster. I ruined it.

That’s It

Sorry again for a briefer newsletter. Between a lot of work and a lot of sick, my brain is garbage. Hope you’re all feeling better than I am and your world is a bit brighter and you don’t tell me it’s a bit brighter because I don’t need that FOMO at this time.