The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. - Edward O. Wilson

Cinema.

Holy shit, Battletoads!

As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer. They don't do that with men - nobody says Picasso, the male artist. Curators call me up and say, "We want your work to be in a show about women artists," and I'm

“We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them

You will love whatever you pour your heart into. Passion follows commitment.

Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.

Are you even an American if you aren't obsessed with buying things?

Ray Bradbury; this is the secret to a good life

Guillermo del Toro says he is looking forward to death “Why should you want to live longer? I’m a big fan of death… I’m certainly looking forward to it, because it’s the day you go, ‘Well, tomorrow I won’t have any problems.’” (Source: variety.com/2025/film/news…)

I'm so sad reading about Nick Thorpe's passing. During my brief stint as a Retro Gamer contributor in 2016/2017, he was incredibly kind to me, and approached the work with warmth and humor. This life is so short, man. Today, I'll play some old games for Nick.

Do remember that everything, including your body and your time here, are borrowed. Collect experiences, not things.

According to Norwegian folklore, the Yuletide nights are the most dangerous nights of the year, when all kinds of supernatural creatures come out of their otherworldly realm and roam around in the darkness. People were especially afraid of meeting trolls, and some even covered

The older I get, the more I'm convinced that most of what people do every day is fueled by death denial. We're terrified of what comes next, so we fill our lives with endless distractions, needless conflicts and empty pleasures.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own. - Plato

"And what does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits out quantity." - William S. Burroughs

"I need solitude. I need space. I need air. I need the empty fields round me, and my legs pounding along roads, and sleep, and animal existence." -Virginia Woolf

Doing stuff is hard. Shout out to anyone who does anything.