game writer central https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/ writer thoughts on a game-crazy world Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:22:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Cast of Avatar 3 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/the-cast-of-avatar-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cast-of-avatar-3 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/the-cast-of-avatar-3/#respond Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:07:54 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2337 We’ve been scratching our heads about the cast of Avatar 3 (ok, ok, the cast of Avatar 3: Fire and Ash) and we bet you are too. What’s happening with this historic yet puzzling franchise? What’s going on? What’s to come? Let’s discuss. The Avatar 3 Cast Let’s discuss this growing gaggle of humans, aliens, […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/the-cast-of-avatar-3/feed/ 0 “One Battle After Another” Box Office Tells a Story https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/one-battle-after-another-box-office/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-battle-after-another-box-office https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/one-battle-after-another-box-office/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:26:41 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2286 The One Battle After Another box office is in itself a narrative that reflects the work. The movie came out September 26, 2025 and as of mid-April 2026, it’s pulled in $72.9M in North America and a worldwide take of $212.9 million. Despite being director Paul Thomas Anderson’s (PTA) biggest cash winner, One Battle After […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/one-battle-after-another-box-office/feed/ 0 A Samurai in Time Mini-Review https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/a-samurai-in-time-mini-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-samurai-in-time-mini-review https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/a-samurai-in-time-mini-review/#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 20:46:46 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2302 This is a fun and endearing time-travel drama that features some solid performances and thoughtful angles. I wouldn’t say it merits five stars, but it’s definitely worth a watch especially for viewers familiar with and fond of the samurai TV serial genre. It takes a bit of an extreme turn at the end, in my […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/a-samurai-in-time-mini-review/feed/ 0 A User Experience Design Case Study https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/geek-skills/a-user-experience-design-case-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-user-experience-design-case-study https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/geek-skills/a-user-experience-design-case-study/#respond Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:50:12 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2257 Today’s user experience design case study, kids, is this painful screen from leading Windows utility Hard Disk Sentinel version 6.30. This is how NOT to design an interface in your app or application when you could’ve made your tool easy and intuitive, people. Danger danger. Now we all love looking at SMART data need to […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/geek-skills/a-user-experience-design-case-study/feed/ 0 How to Trim Cat Nails https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/geek-skills/how-to-trim-cat-nails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-trim-cat-nails https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/geek-skills/how-to-trim-cat-nails/#respond Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:45:31 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2238 Want to trim cat nails like a pro? Is your cat clawing your furniture into shreds and drawing blood daily? Every good cat owner must know how to trim cat claws. Not doing so is bad for your health and theirs. In the wild, felines can do their own nail trimming by clawing objects like […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/geek-skills/how-to-trim-cat-nails/feed/ 0 Luc Besson’s “Lucy”: Laughably Awful https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/luc-bessons-lucy-laughably-awful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=luc-bessons-lucy-laughably-awful https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/luc-bessons-lucy-laughably-awful/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:12:37 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2216 Today we’ve got a three-sentence micro review of Luc Besson’s Scarlett Johansson starrer “Lucy.” Besson is known as the director of blockbusters like “Nikita,” “Taken,” and “The Fifth Element.” Just awful. The setup is not bad, and then it just turns into a double-whammy of the worst pseudoscience and the most gawdawful CGI, creating an […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/luc-bessons-lucy-laughably-awful/feed/ 0 MLB Realignment: Manfred Strikes Again https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/mlb-realignment-manfred-strikes-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mlb-realignment-manfred-strikes-again https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/mlb-realignment-manfred-strikes-again/#respond Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:59:04 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2200 So… Rob Manfred wants to expand the baseball universe, add some new teams for Charlotte and Portland, and… switch a bunch of teams between divisions? Here’s a possible, heavily geographically-weighted configuration from Fox Sports: Mets, Phillies, Nationals, Pirates, Guardians, Brewers, Braves, Marlins to the AL. White Sox, Astros, Rockies, Royals, Angels to the NL. The […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/mlb-realignment-manfred-strikes-again/feed/ 0 Strange Days https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/strange-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strange-days https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/strange-days/#respond Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:36:04 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2191 We saw Strange Days for the first time last week at the historic Paramount. Interesting flick, especially with the introductory context provided by our curator: this was the director Kathryn Bigelow’s “statement” project (her reward for the commercial success of the Keanu Reeves vehicle “Point Break”) which she filmed from a script co-written by James […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/game-writer/strange-days/feed/ 0 The Hit Man Movie Review Ecology Is Broken https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/the-hit-man-movie-review-broken/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hit-man-movie-review-broken https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/the-hit-man-movie-review-broken/#comments Wed, 14 May 2025 01:48:55 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2178 Seen the Hit Man movie reviews lately? This 2023 Richard Linklater movie, credited with launching Glen Powell’s career, somehow got a giant “Get Out of Jail Free” pass for some mysterious reason, and no one seems to be paying attention. This amusing but flawed and ethically challenged movie is rated 95% on Rotten Tomatoes (89% […]

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]]> https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/the-hit-man-movie-review-broken/feed/ 2 Moana 2, The Substance, and Pearl Compared, in Brief https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/moana-2-the-substance-and-pearl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moana-2-the-substance-and-pearl https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/screenwriting/moana-2-the-substance-and-pearl/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:40:44 +0000 https://gamewriter.videogamewriter.com/?p=2144 Your game writer has a few holiday movie viewings to dissect: THE SUBSTANCE, PEARL, and MOANA 2. Of these, Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE is the most buzzy and the least worth your time. This by-the-numbers overlong feature rails against Hollywood’s beauty and youth vampirism, but offers nothing as an alternative, and despite Demi Moore’s best […]

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