Eric Bailey's Entertainment Media Blog
Welcome to BAILEYBAG; my mailbag-style, letters-to-the-editor sort of column. I should really whip up a logo sometime… but on a more successful note, I definitely got a few emails when I asked for them on Twitter last week. We have a lot to get to, so let’s rip right into the bag and get to […]
Read moreI did it. I watched the Snyder Cut of the Justice League film. I have a handful of thoughts. Minor spoiler warning, I guess? I will be mentioning a thing or two that happen in the movie. • Is there anything more useless, more worthless right now, than a Snyder Cut take? Everyone […]
Read moreIn October of 2020 I released my first commercial indie game, Octobug. Despite not really being much of a composer, or an artist, or doing any coding, I’m honestly fairly proud of the result. I was able to make exactly the game I wanted to make, I made a profit on its sales, and I […]
Read moreI like Star Wars. Despite everything, it’s still Star Wars. Give me some fast ships and lightsaber duels and I’m in, thank you. Never mind the toxic fandom or the ceaseless discourse, just hook me up with the good stuff, straight into my veins, the raw escapist spectacle of it all. But this is not […]
Read moreThe Corolla had a good run. 2005. Silver. Sunroof. Spoiler. It was my wife’s car before it was mine. We had kids, I wrecked my S-10, I needed a vehicle, and it became mine. My wife had driven it for years, commuting to classes in downtown Chicago from the far suburbs, then for […]
Read moreI like my name. There is something melodic in two-syllable words, possessing a sort of irresistible brainfood flavor for English speakers. Consider all the trendy little two-sound words we have burned through over the years in pop culture: Zombies! Robots! Star Wars! Bacon! Pirates! Ninjas! When you can grab a double-dose of that goodness in […]
Read moreJake Gyllenhaal is a distinctive-faced dude. Have you seen him? He is an actor. You may know him from such films as Donnie Darko, Velvet Buzzsaw, Southpaw, Nightcrawler, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time? I generally like his movies, the ones I have seen. I even like, particularly, some of […]
Read more[Image credit: Piqsels] There are a lot of smartphones and cutting-edge laptops on the market, but tablets offer some of the best value for money. The screens alone are big enough to function as a computer; simply plug in a keyboard, and you’re all set. They’re also very portable, so you can take your business […]
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