Broken Girl News

Things you might want to know, for Feb 17, 2023:

• ‘Irreversible’: One of the Most Controversial Movies Ever Is Back — …in case you want to become uncomfortably aroused in a dark room full of strangers.
• A Well-Turned Curse Can Remind You of the Power of Language — Fucking A.
• Why the Myth of the Library of Alexandria Is Wrong — Pretty much the same reason every other great story is less great in fact… reality is boring and complicated.
• Willis Family Statement | AFTD — I was a giant Moonlighting fan when I was a kid, so when Bruce Willis broke out in Die Hard, I remember inwardly cheering at his success… this goofy, fast-talking actor was going to be an action star! Seeing how things have gone over the last ten years is as sad as that time was hopeful. I’m glad he has the family and money to make things as comfortable as possible, but… fuck. Just… fuck.
• Watching this artist drag an easel into Half-Life: Alyx makes me want to be a VR painter too — Every time I see an Alyx mod or something, I want to re-enter that world… ‘cause it’s a fun place to visit. And then I think about setting up the lighthouses, and the cables, and the hulking beast of a PC I need to run it… and I go back to Mario Kart.
• I Returned to ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’—And You Should Too — …and speaking of returning to Nintendo…