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Tom Scocca
tom-scocca
Deputy executive editor, Special Projects Desk

Hmm! The ceiling is three blocks, and the spot on the cliff might be right above the bed. This almost fits, except if my character did start suffocating and glitching up through the blocks, that happened with no damage being taken, since the screenshots show full health. Read more

Did you read on to the part about how the vertical columns of cards don’t fit the landscape screen? Read more

Those are valuable pitches in the right hands, but they’re not what people talk about in baseball when they talk about “good stuff.” Nobody’s going to tout a 21-year-old prospect as having great stuff because he has a sneaky changeup and a subtly effective slider. Read more

At least each day has more daylight than the one before it!
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It’s not really synesthesia; it’s just the prevailing color of the landscape. Read more

Nah, every day is shorter and colder than the last. Nothing is worse than that. Those bird spines are signs of hope, new life from death. The second half of fall is just death. Read more

As we have discussed elsewhere, there are EIGHT seasons, not four. Fall contains the best season and the worst season. The correct and accurate rankings: Read more

Charles White:

The standings chart is the very definition of showing the readers what they already expected to see, with a few incremental adjustments. Read more

This is why the NFL playoffs begin with the Super Bowl and end with the wild-card round. Read more

I wouldn't even say "at least." Tarkanian was the genuinely honorable outlaw, unafraid to voice his contempt. Calipari may make a mockery of the system, but he won't jeopardize his blue-chip job by mocking it. Read more

But in the endgame, a "Take a Walk on the Boardwalk" card can be a death sentence. Read more

Best of all is being lucky enough to go high-low and plow the slumlord profits into control of Boardwalk and Park Place. Read more

I look forward to my seven-year-old slaughtering you in Monopoly, as his cheaply acquired hotels on Baltic and Connecticut bankrupt you while you're tapped out from trying to build on Marvin Gardens. Read more

When I saw Pedro in his prime, I finally understood why it was that old people would never shut up about Koufax. If you were there when it happened, you were there, and making comparisons across eras can't help but miss the whole point. Read more