Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar Noé, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Re-chunk-000.pak (2024)

1. Overview re-chunk-000.pak is a specialized file commonly encountered in Unreal Engine 5 (and some later UE4) projects, particularly those using Chunked/Patchable PAK files with a non-standard or modded build pipeline. It is not a default output of Unreal’s standard packaging process. Instead, it typically emerges when using tools like UE4SS (Unreal Engine 4/5 Scripting System) , FModel , or custom modding frameworks that reorganize asset chunks for runtime loading or mod injection.