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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Steven Shaviro on Lost Highway
That’s why the first half of Lost Highway is so brooding and mysterious. It pushes up against the limits of what can be seen and said. So much is hinted at, and so little is shown. Even the event upon which the … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged bodies, david lynch, lost highway, steven shaviro
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Ticketing After the End of the World
This is just a quick thing. I’ve watched several seasons of the show Parking Wars. The basic conceit of the show is that it follows parking authority officers around during ticketing, booting, and release procedures. Generally it is just about … Continue reading
Trouble in the Neighborhood
This morning I did what I do on Mondays and walked over to a local coffee shop that is almost always filled with white men in their fifties complaining to other white men in their fifties about things that will … Continue reading
Rendering the Visible II: Figure CFP
The Moving Image Studies program at Georgia State University (that’s where I am!) is putting on a conference early next year. It is named Rendering the Visible II, and it is a theoretically heavy kind of thing that is radically nondisciplinary … Continue reading
Posted in General Features
Tagged call for papers, georgia state university, moving image studies, rendering the visible
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Riff Raff Talks About His Tattoos
This interview is gold all the way through, but what is below is the first minute and a half or so of the interview. DJ Whoo: You really have a Worldstar Hiphop, um, tattoo on your shoulder? Riff Raff shows … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies, Theory
Tagged aesthetics, dj whoo kid, interview, riff raff, transcription
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On Rogue Legacy
I’ve spent a little time trying to understand roguelikes–I used to think about “games that hate you” a lot, I liked Dungeons of Dredmor, and Caves of Qud is always on top of my “to play” pile even though I rarely … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged games that hate you, rogue legacy, roguelike, video games
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Riff Raff Talks About Jodi Highroller
This is another transcription from Riff’s interview with DJ Whoo Kid, this time around the 4:00 to 4:30 mark. NIMA YAMINI: What’s up with this character Jodi Highroller? RIFF RAFF: It’s not a character, that’s–that’s me. DJ WHOO KID: It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies
Tagged dj whoo kid, interview, nima yamini, riff raff, transcription
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Riff Raff Talks About Process with Sway and Heather B
SWAY: The next song is called “Lil Mama I’m Sorry.” What’s that about Riff Raff? RIFF RAFF: All my songs, I just, you know what I’m saying, I’m not, I can’t classify myself as a general artist type person, I … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies, Theory
Tagged interview, riff raff, sway, transcription
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On Living the Apocalypse in The Last of Us Multiplayer
I don’t think that I have much else to say about The Last of Us proper. People continue to play it and they keep getting pointed to my longish rambling bit about it (thanks to the people who are doing … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged cormac mccarthy, multiplayer, the last of us, the road, video games, violence
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Harvest Moon: Extreme Ethical Farmer Edition Pt. 3
Do I have a chicken yet? Only watching the video will reveal the truth. The Flower Festival happens in this video and the priest refuses to dance with me. I also talk about Marx’s analysis of the working day.
Posted in Extreme Ethical Farming, Video Games
Tagged animals, ethics, gaming, harvest moon, video games
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this cage is worms 