- This is a blog about video games, comic books, film, and philosophy. It is mostly research-oriented stuff. The art in the current header is from Prophet #29. The blog icon was made by Tara Ogaick.
twerps
- Like Baldur's Gate or Fallout or let's plays? We do too. Also, it's 3:00am Eastern. This is still a scheduled tweet… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
- RT @SorayaMurray: Good News! My book #OnVideoGames has gone to paperback this month with @BloomsburyMedia, and as part of #scms21, use code… 10 hours ago
- THE DALE GRIBBLE BLUEGRASS EXPERIENCE 10 hours ago
- however Jade Cocoon is all me 12 hours ago
- 90% of the good games here came from @badsavingthrow when he moved a few years ago, I am just a lucky inheritor 12 hours ago
- @QuipsLawrence a huge chunk of these came from @badsavingthrow, he had good childhood taste 12 hours ago
- quick look inside the gamer storage closet https://t.co/ri2bgNuUOY 12 hours ago
- @tonytula now THIS is what i'm here for 20 hours ago
Categories!
Archives
- November 2018
- June 2018
- January 2018
- October 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- February 2017
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- July 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
RSS
Top Posts & Pages
- Mark Fisher on Nick Land
- In Praise of the Worst Design Moment in Final Fantasy 7
- Why is Grand Theft Auto V So Conservative?
- Frantz Fanon on Ontology
- Designing Horror: Ib
- A Bibliographic Resource for Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011)
- On Carson Wells
- On Bloodborne: The Simulation and the Surrogate
- Some Preliminary Thoughts on Spawn
- "No One Criticized Bioshock Infinite Before!"
Monthly Archives: June 2015
May Waver On The Nature of Cybertwee
I feel like we’re referencing a lot of the ideas your cybertwee manifesto covers. Can you tell me a lil bit about that? Definitely. the term cybertwee was coined by Gabriella Hileman, and in the fall of 2014, she, Violet Forest, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, isabelle hellyer, may waver
Comments Off on May Waver On The Nature of Cybertwee
I Need To Save This Prime Content And This Is The Best Way To Shore Up My Ruins
Posted in Video
Tagged bird, collective soul, woodcock
Comments Off on I Need To Save This Prime Content And This Is The Best Way To Shore Up My Ruins
A Quick Note On Jupiter Ascending’s Politics
There’s a short response to my previous post on the films of the Wachowskis over at Fuck Yeah Jupiter Ascending, and I just want to take a moment to think about it and be a little more explicit at how … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged fuck yeah jupiter ascending, jupiter ascending, nihilism, the wachowskis
8 Comments
Val Kilmer as Batman
“Val Kilmer was the most beautiful Batman. The perfect face for that mask. Those lips.” – Stephen Goldblatt, “Batman Forever: The Story Behind The Surprise Hit Nobody Really Wanted“
Three Readings of Films by The Wachowskis
I. The Matrix Trilogy The Matrix Trilogy presents us with a supposedly linear vision of time that is revealed to be completely static. In the second film, the council member takes Neo beneath the city to show him the machinery that allows … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Theory
Tagged cloud atlas, film, jupiter ascending, speed racer, the matrix, the wachowskis
1 Comment
A Critical Look At Homefront
Today I released the video I’ve been working on on-and-off for the past few weeks. It’s a critical look at Homefront, a game I generally think is much more interesting than most people tend to give it credit for. The video … Continue reading
Heroes of the Storm SUPERCUT
Last night I posted a “supercut” video of a long stream of Heroes of the Storm that I hosted the other night. It’s a bunch of my friends from my World of Warcraft days and before, and I’ve included our fun wins and our … Continue reading
Posted in Video, Video Games
Tagged blizzard, heroes of the storm, supercut, video, video games
Comments Off on Heroes of the Storm SUPERCUT
