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The Eldritch Horror of The Santa Clause

Disney's 1994 Christmas classic: Heartwarming family tale, or existential nightmare?

Sep 235 min read

The Penguin: Hitting the Ground Running

So I’m not sure how many of you out there were able to watch the premiere of the HBO miniseries based off of Matt Reeves’ version of the...

Sep 96 min read

Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice...

Yeah… Let me kick this off by stating outright that I went into this movie knowing that it wasn’t going to be an Oscar winner. I knew...

May 237 min read

Dishonored 3: A Man Can Dream

With the closure of Arkane Austin (nice job Xbox… How about you excise the tumors in the executive chairs that made the stupid fucking...

Dec 22, 20236 min read

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – The Comeback Kid

If you’ve read my original post on Cyberpunk 2077, you know that I’ve been pulling for this game since it first dropped. I saw what was –...

May 12, 20234 min read

Redfall: Biting Off More Than You Can Chew

If you’ve read my posts on Dishonored and Dishonored 2, you know that I’m something of an Arkane Studios fanboy. As someone who mostly...

Mar 24, 20232 min read

Elysium: An Introduction to Vella

Hello everyone! I know it's been a while since my last post. The good news is that it's because I've been hard at work on final...

Oct 15, 20224 min read

Serialization: Its Future and My Crossroads

So, it’s been a while since I’ve talked about anything that has to do with writing (the printed word at any rate), and I thought it was...

Sep 29, 20224 min read

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Like Father, Like Son

Alright, so the title may be a little disingenuous, but I had to get your attention somehow, right? If you’ve plumbed the shallows of my...

Sep 17, 20224 min read

The Case for New Game Plus: A Fun Feature or a Modern Necessity?

Back in the dark ages, when all it took was blowing on a game cartridge (or disc) to fix anything and everything that was wrong with it,...

Jun 12, 202212 min read

Dishonored 2: Everything a Sequel Should Be

If you’ve read my post on the first Dishonored, then you know I love this franchise. Its ability to blend stealth/action gameplay, RPG...

Apr 3, 20227 min read

Resident Evil Village: The Highlights

So I recently got my hands on a copy of Resident Evil Village (RE8). I know, I know, I’m late to the party, but it was a bitch getting my...

Oct 3, 20213 min read

God of War: Resurrection of an IP

Way back in 2005, a PlayStation exclusive hit the shelves, titled God of War. An ultra-violent hack-and-slash affair set against the...

Oct 3, 20213 min read

A Longing for Practical Effects

The big boulder in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the grotesqueries in John Carpenter’s The Thing, the sets of Event Horizon, the triceratops...

Oct 3, 20215 min read

Altered Carbon: Damn-Near Perfect

We’re going to be hitting both the book and the first season of the television show (more on the rest of that later…) here, so just be...

Sep 26, 20215 min read

MCU Discussion: Why Thanos *Could* Be Able to Wield Mjolnir

I can already hear you pounding furiously on the keys, but hear me out. This is simply a thought experiment that’s been kicking around...

Sep 26, 20214 min read

Dishonored: World-Building at Its Finest

The cold rain patters down on your hood, slick with oil and grimy with the soot of industry. In the distance, you can see the sparking of...

Jul 9, 20213 min read

Television Writing: The Sitcom Model, and Losing the Plot as a Natural Progression

First off, let me say this: Below, I’ll be exploring a lot of the same concepts as I have in my post on the miniseries. So go check that...

Jul 2, 20213 min read

Rosemary’s Baby: Classical Horror in an Era of Desensitization

Ask any writer, and they’ll tell you that one of the most important things you can do is read. It helps you decompress, it allows you to...

Jun 18, 20213 min read

Mass Effect Legendary Edition: Cashing in on Nostalgia

The year is 2007, two years after the launch of the Xbox 360. Game developers are starting to find their grove working with the new...

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