Four Ways To Improve The Presidential Debates
I’ve been reflecting on the presidential debates and why we seem to learn so little from them. Televised debates, of course, are far from…
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The Art Of Video Games: Final Fantasy IV
“For the first time, console role-players weren’t given a few generic heroes and charged with stopping the evil wizard and saving the…
Freedom To Marry, Freedom At Last!
The Christian Right has tried again and again to scare us into thinking that if gays and lesbians marry, it’ll be the end of the world. We…
Mama T-Rex Announces 2020 Run
You heard it here first, folks! Mama T-Rex of the Jurassic Party has officially announced her run for the 2020 candidacy of President of…
The Art Of Video Games: Danganronpa
It was only when I completed Danganronpa, that I understood visual novels really are that, novels. Not to say I thought this game deserved…
Is Barbie A “Barbie Girl”?
When I was child, I spoke as child, I understood as a child, and I played with toys as a child. The primary toys that I played with were…
The Art Of Video Games: Persona 4
SPOILER ALERT: Major plot details for Persona 4 follow.
Is Piracy Ever Justified?
Stealing is bad. You shouldn’t do it. It is wrong to take things that don’t belong you and to exploit labor without payment. Most people…
Hollywood’s Great Communicator
High school was when I first developed the habit of watching Turner Classic Movies. It was summer vacation, so I had plenty of time. That…
Should “Ecce Mono” Be Fixed?
“Ecce Homo” was not a masterpiece, but does that mean it deserves to be permanently defiled? It’s a bit worrying to me so many droves of…
The Art Of Video Games: Super Mario Bros.
“Perhaps the classic game remains an IGN favorite because it helped revitalize the videogame industry in the post-Atari era of gloom and…
The Perpetual Annoyance Of Do-Nothings
“Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a non-existent abstract world can movement or change…