Here’s To Lookin’ At You, Bugs!

NOTE: This piece was originally written to celebrate Bugs Bunny’s 75th birthday in 2015.

A Fear Of Flying They Call It

Being the easily impressionable student that I am, I decided to take on the collegiate tradition of studying abroad. It’s a common cliche…

2020 NFR Nominee: “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!” (1956)

National Film Registry Essay: Every year I make a list of films that I am nominating for the National Film Registry (NFR), which since…

Great Games: Persona 5

Plot details for Persona 4 and Persona 5 follow.

Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Poetical Essay” Belongs In The Public Domain

NOTE: When this piece was first written in 2015, the complete “Poetical Essay” of Percy Shelley was not in the public domain, but bought…

Great Games: Final Fantasy VII

“If the previous versions of this series were a puppet show, this one was a real film…”

The Art Of Video Games: Doki Doki Literature Club

SPOILER ALERT: Plot details follow for Doki Doki Literature Club and School Days

The Art Of Video Games: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

SPOILER ALERT: Minor spoilers for Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

President Yang

Moving America Forward

In Defense of “Piss Christ”

For the longest time, I ignored Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ.” I’m not even a Christian, but the idea of using urine in art seemed so…

Mickey’s Lightsaber

Star Wars should’ve ended in 1983.

The Armenian Genocide Is Undeniable

“I said loud and clear that one million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in Turkey, and I stand by that. For me, these are scholarly…