Between the Lions, “Elsagate,” and the Fall of Quality Children’s Programming
Young imaginations should be expanded, not exploited.
Love & Pop: The Evangelion Creator’s Live-Action Time Capsule Masterpiece That’s Even More Relevant Today
There are no shortcuts to developing real human connections.
Git Gud? More Like Get Literate: Dread Delusion and the Art of Gameplay-as-Story
This game is about choice, belief, and the weight of being a person.
White Noise, Talk Radio, and Our Unexceptional Present
To view our era as unprecedented is both chauvinist and defeatist.
Homer’s Odyssey: The First Literary Thriller
Literary thrillers are about the journey, not the destination.
On Civilizational Loss, Mourning, and Life’s Remaining Beauty: An Interview with Luke O’Neil
Everything is as bad as O’Neil says it is. But do we deserve it? His latest fiction collection grasps for an answer.
Cyberpunk 2077 and the Anesthesia of #Dissent
There are few easy answers to the questions the cyberpunk genre asks.
The Super Mario Bros. Films and Our Bizarre Obsession with Faithfulness to the Source Material
Does faithfulness to the source material always lead to a superior adaptation?
A Celebration of the Abject, the Queer, and the Arcane: The Work of Writer-Musician Jenny Hval
Hval’s work, both in written and musical form, shows an artist willing to explore the limits of genres.
Flash Gordon and the Importance of Imagination
Flash Gordon is not concerned with lore or brand identification.