What Technology Wants in Battlestar Galactica
All of this has happened before BECAUSE all of this will happen again.
Posts by Guest Writer on Overthinking It
Full Metal Alchemist: Why Isn’t Lust Lustful?
[Hey, anime-niacs! Enjoy this guest post by Crystal Kaba! – Ed.] In the universe of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Brotherhood), trained alchemists harness their ability to destroy and recreate life in order save, kill and unleash all sorts of terrifying creations. … Continued
Commander Shepard and the Effective Agenda
[Enjoy this guest post by Rob Mackie! —Ed.] As a fundamentally interactive medium, video games use the actions of the game’s players to tell the stories of fictional agents. Every playing of a game is a new telling of the … Continued
TJ Maxx Flunks Old School
Saying things incorrectly in a way people don’t generally say them isn’t being linguistically progressive, it’s just being ignorant.
The Invisible Paw: Altruistic Libertarianism in Animal Crossing
The kindest landlord in video game history (which isn’t saying much)
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Don’t Watch Annie Hall (First)
Advice about Woody Allen from guest writer Trevor Siegler.
Rango: A Capitalist Carol
Like Scrooge, Rango learns the true meaning of charity. Unlike Scrooge, Rango is a lizard.
The Dragon-Haunted World: The Art of Science in “Tangled” and “How To Train Your Dragon”
Science!
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The Divine Right of Queen Bees
Why do red-headed usurpers win some power struggles (Mean Girls) and lose others (Clueless)?
The Social Network Will Be Bloody
Are The Social Network and There Will Be Blood exploring the Wagnerian death of superstition? The Dostoevskian banality of the individual? Or both?
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