Guilt by Dissociation
On complicity, faux-feminism, and how not to be an asshole on the internet (and real life).
Are You Experiences? (And have you ever been games?)
Narrative can too be a game mechanic, as long as you familiarize yourself with how narratives work, and you don’t have an overly strict definition of “game.”
Snow White and the 4 8 15 16 23 42 Dwarves
The series Once Upon a Time is part Fables and part Lost, which makes me wonder why I ever believed I wouldn’t get hooked on it.
Making Money from the Network, or, The Workers Control the Means of Promotion
Disagreeing with a guy as nice as Jonathan Coulton seems like a bad idea, but I’m going to do it anyway
Welcome to the schlock
Fox’s new series Alcatraz somehow manages to be less than the sum of its parts.
A Cookie Filled With Arsenic
Sweet Smell of Success is a classic movie with one of the greatest screenplays in the history of cinema. The Duellists is… not. I don’t understand why The Castro decided to run them together.
Responsibility
An open letter to Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein, supporter and co-sponsor of the PROTECT IP bill and supporters of SOPA