Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: The Inscrutability of Millennial R&B
Two tunes make a happy accident from typing stuff into the Apple Music search bar
Thoughts of a Childless Middle-Aged Man While Watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The one positive thing I can say about the new Mario movie is that it made me even more appreciative of the wonderful games
Willow Creek, or, A Night in the Woods
An amateur documentary traveling to the area of the most famous Sasquatch sighting results in one of the scariest scenes I’ve seen in any movie.
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Because It Is Hard
Two tunes to help appreciate the significance of a trip to the Moon
Exists, or, Found Bigfootage
The found footage movie Exists isn’t even a little bit good, but at least it chooses the right side
Game Narratives Are About Antici…
Expanding on an essay where I talk about front-loading stories to be more present with the player from moment to moment
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, or, Simon Dice
A series I never would’ve expected to like actually turns out to have one fun, entertaining entry. No spoilers.
The Right Kind of Slop
The painstaking work of real human artists should never be casually dismissed. It should be thoughtfully dismissed.
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Odyssey-ish
Two tunes tied to the homecoming story everybody can’t stop talking about
The Long Good Friday, or, Thames Bits
The late 70s British gangster movie is the kind of movie they don’t make anymore, and honestly weren’t making back then, either
One Thing I Really Like About Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary has almost all of the stuff I love about Spielberg sci-fi with almost none of the stuff I hate. (Mildest spoilers for stuff that’s in the trailers)
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Get the Cool Old Brown Shoeshine
Two tunes to almost kind of make a travelogue of the week’s highlights