Author: Chuck
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Literacy 2023: Book 16: The Theory of Everything Else
Dan Schreiber’s collection of fringe science, pseudoscience, and other crackpot ideas
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Half-Life: Alyx is not an immersive life sim
How the Half-Life series has all the ingredients of a perfect VR game and then subverts most of them
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Eight Nights
Two tangentially-related tunes celebrating a vague idea of another culture’s holiday
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Super Mario Bros Wonder: The Conversation
Super Mario Bros Wonder is relentlessly delightful and in constant conversation with the player
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Literacy 2023: Book 15: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The first Hercule Poirot mystery is essentially a template for everything we expect from an Agatha Christie murder mystery
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: It Was a Very Good Year
Two tangentially-related tunes that came out when I was 21
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Peace & Love
In honor of Shane MacGowan’s passing, some thoughts about what a huge impact the Pogues had on me
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Move Fast and Break Down
Two tangentially-related tunes to listen to while waiting for Silicon Valley to collapse
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Blessed are the Mid
Rambling, unorganized thoughts about living up to expectations and how it’s okay to be okay
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Elevator Lady Edition
Two tangentially-related tunes to make you think of stuffing, cranberry sauce, and alternate realities
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Hey Now, Dolly
In honor of Dolly Parton’s new album of covers, an atypically mean-spirited list of my least favorite songs