Author: Chuck
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Miss Opportunity
Grand Theft Auto 5, the true death of satire, and giving audiences what you think they want
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Ms. Representation
An objection to Strong Female Characters reveals how well-intentioned discussions of gender politics invariably become divisive and unproductive.
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Sometimes When We Stylus
A review, more or less, of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, plus a bit of marveling on the current state of tablet computers.
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Pity the Poor Oppressed Majority
How do you separate the art from the artist when the artist is such a flatulating asshole? Also: why the hypocrisy that makes me so angry might actually be a harbinger of oncoming poetic justice.
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Towards Our Digital Future
The “Xbox 180,” SimCity, and how someone who absolutely abhors software piracy can still think DRM sucks.
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But How Does He Save?
Man of Steel isn’t an unqualified success, but get this, nerds: it’s still the second best movie about Superman.
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Everybody’s a Critic
The documentary Room 237, the democratization of film criticism, and a belated eulogy for Roger Ebert