Author: Chuck
Is the Mailman Watching Me?
My take on Walt Disney World’s “magic bands,” which will probably be misinterpreted as a defense of the NSA.
The Dude Abides
Or, “Blood Simple Gifts.” Towards a Grand Unified Theory of movies that mock the idea of a grand unified theory. (Spoilers for just about every Coen Brothers movie)
Warning: Labels
Why Gone Home isn’t technically a game, why that’s not a bad thing, and why the distinction still matters
Llewyn Davis Adjacent
Inside Llewyn Davis and why it’s almost always a bad idea to write about movies. Copious unmarked spoilers.
Look Into Your Heart
Animal Crossing: New Leaf brought out the darkest parts of my personality. It’s still better than free-to-play.
A Country Boy Can Survive
on a multi-million dollar multimedia and merchandising agreement. A bit of faux-populism is more valuable than any number of duck calls.
Bilbo of the Nine Hours
The Desolation of Smaug is as overstuffed and self-indulgent as its title. But that’s kind of the point of the whole thing.
Wicked Cold
Frozen is ridiculously charming and makes me optimistic about a resurgence in Disney Feature Animation
What Nintendon’t
Overcome the overwhelming sense of futility in video games with this one weird trick
One In a Million
Device 6 is what I imagine all the books on The Island in The Prisoner were like. (In other words: it’s amazing).
