Ms. Representation
An objection to Strong Female Characters reveals how well-intentioned discussions of gender politics invariably become divisive and unproductive.
Paper Chase
My thoughts on Gone Home and what it reveals about storytelling in video games
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.
Jagermeister
Pacific Rim has a message, and that message is “shut up and watch.”
Like a Super Hero
I’m not qualified to write a eulogy for Ryan Davis, but I wish I were.
Oozma Kappa
My report on Monsters University
Forty-Two
I’m going to keep insisting that the beard is prematurely gray.
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.
Towards Our Digital Future
The “Xbox 180,” SimCity, and how someone who absolutely abhors software piracy can still think DRM sucks.
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.
Everybody’s a Critic
The documentary Room 237, the democratization of film criticism, and a belated eulogy for Roger Ebert
Shadows of the Empire
What I learned from a job at LucasArts fifteen years ago.