• 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.

  • Krypto-Bigotry

    Belated thoughts on Truth, Justice, and putting an end to a pernicious claim about Freedom of Speech.

  • Fearful Symmetry

    Answering a FAQ (that I keep getting, for some reason) about The Life of Pi

  • My Problem with The Big Bang Theory

    An analysis of inequities of power, income, social status, and issues of representation in the popular media. “Holy shit, get a life”

  • Set Tube-jawed Baffle to 6!

    Spaceteam is genius in iOS app form. ASTEROID! (everybody shake)

  • GOTY II: The Legacy of Kain

    The unforgettable video games of 2012 that I totally forgot to mention

  • GOTY

    Best video games of the year according to someone who didn’t play a lot of video games this year.

  • You Can See the People Sing

    If you’ve been wanting to see a filmed version of the Les Misérables musical, this is certainly that.