Avengers: Age of Um, Not So Much
Avengers: Age of Ultron does strain under the weight of years of TV shows and movies. Not Marvel’s, though.
The Tone Without Fear
A lifelong DC fan tries to make sense of the new Netflix Daredevil series
They Alive, Dammit. It’s a Miracle!
I’ve never seen anything combine satire and celebration as brilliantly as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Firewatch
A biased but honest bit of gushing about the five minutes I’ve seen of Campo Santo’s game Firewatch.
Red Room Resolutions
How the Twin Peaks dream sequence brought about an unexpected but inspiring crisis of confidence.
That Gum I Liked Has Gone Out of Style
A new appreciation of Twin Peaks spins totally out of control into an analysis of The X-Files, my long-standing hatred of the 1990s, and the unsettling realization that the series actually makes sense to me now.
Use A Mail Chimp
Why I often hate Twitter, and why I always love the Serial podcast.
Showtime, Synergy!
Disney Infinity 2.0 shows how charm (and a ludicrous amount of development and marketing money) always win in the end.
It’s a Good Life
Everything we do is to make our audiences feel like they’re the most important person in the whole world. And that’s a real good thing.
Train in Vain
Snowpiercer is the kind of weird semi-indie movie I’d thought had long gone extinct.
So Much Effort
A silly game from Nintendo raises the eternal question: why do LGBT types always make such a fuss every time they’re deliberately and actively excluded?
Homophobish
A year-old prose fart on Slate perfectly illustrates the difference between marriage equality and “gay marriage,” and exactly why it’s an important distinction.