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
No Comment
I welcome your feedback! Just not on here.
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).
Lonely Planet
Gravity is astounding and wonderful and still frustratingly short of being flawless.
Gorilla Filmmaking
On Escape from Tomorrow, how Disney works, and why more people seriously need to read David Foster Wallace already.
Men Are From World 1-1, Women Are From World 2-2
What we talk about when we talk about female video game characters
Miss Opportunity
Grand Theft Auto 5, the true death of satire, and giving audiences what you think they want
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