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  • Saturday, July 18, 2009

    The Play’s the Thing

    Storytelling, Videogames

    I jump into the games vs. movies argument again, but this time Hitchock’s got my back.

  • Thursday, July 9, 2009

    Rule of Threes

    Videogames

    Trine the game is clever and polished enough to win over even the most die-hard haters of jumping puzzles (e.g. me).

  • Monday, July 6, 2009

    Very Red Necks

    Movies

    The only good thing I have to say about Near Dark is that at least the vampires don’t sparkle. Bonus: a rant about Transformers 2.

  • Saturday, June 27, 2009

    Thirty-Eight

    Personal

    From way over on the other side of the country, my family sent me a cake! It came in a big box packed with styrofoam and dry ice, like a transplant organ. I don’t want to think about what that must’ve cost. And I don’t want to make up a story about how I couldn’t…

  • Friday, June 26, 2009

    Oh, dag-dag, Mark!

    Movies, Videogames

    So after hearing and reading about it from all over, and then in preparation for the RiffTrax release, I finally bought and watched The Room. (In case you haven’t heard of the movie, it’s a comically inept melodrama-turned-comedy that developed a cult following after being relentlessly promoted in the LA area. Imagine this scene repeated…

  • Sunday, June 21, 2009

    Searching for Long-Range Comms

    Movies

    Moon is a 1970s psychological sci-fi movie artfully translated into 2009.

  • Wednesday, June 10, 2009

    Guys and Dolls

    Videogames

    The Sims 3 is a great sequel. I just wish it would stop staring at me with those blank, glassy eyes.

  • Saturday, June 6, 2009

    Curses!

    Movies

    I’ve got a renewed appreciation for Spider-Man 3, if it helped Sam Raimi make Drag Me to Hell

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The Journal of Poorly-Explained Phenomena

This is the personal website of Chuck Jordan, an occasional game developer living in Los Angeles

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