The one video on YouTube that never fails to bring me joy is Neil Cicierega’s “The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny”. The 3-minute-long music video is little more than a barrage of pop culture references and crude drawings thrown together with the endless excitement of a five-year-old swimming in an ocean of action figures forContinue reading “Technology Will Save Us All: Optimized Optimism in the Searching Films”
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A Plague Tale: Requiem and the Power of Golfing
Spoilers for A Plague Tale: Requiem and The Last of Us Part II follow. I guess I’m here to talk about Ellie and Joel again. California developer Naughty Dog’s 2013 opus The Last of Us inspired the gaming industry in a way developers dream of. To quote the smartest man in games criticism, Tim Rogers,Continue reading “A Plague Tale: Requiem and the Power of Golfing”
Don’t Worry Darling and the Black Hole of Political Stepping Stones
Olivia Wilde’s 2022 thriller Don’t Worry Darling, much like her first film Booksmart, is a movie that demands to be taken seriously. One of Wilde’s best qualities as a director, the full-throated shout of importance is refreshing in a sea of attempts at four-quadrant adult entertainment that is horrified of being read too far into.Continue reading “Don’t Worry Darling and the Black Hole of Political Stepping Stones”
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