The Fascinating Statistics Of Fanfiction
Fanfiction is like sashimi. In theory, the idea is kind of revolting, but in the hands of someone who knows what she’s doing, it can be surprising and wonderful in all kinds of ways. I’m pretty…
5 Editing Room Quotes That Are Both Illuminating and Hilarious
The Editing Room is a site that’s been around for a while (grading on the curve of the internet), and like its spiritual brother-in-arms, MST3K, it never fails to deliver. There’s something delightfully amazing about…
My (Recent) Problem With Video Games: Killing The Red Dots
As many of you know, I’ve been getting back into video games after a long absence over the past few months. For the most part, it’s been a seamless transition. There is one thing that’s…
Definitional: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
I promise this won’t be a woefully esoteric post. I love words. I love etymology, even if I have a hard time spelling it. (I don’t love spelling, but that’s a different story.) One thing…
Hey, Did You Notice That Community Is Good Again?
I’m not sure where I stand on binge-watching. Paul’s made some excellent points in the past, and there are pros and cons to both sides. One of the things that does happen when you binge…
Mass Effect 3: Old, Unhappy, Far-Off Things
Previous entries in this series here (“Help Me Get Back Into Video Games After A Decade Off“), here (“What Ever Happened To Me Getting Back Into Video Games?“) and here (“Mass Effect 2: You Had…
Seen and Unseen: The Horror of the Unknown
If you’ve ever been concerned with monsters under the bed or gotten lost in the woods at night, you’ll be familiar with the classic narrative trope that most often it’s not the things we see…
Mass Effect 2: You Had Me At Martin Sheen
We’re just passing the one-month anniversary of this whole “help me get back into video games after a decade away” thing. For a moment, there, I thought that maybe the old spark had died, that…
5 Movies You Only Need To Watch Part Of
I have a shameful secret. It’s actually a boring secret, but I’m still ashamed of it. And it is this: I think my attention span is getting worse. Blame the era we live in, but…