Mario Katharsis: Silent Hill Shattered Memories
Fear pierces my chest like a needle of ice. A ring of giant droplets sprays up and out from the impact, surrounding the car like some crown of the Leviathan. We sink into the depths,…
Ranking the 10 Best Cinematic Draculas
Finally—October is here. Halloween has and probably always will be my favorite holiday of the year. It’s the unofficial kick-off the holiday season: here’s to a major holiday once a month for the rest of…
He Said/She Said: Remy and Sara Watch The Razor’s Edge
A couple months ago, Remy wrote a piece listing five incredibly bleak films that was—per usual for our Mr. Carreiro—incredibly popular and generated a healthy comments section. One of the commenters, Mutant Turd (sir or…
Not Just for Casuals: Five Hardcore Wii Games
Nintendo made their Wii U announcement last week, and I watched listened to it while otherwise diligently keeping on task at my day job. I’m not going to get into my initial reactions in this…
Five Lessons Learned from Pee-Wee Herman, From a Life-Long Fan
I was born in 1983. I am currently straddling the border between old enough to know what “cool” is and too old to be writing for a pop culture site. I’m married, I have a…
We Are the Music Makers, and We are the Players of Games: Alternative Soundtracks to Video Games
If you’re a regular reader of my weekly contribution to Unreality, you’ve probably gathered a few things about what makes up the constitution of a typical Sara Clemens. For one: I’m obviously a writer, so…
Six Animated Movies (and Series) That Will Rip Your Heart Out Like That Guy in Temple of Doom
Many times, especially here in the West, we consider animation to be something for kids. That assumption is starting to change, of course, with major studios like Pixar and DreamWorks producing animated fare that can…
Five Awesome Video Game Documentaries
So listen, guys. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m kind of way into video games. I’m so into them that approaching them the way highbrow literary critics approach books is kind of my…
Mario Katharsis: Red Dead Redemption
When a nerd decides to study theatre seriously, Aristotle’s Poetics is bound to come up. One of the major tenets of the work is catharsis (or katharsis, if you want to be really Greek-y: opa!),…