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12
Mar

Hades by Supergiant Games is the Best Modern Orphic Story You’ll Ever Experience

What is Orphism? Why is it in my incredibly enjoyable indie action roguelike?
13 min read
08
Dec

Wear Your Face

It was always better to Not Be You. It still is, to some degree, better to be Not You.
4 min read
01
Dec

Voice Actors: Hollywood’s Forgotten Stars

So many times, I go to see an animated movie, and there are celebrity voices in them (sometimes, the entirety of the film is in them; I can’t separate out Ash from Sing from Scarlet Johansen’s normal speaking voice), and it’s just…a lot of it feels lost.
3 min read
26
Nov

Antagonists in Video Games

Zenos yae Galvus from FFXIV is that...anime character who…lives to fight. He just really cannot hold his attention on anything that isn’t a worthy challenge for longer than a second, like everything else bores him.
8 min read
24
Nov

Or Is He Both: A Dramatic Close Reading of Immortal Hulk #1

This is a Hulk who will not stand another like him. This is a Hulk who plays judge and jury, who does not want to watch another man like him grow and stumble. This isn’t the Hulk the setting or the audience is used to.
22 min read
27
Jul

Final Fantasy XIV: A Little Sin Goes A Long Way

Many people were able to pick up that many of the Lightwardens are named and themed after the Greek models of love. ...many have speculated about assigning the other models to the other Lightwardens. I am not here to do that today. Today, I want to teach you what a sin-eater is…
6 min read