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Sabrina’s Chilling Adventures and Growing Up

Sabrina’s Chilling Adventures and Growing Up

November 24, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag1 Comment

I never wrote an article about Riverdale so here is one about Sabrina.

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An Ode to the Episode

An Ode to the Episode

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag2 Comments

How good are TV episodes? Very good!

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Hilda and Children’s Entertainment

Hilda and Children’s Entertainment

October 15, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag1 Comment

We go all over the place in this one: animation, Hilda, Gravity Falls, Tarkovsky, My Neighbor Totoro, etc.

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BoJack Horseman on Shows that Never End

BoJack Horseman on Shows that Never End

October 1, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag3 Comments

All your favorite subjects back in one place: Mad Men, BoJack, narrative, episodic TV, how we conceptualize time, it’s all here!

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What Makes a Good Blockbuster Villain

What Makes a Good Blockbuster Villain

September 18, 2018April 26, 2019 Posted in Grab Bag1 Comment

Yeah, yeah, we’re talking about Thanos AGAIN.

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Sunless Sea Makes Exploration Scary

Sunless Sea Makes Exploration Scary

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag1 Comment

Sunless Sea makes you scared of the dark.

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An Imaginary Syllabus: Mediums

An Imaginary Syllabus: Mediums

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag1 Comment

A reading list to explore the different ways we can create experience. Go back to school with us as you unqualified teachers.

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Block’hood, Stardew, and Cities Skylines: Messaging in Games

Block’hood, Stardew, and Cities Skylines: Messaging in Games

August 16, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag2 Comments

Community based games try to match framed narrative and ludonarrative.

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Back from Break

Back from Break

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag2 Comments

We’re back!

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Princess Mononoke on the Big Screen

Princess Mononoke on the Big Screen

July 28, 2018July 28, 2018 Posted in Grab Bag, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I go to the movies for many reasons. Here is one of them. I want to see wondrous sights not available in the real world, in stories where myth and dreams are set free to play. Animation opens that possibility, because it is freed from gravity and the chains of the possible. Realistic films show… Continue reading Princess Mononoke on the Big Screen

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