Rory
Against the cultural Eternal Now
In Titanium Court, the choice you make is not the one you think you're making.
Fifteen thoughts on entertaining
My favorite Scorsese shot
Regarding James Hurley
The peerless magic of Diana Wynne Jones
The seven-point rating system that I use.
A brief guide to an impossibly good band
My take on AI's present and future
A not-quite-come-to-Jesus moment
Good design stays good
Organic surfaces vs. decorative ones
Your gifts don't define you.
Mechanic as metaphor
Two very different flavors of idea.
Regarding Colonel Miles Quaritch
Various unassembled thoughts about Avatar: Fire and Ash
Where's the line between righteous and self-righteous?
Elitism, misanthropy, and the fundamental worth of human life
"Reality" can be deceptive.
The biggest thing
The future of social media is from 2013
Regarding the strange matter of content creation
How social media fell from grace, and how we can get it back.
Ghosting
Pop music and LSD: a review
The challenge of designing community expectations
Disco Elysium: materialism vs ideology
The kinds of stories that only games can tell
The problem isn't phones. It's apps.
"Sirens" and the cruel art of telling tales
The American contempt for the Democratic party, explained
Ninth House: a review
"I did not kill anybody."
An Introduction to Twin Peaks
Let Me Tell You About Homestuck [SPEEDRUN EDITION]
Something somewhat like an artist's statement
Soul food, part 3
You'll never know what you're missing.
Some thoughts about Dune that are not really thoughts about Dune, except for the ones that are of course about Dune
The Sight and Sound 100: an incomplete series of capsule reviews
Ween live: a capsule review
The vulnerability that most men never know.
Human experience, hold the humanity.
An album review that isn't an album review, really
Harry Potter and the Cauldron of Media Illiteracy
A rant about the gaslighting bastard that is the official Shrek soundtrack.
NOBODY ASKED FOR THIS: Here's One Sparks Song From Every Sparks Album, Okay?
A skeptic's thoughts on Transcendental Meditation™
Procedural rhetoric and ludic aesthetics: understanding the relationship between play, morality, and art
The perils of a consumer mindset.
Cults of charisma
An "Unforgettable" Sound
It's clear to me that all of Blue Velvet's central conflicts could have been solved with polyamory
Amoral morality: on "Breathless" and Tarantino
Thoughts on Groundhog Day