So I found this little number browsing text games on itch.io the other day… https://litrouke.itch.io/please-answer-carefully I’m not going to spoil anything, but this is some extremely simple psychological horror. It’s a very simple set up and it telegraphs the outcome. Normally I’d be iffy on this kind of broadcasting, but it really worked out well…Read more
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The Night Mind Index
I am a huge fan of the YouTube channel Night Mind. I would never be one of those people that would go all “I was following these guys before they were cool,” I’ve been a follower for a long time. I love to see the care and that they put into their videos and analysis….Read more
Continuing Education
Since I graduated, I’ve had this really restless feeling. It turns out, after some honest self-analysis, I really like learning stuff. (Go figure, took me long enough.) I have a lot of time on my hands, so I’m really trying to keep up on that continuing education. Part of that is studying my craft and…Read more
So, I’m trying speed reading…
It turns out I hoard ebooks just as much as I hoard physical books. I love me a Humble Bundle stacked with interesting and unusual knowledge. Project Gutenberg is my jam. Give me that sweet, sweet free Tor download, baby, and heck yeah I’ll sign up for your newsletter. Worth it. But! This means that…Read more
I had no idea that the new Vampire: The Masquerade video game was announced with an ARG
I don’t play video games like I used to, which is unfortunate. But it’s E3 season, which means I’m drooling over new trailers like Charlie Bucket smashing his face up in the window of the candy store. I want it all, but there’s no way I can afford it. But in a weird crossover, one…Read more
Minecraft Earth is Everything I Ever Wanted and More From an AR Mobile Game
Y’ALL. I! AM! EXCITED! ABOUT! THIS! I like Minecraft. I don’t play the campaign mode, but the sandbox is my favorite thing ever. It’s one of the reasons why I got an enormous SD card for my phone. I have a lot of little world I open up and tinker with. Sometimes when you have…Read more
What I should be watching versus what I am watching
What I should be watching: The 150+ movies I have saved for later on Kanopy The 52 movies I have saved to my list on Netflix The 25 TV shows in my list on Netflix The 15 movies I have saved on Hulu The 12 shows I have saved on Hulu Anything in my serious…Read more
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POV in John Cassavetes’s The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
I am currently making my way through the Criterion collection on Kanopy, and I came across an interesting film from 1978, called The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. On paper, it’s a pretty standard mob crime story: the owner of a strip club gets in too deep with gambling debts owed to the mob, and…Read more
Video: Lessons From the Screenplay Talks about Annihilation
I am always astounded by the insights that Michael Tucker has in his Lessons from the Screenplay videos. It constantly challenges me to engage with movies and scripts in deeper and deeper ways. This is a particularly good one that came out recently. If you like it, I encourage you to go to YouTube and…Read more