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Ashlander Analysis

Critical writing on games and film. Stans Morrowind and Dostoyevsky.

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Game Box Extras That Meant Something to Me

A tribute

Fallout Villains: Parables on Misanthropy

What happens when you conclude that everyone is bad?

The Tyranny of the Joke DnD Character

Against clowning

The Dogshittification of The Boys

Amazon can't critique itself, more news at ten

Horror in Non-Horror Games: The Monsters We Don't Expect

Blurred genres, contrast and the element of surprise

Poll and Updates

The struggle is real

Review of the Living Dead - Pt. 2/2

Day of the Dead + Land of the Dead

Review of the Living Dead - Pt. 1/2

Night of the Living Dead + Dawn of the Dead

Skald: Against the Black Priory X True Detective - Pt. 2/2

'I contemplate the moment in the Garden - the idea of allowing your own crucifixion.'

Skald: Against the Black Priory X True Detective - Pt. 1/2

'Everything we've ever done or will do, we're going to do over and over and over again.'

Goth Extravagance in Legacy of Kain

In praise of Soul Reaver 1 & 2

A Peak Soviet Fairy Tale

Panna a Netvor ('The Virgin and the Monster')

The Iran Editorial Line

what fresh hell is this

Why Do The In-Game Books of The Elder Scrolls Matter?

Pratchettesque hijinks, Heart of Darkness, and the human rights of Orcs

Lord Saito and Dutch van der Linde: Phony Rebels

Gaming's nastiest hypocrites

Abuse and Denial in The Vourdalak

Alternate titles: 'The Peakdalak'; 'The Vourdalak Mogs.'

The Death of Stalin: It's Not Very Good

'What if we did a poorly researched Red Scare movie but said it was about Trump?'

Medievalism in Film, From 1957 to 1968

Deconstructing five great medieval movies

What does Armored Core VI have in common with a Werner Herzog documentary?

On disembodiment, the Gulf War, and Mobile Suit Gundam

Why I Do Not Want The Witcher 4, 5 and 6

Please stop making more of everything