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.Hack//Sign and the Impact of Online Gaming in the Early 2000's

I've done it, I've hit the age where like my parents before me and their parents before them I have come to believe that the best time for entertainment was when I was young. We all sometimes feel this way, not due to the quality of the content being exclusively better but more due to my attention at the time of release being wired to work with the format. It extends beyond just media, I've come…

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman | Long Term Parental Abuse

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman is a 2007 movie about the popular Japanese urban legend of Kuchisake-Onna. If not known by name, there’s a good chance you would have have seen her image around the internet or in popular entertainment. This sight of a woman holding a large pair of scissors with her mouth cut from ear to ear has grown beyond basic folklore, appearing in anime like Jujutsu Kaisen and…

No Life King | The Emergence of a New Digital Youth

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Jun Ichikawa’s 1989 No Life King is an impressive early look at what was to become the next generation of adults in a fast evolving digital world. While current day viewers might think the plot of this movie is based on old Pokemon playground rumours like getting a secret mew from under the truck next to the S.S. Anne, it actually predates Pokemon as…

Mamoru Hosoda’s Evolving Vision of Digital Empowerment

This article was written for The Companion and can be found here: Belle | Mamoru Hosoda’s Evolving Vision of Digital Empowerment

Pompo: The Cinephile | Artistic Passion

Pompo: The Cinephile tells the story of Gene Fini, a cinephile working as the assistant to young movie producer, Pompo. Gene’s passion for film comes from drawn out, thoughtful character study pictures. Pompo’s interest is in producing short, B movie quality action flicks. If Pompo were real, she would have made Geostorm and loved it. Pompo specifically dislikes when movies are over 90 minutes…

Is the High Republic Already at Risk?

This article was written for The Companion and can be found here: Star Wars | Is the High Republic Already at Risk?

Transgender Allegory, Applicability, and Me

This article was written for The Companion and can be found here: The Matrix | Transgender Allegory, Applicability, and Me

Fear Street: 1994 | A Strong Start

Fear Street: 1994 is the first in a three-part trilogy of horror movies set to release over a three-week period to Netflix. With each film being set in a different decade, the goal is to tell a story that explains why this town is plagued by brutal murders. The first in this trilogy is set in the 90s, with each subsequent film going further back in time to explain the backstory to the murders and…

Strangeland | The Journey Up

When exploring trauma and self-doubt in narrative storytelling, writers can often get wrapped up in the show of it all. I spoke previously in my article Introducing an Icon about how showing the death of the Wayne family doesn’t properly inform us of who Batman will be by the time we catch up to him, essentially; trauma is not equal to character. So it may sound surprising when I say that while…