The Many Faces of Lois Lane
Since Action Comics #1 in 1938, Lois Lane has been Superman’s partner. She’s changed actors plenty of times, and the characterizations all differ; however, a few things remain constant. She […]
‘Gone Home’ Is the Most Important Game You’ve Never Played
The Fullbright Company’s Gone Home debuted in 2013, and while it didn’t create the walking simulator genre, it has come to define it. As noted by IGN, the walking simulators […]
Presidential Ranking and the Politics of Memory
This past June, C-SPAN released an updated United States Presidential ranking. This was their 4th installment of the rankings. Beginning in 2000 and following each change of administration in 2009 […]
America’s Culture War Is a Religious Conflict
A civic religion is more than just a system of beliefs that we might consider “religious,” as in, supernatural. A civic religion is a set of beliefs, customs, and symbols […]
Shohei Ohtani Is Doing Something the MLB Hasn’t Seen in 100 Years
Even if you don’t care about Major League Baseball, you may want to start paying attention to the season that Shohei Ohtani is having with the Los Angeles Angels. We […]
The UFOs Might Not Be Aliens But Aliens Definitely Exist
Recently, the US Department of Defense released a report on UFO sightings. The DoD calls them “unknown aerial phenomena.” In English, that means “we saw some shit flying around, and […]
The Three Americas: Nation, State, Idea
On July 4, 1776 (actually a few days earlier), a delegation of British colonists codified the United States of America. There was still a war to fight, an initial government […]
Black Widow is a Romp, but is that Enough?
This weekend I returned to the theater for the first time in over a year, and no doubt that will influence my feelings toward the latest installment in the Marvel […]
Luke and Rey Don’t Deserve Anakin’s Lightsaber
Throughout the nine main Star Wars films, Anakin Skywalker has three lightsabers. He builds his first lightsaber when he’s fourteen and still a padawan. He loses this lightsaber on Geonosis […]
Understanding Schadenfreude and When It Makes You a Bad Person
Schadenfreude is a fun word to say. I could probably spend hours simply finding new ways to pronounce it. Sha-den-froy-duh. SHA-ten-FRAU-de. It’s endless. It is also one of my favorite […]