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The Year that was My 2022

When I take that long expected journey to Niggle’s Parish, my writings are the leaves I’ll leave behind

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Poetry

As Mercury

an Ars Poetica

Video Games

Crusader Kings III is the Middle Ages Grand Strategy Game Par Excellence

“Deus Vult!”

Poetry

Fiddler on the Throne

“Hey, Diddle diddle,” Nero did fiddle,
All the while Rome burned.
His focus entire on his lyre
But for the roaring and ruinous fire
Was Caesar unconcerned.

Video Games

The Middle Ages in Modern 4X Strategy Games

“Explore. Expand. Exploit. Exterminate.”

The Year that was My 2021

Most important is the resolution I won’t make, given how often I’ve failed at my previous pledges and how imperative it is that with this one I succeed. 

December 23, 2021 in Editorial.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Doesn’t Understand Free Speech

That the CBLDF cannot see the difference between civilian oversight of the classroom and genuine government censorship disqualifies them from being effective defenders of the First Amendment in the comics medium.

October 11, 2021 in Comic Books, Editorial.

The Year That Was My 2020

To paraphrase Dickens: “It was the worst of times. Just the f****** worst.”

December 31, 2020 in Editorial.

The Philosophical Zombie Apocalypse

Are you one of the sole solipsistic survivors?

July 28, 2020 in Editorial.

Into the Metaverse: Jungian Psychology, Esoteric Tarot, and Moral Philosophy in Persona 5

From the Fool’s Journey through the Major Arcana to Dante’s ascent up Mount Purgatory

March 26, 2020 in Video Games, Wisecrack.

“Birds of Prey” is far from Fantabulous

…but Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn absolutely is!

February 7, 2020 in Movies.

Seven Questions for Al-Masih from Netflix’s “Messiah”

One way or another, Payam Golshiri needs to be picked apart by pedantic pharisees.

January 24, 2020 in Television.

Is Mattmas Pagan? How the early Thérians decided the date.

Debunking the common myth

January 16, 2020 in Editorial.

The Year That Was My 2019

“Were all of it written down, I suppose that the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” 

December 26, 2019 in Editorial.

Doomsday Clock is more of a “Fuck You” to Moore than HBO’s Watchmen

Johns’ reconstruction of the superhero genre which Watchmen deconstructed directly undermines Moore’s message

December 25, 2019 in Comic Books, Television.

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