J.R.R. Tolkien and History as the “Long Defeat”
“I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’— though it contains… glimpses of final victory”
Beren and Lúthien is a fitting finale to Tolkien’s posthumous publications
“The most obvious appeal is also of the book is perhaps also its deepest: ‘there was sorrow then too, and gathering dark, but great valour, and great deeds not wholly vain.'”
Bloodborne and “Round the Bend”: On Difficulty Levels in Games and Literature
Just as a player might have to master a new skill in a Souls game to progress through a level, readers must learn a new set of skills to progress through the “Round the Bend” chapter of Moore’s Jerusalem.
Alan Moore’s Prophecy that the World Will End in 2017
“Rejoice! This is the promised time, Of earth’s ascent to realms sublime. Imagination’s endless dance, Is mankind’s jeweled inheritance.”
Press Start to Play
“It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.” The words jumped out at me as I meandered through the bookstore. It is a phrase every self-respecting gamer who had grown up with the video games medium from its nascent Golden Age on through the present day knows by heart. It is arguably among the most famous…
The Hub City Review 