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Editorial

Don’t let Durham be the Latest Chapter in The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

The vandalism and destruction called for or committed recently evidence an eagerness to follow Rome along the same self-destructive path from civility to savagery.

August 28, 2017 in Editorial.

The Importance of Criticism

Man’s highest purpose is to officiate the marriage of Matter to Meaning. His second highest is the appreciation and enjoyment of all the wondrous works begotten by this union.

July 9, 2017 in Editorial.

Colin Was Right: How the Enthusiast Press is Lessened by the Loss of Mr. Moriarty

Colin was the paragon of civility in discourse, demonstrating boldness in his beliefs, genuine curiosity of others’, intellectual honesty in all ideas, openness to persuasion, patience with those he did disagree with, and unreserved friendship for individuals of any political persuasion.

March 13, 2017 in Editorial.

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.

February 19, 2017 in Books, Editorial, Video Games.

The Eleven Best Dating Tips for “Geeks” (You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Online)

Most men – not just geeks – have to try hard with women. And if you’re not trying hard, you almost definitely can and should do better. Here’s how.

February 12, 2017 in Editorial.

The Importance of Criticism

Man’s highest purpose is to officiate the marriage of Matter to Meaning. His second highest is the appreciation and enjoyment of all the wondrous works begotten by this union.

January 12, 2017 in Editorial.

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.”

January 2, 2017 in Books, Comic Books, Editorial.

Trinity #3 Review/Editorial Against Artist Substitution

The comics published presently must be made with futurity in min; they are today’s tapestries and vases, the repositories of our modern mythology, meant to preserve and pass down who we are as a culture.

November 16, 2016 in Comic Books, Editorial.

Black Liberation Theology in Marvel’s Luke Cage

Every bit as much as Daredevil is a hero is shaped and defined by Irish Catholicism, so too is Luke Cage cut from Black Liberation Theology.

October 3, 2016 in Editorial, Television.

Inside Recapitulates the Horrors of the Holocaust

Though grotesque, eerie, even eldritch imagery is scattered throughout the puzzle platformer, it is this juxtaposition of such a proximate setting with the very event which epitomizes evil in our cultural memory which imbibes in Inside such a haunting quality.

July 1, 2016 in Editorial, Video Games.

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