by crissly | Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ever since Cats of Zero Wing delivered the oddly worded threat “all your base are belong to us” some 30 years ago, the writing in video games has been received with varying levels of enthusiasm. Often, it’s denounced as stilted, hackneyed, and just plain nonsensical....
by crissly | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Microsoft’s war chest is a dynamo. With revenues that rival the GDP of a small nation, it’s got enough cash on hand to buy whatever it wants. When it does, it just acquires another money-making machine. Its latest gadget? Video game company Activision Blizzard, which...
by crissly | Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
The new Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian follows the adventures of a ruthless bounty hunter named Din Djarin. It has a strong Western vibe, something science fiction author Rajan Khanna appreciated immediately. “One of the things I’ve always wanted to see from the...
by crissly | Dec 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Several years from now, when people look back on the many ways the Covid-19 pandemic forever altered the definition of “everyday life,” movies will undoubtedly be a big part of that conversation. Since early 2020, coronavirus mandates have had the power to shut down...
by crissly | Dec 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Pop music is a province of the unsettled. It lives in eras, and its most influential purveyors either adapt to the times or eerily predict them. That is true for music’s production and its consumption. The governing narrative of the 2010s was all about streaming....
