A Lukewarm Defense of The Game Awards
You ever meet somebody who doesn’t do number scores? Like, you see a movie together and you ask them to
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Essays
Every Musical Project From Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones Ranked
On the fourth of November of this year, the late Quincy Jones passed away at the age of 91. Luckily,
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“It’s Everything You Wanted”: Analyzing The Penguin’s Finale
It’s hard to articulate why The Penguin works. On the surface, it’s simply a solid crime drama starring a classic
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Alan Wake 2 “The Lake House”, The Latest Entry in Gaming’s First Shared Universe
This October, fans of Alan Wake 2 (2023), the mind-bending, supernatural survival-horror epic, get to return to Cauldron Lake in
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Clipping’s music still scares me
Clipping is an experimental rap group, formed in LA in 2010, that specializes in industrial music. It is comprised of
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, A Catalyst for Authentic Diversity
The influence the 2018 global phenomenon Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has had on the animation industry is pretty hard
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Sea Hear Now: The Best Summer Send-Off
September has arrived, which means that autumn is on its way. Already I’ve felt the cooler temperatures, seen the leaves
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Great Characters, But Terrible Role Models: Why We Romanticize Anti-Heroes
A protagonist is often associated with a hero or good guy, but the word simply refers to the point-of-view character.
Read moreNot-So-Terrifying Metal Tube: Connecting Resident Alien to Travel
Babies are right about planes. Yes, they may scream and thrash for hours upon hours on a flight. But who
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The K-Pop Chronicles: From Middle School to Mainstream
Since I was a kid, I was always classified as the weird one. I wasn’t your “stereotypical” black girl. I
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Every Word You Never Said: Silence Speaks Loudest
“I’ve just always liked to write. As for specifically the Noahverse? It would be growing up in a fundamentalist
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Magneto was Right: The X-Men vs The Status Quo
“I’m glad to be proven wrong.” That’s what I said to my sister as we finished the first episode
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The Prince of All Shonen: A Tribute to Akira Toriyama
On March 1st, 2024, manga artist and character designer Akira Toriyama passed away at the age of 68. To say
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The Ones Who Live: The Walking Dead’s Return From The Grave
SPOILERS for: The Walking Dead and The Ones Who Live The Ones Who Live, a 6-episode miniseries follow-up
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Will Ferrell is my Anchorman
Unlike most 10-year-olds, I was not watching girlhood staples like Barbie of Swan Lake {2003} or Barbie in the
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“Let Us Descend” to Jesmyn Ward
“I hope my mother helms a tight-seamed boat with a large white sail on the celestial waterway between worlds…
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Half My Heart is Filled With Marvel References
When I was six years old, the DVD collection that my Dad had in the downstairs cabinet became of interest
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The Time I Participated in Barbenheimer
For as long as I can remember, my mother has always loved movies. I honestly believe that if it were
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Dune: Part Two is a Chipped Masterpiece
After seeing the film, I was initially satisfied with a Letterboxd review, posted almost immediately after leaving the theater. It
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All X-Men Movies Ranked
To me, my X-Fans! The beloved 90’s animation featuring Marvel’s merry mutants returned to us on March 20th with Disney+’s
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Hazbin Hotel: Revolutionary animated show, or just another has been?
WARNING: this review contains mentions of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and rape. My one-sided beef with Vivienne Medrano goes
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I Want To Believe in the X-Files Reboot
Whether or not you’ve seen an episode of The X-Files, you’ve felt its impact. Investigation duos with palpable romantic chemistry,
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The Ethics of Being a Hater
My first ever experience with haterdom was at the ripe old age of 12. The highly anticipated My Little Pony
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Panic! at the Disco, One Year Later
I’m not a very nostalgic person when it comes to art and entertainment. I can’t bring myself to keep engaging
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You Should Be Reading Ultimate Spider-Man: A Review and Analysis
If you’re a Spider-Man fan, you should be at your local comic book store. Ultimate Spider-Man, by writer Jonathan Hickman
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Aquaman and the Lost Universe
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has finally come to the silver screen this holiday season, and with its arrival comes
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The Making of The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki. This man is well-known to fans of Studio Ghibli. He has been working for the studio for years
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A Look Back at The Hunger Games
With the Hunger Games prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, releasing this year, it seemed like the proper
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Why Final Fantasy 16 Is My Game Of The Year
(SPOILERS AHEAD for Final Fantasy 16) “I have killed the monster…and become an outlaw.” These words are the
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Ranking Every DC Extended Universe Movie.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will be released in theaters in just a few short weeks, and if my calculations
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What is the Point of Stories in Video Games?
I like gaming, but I’m not the most experienced gamer. This isn’t an insecurity, it’s an expensive and time-consuming hobby,
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Danny Brown is Another Victim of the Culture.
In 2019, foundational trap artist Future released the album Save Me. It was a shocking departure from his usual
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A Retrospective on the Barbie Movie and Womanhood
Barbie is a word that, by now, most people are likely now very familiar with. From the summer blockbuster to
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I Believe In Jonathan Hickman: Superheroes vs The Status Quo
This past Wednesday, writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Stefano Caselli have come out swinging with their Marvel one-shot Ultimate Universe
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Eulogy for Winning Time
We are gathered here today to pay respects to the deceased. On September 17, 2023, the final episode of the
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Trigun Stampede: Worth the Watch
Cowboy Bebop, a classic well known by anime fans, was a testament to Jazz music and bounty hunters, and greatly
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Theater Camp: A Cringeworthy Comedy In The Best Way
The summer going into my first year of middle school, I decided to take a two-week theater class with
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A Brief Look At Elemental Through The Lens of a Pixar Traditionalist
Over the Years Growing up in the early 2000s, my Disney-crazed family thrived off classic Pixar movies. Monsters,
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My Experience with Steven Universe
Steven Universe is a show created by Rebecca Sugar about a young boy named Steven Universe who lives
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The Novel That’s a Craft Book in Disguise
Relatability and functionality go hand-in-hand turning Careful! Or You’ll End Up In My Novel into a covert craft book. This
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Jaws: Rewatching Childhood Classics
March 8, 2006 (My 7th birthday) I loved sharks, so of course, I loved Jaws. I insisted my birthday cake
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My Love – The Worst Heartbreaks of My Life
“You can run, you can hide But you could never criticize my love, You can leave me alone but
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your favorite song but you’re in the other room reading my article
It’s closing time. You decided to visit the old mall today, despite its social decline. Your local nostalgia trip is
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The Hope of the Irish
My name is Mary Devlin Millar. Devlin, a family name and originally Dobhailéan in Irish, means “fierce courage.” It is
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Belle (2022): Discover Your True Self in the World of U
Don’t you wish that you could start over and live the life you want? Well, now you can! Welcome to
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The Phantom of the Opera Forever Sings Songs in my Head
There are no sensations, no sounds, nor views that this world can offer me that can compare to the euphoric
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“The Owl House” and Disney’s Mistake
Spoiler warning for season 2, potential watchers beware Amidst a sea of disrespect towards animation, exemplified during the Oscars’s controversial
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Basket Case Review: Butchery, Blood, and Brotherly Love
If you were to take two brothers and divide them into two, what do you end up with? Well, if
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Video Game Development and Crunch: The Industry’s Worst Kept Secret
“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is bad forever.” This quote, often misattributed to Shigeru Miyamoto,
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Spider-Man is The World’s Most Popular Super-Hero, So Why Does Marvel Never Give Him Any Respect?
Back in April, Marvel Comics released Amazing Spider-Man #1, which kicks off a new story for the title character
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Turning Red and the Power of the Boy Band
The year is 2011. A young kid has just heard about a new band named “One Direction” that all the
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Why’d These (Relation)ships Sink?
Shipping (as the title suggests) comes from the word “relationship” and is a rather odd form of fan-culture which involves
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In a world where online commentary can make or break something, how does Euphoria hold up?
When Euphoria first premiered on June 16, 2019, it seemed as though it were a guaranteed success. Starring the likes
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Fan Service: How much is too much?
In late February, the Disney+ series The Book of Boba Fett (abbrev. TBBF) aired its first season finale. The finale
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How The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) Creates a (Sub)liminal Space
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), a black-and-white film adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic horror tragedy, toes the line between theater and
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