Cinema Quickie: Happy Happy Joy Joy (2020)
Every so often, a work of art comes along that shatters preconceptions, shifts the realm of possibility, and reinvigorates its medium. And every so often, that...
Category: Media
Where Have All the Good MMORPGs Gone?
Thanks to COVID, I’ve been living a very stripped-down, monotonous life for nearly a year now. I rarely leave the house for non-essential excursions, day-to-day novelty...
Cyberpunk 2077’s Open World Filler Problem
Now that I’ve finished most of Cyberpunk 2077’s main story content, I’ve been spending my time in Night City a little differently: namely, by roaming its...
What Cyberpunk 2077 Does Well
At first, I found Cyberpunk 2077 massively disappointing. It emphasizes player choice but offers little. Its open-world is pretty but mostly populated with filler content. And...
9 Books I Read in 2020
Reading is a pastime I’ve come to enjoy more as I’ve grown older. And with my renewed appreciation of the medium came a goal to read...
Beneath its Presentation, Cyberpunk 2077 is a Cybermess
After seven years, CD Projekt Red’s highly-anticipated action RPG Cyberpunk 2077 is here, and it’s a cybermess. And I’m not just talking about the apparent lack...
Live and Let Die: Supernatural, But Unremarkable James Bond
Digging through the James Bond catalogue has been one of my go-to film pleasures over the years. To my knowledge, few other film series can match...
Cancelled My World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Pre-Order
This post’s title might lead you to believe that I think cancelling my video game pre-order is newsworthy. I assure you, it’s not, and I’m not...
Street Thievin’ and Corporation Deceivin’ in The Outer Worlds
Occasionally, I’m reluctant to try new things, which causes me to miss out on some good stuff. The most recent example of this seems to be...
Cinema Quickie: Second Skin (2008)
My nostalgic thirst for all things World of Warcraft has hit hard this year. It’s a pattern that’s repeated nearly every autumn since 2010, wherein the...
