May 30, 2019 Concerts Music Watch The Cure Perform Disintegration at the Sydney Opera House I don’t usually get up before 5am, but when I do, it’s to watch The Cure perform their greatest album live.
May 30, 2019 Technology Walking Across Japan A 620-mile walk allows Craig Mod to use technology in a more mindful way.
May 26, 2019 Movies “5 Essential Godzilla Films” Uber-fan Matthew Metcalf breaks down the Big G’s filmography for you.
May 24, 2019 Anime Princess Mononoke and the Rage of Hayao Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki’s historical fantasy epic is his darkest film, but it gets to the heart of his complicated worldview.
May 23, 2019 TV Netflix’s Warrior Nun Will Netflix’s adaptation retain its religiosity or indulge in nunsploitation?
May 23, 2019 Video Games What makes a good Lord of the Rings video game? In which I pitch a Dúnedain-centric “Lord of the Rings” video game.
May 20, 2019 Literature Gene Wolfe’s Fantastical Language A few of my favorite passages (so far) from Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun.
May 17, 2019 Music The Many Forms of Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love” The 1984 “city pop” single has taken on a life of its own in recent years.
May 16, 2019 Video Games How do violent video games affect their developers? I confess, I’ve never given a second thought to the trauma that video game developers might experience while making a game.
May 14, 2019 Music The Mirage by Chasms (Review) With its blend of dub music and dream-pop, Chasms’ latest album is shadowy and seductive.
May 14, 2019 Music “Katana ZERO” by LudoWic The best synthwave track I’ve heard in a long time, and one that sets a new bar for the genre.
May 10, 2019 Video Games Watch the First Teaser for the Long-Awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake The recent teaser looks good, but I can’t deny that nostalgia plays a pretty major role in my response.
May 7, 2019 Movies Disney’s Upcoming Movie Schedule is Packed with Marvel, Star Wars, and Avatar There are eight as-yet-untitled Marvel movies planned for the next three years. Yay?
May 6, 2019 Technology The ’90s as a Golden Age Remember the golden days, when we had “just enough internet”?
May 4, 2019 Music Invincible by Jyradelix (Review) This side-project by Christian industrial act Mortal exchanged their usual sound for upbeat, rave-friendly dance music.
May 4, 2019 Music Heavy Age by Unwed Sailor (Review) Johnathon Ford’s instrumental rock outfit enters its third decade with its heaviest and most assured album to date.
May 3, 2019 Web Development Killing IE6 Back in 2009, a few frustrated souls working at YouTube decided that they’d finally had enough.
May 1, 2019 TV May 2019’s Best Streaming Titles: Austin Powers, The Matrix, Shaolin Soccer, Zombieland, Mission: Impossible Coming soon: Mike Myers’ international man of mystery, Keanu’s cyberpunk journey, the greatest sports movie ever, undead humor, Tom Cruise, and more.