Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: It Bears Repeating
Two tunes wanting to make absolutely sure you heard them when they said they’re in love
Phantasm, or, Ow, My Balls!
One of the scariest movies from my childhood turns out to be charmingly weird and nonsensical
I Ain’t Watching That: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Cultural diffusion and a status update on my journey into horror
Psycho III, or, Crane in Vain
Psycho III is the sequel that really understands the original and gives it exactly the amount of reverence it deserves
Psycho II, or, Repro Bates
If you’re going to insist on making a movie that doesn’t need to exist, you could do worse than the sequel to Psycho
First Person Commuter, or, One Thing I Like About Exit 8
Like the video game it’s based on, Exit 8 does a lot with a little. It just doesn’t do quite enough.
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: The Inscrutability of Millennial R&B
Two tunes make a happy accident from typing stuff into the Apple Music search bar
Thoughts of a Childless Middle-Aged Man While Watching The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The one positive thing I can say about the new Mario movie is that it made me even more appreciative of the wonderful games
Willow Creek, or, A Night in the Woods
An amateur documentary traveling to the area of the most famous Sasquatch sighting results in one of the scariest scenes I’ve seen in any movie.
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Because It Is Hard
Two tunes to help appreciate the significance of a trip to the Moon
Exists, or, Found Bigfootage
The found footage movie Exists isn’t even a little bit good, but at least it chooses the right side
Game Narratives Are About Antici…
Expanding on an essay where I talk about front-loading stories to be more present with the player from moment to moment