Lake and the Alluring Escapist Fantasy of the Readily Available, Decent JobSometimes, when I’m in the mood to break my own heart with the difference between the world I imagined as a child and the one I’m actually…Jun 18, 20211Jun 18, 20211
Humanity’s Exiles: My Trans-Loneliness and Zack Snyder’s Justice League“Make love.” — Daft Punk, 1993–2021Apr 5, 20212Apr 5, 20212
Tell Me Why and the Limits of Positive Trans RepresentationDontnod has a knack for place, for memory, and for the link between the two. In Life Is Strange, I relished the opportunities I was given…Sep 12, 20201Sep 12, 20201
and all the sinners saints: Hope and Salvation in Perry MasonNOTE: This piece assumes the reader has watched season one of HBO’s Perry Mason.Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020
Broken People, Broken Worlds: Thoughts on The Last of Us Part IIPLEASE NOTE: This piece is intended as post-game reading. It discusses plot events in detail, including the ending.Jun 29, 202019Jun 29, 202019
Remake Fakeout: The Strange Defiance of Final Fantasy 7 Remake(PLEASE NOTE: This post contains spoilers for Final Fantasy 7 Remake.)May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
This Makeshift Life — Personal Reflections on Animal Crossing: New HorizonsBefore its release, I was suspicious of Animal Crossing: New Horizons — suspicious of the idea that it could have anything to offer me…Mar 25, 2020Mar 25, 2020
Hard Times: Revisiting Acts I-IV of Kentucky Route Zero While Desperately Looking for WorkWhen Cardboard Computer announced that the fifth and final act of their magical realist adventure game Kentucky Route Zero was finally…Jan 25, 2020Jan 25, 2020
Of Star Wars, Wonderful Lives, and Terrifying New Beginnings at the End of the DecadeThis is my attempt to write something cleansing in the final hours of this decade, so that I can start the next one with the right mindset…Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
Ruthless Individuality: Criticism’s Past, and Hopefully Its FutureWriting in The New Yorker in June of 1981 about the upcoming film Raiders of the Lost Ark, film critic Pauline Kael made it clear that she…Dec 5, 2019Dec 5, 2019
