“Make love.” — Daft Punk, 1993–2021 Prologue This is not a review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League. There is much about the film I dislike, and I certainly don’t care whether you like it or not. I just want to write about how I found the film to be, almost in…

Dontnod 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 to just linger in a location, feeling out the emotional character of a place, how Max felt about it, and what existing there might…

NOTE: This piece assumes the reader has watched season one of HBO’s Perry Mason. “Don’t give up, ’cause somewhere there’s a place where we belong.” — Peter Gabriel, “Don’t Give Up” Let’s start here: I feel like a lost soul. I had written a big flashy introduction to this piece…

PLEASE NOTE: This piece is intended as post-game reading. It discusses plot events in detail, including the ending. “Why on earth are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear.” — John Lennon, “Instant Karma” “What’s broken can always be fixed. What’s fixed will always be broken.” …

This 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 and the right heartset. …