July 16, 2015

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Her Story: a Unique Gaming Experience That’s Good/Bad/Just Okay

July 16, 2015

The year is 1994, and a man named Simon has been reported missing, then dead, by his wife Hannah. She submits herself to several police interrogations, but the questions are now lost. Dig through the police archive, searching only by indexed keywords, and follow her narrative carefully to ...

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The Thursday Book Beat: Who Reads the Watchman?

July 16, 2015

Studios bid for rights in The Name of the Wind Fantasy novels featuring anti-heroes seem to be the hot new property in Hollywood, and it was only a matter of time before Patrick Rothfuss’ work caught producers’ eyes. The Name of the Wind, the first novel in the Kingkiller ...

Opinion

The Neglected Personhood of American Icon Harper Lee

July 16, 2015

I was working in the bookstore Tuesday morning, when Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman went on sale. The book came with a strict on sale date, which means that no one, save a select few in the publisher’s offices and friendly reviewers, had seen it. Early that morning, bookstore employees all over ...

Comics, Opinion, Style & Fashion

Sequential Sartorial: Narrative Chaos! How to Redesign a Character

July 16, 2015

I promised to be positive in this series so here’s a new spin on that: a how-to, some advice, a template to run with. Why complain about weak redesigns if you don’t give suggestions on how to be better? But I’m poison-flavoured and sour, like my favourite drink, so let’s sneak in a little ...

Comics

Manic DC Dream Girl: The DC Super Hero Girls Site Has Launched, and We Have Questions

July 16, 2015

Many fans and geek blogs have already discussed DC’s latest vocal commitment to diversity. When they first announced DC Super Hero Girls, there were problems with how they phrased their press release. That’s a pattern, it seems: “Here’s diversity! Now watch us continue ...

Essays

Dissecting the Asian Drama: Gender Boundaries, Perception, and Performance in You’re Beautiful and Hana Kimi (Part 1)

July 16, 2015

Should you ever find yourself perusing Netflix, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll come across “foreign” TV shows. They’re usually shorter than the average American TV series—ten or eleven episodes in length and rarely more than one season long—and more often than not, they are romantic ...

July 16, 2015

Her Story: a Unique Gaming Experience That’s Good/Bad/Just Okay

The Thursday Book Beat: Who Reads the Watchman?

The Neglected Personhood of American Icon Harper Lee

Sequential Sartorial: Narrative Chaos! How to Redesign a Character

Manic DC Dream Girl: The DC Super Hero Girls Site Has Launched, and We Have Questions

Dissecting the Asian Drama: Gender Boundaries, Perception, and Performance in You’re Beautiful and Hana Kimi (Part 1)

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