Name: Alphabear Studio: Spryfox http://www.spryfox.com Cost: Free to play with in-app purchases Platform: Android/IOS (this review covers the Android version) Genre: Word/Puzzle Release Date: July, 2015 Other games: Triple Town, Road Not Taken [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_XkvQCOGc&w=560&h=315] If you ever played Triple Town–the game where you had to build a town and keep the bears from blocking your…
The Thursday Book Beat: Disney Returns to the Once and Future King for Film Inspiration
E.L. Doctorow passes away at 84 years old Fans of historical and literary fiction mourned the death of author E.L. Doctorow this week, his long career brought to a close by complications from lung cancer. He wrote a dozen novels, including the experimental Ragtime, in addition to his short stories, dramas and critical essays. His subversions of…
“An Example of Great Side Boob”: The Cover Art of Jenny Frison
Jenny Frison’s covers first came to my attention when she was selected as the main cover artist for Gail Simone’s run on Red Sonja. Considering the amazing artists handpicked by Simone for the first issue included Fiona Staples, Nicola Scott, and Stephanie Buscema, I wasn’t too keen on Frison for the main covers. Not because I didn’t…
Dissecting the Asian Drama: Societal Reflections in Gender Perception and Performance (Part 2)
The male characters’ reluctance to accept their attraction to their female leads plays into another concept that Judith Butler explores in her piece “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory.” She talks of the strict repercussions Western cultures, especially in the United States, force onto people who stray outside their…