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REVIEW: Stranger Things: The Experience Is Silly, Spooky Fun

July 1, 2022

Immersion experiences can be hit or miss, but I often feel like its a two-way street where the audience member has to let themselves be immersed. Sure, there’s definitely shoddily constructed experiences; I have been in a haunted house where a wall quite literally fell down when I touched ...

Essays, Television and Film

Stranger Things Season 3 and How It Failed Romantic Banter

August 6, 2019

At the forefront of the Stranger Things season 3 discussion is the reaction to Jim Hopper’s characterization this season. A fan-favorite played by the incredibly talented David Harbour, the Hawkins Chief of Police is undergoing a lot of criticism for this season. The A.V. Club went out of their ...

Comics, Interviews

Jody Houser on Stranger Things and Licensed Works

July 31, 2018

Jody Houser is a busy woman in the world of comics, having just wrapped up a Thrawn miniseries at Marvel and about to launch a Stranger Things comic and a StarCraft title with Dark Horse, not mention her work with Valiant and DC. While her original worlds appear in short comics in anthologies, ...

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Geek Mystique: Lifestyle News for September

September 26, 2016

It’s that time again! The Lifestyle section Editor’s–that would be me–monthly round-up of carefully curated (meaning stuff I like) geeky lifestyle links! Hide your wallet now.

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Get Your Game On Wednesday: Send Your Voice to the Stars

September 21, 2016

Happy Wednesday, all you dice rollers, thumbstick pushers, and mouse clickers of the world! While I’ve been living in an Overwatch bubble since the recent free weekend, it seems as though the gaming world has continued on without me. Let’s catch up on this week together.

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Stranger Things: Cool Girls, Missing Girls, and Our Girls

September 1, 2016

This essay will contain spoilers for the full run of Stranger Things. Teen boys playing D&D in a lovingly reproduced 1980s basement. That’s how Stranger Things really gets going, and that’s when I knew that this show probably wasn’t going to be for me.

Essays

The Borderline Mother in Netflix’s Stranger Things

August 12, 2016

The Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things intrigued me with the fantastically ’80s splash screen on the Netflix series page and totally hooked me with the title sequence. And then my wife and I watched the entire, too-short eight-episode series in, oh, a weekend. I reveled in the plethora of ...

Stranger Things

REVIEW: Stranger Things: The Experience Is Silly, Spooky Fun

Stranger Things Season 3 and How It Failed Romantic Banter

Jody Houser on Stranger Things and Licensed Works

Geek Mystique: Lifestyle News for September

Get Your Game On Wednesday: Send Your Voice to the Stars

Stranger Things: Cool Girls, Missing Girls, and Our Girls

The Borderline Mother in Netflix’s Stranger Things

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