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YouTube: the world's cheapest megaphone

(Or, why all YouTubers eventually become brands)

Aug 15 • 

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December 2024

Belief in Santa: Epistemology or Play?

Is "playful whimsy" actually in conflict with "truth?"

Dec 26, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Adaptations can outlive their usefulness

Are we still running from the past?

Oct 18, 2024 • 

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September 2023

The most American restaurant experience

When I was in college, my friends and I would often journey to hot wings restaurants that required you to sign a waiver when ordering certain menu…

Sep 15, 2023 • 

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July 2023

Why the movie villain’s henchmen always wear masks

It's a practical choice, not an artistic one

Jul 5, 2023 • 

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March 2023

What makes movie action “good?”

There seems to be pretty uniform agreement that John Wick movies have great action, and simultaneously, there seems to be a lot of general “Marvel…

Mar 31, 2023 • 

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The King's Dilemma is a game about roleplaying

First impressions of an excellent board game

Mar 10, 2023 • 

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November 2022

December 2021

"Trogdor!! the Board Game Rulebook" is an album that you can listen to on Spotify

An unconventional delivery mechanism for a board game rulebook, but a welcome one

Dec 2, 2021 • 

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January 2021

Movies with feel-good "bad ends"

What we want is not always what we need

Jan 26, 2021 • 

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December 2020

Makers Don't Negotiate Like Middlemen

Sometimes, you need an agent to be the "bad guy"

Dec 24, 2020 • 

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December 2019

Rogue One feels like classic Star Wars

Rogue One might be the only film since the original trilogy that really understood what, exactly, Star Wars was before it was Star Wars Episode IV: A…

Dec 29, 2019 • 

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