Over the weekend, my dear husband played a beautifully ridiculous game called Asura's Wrath. It's not so much a video game as an interactive story, and this is the way the story goes: a demigod named Asura is one of the Eight Celestial Generals charged with protecting the world from monsters called Golma. After helping … Continue reading Personal: All of the Injustices in the World
Category: Pop Culture
Hey Furries, Meet Sci-Fi/Fantasy!
Further Confusion 2014 is in the record books now, and I'm sure I don't need to tell you it was a hell of a convention. There were nearly 3,600 attendees this year, and it felt like there was an unending parade of things to do, people to see and places to be. I had a … Continue reading Hey Furries, Meet Sci-Fi/Fantasy!
Righteous Indignation, Wrong Action
We've been in a culture war for as long as I can remember. There were the 80s, when the Republicans were pretty much running the show, then the 90s where Clinton lead the charge against them from the Executive Office. The 2000s were particularly nasty and disheartening; I couldn't believe it when George W. Bush … Continue reading Righteous Indignation, Wrong Action
Five Favorite Horror Films
When I was but a wee leveret growing up in the wilds of Baltimore City, I really wasn't able to watch many horror movies. We were a religious household, so anything seen as 'celebrating' the Devil or the occult were strictly off-limits. As is often the case with kids who grow up in oppressively spiritual … Continue reading Five Favorite Horror Films
An Evening with John Scalzi
Last Thursday I attended a book reading and signing by the outgoing president of SFWA (the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Writer's Association), John Scalzi. I hadn't read anything written by Scalzi except his blog, Whatever, which is actually quite good. It does just about everything that a good blog should -- talk about the minutiae of someone's life … Continue reading An Evening with John Scalzi
An Outrageous Deconstruction of Shocking Comedy
In my opinion the best comedy is almost always surprising. A really great joke takes a well-worn premise and drives it off a cliff when we're least expecting it, or connects two places we never knew were even close to each other. I'm not a psychologist or anything, but I think we like to have … Continue reading An Outrageous Deconstruction of Shocking Comedy
My Wildly Inaccurate Oscar Predictions 2013
As almost every cinephile knows, the Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, capping off a few months of hype and speculation about which movie will be crowned the best movie Hollywood made all year. Whichever film takes the honor will have quite esteemed company, joining the ranks of Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, The … Continue reading My Wildly Inaccurate Oscar Predictions 2013
The AFI Top 100 Movies: Amadeus (#54)
Amadeus (1984) Starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce and Elizabeth Berridge Written by Peter Shaffer Directed by Milos Forman I think we're getting into the stretch of the top 100 where there are nothing but good movies left; each of these movies does exactly what they set out to do, exemplifying the craft of film-making … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Movies: Amadeus (#54)
In Defense of The Newsroom
Like most gods-fearing liberals out there, I'm a huge fan of HBO television. I've seen every episode of Six Feet Under, Oz, The Sopranos. I watch Game of Thrones, True Blood (so help me), and Boardwalk Empire. Worse than that, I'm an evangelist. I'll tell friends who rave to me about shows I've only heard … Continue reading In Defense of The Newsroom
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 