Analysis

Aug
18
Down Bad for Speed Racer

Down Bad for Speed Racer

Speed Racer follows this template - periods of intense, visceral action, all of it as bright as the sun and subtle as a gun, followed by slower narrative vignettes that serve only to affirm that Speed is right, good, and hot.
8 min read
Aug
04
mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes

mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes

A revolt against the homilies by which this world is run, a wilting carnation memorializing a dream of abundance and belonging.
7 min read
Jul
27
A banner image for OlliOlli World. A pink girl floats above a skateboard in a cloud of smoke.

OlliOlli World is a gnarly tombstone worth returning to

My earliest video games obsessions split the difference between two genres: platformers and action sports games. Sonic the Hedgehog on
7 min read
May
06
Image of a midwestern landscape with windmills in the distance

I Want To Talk To You About Cruelty

Julie is the first person in your life who paid attention to you - really stopped to pay attention to you. And it changed you. It made you better. And the cruelest thing is that places like Taylor and Cedarville don’t believe you’re worth that attention.
7 min read
Oct
22
Sable: To glide, and perchance, to vibe

Sable: To glide, and perchance, to vibe

In literature, an ellipsis is a gap in the action of the story where the reader jumps in and fills
4 min read