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McMillan’s Codex #9: David Cage, The Would-Be Spielberg Part 1
McMillan’s Codex #9 By C.T. McMillan David Cage: The Would-Be Spielberg, Part 1 Videogames take after movies for story and gameplay. Developer Hideo Kojima understands the need for a separation between the mediums and uses film for storytelling cutaways between gameplay. David Cage of Quantic Dream, however, has sought to combine them. His three games… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #34: Killing Auntie
Buzzed Books #34 by C.T. McMillan Andrzej Bursa’s Killing Auntie The college years can be confusing, especially when you are trying to work out new boundaries with your family, create your adult identity, and, you know, commit murder. Killing Auntie, by Andrzej Bursa, is about Jurek, a university student who lives with Auntie in a nondescript… Continue reading
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On Top of It #3: Don’t Let EL James Ruin Fanfic
On Top of It #3 by Lisa Martens Don’t Let EL James Ruin Fanfic I’m not a fan of the Twilight or Fifty Shades franchises, but I can appreciate that Fifty came from fanfiction, because I think there is a great community around fanfiction, and it’s constantly dissed and ignored, no matter how much it… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare On Film #9: Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
#9: Much Ado About Nothing (2012) Joss Whedon’s remarkable follow up to The Avengers was, a bit surprisingly, Much Ado About Nothing. If a superhero movie demands that characterization needs to be squeezed in with an eye-dropper between pyrotechnical explosions and sublime, seizure-inducing battles between IMPOSSIBLE BEINGS, Whedon squeezes in characterization about as well as anyone.… Continue reading
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Episode 175: The 5th Annual Flash Fiction Spooktacular!
Episode 175 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a Halloween show in Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a reader. Besides moi, the show featured Raymond McKee… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #108: Summer of Fear
The Curator of Schlock #108 by Jeff Shuster Summer of Fear Wes Craven Appreciation Month continues here at The Museum of Schlock with a made-for-TV movie entitled The Summer of Fear! The movie was also known as Stranger in Our House. I like the first title better because it’s less confusing. I mean are they… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #8: Borderlands (The Pre-Sequel)
McMillan’s Codex #8 By C.T. McMillan Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Humor has been a staple of videogames for a long time. Tim Schafer is the most prominent figure when it comes to comedy thanks to his work on Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, and Brutal Legend. His style is a mix of the absurd with self-deprecation, the… Continue reading
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On Top of It #2: The Angel of Liquor at the Brooklyn Book Festival
On Top of It #2 by Lisa Martens The Angel of Liquor at the Brooklyn Book Festival This year marked the 10-year anniversary of the Brooklyn Book Festival. I love the festival; I volunteered last year, and have been behind the booth a couple times. So I went to the Brooklyn’s Book Festival with every… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #8: Romeo and Juliet (1968)
#8: Romeo and Juliet (1968) Shakespeare in Love is a meta-narrative that simultaneously enacts Romeo and Juliet while imagining the story behind the play’s composition. So it’s about time I reviewed a straightforward Romeo and Juliet, so let’s talk about Franco Zeffirelli’s version from 1968. This is the only good cinematic R&J I know of,… Continue reading
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Episode 174: Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 174 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview my occasional co-host Vanessa Blakeslee about her new novel, Juventud, plus James Stewart III writes about how reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest changed his life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Come… Continue reading
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