Why is Twilight Popular? A Short Animated Explanation
The Lego Brick effect he’s talking about is called “Masking“, and is extensively explained in Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, a book I highly recommend everyone read. I...
The Leviathan Chronicles
In honor of the Leviathan Chronicles reaching its season finale, I decided to make a point of giving it a listen and checked out the first Chapter....
A Funny Explanation of the European Debt Crisis
Oh those clever Aussies…
A History of Power Rangers
I know I’m showing my geek roots here, but it’s time to come clean. I was a Super Sentai fan. -_- There, I said it. It’s out...
Hidden Talents
One of the great things about Youtube is that it’s a mini American’s Got Talent of sorts, where all sorts of interesting abilities people have can be...
The Infoladies of Bangladesh
In a place where women dutifully give birth in dingy huts, the men know of little outside their fields, and the world revolves around the local mosque;...
Nollywood Calling
Nollywood, Nigeria’s booming film industry, is the world’s third largest producer of feature films. Unlike Hollywood and Bollywood, however, Nollywood movies are made on shoe-string budgets of...
WuXia versus Kung Fu
Recently I’ve been watching a lot old Shaw Brothers Kung Fu movies on Youtube, and it occurred to me that from the point of view of someone...
Genre Fiction Generator 2000
Care of David Ault and Fiona Thraille comes the solution to all your plotting needs! Stuck on what to write, dear friend? Never fear! The Genre Fiction...
John Williams- Musical Plagerist?
So there I am in church for the Mother’s Day service, and we start singing a beautiful hymn called “I, the Lord of Sea and Sky” (aka...