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Myst Series, pt. 9
Daymare Town -- Unwanted Souls Down an Uncharted StreetPicture a map of all the games you like. An atlas with land masses, oceans, towns and cities. Ignore that each game exists in its own universe;...
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ABCs of Death 2
My, my. I have been looking forward to this.Back in 2013, I wrote a post about The ABCs of Death, an anthology of (mostly) horror-themed short films. I found it to be quite enjoyable, albeit with...
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To Squee Or Not to Squee: Hannibal, pt. 2
PART TWO: RED DRAGONThere was once a hungry fox who noticed a succulent bunch of grapes hanging high over his head. Craving the grapes, the fox did everything in his power to knock them down, but...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 1
5.1: Checking In--What. The FUCK. Did I just watch.--Yeah...sorry, anyone who was hoping to hold onto their sanity. Did you think I wasn’t gonna recap American Horror Story this year? I may not have...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 2
5.2: Chutes and Ladders--OH MY GOD EVAN PETERS. I have been waiting SO LONG for this damned show to give him a good role again. Stop trying to make him the “everyman hero.” He does psychopaths! That’s...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 3
5.3: Mommy--“Hi, Mommy.”--Not “mother.” Mommy. This episode cracked open the case files on two women who lost their sons early and never got over it. Iris and Alex have plenty in common, including...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 4
5.4: Devil’s Night--An argument could be made that every serial killer wins. You can halt their spree, lock them up, and execute them, but it’s too late: they’re legend. James March touched upon this...
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Myst Series, pt. 10
Fez -- THERE... ARE... FOUR... OWLS!!!There are four owls. They can be found somewhere in the game. You need to speak to all four in order to unlock the secret of the giant stone owl statue. What? You...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 5
5.5: Room Service--This episode could get American Horror Story canceled. Oh, I don’t believe for a second that it will. But it could. An army of indignant moms could start a letter-writing campaign,...
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V/H/S
Bless me, horror movie gods, for I have sinned. In the wake of October, I can actually justify making a Halloween-y post, and what movies have I been watching? The fucking V/H/S franchise. Blame...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 6
5.6: Room 33--There were four naked guys in this episode. We are truly living inside Ryan Murphy’s sex fantasies, people. To be fair, the ep served up a heaping helping of Nordic boobs and legs as...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 7
5.7: Flicker--Marcy! NOOOOO! Damn you, Rudolph Valentino! Damn you and your silent-movie vampire virus!--I just demonstrated how utterly bonkers this show is when taken out of context. Or even in...
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, pt. 2
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, pt. 2What follows is my final review of the Hunger Games franchise. If you need a refresher, why not revisit my posts on The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay,...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 8
5.8: The Ten Command- ments Killer--“It’s you, John. It’s always been you.”--So sayeth Sally, as well as most of us out there in TV Land. I’m thankful to this ep for wasting no time. We pick up where...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 9
5.9: She Wants Revenge--I noticed something: the opening credits to Hotel read kinda funny in places if you combine the Ten Commandments with the actors’ names that follow. Thou Shalt Not Covet...
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To Squee Or Not to Squee: Death Note
Long ago and far away, I stuck some old anime shows on a Cautious Enthusiasm list. I am delighted to say that after all this time...I have watched one of them. Oy.“Anime as an Art Form.” That was the...
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American Horror Story: Hotel--Episode 10
3.10: She Gets Revenge--Discussion question: Who is the “She” referred to above? It ain’t Ramona, not this week. And I’m afraid The Countess’s odyssey of petty vengeance has come to a screeching halt....
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Favorite Books of 2015
Man...when I was a kid, I read books like some people inhale and exhale. And not just Goosebumps and junk; I tackled Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle at age fourteen, like a boss. These days, I still read...
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Favorite Music of 2015
2015 was quite the year for music! Adele thundered back. Taylor Swift pretended to care about her fans. “Hotline Bling” got stuck in my head. And not even the whole song; just the eponymous couplet....
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Favorite Games of 2015
Great news! We got a PS4 this year! Specifically, December of this year. So there will be no 8th-gen titles on my annual games-of-the-year list. Check back at the end of 2016. For now, indie titles...
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