Superheroes have proliferated and multiplied in the twenty-first century, coming to prominence in comics, film, television and video game industries … More
Category: Print Essays
Gaming and Vampires
Rearticulating the DeadVideo game database MobyGames offers that there are at least 280 titles that feature “Vampire” as a theme. … More
Nosferatu, Gnomeferatu, and Orlox: A Survey of Count Orlok’s Vampire Clan in Video Games
Citing F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) as an example, Richard Rouse III offers that ‘Suspense-driven horror … More
Of Selina Kyle and Harley Quinn: Branding and Controlling Women in Batman Video Games
In the collective Batman multiverse, nothing stays static for long. Over the eighty-years since Batman was created by Bill Finger … More
Toxicity and Contagion: ‘BioShock’ (2007)
For blood to be considered toxic, one may understand this to mean that the fluid that runs through the body, … More
Branded a Tyrant: Rescuing Superman Video Games with the ‘Injustice’ Series
In 2017, with the release of video game Injustice 2, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Guinness World Records recognised … More
“We’ll always have Iceland, Indy”: Indiana Jones and His Adventures in Video Games
Founded by George Lucas in 1971, Lucasfilm is the production company famously behind the Indiana Jones and Star Wars movie … More
Spike Jonze: Examining the Collective Work Behind the Indie Brand Name
Inscribed beneath the film title on the promotional materials of Being John Malkovich (1999) are the words ‘A Film Directed … More
Noah Baumbach: Presenting Characters that Explore Self-Worth to Become ‘Kind of an Asshole’
Since 1995, Noah Baumbach has written and directed seven full-length feature films, and has additionally written, or contributed to, the … More
Welcome to Hollywood North, Canada: A World of Stand-Ins, Tax-Breaks, Studio Expansion, and Cultural Erasure/Reinscription
In a 2011 article entitled, ‘Vancouver movie magic captures the world’, Gordon Hardwick of the British Columbia Film Commission enthusiastically … More
Who Teaches the Daleks?: ‘Doctor Who’ and Fulfilling the BBC’s Remit for Educational Programming
Operating as a public broadcasting station since 1927, the BBC has been required by Royal Charter to serve the public … More
“Though This Be Madness, Yet There Is Method In’t”: Speculating on [Joss Whedon] Adaptations of Shakespeare
To borrow from Hamlet‘s Polonius, there is something of a method to the madness in Whedon shooting a “homebrew” adaptation of … More
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