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Dec 15: Isabelle Robinson, Three Scenes from an Essay about Scream
Three Scenes from an Essay about Scream Isabelle Robinson*The opening scene of Wes Craven’s Scream—among the most famous in the history of cinema—is less than thirteen minutes long. I’ve watched this...
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Dec 16: Ted McLoof, The Year Seth Cohen Ruled the Earth
The Year Seth Cohen Ruled the EarthTed McLoof**Recently, as part of the marketing for a book of coming-of-age stories I wrote, I was asked to name three TV shows about high school that inspired the...
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Dec 17: Dave Griffith, The Godfather at 50
The Godfather at 50David Griffith*I had my ACL done, as they say, last January. I’m at the age–50 years old this Monday, the 15th–where people want to know who did it, not as in the culprit (it was my...
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Dec 18: Charles Jensen, My Enemy, Myself: The Weaponization of Player Agency...
My Enemy, Myself: The Weaponization of Player Agency in The Last of Us Part IICharles Jensen*(This essay contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II video game and seasons 2 and 3 of the HBO Max...
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Dec 19: Sharon Wahl, Alone
AloneSharon Wahl**One afternoon in the spring of 2022, my husband shooed our cat off the chair in my study, sat down, and said he had something to tell me. He had just completed an application to be on...
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Dec 20: Ander Monson, Decommissioning the Drone Priest
*Decommissioning the Drone PriestAnder Monson**I’ve been evangelizing for the 2022 point-and-click adventure game NORCO pretty much nonstop since I discovered it 18 months ago. It’s the final game my...
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Dec 21: Patrick Madden, Pietà
PietàPatrick Madden*There's a scene near the end of the last episode of Midnight Mass that, the first time I saw it, evoked from me an involuntary sob, a kind of bubbling up of weeping emotion, sadness...
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Dec 22: Kirk Wisland, The Brogue of Broken Men
*The Brogue of Broken MenKirk Wisland*Sickboy, the punky-blonde Scottish antihero of Trainspotting, was the reason I showed up for the Easter brunch of 1997 with orange hair. I had wanted blonde, but...
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Dec 23: Alison Deming, On Binge-Watching
*On Binge-WatchingAlison Deming**If you spliced together all the footage of Ross Poldark galloping along the seaside cliffs of Cornwall, great coat flying over his stallion’s flanks, you could fill at...
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Dec 24: Geramee Hensley, Digital Mind Wave
*Digital Mind WaveGeramee Hensley*"Too much hope is the opposite of despair... an overpowering love may consume you in the end."—Vincent Valentine, Final Fantasy VII (Note: Spoilers for Final Fantasy...
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Dec 25: Will Slattery, Pray and Work
Pray and WorkWill Slattery*When setting out to find a topic for this year’s Advent Calendar/Media Club essay series I noticed that the 3 most aesthetically rewarding games I’ve played over the past...
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John Haskell, Blow Me Away
This essay is in our Media Club series, an ongoing series of essays on visual media. More details here.*Blow Me AwayJohn Haskell(This essay is reprinted from John's new book, Trying To Be, recently...
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Avery Gregurich, Seeking: Max Headroom
This essay is in our Media Club series, an ongoing series of essays on visual media. Pitch us something! More details here.*Seeking: Max HeadroomAvery Gregurich*Max Headroom first found me the way...
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Learning means learning what cannot be learned; practicing means practicing what cannot be practiced; discriminating means discriminating what cannot be discriminated. Understanding that rests in what...
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Erin Keane, State Fair Vanitas | L*STS
* State Fair VanitasErin Keane*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other* Yes, yes, to fried everything on a stick, to the duckling slide and the...
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Misha Tenster, On Birds and Poison | L*STS
*On Birds and PoisonMisha Tentser*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*Saturday morning, Beth called to ask if I wanted to go birding at the...
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Jessica Curry, Wannabe | L*STS
*WannabeJessica Curry*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*I want to be as cool as Charlotte GainsbourgI want to be as sexy as Sophia LorenI...
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Timothy Dyke, Lest List | L*STS
*Lest ListTimothy Dyke*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Lests*lest I come across as arrogantlest I remind him of the time he crashed my VW...
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Patrick Madden, For the Last Time | L*STS
*For the Last TimePatrick Madden*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*The secret horrour of the last is inseparable from a thinking being whose...
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Emiland Kray, L’ambroise de Lotito: On Disordered Eating and a Connection...
*L’ambroise de Lotito: On Disordered Eating and a Connection Stronger than Life and DeathEmiland Kray*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts |...
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Heidi Fettig Parton, Wanted: Lost T-Shirt, Perfect Green | L*STS
*Wanted: Lost T-Shirt, Perfect GreenHeidi Fettig Parton*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*I don’t miss P. I’ve never missed P. Not even the...
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Dan Pinchbeck, Sleeper Service | L*STS
*Sleeper ServiceDan Pinchbeck*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*[This may be easier to read as a PDF]**For every game that actually gets...
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Ellen Birkett Morris, I'm Trying to Remember the Last Time | L*STS
*I'm Trying to Remember the Last TimeEllen Birkett Morris*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*I’m trying to remember the last time:I was not in...
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Joyce Englander Levy, Things the Size of Red Pepper Flakes | L*STS
*Things the Size of Red Pepper FlakesJoyce Englander Levy*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*I make a quick red sauce pasta from scratch while...
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Susan Briante, Resistance Procedures | L*STS
*Resistance ProceduresSusan Briante*L*STS: an Essay Daily Happening | About & Contents Lists | Lasts | Losts | Lusts | Other*List the birds native to your state and the birds that arrive for a...
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