Fun: noun. Enjoyment? yes. Logical? no 1

Fun is a tricky concept to nail down.  It’s fleeting, inconsistent, subjective and thoroughly undefinable.  It’s so abstract that it’s amazing we can even use it as a concept at all.  Yet, we all know it quite well and can easily discern which activities are going to be fun and […]

Boxed Culture: Gamers Teaching Gaming – The Little Things

Gamers Teaching Gaming The Gamers Teaching Gaming segment is about teaching games. This is part two you can read them in any order but the other parts are here! The Little Things This is the ever awaited second part of the Gamers teaching Gaming segment. This segment is not going […]

Moviephors: The War on Aliens

The War on Aliens Moviephors – Metaphors in Movies, an Introduction Here is a quick breakdown on the concept of this article. Every other Sunday I will be posting a small essay on the metaphors or symbolism found in a particular film. Said metaphors may not be direct, but in […]

Graphic Reviews: Debris 1

Debris One of the dangers of being a bibliophile is that the battle of the to-read stacks is never-ending. This is especially true for graphic novels because hundreds of issues are published each month and even once collected into volumes, it’s nigh impossible to keep up with. Even if you […]

A Bard’s Eye View: Religion in Music

Religion in Music   Whether you are religious or not, it is generally assumed that artists who make a lot of religious references in their music are going to be a little bit on the lame side. There are some notable exceptions, particularly if country music or gospel is your […]

Boxed Culture: Seasonal Shifts

Seasonal Shifts As we play games through our lives there are ebbs and flows. Sometime we really love euros, then in a few months we may dislike the way all the ones we are playing feel. Sometimes there are shifts in the groups of people we play with or the time we have […]