Narrative Design, by Alex Bard

Friendship, choice, and a dash of Superman in The Iron Giant

Metal beating heart.

Nov 25

October 2025

Love gained, love lost, love redeemed - Lost in Starlight 2025

Lost in Starlight is very sweet. Like love, it works out in the end.

Oct 14

From human to cyborg to post-human - Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (also, transhumanism)

Human evolution one cyborg at a time.

Oct 13

September 2025

Rogue AI and techno-fears - Upgrade (2018)

Upgrade is a slick collection of tropes about technology gone rogue.

Sep 23

August 2025

Robocop: Rogue City - Street justice with a dash of empathy

Robocop with a heart.

Aug 23

The Drifter - Pulp mystery and the curse of white flashes

Drifting mysteriously on a 90s Adventure

Aug 19

July 2025

Dreaming of the future - Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

A neon-colored pastel of dreams about the future.

Jul 25

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Peaceful, wholesome games - Eastshade

Eastshade is a space for joy, and we need more of it.

Jul 23

March 2025

Anxiety and the passing of time in 5 Centimeters Per Second, by Makoto Shinkai

Romantic fatalism and falling cherry blossom.

Mar 5

February 2025

Witnessing Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

A less novel but worthy post-apocalyptic road trip.

Feb 23

Fun in fighting fascism - Wolfenstein: The New Colossus

Wolfenstein 2 is a bit of an overlooked action masterpiece.

Feb 8

January 2025

Searching for magic realism in Stephen King's The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1)

The Gunslinger is a Western fantasy fellowship of fantastic potential.

Jan 23