Narrative Design, by Alex Bard

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

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and the trials of Immersive Sims

The Great Circle is lightweight on Immersive Simming but heavy on Adventure.

Jan 8

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