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Pontypool Changes Just Enough
Read more: Pontypool Changes Just EnoughI’ve been wanting to write a post about Pontypool for some time now, and I’ve put it off because a) I’ll never do the damn thing justice with my ramblings and b) procrastination FTW! But it’s time I at least brought it to the attention of everyone I know who loves zombies because, seriously, you…
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What Makes a Game?
Read more: What Makes a Game?I’ve always been strangely fond of any art that challenges my ideas about its medium. And this isn’t an easy thing to do with me. I’m the sort of person who walks past a painting called “Red Rectangle on White Canvas” and thinks there’s a sucker born every minute. Still I’ve seen art, read poetry…
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Films That Make You Go Hmmm…
Read more: Films That Make You Go Hmmm…Warning: This post contains spoilers for Takashi Miike’s Audition. I don’t mean for this to become a horror movie blog, but I guess it’s sort of heading that way, isn’t it? Probably it seems weird that a person who writes fantasy and young-adult, contemporary retellings of Romantic Era novels would be into horror films, but…
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For Wendy’s Mother, Peter Pan Is a Horror Story
Read more: For Wendy’s Mother, Peter Pan Is a Horror StoryExcuses are my speciality. For example, part of the reason I’m the worst blogger in the world this month is I’m working on a challenging revision. And part of the reason the revision is challenging is a new point of view I’m having to write from. I chose to write from this point of view…
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Real Vampires Get Knocked Down, but They Get Up Again (You’re Never Gonna Keep Them Down)
Read more: Real Vampires Get Knocked Down, but They Get Up Again (You’re Never Gonna Keep Them Down)I’ve been thinking a lot about vampires. This may have something to do with the fact that I’m watching the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I’d only ever seen from season four on), or it may be that I’m feeling the temporary loss of True Blood (it’s gotten to be a kind…