Why thank God for the apocalypse? Because it gives me something to write about that isn’t Aria. Not that I dislike writing about Aria, but it has a way of possessing me via dark, indefinable magics and forcing me to serve its needs. It’s an unforgiving master. And I haven’t even watched the second or [...]
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Thank God for the apocalypse: setting and the authorial shell
Posted by Pontifus on 9 January 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/01/09/thank-god-for-the-apocalypse-setting-and-the-authorial-shell/
Adventures in Criticism pt. 1
We’ve gotten increasingly critical here at Super Fanicom, which I think is no problem at all. Though I do want to do an actual, you know, anime post pretty soon, to help cleanse the pallet a bit. I’m afraid I can’t do that yet, though, and am even proposing starting a series of posts on [...]
Posted by cuchlann on 2 January 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/01/02/adventures-in-criticism-pt-1/
Brief thoughts on external aid
I woke up today thinking about the use of external aids in completing video games, and I wonder if we can fit that into our ongoing discourse about games, so allow me to throw a few random ideas at you. My feelings toward player’s guides and the like are mixed. While I feel that they [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 28 December 2008
http://superfani.com/2008/12/28/brief-thoughts-on-external-aid/
brief thoughts on social commentary
[Post by Lelangir] ←[94] Basically… So when an author deliberately pens a text as social commentary, it is directed towards society, the mainstream. That’s subversive, counter-hegemonic, whatever you want to call it, since it steps outside the dominant discourse (which I tried to represent with the spray paint tool). The hegemonic text is one that [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 20 December 2008
http://superfani.com/2008/12/20/brief-thoughts-on-social-commentary/
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