Thus far Elder Scrolls Online has impressed with its staggering level of refinement both large and small. It may be early in the game, but I can’t envision this becoming the gear chase that many of its contemporaries do. At least not while there’s still so much to develop about what’s in my character rather than what‘s on it.
Read More »‘Noah’ can’t wash away its sins
Noah is a big risk by a brilliant director which leaves a lot to complain about and not enough good to wash its sins away.
Read More »The winners of Pop Mythology’s 1st annual Mythies Awards
Last week we opened the polls for our very first, very own awards ceremony, the Mythies, celebrating the best in genre movies and fringe movie categories. Well, our readers have spoken and the results are in.
Read More »Pop Mythology’s 1st annual Mythies Awards — cast your votes!
With the Oscars fast approaching, we at Pop Mythology decided that we’d like to recognize some of 2013’s cinematic highlights in our own unique way, highlighting films and performances which the Academy is likely to ignore: the geek films, the superhero films, the end of the world films, and the cheap films.
Read More »‘The Monuments Men’ paints a shallow picture
Sadly, despite its good intentions, if The Monuments Men is remembered at all, it will be as a minor work.
Read More »Help the battle against cancer by playing ‘Play to Cure: Genes in Space’
While I am not a scientist, there is finally a way for me, and thousands or millions of other non-scientists, to help in the fight against cancer. All we have to do is play a video game.
Read More »18 TV shows that will teach you how to write
Read all the how-to books you want, but the best way to learn fiction writing is by studying the masters. Whether you’re writing novels or screenplays, there’s a lot to learn from the modern masters of TV writing. Here are eighteen of the best TV shows to study, listed with the characteristic that stands out the strongest in their writing.
Read More »Lorde and the power and contradictions of pop media
The success of Lorde’s music acknowledges that we all, as members of society, are influenced by popular media. We may want to reject it, but in our very rejection we validate its power.
Read More »I, paladin: How ‘World of Warcraft’ saved my life
World of Warcraft completely took away an entire year of my life. But it gave the rest of it back to me.
Read More »Forgettable ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ resurrects Cold War tropes
Ultimately, Shadow Recruit is exactly like every other Tom Clancy-inspired thriller: fine and forgettable.
Read More »10 celebrities who need to be punched in the face
The intended effect of these figurative celebrity punches is a reality check, a wake up call and plea to step out of the self-absorbed, privileged bubble they live in and remember what it's like to just be a person.
Read More »What happens when a novelist plays ‘The Novelist’?
As he plays The Novelist, this novelist thinks about everything he’s sacrificed, the options he didn't choose, the career choices he passed on, the friends and lovers he's pushed away, the people he may have hurt over the course of his own narrative. He worries. He wonders if these decisions were right.
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Although beautifully filmed, acted, and realized, one’s enjoyment of Her is based on how deeply one buys into the film’s central conceit: the love between a man and his operating system.
Read More »‘Dallas Buyers Club’ screams of desperation, whispers of exploitation | review
Dallas Buyers Club is a well-acted, well-made film, the exact type that one can expect during the push toward Oscar season. It just doesn’t live up to the transcendence it so desperately proclaims.
Read More »What the recent ‘Duck Dynasty’ controversy really means
This is where we have come as a society, to the point where even a TV series which is too silly and over-edited to be called a documentary can dominate our national dialog and have us foaming at the mouth, rabid and raring for a fight.
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