On Sept. 20th, the New York Times reported the death of Hiroshi Yamauchi, retired president of Nintendo: responsible for the happiness of both old and young consumers. However, they made an interesting error.
Minutiae [...]
An Interesting Obituary.
Posted by Alexandra Salazar on Monday, September 30, 2013
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Comment Box Beatdown: A New and Violent Dialogue.
Posted by Alexandra Salazar on Sunday, September 29, 2013
I'm going to assume that almost everyone reading this knows what a comment box is. There's one below every post here. Bastions of free speech: moderated comments allow anyone who cares even a vague amount to express their [...]
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4 Rules to Make Star Wars Great Again: Fans Lay down the Law
Posted by Alexandra Salazar on Saturday, September 28, 2013
If there's anything that permeates childhoods spanning the last 30 or so years, it's probably Star Wars. Whether you're a fan, or if it's 'that science fiction series' to you, you probably know the names of the characters. You probably know who Darth [...]
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Redefining Lines: 'parody' videos and their discourse.
Posted by Alexandra Salazar on Thursday, September 26, 2013
I'm not sure you can toss a stone on the internet without hitting somebody mad at Robert Thicke right now. Whether it's people defending his song Blurred Lines (and it's top spot on R/B charts) or ripping it to shreds, the blogosphere is eating [...]
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DC Creative Team Leaves after Ultimatum for Lesbian Batwoman
Posted by Alexandra Salazar on Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The 2011 run of Batwoman comes to an uncomfortable close. Citing editorial interference, creative leads W. Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams III have left the project; despite two on-panel proposals between Kate Kane (Batwoman) [...]
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Blog: The Pilot Episode
Posted by Alexandra Salazar on Tuesday, September 17, 2013
There are at least a million popular culture blogs.
There are at least a million nerd/media culture blogs.
This is one more.
But it's not a blog about gawking. It's a blog about the significance of the media that is given a second-class label in [...]
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