For better or for worse, the 2010s has been the year of the mainstream video game. You have publishers shoveling garbage onto consoles every year, knowing enough people will buy the new NBA 2K, or the new FIFA, or the new Call of Duty, for them to take home an insane payday all while forcing … Continue reading The 2010s: My Favourite Video Games →

It's only recently that I've broadened my taste in music to stuff that isn't rap. A couple years ago I got into Arcade Fire and Radiohead, which may be different, but it's still super mainstream and not exactly the greatest departure. This year, however, something clicked in me and my taste evolved into something far … Continue reading The 2010s: My Favourite Albums →

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Suits. However, I never came close to catching up on it. By the end of season 3 I felt like I had seen the same episode five times in a row, not because the plot was always the same, but because the format was. Harvey’s a charming smug asshole, … Continue reading A Confident Risk, Or How The Good Becomes The Great →

What did you have for dinner last night? I had Thai food. It was pretty decent, despite it being from Thai Express. Honestly, I’d take Thai Express over some of the sketchy Thai food I’ve gotten from some places in Toronto. What did I have for dinner the night before, you ask? I’m not exactly … Continue reading Genre Spotlight: The Dinner Party Thriller (a subset of the Bottle Episode) →

I used to read a lot as a kid, and as a teen especially. It’s only recently that movies and TV have almost completely usurped my reading time, which is unfortunate. I had read a lot of dystopian fiction specifically, as a teen does. One book in particular that I enjoyed was The 5th Wave … Continue reading The Art of Dying: How and How Not to Kill a Character →