Memento Men: Why Many ‘Conservatives’ Keep Forgetting Themselves
As Conservatism continues its steep decline, its remaining adherents present symptoms of memory failure similar to those of the protagonist in the movie Memento. Like…
Author: Brian Niemeier
Brian Niemeier is a best selling science fiction author and a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist. His second book, Souldancer, won the first ever Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel., and its sequel, The Secret Kings, became a 2017 Dragon Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel. He's currently crowdfunding his latest work Combat Frame XSeed: CY 40 Second Coming on Indiegogo. Read more of his work at brianniemeier.com or pick up his books via Amazon.
Retro Review: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
About twenty years ago, comedy movies enjoyed something of a renaissance under Gen Xers like Judd Apatow and Todd Phillips. That class of…
Shooting Up: The Religious Zeal of Pop Culture Consumers
A striking phenomenon increasingly on display as the generation raised by Nickelodeon turns 40 is the redirection of man’s natural religious impulse to pop culture artifacts.…
Retrospective: Is John Carpenter’s “Escape from L.A.” Secretly ‘Based’?
In the early 21st century, an American presidential candidate wins a highly unorthodox election by leveraging a national disaster. As the front man for…
Retro Gaming: Game Boy’s ‘The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls’
One of my recent posts on the last great age of 2D gaming put me in a mood to revisit the tragically poorly served classic Link’s Awakening.…
Time Machine: A Link Back to 90’s Videogames
Recently in my internet wanderings, I chanced upon a rare buried treasure–the sort that used to pop up regularly before the death of the…
Video Gambling: The Retro Game Bubble Scam
If you’re familiar with the refined generational theory discussed on this and other counterculture blogs, you know that Generation Y is clearly differentiated from the Millennials…
Visiting a “Nostalgia Bar”, an Obscene Shrine to the Pop Cult
Much has been written on this blog and others about generational theory and nostalgia. Counterculture writers have done extensive work showing how the old demographic models based on age have…
On a Parallel Cinema Scene and the Weaponization of Art
The return of #BrandZero has dissident creatives asking how they can use their art to counter the prevailing narrative. Taking the Death Cult-profaned entertainment industry back…
Review: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
As Hollywood progressively loses touch with its audience, finding a genuinely entertaining, non-propagandizing movie made after 1997 is a rare treasure indeed. One such overlooked gem graced theaters…