Funko Pops: Another PopCult Icon Consumer Addiction
Every so often, a Twitter thread comes along that perfectly encapsulates the degeneracy of our age. Such a thread drew notice in counterculture circles for…
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Retro Movie Review: Michael Mann’s ‘Manhunter’ (1986)
An FBI agent racing against time to catch a grisly serial killer before he strikes again seeks help from an even more cunning and brutal…
1983’s Spacehunter: The OG #StarWarsNotStarWars
Now that #StarWarsNotStarWars has secured its place at the apex of newpub, it’s worth looking back at what made the original Star Wars successful. I’ve long maintained…
You’re Remembering it Wrong: What Were the 80s Actually Like?
With the final year of the 1980s now thirty-two years in the past, a phenomenon that strikes many members of Generations X and Y as…
A ‘Got Woke, Went Broke’ Case Study: Rare as Rooster Teeth
The internet may finally have found that much sought-after rarity: a company that has gone broke from getting woke. Except this legendary beast isn’t…
A Brief History of Cursed Videogame Consoles: Nintendo’s Virtual Boy
Despite their bleeding edge trappings, video games have come into their own as a mature technology. The video game industry is now older than most of…
The Disney Hole: Other Animated Hits When the Mouse Was on the Ropes
Spend any amount of time studying history, and you’ll soon find it rarely follows a straight path. The past takes all kinds of twists, turns,…
Retro Review: 90’s Anime Series ‘Mobile Suit Gundam: 0083 – Stardust Memory’
With innovation and originality in legacy entertainment now relegated to the past, I’ve been getting my fix from pre-Cultural Ground Zero properties. The best…
Original Diablo Dev Calls Out Blizzard’s Woke Revisionism in Diablo II: Resurrected
“Yes, we need to change her jawline, cover her butt, and erase her femininity. It’s an imperative for a good remaster of any game.”…
Film Studies: the Illusionist v. the Wizard
The illusionist who simulates preternatural feats through sleight of hand and the wizard who actually wields powers not intended for man – both loom large…