Category Archives: Media-Critty

Media stuff, whatever that means.

Movie Review: The Last Airbender

Posted on November 26, 2010 by admin

I was not surprised that The Last Airbender was a terrible movie. I was surprised about the nature of its awfulness, the complexity of it, and its surprisingly engaging conclusion. The whole thing put me off balance. I braced for…

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So, I Took a Break

Posted on October 12, 2010 by admin

It’s been an interesting chunk of time away from the blog. There’s so much I want to tell you about, and plenty I don’t — some insights stay on the inside. On the gaming front, I’ve been running AD&D1e with…

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Doctor Who Sucks!

Posted on July 25, 2010 by admin

I’m sorry kids, I have to get off the fan train here. The Matt Smith/Stephen Moffat Doctor Who is a terrible fan-pandering parade of nonsense that’s supported by people who think that if they stop believing in the Doctor he’ll…

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How You Can Get Nice Things

Posted on July 19, 2010 by admin

Yes, last in the series, from here to here and now, next steps. Oh, there’s still plenty of room for negativity, but I think anybody who’s going to get it has taken time to look at themselves and their communities.…

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Why You Should Have Nice Things

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Malcolm

So! Lots of people read and responded to Why You Can’t Have Nice Things. That means it deserves a follow up, but I can’t address individuals, so I’ll try to sort everything in to broad response categories.

We’re just resisting…

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Why You Can’t Have Nice Things

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Malcolm

A couple of years ago I had this client — great guy, worked with him a few times. He’s a former tabletop RPG player and was really interested in bringing some of the ideas he loved from that into a…

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Fight the Power (Law)

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Malcolm

The Purefold presentations constantly refer to a social media power law — one that resembles (and might just be) the Power Law of Participation described here. The law (really a simplification of complex trends) says that in any community:

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    Lessons From the Fall of Purefold

    Posted on March 27, 2010 by Malcolm

    Purefold was supposed to be everything social media wonks, democratic Web advocates and SF nerds wanted – oh, and it was supposed to make money, too. It’s based on Blade Runner! They hired Cory Doctorow! It was going to use…

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    Movie Review: Ninja Assassin

    Posted on March 27, 2010 by Malcolm

    Note: An earlier draft of this review appeared on my Livejournal.

    NINJA ARE NO JOKE SON.

    Ninja Assassin tells you this right at the beginning. The writers (one of whom is J. Michael Straczynski) know that any movie about…

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    Cleaning, Rearranging and Writing

    Posted on March 26, 2010 by Malcolm

    Some of you may have noticed that I’m shuffling around categories and tweaking the site. I think there’s been a bit of a heavy emphasis on tabletop RPGs. I love ‘em, but I want to talk about other things, and…

    Posted in Electronic Games, Media-Critty, Tabletop RPGs: Art Without Prestige, The Miscellaney, Writing and Writing | 1 Comment