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Author: J.M. Henson

A screenshot from Batman Arkham City where Harley Quinn in a funereal black veil is pointing a large pistol at someone

Even Batman Can’t Fight City Hall

By J.M. Henson • March 27th, 2026

Batman doesn’t kill, but the state he upholds does.

A screenshot from Batman Arkham Asylum where Batman is holding an enemy by the throat over a tall drop where the bodies of his other enemies lie unmoving

Batman and Comic Book Murder

By J.M. Henson • February 23rd, 2026

Batman doesn’t kill. He just inflicts permanent harm.

A screenshot from a Madhouse playthrough of Resident Evil VII where a zombie woman is chasting the main character with a shotgun and she's almost got 'em

Revisiting the Madhouse

By J.M. Henson • January 15th, 2026

It feels to me like Madhouse is the intended difficulty.

a screenshot from the Cook Islands episode of Survivorman with Les sitting in an abandoned boat facing the camera and looking annoyed by the rain

Preparing for the Rain, Living Past the Rain

By J.M. Henson • December 9th, 2025

It’s hard to think about the future when you’re laser-focused on today.

A screenshot from the game Harvester, the title screen with the text in black and white and written as if in blood

Harvester and the American Reaper

By J.M. Henson • November 10th, 2025

To be a proud American is to constantly condone the legacies of violence and bloodshed that still haunt us. 

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A screenshot from myhouse.wad shows sunken living room rendered in the style of Doom II.

In The End, It Always Comes Back to the Old House

By J.M. Henson • October 23rd, 2025

No matter how far we wander, we always come back to that house, in the same way that in my restless dreams, I too revert to the embrace of my childhood home.

A screenshot from Silksong where the red-cloaked Hornet is skimming down a white fuzzy hill towards a fly-like enemy

Hollow Knight, Silksong, and Notions of a Working-Class Underworld

By J.M. Henson • October 6th, 2025

I too have been navigating the gauntlet of Pharloom.

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