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Author: Levi Rubeck

Casting Deep Meteo
A still from the TV show Alone shows a man in a bright red cap standing on riverbank, his figure small against the wilderness.

Alone But For the Harsh Gaze of Doctor Nature

By Levi Rubeck • October 10th, 2024

Everyone with a remote in their hand is an expert, we all feel this way from the comfort of home.

Casting Deep Meteo
Jackie Chan and Maggie Cheung in scene from Police Story. Chan looks off into the distance, sweaty and disheveled, while Cheung gazes worriedly at him.

In the Mood for Action

By Levi Rubeck • September 11th, 2024

Kar-wai’s film doesn’t flirt with disaster the way Chan’s do, but the body feels the threat, the promise, the thrill all the same.

Casting Deep Meteo
A black-and-white photo of the band Orchid rocking out on stage in all their middle-aged glory.

Orchid in Defiant Embrace of Age

By Levi Rubeck • August 14th, 2024

The members of Orchid got together, found the weight of the years less cumbersome than they imagined, and in the most pure punk spirit of all said, “Fuck it.”

Casting Deep Meteo
A black-and-white photo of the Zazen Boys looking cool as cukes in their short-sleeved button-downs.

Zazen Boys and the Healing Riff

By Levi Rubeck • June 7th, 2024

Zazen Boys, even after so long, is clearly not afraid to confront multiple shades of life, breaking time and time signatures while remaining achingly human.

Casting Deep Meteo
A birds-eye view of the PAX East 2024 show floor, featuring a zillion gaming-related booths and even more people milling around them.

PAX East 2024: Family Time

By Levi Rubeck • May 8th, 2024

We wandered the show floor and the convention center for two days, getting boba, shitty pizza and standing in plenty of lines. All in service of the greater question: What’s the youth take on gaming today?

Casting Deep Meteo
A negative-space cutout of Mega Man superimposed over a red-filtered photograph of a drummer playing a hi-hat, their sticks a blur of motion.

Mega Man X Doesn’t Begin Until Dr. Light Sings “My Blue Suit”

By Levi Rubeck • April 9th, 2024

Gamers have some idea of flow state but we do not debase ourselves with general gamerisms here.

Casting Deep Meteo
A shirtless Patrick Swayze practices his fightin' moves in a still from Road House.

Road House Ronin

By Levi Rubeck • March 12th, 2024

Miyamoto Usagi and Dalton’s stories aren’t totally parallel, but they rhyme in a lot of ways.

Casting Deep Meteo
The Wanamaker Organ at the Macy’s City Center, the largest playable organ in the world.

PAX Unplugged 2023

By Levi Rubeck • February 14th, 2024

Breakfast tacos, cloudy donuts, Dark Souls on cardboard and one really, really big organ.

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Grails Scores the Theater of the Mind

By Levi Rubeck • December 8th, 2023

More than curtains cut for mood or ambience, Anches en Maat begs the listener to simmer in their own headspace for a while.

Casting Deep Meteo
A screencap from Vampire Hunter D shows the titular hunter reaching towards the viewer. He wears a magnificent hat.

One Thousand Year Old Vampire Hunter D

By Levi Rubeck • November 8th, 2023

While watching Vampire Hunter D, one can’t help but connect it to the relatively recent solo role-playing game Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings.

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