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two figures, their eyes whited out and the bottom of their faces obscured by solid opaque black face paint.

Mute: Sci-Fi is a Genre, Not a Setting

By David Shimomura • March 26th, 2018

The story of a man searching for his lost love in a city hostile to him is novel. But its not necessary to tell this story in the future and Jones does nothing to connect the futurey, robotic set dressings with the actual story.

Jared Leto, with his android face and a back full of Japanese style tattoos, peers off in the middle distance slightly over one shoulder.

The Astonishing Banality of Cinematography in The Outsider

By David Shimomura • March 12th, 2018

Even as Leto becomes immersed in this world, falls in love, and treats himself to bath time with his bros, the camerawork and direction reinforces how inappropriate the whole venture is.

The Ritual Fails to Close the Circle

By David Shimomura • March 6th, 2018

You can probably turn The Ritual off at the 66-minute mark.

A woman with curly, natural hair and a stunned wary expression on her face looking out with a glitched out screen behind that says "System Error"

Cloverfield and the Art of the Cinematic Universe

By David Shimomura • February 19th, 2018

The Cloverfield Paradox is a bad film with very good marketing.

Sally Hawkins standing as her character in Shape of Water in a 1950's dark blue green accented kitchen a large window open in the background.

The Space of Water

By David Shimomura • February 5th, 2018

All together the spaces in The Shape of Water feel not just believable but contribute Michael-Stuhlbarg-levels-of-performance.

On a pathway, a boy walks with a blue bowl, statues pointing him the right direction.

Gorogoa, a Lesson in Learning

By David Shimomura • January 22nd, 2018

Stu might think that Gorogoa is magick but I’d say that it’s language.

A small castle surrounded by green farmland. This is a screenshot from the game They Are Billions, originally taken by Steam User Killer Rabbit

An Exercise in Being Prey

By David Shimomura • December 18th, 2017

They Are Billions is a game about becoming a bigger, fatter, juicer piece of meat and being surrounded by starving hordes.

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A white hooded character holding a future tech gun looking to the left .This is a still from Destiny 2.

Destiny 2: The Big Empty

By David Shimomura • December 11th, 2017

Destiny is a world completely devoid of the things that make a world worth playing in.

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The logo for Big Pharma (the game) with the text below that reads "Research - Produce - Cure - Profit"

The Insidious Capitalism of Games

By David Shimomura • December 4th, 2017

In a game, enough is never enough. We’re rewarded for our ambitions, for working hard to achieving great things without any of the restraint placed on us in our every day lives. But how many games reward us for improving the world we enter as we vastly benefit from it?

A large blonde man with a large gun and a sheepskin jacket looking sternly at the camera.

The Heart of Wolfenstein 2 is a Voice

By David Shimomura • November 27th, 2017

But for the minor shortcomings of The New Colossus it should be said that B.J. Blazkowicz’s internal monologue and Brian Bloom’s voice acting is among the best of 2017.

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