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Tag: New York City

Webslinging the Homesickness Away

By Justin Joyce • November 15th, 2024

It didn’t have the name of his pub, but it was an Irish pub, at the exact location.

Rookie of the Year
A "no parking" sign used by the production team of the TV show Evil stapled to a telephone pole.

My Neighborhood is Literally Evil

By Matt Marrone • August 9th, 2024

A lot of shows are filmed in my neighborhood, but in the past few years, nothing has made its presence felt as much as Evil.

Musings
Detail from a faded old postcard featuring the New York City skyline.

Don’t Look Up

By Blake Hester • July 31st, 2024

When you tell people, “Don’t look up,” you essentially are telling them, “Don’t enjoy where you live.”

Musings

The Everlasting Allure of the Shitty City

By Blake Hester • April 25th, 2024

I feel like I’ve never truly cared about where I live, and as such, places have never felt truly comfortable. But I do care about Astoria, about New York.

Spilled Ink

“Yawning at the Void” – Bungo Stray Dogs Vol. 2

By Austin Price • March 29th, 2017

“Even the most generous of audiences is unlikely to find Bungo Stray Dogs willing to return their investment.”

Spilled Ink

Blood Blockade Battlefront, or “Fight Nights, Blood City”

By Austin Price • November 18th, 2016

“What Nightow understands is that New York City is a kind of barely contained chaos bursting with wild energy and implicit violence.”

Pokémon Go Succeeds Where it Counts

By Harry Rabinowitz • July 13th, 2016

Despite freezes, crashes and server problems, Pokémon Go has been a massive success.

Building Babycastles

By Andrew Freedman • July 18th, 2013

Andrew Freedman explores the origins of Babycastles, New York’s own DIY indie game collective.

City of Refuge

By John Peter Grant • August 30th, 2012

Journey through the shadowy, claustrophobic streets of New York City with John Peter Grant and 2007’s The Darkness.

I Heart NY Shitty

By Ian Gonzales • August 29th, 2012

Ian Gonzales remembers a time when New York was filled with squeegee men, hookers and used needles.

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