At the end of a long day, when my calves hurt from speed walking across campus, and I’ve got three essays in as many days, and all I’ve eaten all week is pasta with cold spaghetti sauce poured on top, … [Read more...] about Manufactured Enjoyment: Travel Vlogging As A Business
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Video Game Emulation: Piracy For Preservation
For the computer user that spends their time playing old Mario games or speedrunning DOOM in their downtime, the shutdown of the website Emuparadise likely sent a shock to the system. Emuparadise was … [Read more...] about Video Game Emulation: Piracy For Preservation
Are We Leaving The Age Of 80s Nostalgia?
“Ready Player One” is on its way out, Bruno Mars just won a Grammy for a throwback album, and “Stranger Things” remains one of Netflix’s hottest shows: 80s throwbacks are still all the rage, but why? … [Read more...] about Are We Leaving The Age Of 80s Nostalgia?
Preserving Today’s Marker Of Modern Culture: A Sit Down With a Meme Expert
The Internet is a place of dreams. Sometimes the type of dreams that keep giving, the type that make you want to sleep all day. Sometimes those dreams are terrible, dark, disturbing, and downright … [Read more...] about Preserving Today’s Marker Of Modern Culture: A Sit Down With a Meme Expert
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Wouldn’t Have Wanted You To Buy That Truck
Like any good, red-blooded American, I found myself watching the Super Bowl last Sunday night. In recent years, my favorite part about watching is the inevitable controversy caused by either the … [Read more...] about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Wouldn’t Have Wanted You To Buy That Truck
A Line in the Sand: Aziz Ansari’s “Bad Date” and What It Means for the #MeToo Movement
With the dawn of the #MeToo movement and the outing of an ever growing number of sexual misconducts carried out by those in even the highest positions of power, it would seem that it’s never been … [Read more...] about A Line in the Sand: Aziz Ansari’s “Bad Date” and What It Means for the #MeToo Movement