I didn't grow up with commercials telling me to want Metroid. That's not me being a wise old sage about the marketing landscape of the mid-1980s. It's just true. My family got an NES for Christmas, the kind of package deal that came bundled with the three-games-in-one cartridge of Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and … Continue reading Alone in the Dark: What Metroid Taught Me About Being Lost on Purpose
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When the Slayer Couldn’t Save Everyone: Buffy’s Most Heartbreaking Hours
Buffy the Vampire Slayer built its reputation on a trick that shouldn't have worked. Take a horror premise, hand it to a teenager with a stake and a smart mouth, and somehow make it funny. For most of its run, that's exactly what the show did. Vampires burst into dust with a joke on their … Continue reading When the Slayer Couldn’t Save Everyone: Buffy’s Most Heartbreaking Hours
