Tropes vs. Women in Video Games: With Anita Sarkeesian. The Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered clichés in the history of gaming and the trope has been core to the popularization and development of the medium itself.
YouTube is mounting its own public relations campaign in its dispute with Roku, telling YouTube TV subscribers that it has offered the same “reasonable” terms under the current agreement for renewal to the OTT company and wants to continue the agreement. Customers are advised to cast YouTube ...
Coming up with a series finale that wraps up loose ends, completes character arcs and answers lingering questions in an original, satisfying, thought-provoking fashion that doesn’t resort to tired tropes, stays true to the show’s roots and appeases legions of fans is a Herculean task. And...
NBC’s Brilliant Minds offers the best neurodivergent representation I’ve ever seen. As an autistic person, I’m hyper-aware of the stereotypes and negative tropes that plague most characters who have any type of neurodivergence. Even The Good Doctor, despite making huge strides in this area,...
While it unfortunately falls into several tropes of the procedural cop show, Elementary's cases always feature really interesting topics, including lab grown meat and bringing animals back from extinction. In addition, the show features strong performances from its main casts. Overall, it's not ...
What really elevates the show above standard genre tropes are the competitors and how they're presented. They're certainly accomplished in their respetive fields and motivated to win, but for the most part they're also "nice." They're generally magnanimous in victory, gracious in defeat and...
but over three nights they eventually find mutual respect. The bulk of the episode’s enjoyment comes from Pemberton and Shearsmith’s sparring and their performances are exemplary. The writing is also impressive as it plays with the tropes of the police procedural genre. Finally, it also sets ...
Deadline TV Nightcap: Satirical Sitcom to Debut on Pop in November Pop is getting a late night show of its own. Today, the network announced their new series Nightcap will debut in November.The sitcom is "set behind-the-scenes of a fictitious show “Nightcap With Jimmy” where every week...
Robin Williams in Dead Poets SocietyThe world remembered Williams as an outstanding performer, doing stand-up comedy, films, and TV shows. However, the Popeye actor would consider himself a gamer at heart as he was addicted to gaming, and he was a huge Cod and Counter-Strike fan. The ...
I appreciated that it didn't resort to cheap horror scare tactics and tropes, and that it made a simple internet-urban-legend a dark, messed up show that got under my skin. If you enjoy traditional horror, this show might seem boring and anti-climactic, but if you can let yourself get...