Tuesday, December 20, 2011
“Even more than other types of analysis, evaluation is an invitation to a dialog, as debating the merits of cultural works is one of the most enjoyable ways we engage with texts, establish relationships with other cultural consumers, and gain respect for other critics and viewers’ opinions and insights. Of course I do hope to convince you that my evaluation is correct, and I certainly believe it to be true, but we do not make evaluations to make a definitive statement about the importance of any given text; instead they are contingent assertions lodged in their contextual moment that will almost undoubtedly be revised after future viewing and conversation. While my persuasive evaluation emerges from a context of authority, with an imprint of expertise that gives it more discursive weight than a random pseudonym in an internet comment thread, in the end I think that the effectiveness of any given evaluation stems more from successful analysis and argumentation than the backing of institutional power or authority.” Jason Mittell (http://justtv.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/the-qualities-of-complexity-aesthetic-evaluation-in-contemporary-television/)
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

It’s scary how topical songs from several decades ago can still be.

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Sunday, November 6, 2011
“The McRib injects a measure of the real into the symbolic, like sauce on reconstituted pork. Normally, analysis is meant to reveal the desire in order to satisfy it. But in the case of McRib, that satisfaction might be dubious. The purpose of the McRib is to make the McNugget seem normal.”

Bogost prooves his greatness yet again by revealing the true meaning of the McRib.

Ian Bogost - McObjet a
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
The best procrastination tool on the market, that’s what it is! thefrogman: Some people were confused about what Doodle or Die is.

The best procrastination tool on the market, that’s what it is!

thefrogman:

Some people were confused about what Doodle or Die is.

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Communism, bone and polished stone: the poetry of corpus linguistics | so meta @ metapoetika.org | a blog by toma tasovac

“Not exactly Nobel-Prize-worthy, but then again: what is?” Gonna try that out asap!

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Sailor Iron Man!

Sailor Iron Man!

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Great short documentary about video games as an art form.

Off Book: Video Games | PBS Arts (by PBS)

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powered by hate: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Most Suprisingly Feminist Game of the Year Contender

designislaw:

So my Tumblr has today been mostly arguing with idiots, and the feminism tag on twitter has been filled with a lot of garbage recently. I apologize, and I thought I’d offer something a little more positive. Something refreshing, just, something that honestly surprised me today. It was nice to…

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

It’s been a long time since a music video made me laugh that hard.

MC Frontalot - Critical Hit [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (by tubist)

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