latest ARTICLES by mikkel
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Editorials, FeaturesAn NB Problem: If They/Then What…
Definitions NP – nondeterministic polynomial time, a classification of computational complexity. Difficult because of the need to resolve connected conditions.…
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Editorials, Features, Nintendo, Video GamesA Pastel Colored Time Capsule: Returning to the ‘New Horizons’ Archipelago
After the workday wrapped up, I collected all of my things in my bag. Fishing rod, net, ax, shovel, slingshot,…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, PC, Video GamesA Para-causal Ludonarrative Dissonance
Ludonarrative dissonance – When the non-interactive elements and the narrative told through the game mechanics are at odds with each…
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Anime, Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsTwo Decades and the Battlecry Still Echoes: Celebrating ‘Samurai Champloo’
Let me set the stage accordingly. It was 2014, and this was still a time where anime wasn’t as readily…
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Editorials, FeaturesThe View from the Top: ‘Haikyu’ and Reaching my Peak
I’ve been rewatching episodes of Haikyu lately. It’s that weird time of the year (a.k.a. the end of it) where…
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Editorials, Facing Nerd Problems, FeaturesA.I. : In the Age of the Absence of the Author
Back in high school, one of my English teachers introduced the idea of “The Death of the Author.” It’s a…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Facing Nerd Problems, Features, Video GamesAn Embarrassment of Riches: The Year of Gaming 2023
This is not a tale of two cities, although it does start in an oddly parallel way. The year of…
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Features, Nerd in Residence, Video GamesThe Unfathomable Horror of the Unknowable
As the spookiest season passes us and Remedy has seen fit to bless (or perhaps curse) the world with the…
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Facing Nerd Problems, FeaturesTo Watch ‘Pantheon,’ I Wouldn’t Ever Promote Piracy…
…but if it were, I might sound like this. About a year ago, AMC+ released what was perhaps the best…
