Doctor Maximus is a part time advice columnist and full time supervillain. In this column, he answers questions from the masses instead of terrorizing them. Mostly. Dear Doctor Maximus, I’m […]
Genrefuck: Reconstruction
The term “Reconstruction” is a bit tricky to define at times. Whereas a deconstruction is when a trope or genre is brought into the harsh light of reality, a reconstruction […]
At the Movies: The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey, Part 2
The saga continues. Three men wait in the shadows. Their forms are broken parodies, twisted and misshapen by years of message boards and Cheetos. HUGO Splitting the story into multiple […]
The Horror, The Horror: A Cursory Glance at the Pratfalls of Modern Horror Video Games
Yet another idea pulled from me putting off writing articles (I’m consistently inconsistent, it seems). As absolutely none of you know, I am a survival horror/general horror video game enthusiast. […]
MWT Men of the Year 2012
After surviving another year, the team got together to select the man, woman, or mutant that embodied 2012. We set out to honor the year’s most significant figure with our […]
At the Movies: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Part 1
The ongoing adventures of the last three twenty year olds on Earth paying for movies. Alan: Youngest Son of Antoine and Alina. Known as “Jerkass” to foes and “Lord Jerkass” […]
Galaxy of Terror: Auraxis, Ingsoc’s Dreamboat
So I was doing the proverbial ‘nothing’ when I was supposed to be writing an article (figures) and I decided to check in on my account on Planetside 2, a free to […]
2012 in Verse
Apocalypse The mighty Quetzalcoatl is late I acted assuming his arrival I’ve committed crimes in every state Stole the lives and women of my rivals I drank until I sealed […]
Genrefuck: Deconstruction
The goal of fiction is to create a more “perfect” version of reality. This has nothing to do with ideals, really. If the purpose behind writing was just to plug […]
At the Movies: Skyfall
The ongoing adventures of the last three twenty year olds on Earth paying for movies. Our heroes are: Alan: Critical cynicism writ large. Should spend less time on 4chan. Byron: […]