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Waxing Wod

May26

by David Bishop on 26th May 2007 at 22:11

Chapter: Get that Wumpa Fruit

└ Tags: advert, advertisement, advertising, cars, commercial, corporate bull hockey, even English majors are going to struggle with this one, language, Medieval, what just happened

Creedful

Jan30

by David Bishop on 30th January 2008 at 04:32

Chapter: Denial is Stage One

└ Tags: assassin, being silly, boobs, breasts, creepy, disapproval, familiar-looking characters, games, guns don't kill people hidden blades kill people, having fun, Jack has the priorities and restraint of a fifteen-year-old, jokes, mature and healthy response, Medieval, riffing, the male gaze, the twins, two gamers on a couch I guess, video games, violence, voice-planting, yikes

Ride On

Apr30

by David Bishop on 30th April 2008 at 19:04

Chapter: St Michael the Secretive

└ Tags: accidental sexism, analysis, Charlotte the critic, clichés, doin' it, don't hate the player hate the game, don't kink-shame, empowering, familiar-looking characters, fantasy, feminism, feminist, having sex, having your post-modern cake and eating it, magic, Medieval, representation in the media, seduction, sex, sexuality, the male gaze, third wave feminism, tropes

Norse Code

May15

by David Bishop on 15th May 2015 at 00:01

Chapter: Failing the Bechdel Test

Characters: Charlotte, Jack

Continues in Part Two. I, like Jack, have always been interested in the Norse mythology and folklore. Elves, dwarves and dragons people are already familiar with, but the draugr (pl. draugar) are one of the least known aspects. They’re basically[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: Charlotte the critic, even English majors are going to struggle with this one, fantasy, ghosts, Jack the novelist, language, magic, Medieval, Norse, proof-reading, ulfdraugar, ulfdraugr, vikings, wereolves, writer, writers, writing, zombies