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Day 173: The Challenges of Self-Definition

July 15, 2017 phillmemoir

It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago. This is another story. I’m what people call a hybrid scholar. This is a thing that many people and departments claim to celebrate and to admire[…]

Day 172: This is what happens when you don't think first

July 14, 2017 phillrealtalk

So today I saw this. It’s hard to find much from the originator of “The Chocolate Challenge” now that she’s left Instagram and deleted most of her social media posts. She did eek out this[…]

Day 167: Why the OA is a bad try at "premium" sci-fi

July 9, 2017 phillrantymcrantface

A few things before I start this post: I watched all of LOST. I didn’t like the ending, but I understood how the writers got themselves stuck there. Bad Robot tried to say it wasn’t[…]

Day 166: How it's all about story and what stories can do or Phill watches Julie watch Wrestling

July 8, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’m an unapologetic wrestling fan. I almost wrote one of my major research projects on wrestling, but let’s all be honest here, it’s tough enough being the non-white guy who does games work. I was[…]

Day 164: Returning to an old core argument

July 6, 2017 phillgames

My friend Sam Blackmon posted this link on Facebook today. The article is well written, and it’s important. I applaud. I also want to use it as jumping on point for something that has become[…]

Day 161: Why I sometimes seem a little at-odds with my discipline

July 3, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I have walked in a lightly defined circle around some of these issues in the past, but I was thinking today it might be worthwhile to lay this down in a post, sort of get[…]

Day 157: Truths about Academic Work

June 28, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Julie posted this today on ye ol’ Facebook. If you read here regularly, you won’t be surprised to see that I chose to use it as a springboard today. I’ve talked at length about my[…]

Day 156: I need to expand on this

June 28, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today, I shared this story that Julie (and some of my other friends) posted on Facebook. Here’s what I said, for the odd reader who isn’t my FB friend but is interested in what I[…]

Day 136: Poe's Law

June 8, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

If you don’t know what it is, read this entry on Poe’s Law. Or this Wired piece. Poe’s law isn’t new. But it’s something that in the current climate of “The President’s Tweets are official[…]

Day 135: A snapshot of entitlement, because it actually works the same regardless of the stakes

June 7, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Today I came across a weird case of entitlement and flawed logic… on a gaming Reddit. Shocking, right? But here’s the situation. I’ve been lurking pretty hardcore on the Injustice 2 Reddit. I’m curious whether[…]